00:00 31 breakers from Luzon to Mindanao showcased their moves in Makati on Sunday to qualify
00:06 for the national training pool.
00:09 Those who will make it to the training pool will practice to join other competitions and,
00:13 if possible, the 2024 Paris Olympics.
00:18 Judges of the Breaking National Ranking 2023 evaluated five aspects of the breakers' performance
00:24 -- foundation, originality, dynamics, execution, and cipher.
00:30 The Philippine Dance Sport Federation, or PDSF, will train the winning breakers to prepare
00:35 them for other competitions.
00:37 "Breaking has a big future, especially because now in the Olympics, it is a sport that everybody
00:45 is looking forward to.
00:46 It will help the youth focus on something else instead of drugs and other negative activities.
00:53 So it's very hopeful."
00:56 For the breakers, they feel that they are a winner as they already reached the national
01:01 competition.
01:02 "Of course, the nervousness will not go away because it is a competition.
01:08 At the same time, it is also fun because there are a lot of B-boys in the Philippines, especially
01:14 in Mindanao because we are from Mindanao.
01:17 I was the only one chosen."
01:20 "I'm excited because it's the first time that a tournament is held per region."
01:26 "I'm excited and thankful that there is a qualifier for Visayas and Mindanao.
01:33 And there was an opportunity in the province to enter the top 16."
01:41 The top 1 B-boy and B-girl brought home P15,000, P10,000 for the top 2, and P5,000 for the
01:49 top 3.
01:50 Breaking is a kind of street dance that emerged in the 1970s in New York, USA.
01:56 Deniza Fernandez, CNN, Philippines.
Comments