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AL PHYSICAL EDUCATION IN

THE PHILIPPINES
PRE-SPANISH PERIOD

THE ABORIGINES IN THE PHILIPPINES, THE NEGRITOS OR


AETAS HAD A WAY OF LIFE SIMILAR TO OTHER PEOPLE
LIVING IN THE PRIMITIVE SOCIETY. THE ONLY
MOTIVATIONS FOR PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES WERE FOR
SURVIVAL IN CONNECTION WITH THEIR QUEST FOR
FOODS AND FOR PROTECTION AGAINST A HOSTILE
ENVIRONMENT. SUCH OF THOSE PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES
WERE, RUNNING, LEAPING, JUMPING AND CLIMBING TO
KEPT THEM PHYSICALLY FIT.

SPANISH PERIOD

THE SPANISH CONQUEST OF THE PHILIPPINES DID NOT


HAVE MUCH EFFECT ON THE PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES OF
THE PEOPLE. EXCEPT THE ENFORCED LABOR AMONG
THE LOWER CLASSES OF PEOPLE IN THE BUILDING OF
CHURCHES.

DANCING TO BE ONE OF THE MAJOR PHYSICAL


ACTIVITIES ENJOYED BY THE PEOPLE. SPANISH AND
EUROPEAN DANCES WERE INTRODUCED, SUCH AS
FANDANGGOS, CURACHAS AND JOTAS OF SPAIN.
AMERICAN PERIOD

THE AMERICAN PERIOD BECAME KNOW. AS THE “GOLDEN


AGE” OF SPORTS IN THE PHILIPPINES. FULIPINO GAMES
AS WELL AS GAMES FROM ABROAD WERE INTRODUCED
SUCH AS BASKETBALL AND SOFTBALL.

JAPANESE PERIOD

THE NIPPON CONQUERORS BELIEVED IN THE


EFFECTIVENESS OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION AS A MEANS
OF DEVELOPING HARDINESS AND DISCIPLINE.
INTERESTINGLY, THE EVENTS INCLUDED ON THIS LIST
REPRESENT MAJOR AREAS WHERE THE LIFE OF THE
NATION REVOLVES LIKE TRADE AND COMMERCE,
RELIGION, CULTURE, LITERATURE AND ARTS,
EDUCATION, VARIOUS MOVEMENTS, WARS AND
REVOLUTIONS, LAWS AND GOVERNMENT, AND MILITARY.
POST-WAR TO PRESENT

AFTER WORLD WAR II, THE FOCUS OF PHYSICAL


EDUCATION CLASSES BECAME LESS ABOUT TRAINING
FOR WARAND MORE ABOUT PLAYING GAMES. INSTEAD
OF “TRAINING “ STUDENTS PHYSICALL, TEACHERS BEGAN
EDUCATING STUDENTS THROUGH SPORTS.

ALDRIN GABRIEL BAHIT


FITT1 MOVEMENT ENHANCEMENT
BSHM1-3
INFOGRAP

https://www.slideshare.net/malen71674/foundation-on-physical-education

https://demo.frequencycorp.com/dcd4d/american-period-physical-education-in-the-philippines-c8b30a

https://www.doubleloopmedia.com/i966xj/history-of-physical-education-in-the-philippines-japanese-period-0fbcf9

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