Aired (July 7, 2024): Sinamahan ni Kuya Drew na mag-ensayo ang ating ka-AHA na si Arman--- isang person with disability o PWD na sumasali sa mga adaptive obstacle course racing.
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00:00🎵
00:27The Persons with Disabilities that we got to know
00:29It's really exciting!
00:31🎵
00:38In spite of the situation,
00:40they are striving for their abilities.
00:42🎵
00:52Obstacle Course Racing or OCR
00:54is a sporting event
00:56where athletes need to pass through different obstacles quickly
01:00such as monkey bars,
01:02🎵
01:05high fence,
01:06🎵
01:08and more.
01:09🎵
01:13Arman has been participating in OCR for more than 2 years.
01:18He also knows how to make obstacles in a race.
01:21In 2022, Arman first learned about OCR
01:25for people like him.
01:27Why did you decide to participate in this sport?
01:30Because I was challenged by idol Kaizan de la Serna.
01:33I saw him on TikTok.
01:35He was doing it.
01:36I said,
01:37interesting,
01:38maybe I can do this too.
01:39I'll try.
01:40I told myself that I have a weakness in my biceps.
01:42I can't run.
01:43But I said,
01:44I have a shoulder,
01:45I have legs,
01:46I have hands.
01:47So it means,
01:48I can do it.
01:49There's no impossible.
01:50Back then,
01:51to try this challenge,
01:52Arman is still making DIY obstacles in his house.
01:56I made the stairs
01:58so I can have a monkey bar.
01:59I tied the stairs to the fence.
02:03So I made a monkey bar there.
02:05The stairs are for climbing.
02:07Then I made the ropes
02:09so I can climb the ropes.
02:13Until a coach noticed him.
02:16At that time,
02:17Coach Ron knew someone in Olongapo.
02:20So I went to Olongapo.
02:22I tried the monkey bar.
02:23I tried other obstacles.
02:26I was able to do it.
02:27That's how it started.
02:30Since then,
02:31he also joined obstacle course racing.
02:40First on his list is Ninja Revolution.
02:43He is also included in his category,
02:45like Nipolyorin.
02:47When you look at it,
02:48you think it's easy.
02:49But for someone like me,
02:50there's a risk.
02:51It's dangerous.
02:52The one I saw had no strength.
02:55So sometimes,
02:56you fight your fear
02:57so you won't get injured
02:59or fall.
03:01Last February,
03:02he joined Spartan Race
03:04for people like him in Batangas.
03:07Here,
03:08he finished the 5km obstacle course race
03:10and placed 3rd in his category.
03:13Thanks to his coach's help,
03:14he also joined the
03:15Philippines Obstacle Sports Federation.
03:20Since he was young,
03:21Arman traveled to Pasig
03:23just to get used to it.
03:32He tried different obstacles,
03:34like monkey bars,
03:38wheel rig,
03:422-meter wall,
03:442-meter wall,
03:50island steps,
03:51and more.
04:04Arman also showed me
04:05how he does one of the obstacles
04:07that he gets used to,
04:09the ninja steps.
04:11But for you,
04:12what are we going to do?
04:13For me,
04:14I have my own...
04:15Style.
04:16Style.
04:19That hurts.
04:21There.
04:23Change pushups.
04:24There.
04:30Dibdib doesn't hurt, right?
04:32No,
04:33because he's used to it.
04:39That's hard.
04:42Obstacle course racing
04:44started in the 1980s
04:46in the United Kingdom.
04:48Its first goal
04:49is to help participants
04:51overcome their big fear
04:52in heights,
04:53small spaces,
04:54fire,
04:55and water.
04:59Adaptive sports,
05:00also called disability sports,
05:02or parasports,
05:03is what Arman does.
05:06In obstacle course racing,
05:07to be called adaptive,
05:09the race is modified
05:10for persons with disabilities.
05:14For those who don't know,
05:16it's not just classified as PWD.
05:19There are different classifications.
05:21Please explain.
05:22Before, it was called para-athletes.
05:23Para-athletes.
05:24Now it's changed
05:25to adaptive athletes.
05:26Adaptive athletes.
05:27Because it's easier to adapt.
05:28There are categories
05:29such as P1.
05:30P1.
05:31P1 is a wheelchair race.
05:33Wheelchair.
05:34P2 is for amputees.
05:36Lower limb.
05:37P3 to P4.
05:38Those are amputees.
05:40P5 is for blind athletes.
05:46Arman also trains
05:47an adaptive athlete,
05:49Caleb.
05:51He's now part of
05:52the National Team
05:53of Adaptive Athletes.
05:57Despite the situation,
05:58Arman and Caleb
05:59are still pursuing their hobbies.
06:02We're thankful
06:03that we can do it.
06:04We can do it.
06:05The more confident we are
06:07in our PWDs.
06:10Arman is only a year old.
06:12When he was infected with polio,
06:14his arms became small.
06:18While Caleb
06:19had to cut his right leg
06:21after an accident
06:22when he was young.
06:25But how did Arman
06:26do such an extreme sport
06:28despite having polio?
06:30Let's go.
06:36With a polio patient,
06:38usually,
06:39his weakness
06:40is asymmetric weakness.
06:42So, Arman's right side
06:44is weaker
06:46than his left side.
06:48But both of his upper limbs
06:50are strong.
06:51His strength is strong.
06:52As you can see in the video,
06:54he can carry himself
06:55using the hands alone,
06:56using his arms alone,
06:57so he can join
06:58the obstacle course.
07:00So, I think
07:01one is the remaining
07:03muscle strength
07:04of the other muscles
07:05that were not affected
07:06by polio.
07:07And the other is, of course,
07:08his strong will
07:09to join
07:10and compete.
07:12For Arman's upcoming game,
07:14he will try a new obstacle
07:16to have more hope
07:17in OCR,
07:18the Dancing Poles.
07:28Let's go.
07:37Awesome!
07:39Of course,
07:40as Arman's training buddy
07:41for a day,
07:42I will also try
07:43this obstacle.
07:45Sorry, sorry.
07:47Okay, take 2.
07:48Because I started wrong.
07:59Arman starts first.
08:17Woo!
08:18All right!
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