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  🌏 Martial Arts for Sustainable Development at the UN ECOSOC Youth Forum 2026 On April 16, 2026, the Martial Arts Coalition for Sustainable Development (MCS), in partnership with the Jadir Taekwondo Association (AJTKD), hosted a dynamic virtual side event titled: “Martial Arts for Sustainable Development: By Youth and For Youth.” Held alongside the United Nations ECOSOC Youth Forum 2026, the session brought together young leaders, global organizations, and grassroots initiatives working to address local challenges while advancing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The event drew an international audience, including youth delegates and representatives from sport-for-development organizations across multiple countries. Moderated by Inês Crespo, Head of Marketing at AJTKD, the session opened with remarks from Grandmaster Jadir Figueira, AJTKD President and MCS Co-founder. He emphasized that martial arts provides a unique pathway for young people to transition from pa...

 🇵🇭 Arena Fitness Dojo is a Featured Project at the UN ECOSOC Youth Forum 2026 On April 16, 2026 at 1:30 PM EST, I — Coach Arra Jeuneze Corpuz — will be speaking at a virtual side event on Martial Arts for Sustainable Development , organized alongside the United Nations ECOSOC Youth Forum in New York. Arena Fitness Dojo, our grassroots community martial arts school based in Quezon City, Philippines, has been selected as one of the featured youth-led initiatives from around the world — representing the Philippines on a global United Nations platform. This is not just an event. 👉 This is what we have been building toward. Every student who walked through our doors. Every senior who found balance through Taichi. Every child with special needs who was turned away elsewhere — and found a home with us. Every beginner who was afraid to start. This moment belongs to all of you. 🌍 Movement Is for Every Body Our advocacy is simple: 👉 Movement is for every body — every age, every ability...

 Wushu Arena Philippines and Arena Fitness Dojo were recently featured live on DWIZ 882 “IZ Gametime” , where Coach Arra Jeuneze Corpuz, Coach Ishy Tantiangco, and young athlete Luyi Corpuz shared their journey in international competition and their advocacy for inclusive martial arts training. The interview highlighted the team’s recent success at the 21st Hong Kong International Wushu Championships , where athletes from Wushu Arena Philippines brought home multiple gold medals across Wushu and Taichi events. More importantly, the conversation focused on a message that defines the entire program: Movement is for every body. In the interview, Coach Arra emphasized that martial arts and movement should not be limited by age, body type, or background. “Movement does not discriminate — people do.” This principle is at the core of Wushu Arena Philippines, where classes are designed to be accessible to everyone — from young children to senior citizens, from beginners to competitive athl...

  April is Stress Awareness Month. As a martial arts coach, a teacher, and someone who has used movement to recover from grief, illness, and burnout, here is what I know about the relationship between stress and the body — and what our dojo does about it. By Coach Arra Jeuneze Corpuz  ·  Arena Fitness Dojo, Quezon City  ·  April 2026 April is Stress Awareness Month — a global reminder that stress is not a character flaw, a sign of weakness, or something to push through with sheer willpower. It is a biological signal. Your body is speaking. The question is whether you know how to listen — and how to respond. I have been coaching movement for more than a decade. In that time, I have worked with children as young as three, executives in their fifties, seniors managing chronic illness, students drowning in exam pressure, and parents carrying the weight of entire households. What I have learned, across all of them, is this: stress lives in the body first. It tightens...