Sabi nga ng karamihan 'Age is just a number' kaya narito ang mga kuwentong amazing ng mga amazing lolo!
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00:00 They are the amazing grandpas here in Amazing Earth.
00:04 That is Arnis, the national sport of the Philippines since 2009.
00:24 This afternoon, we will be taught a living legend in the Filipino martial art.
00:29 It is taught by Smoking Sticks, the international modern Arnis instructor, Grandmaster Rodilio Rodel Dagook.
00:37 Grandmaster Rodel, welcome to Amazing Earth. It is an honor to have you for an interview.
00:42 Thank you very much.
00:43 What kind of weapon or weapon is used in Arnis?
00:48 Very simply, there are two weapons.
00:51 One is made of brass.
00:53 Brass.
00:54 And the other one is long and the other one is short.
00:58 That is also possible.
00:59 Yes, this is possible.
01:00 But this is blunt, so it is not suitable for this.
01:03 It can be used as a knife.
01:06 Whatever is in our hands, it becomes a weapon.
01:10 So there are many other weapons that can be used, not just this one.
01:15 Yes, there are many.
01:16 So in the hand, if you don't have a weapon,
01:19 There.
01:21 One.
01:22 This is it now.
01:23 When I punch, this is it.
01:25 If you do it,
01:27 This is it.
01:28 If you do it, this is it.
01:29 I can control it.
01:30 I can't go back.
01:31 See?
01:33 Then,
01:34 That's how effective the Arnis weapon is.
01:38 Grandmaster is really good.
01:40 Especially if this is it now.
01:42 This is it.
01:45 This is it.
01:46 Right.
01:48 Punch.
01:49 You see.
01:50 When it moves,
01:53 Bang!
01:54 Tack!
01:55 Grandmaster, it's effective.
01:59 I'm here with Grandmaster Rodel "Smoking Sticks" Gadoook,
02:06 the living legend of the modern Arnis.
02:08 Grandmaster,
02:10 I heard that you've been teaching here in Luneta for more than 20 years.
02:14 That's right.
02:15 How did this start?
02:17 I was 14 years old when I started Arnis with my uncles in Iloilo.
02:21 I graduated from Technical course and went to Manila.
02:24 I was the first to be named Grandmaster.
02:27 Until he died, I was the one who promoted Arnis.
02:32 Wow.
02:33 It's been a long time.
02:34 You're an amazing Earth hero.
02:36 Thank you very much.
02:37 Thank you very much.
02:38 And I'll give you my book.
02:42 This one.
02:43 This one has a dedication.
02:44 It's for me.
02:46 Yes, for you.
02:47 To Mr. Ding Dong Dantes.
02:48 Thank you very much, Grandmaster.
02:50 And aside from that,
02:51 I'll give you a sample.
02:53 This one has my name on it.
02:54 It's for Sir.
02:56 There.
02:57 Thank you very much.
02:58 You're amazing.
02:59 You're amazing in everything.
03:01 This is the receipt.
03:02 And again, we'll see Grandmaster and his sparring partner,
03:08 Rolando Gomez.
03:10 [clapping]
03:17 [music]
03:21 With more than 146,000 dengue cases in the Philippines this year,
03:26 the National Dengue Epidemic,
03:30 the Department of Health, or DOH, declared in August.
03:33 And because of the epidemic,
03:35 aside from the issue of Dengvaxia,
03:37 the Tawa Tawa plant that is said to help cure dengue is also intrigued.
03:43 [laughing]
03:45 Tawa Tawa is a medicine for children in the mountains,
03:51 especially if you have malaria.
03:53 Dengue is one of the medicines for the elderly.
03:59 Tawa Tawa is said to cure dengue.
04:04 Why should we consider that the science is not yet complete?
04:08 There is still a lot to learn about that plant.
04:11 The problem with that plant is that it is a family of many diseases.
04:16 Be careful.
04:17 Second, don't just consult someone who knows about the plant.
04:24 So even if it is approved by the Food and Drug Administration, or FDA,
04:28 DOH is not yet endorsing it.
04:31 Because unlike 10 herbal medicines approved by the FDA,
04:35 like Ampalaya and Bawang,
04:37 there is still not enough study on Tawa Tawa to be sure that it can cure dengue.
04:44 But even if Tawa Tawa is intriguing,
04:46 there are still many who believe in herbal medicine.
04:49 He is Dominador Liwanag, or Papa Kasoy,
04:53 an Aita Elder of Ambalan, Pastolan.
04:56 He is a jungle survival expert
04:58 and one of the caretakers of their tradition.
05:01 For him, the jungle is a pharmacy.
05:05 I found a pandacaki tree.
05:09 I will take this.
05:10 This is a medicine for wounds, toothache, and malaria.
05:18 This will take the skin, the skin of the cuscus,
05:22 and put it in the mouth of the tooth to calm the pain.
05:28 So it is called pandacaki because it is a pandac and it does not grow.
05:34 But there is another rare plant that can be found in their jungle.
05:40 We are looking for a baguette.
05:44 Just watch to find out what this is.
05:48 We met Papa Kasoy earlier,
05:51 an Aita Elder who said that the jungle is a pharmacy.
