Arena Fitness Dojo Featured at UN ECOSOC Youth Forum 2026: Representing the Philippines on the Global Stage

 🇵🇭 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, every background.

Through martial arts disciplines like Wushu, Aikido, and Taichi, we’ve built a system that welcomes:

  • Beginners with zero experience
  • Seniors seeking mobility and balance
  • Neurodivergent individuals
  • Students traditionally excluded from sports

And now, this work is being recognized on a global stage.

👉 The world is listening.

🌐 Event Details

📅 April 16, 2026
🕐 1:30 PM EST
💻 Virtual Side Event (UN ECOSOC Youth Forum)

🔗 Register to watch live:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdb12ybIWNSK8mB9Z8BMztlyuGp5kIwbYbcD5xQnbVwQRztxw/viewform

💛 A Message to Our Community

To our students, families, and supporters:

Thank you for being living proof that this system works.

To those who believed movement wasn’t for them—

👉 We built this for you.

🥋 Train With Us

Arena Fitness Dojo continues to offer inclusive martial arts training across multiple locations:

📍 Fisher Mall, Quezon City
📍 Nerv Studios, Panay Ave
📍 Acropolis Loyola Clubhouse

🌐 https://sites.google.com/view/teacherarra

From a local dojo in Quezon City to a featured initiative on a United Nations platform—

👉 This is what happens when inclusion meets excellence.

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