05:56 We are looking for a baguette.
06:03 It is not a tree.
06:05 There it is.
06:07 There is a baguette.
06:09 This is a baguette.
06:11 There is a big one and a small one.
06:14 I will get the small one.
06:18 This is a baguette.
06:20 It is a medicine for the people in the jungle.
06:23 If this is in the town, it is called patak center.
06:34 Now, it is called patak jungle.
06:39 We Aitas do not have a vaccine in the jungle.
06:45 Our vaccine comes from the water in the baguette.
06:50 This is a flower.
06:52 But when the time comes, it will bloom.
06:57 When it blooms, it will be a seed to make honey.
07:05 This is one of the small flowers.
07:09 It is a medicine for leukemia.
07:17 We Aitas, even though we do not have a vaccine,
07:21 we drink this because our resistance is strong.
07:28 We use the water of the flower
07:31 to make medicine for our health and to prevent aging.
07:37 We use the leaves of the flower to make children walk faster.
07:43 The flowers are not only for children,
07:46 even for us adults.
07:48 I do not feel anything.
07:51 When I see soft leaves, I do this.
07:54 I do this to show that I am 63 years old and I do not feel anything.
07:59 I do this to show that I am 63 years old and I do not feel anything.
08:02 Does this plant have medicinal value?
08:06 This is why it is called pamulaklaken because the flowers are beautiful.
08:11 The flowers are showy.
08:14 Pamulaklaken is endemic to the Philippines.
08:18 You cannot find it in other countries.
08:20 Only in the Philippines.
08:22 But now, it is known.
08:24 It is found where it was found.
08:26 Its name, when it blooms,
08:29 that is the plant.
08:31 But there is no medicinal plant yet.
08:33 Today, many people want to study the plants that are said to have medicinal properties,
08:40 like pamulaklaken.
08:42 Thank you to those like Papa Kasoy who continue to bring life to the knowledge of our ancestors.
08:49 Do not forget that in the heart of the jungle, there are gifts of nature that can be the answer to our feelings.
08:58 There is no one who can rest here in Tanay.
09:07 Even if he is more than 100 years old, he still climbs the mountain.
09:11 What did the millennials say?
09:13 That is my father.
09:16 He is the one who the oldest tour guide in the Philippines believed.
09:19 At the age of 102 years old, he still climbs the mountain.
09:23 Meet Lolo Zoylo Jerones.
09:29 He is better known as Lolo Iti,
09:31 a farmer and resident of Barangay Kuyambay, Tanay, Rizal.
09:37 Lolo Iti has the talent to climb the steep mountains.
09:44 Since I started, I have been going out to Kuyambay.
09:48 You are already joining?
09:50 Yes, I am already joining.
09:52 The journey takes less than an hour.
09:55 The one that I climbed, it took more than an hour.
09:59 It is a bit far, it is not easy to climb.
10:03 It is not like before.
10:05 I can do it.
10:07 It is just not fast.
10:09 It is sad when we think about what we have experienced.
10:15 We are not living in that mountain anymore.
10:18 While there is a war.
10:20 We do not stop him from climbing because that is his main exercise.
10:25 When he climbs, his companions, our children and grandchildren,
10:32 we know that our father can do it.
10:34 He is good at climbing.
10:38 In 2021, he was awarded the Centenarian Award by the local government,
10:43 the first man in the province to reach 100 years old.
10:50 I am not eating pork.
10:53 Wait for it.
10:55 Lolo Iti told a story about the treasure that the Japanese soldiers collected after the war.
11:05 We have a long story with Lolo Iti.
11:08 But one of the things he will never forget is his life during World War II.
11:13 Including the search for the treasures that the Japanese sold as a treasure.
11:21 When World War II broke out in 1941, Lolo Iti was only 20 years old.
11:29 But when the Filipino-American troops defeated the Japanese in the last part of the war,
11:35 Calvario was the winner.
11:37 Lolo Iti.
11:39 The Japanese surrendered.
11:41 They took the mountain.
11:43 They threw it away.
11:45 "Kill yourself.
11:46 You will be stabbed by a bayonet."
11:48 We lived there.
11:51 We lived in the cave.
11:52 We were not allowed to eat.
11:54 We lived in a hut.
11:56 We ate only in the afternoon.
11:58 We cooked it in the afternoon.
12:00 We did not have to cook in the afternoon.
12:03 We knew that there were people there.
12:06 The Japanese were gone for a long time.
12:08 But they did not leave.
12:09 The Japanese forces were hiding in different places in the country.
12:13 Including the mountain of Tanay.
12:17 These are considered as Yamashita treasure.
12:21 The stolen treasure of the Japanese in Southeast Asia during World War II.
12:28 It is one of the many campsites where the treasure hunters were active.
12:33 This swimming pool is a deep hole that was believed to be full of gold.
12:42 I was there.
12:45 Yes.
12:46 I was there.
12:47 I have not seen anything.
12:50 I was hiding.
12:52 I did not see anything.
12:53 I was hiding.
12:57 Whether Yamashita gold is true or not,
13:00 there is one thing that should not be forgotten.
13:04 The treasures.
13:05 The preservation and care for the environment.
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