COMBATIVE SPORTS

Exercise is generally regarded as beneficial to one’s health and well-being. These are
physical activities that make the body fit for the demands on it. they are set of body movements to
promote general fitness and are used to correct minor postural defects.
Exercise is any bodily activity that enhances or maintains physical fitness and overall
health and wellness.

I. Basic Positions Where most Exercises Begin

B. Sitting Positions
C. Kneeling Position
D. Lying Position
E. Arm Support Positions
F. Four-Base Positions

G. Hand Positions
H. Arms Positions
5. Arms in T- Positions
II. Stunts. Stunts are activities in the form of play that test one’s agility, flexibility, balance,
strength, coordination, and endurance.
Stunts can also be activities that serve as conditioning exercises and can also be
introduction to some gymnastics skills and tumbling skills.
Classifications of Stunts
a. Individual Stunts. There are stunts performed by one person.
b. Dual/Couple Stunts. these are stunts performed by two persons.
c. Group Stunts. These are stunts performed by three or more persons.
d. Combative Stunts. these are stunts where two performers or more scrap or fight each other
showing strength, balance, agility, and endurance.

A. The following are examples of individual stunts.

1. Duck Walk. Deep knee hands under armpits, walk forward in this position. Flap arms which
serve as wings.

2. Crab Walk. From a bridge stand position; walk with head, neck and body in straight line, and
back toward the floor.
3. Measuring Inch Worm. Assume a prone arm support position, keeping the body in a straight
line from head to heels. With hand stationary and knees straight, bring the feet up by little steps
as close to the hands as possible. Next, keeping foot stationary move hands forward with little
steps until starting position is again reached. At no time should the body sag. Repeat several
times, progressively forward.

4. Coffee Grinder. Assume ( R ) left side leaning rest position, body well extended. Walk around
in a circle, using arm as a pivot.

5. Turk Stand. Cross right foot over left, arms folded in front. Sit in this manner like a Turk.
Stand up again without letting hand touch the floor.
6. Kangaroo Hop. Form a half knee bend position, with a folded arm, hop forward on feet,
taking long and high jumps. Do this in several times.

7. Lame Dog Walk. Stand erect, bend over and place hands on the floor. Lift one foot the floor
and extend this leg behind. Move forward using the other foot and hands. Use short running
steps. To increase difficulty, keep the arms and legs straight. Repeat with the other leg extended.

8. Human Rocker. Lie flat on the stomach, bend the knees and reach back with both ankles.
Arch the back strongly, raising head up. Rock forward to chest, then rack backward to thighs.
Continue trying to rack a little harder and higher each time.
Note: straighten you’re the knees after the ankles have been grasped with both hands.
This will force the back to arch more.

9. Human ball. From a frog position, lean to your right-side fall onto the right side, and roll back
to the left side and up to a sitting position. Repeat, going around in a complete circle. Try to
make a complete circle without stopping. Three or four continuous circles done rapidly are very
effective.
B. the following are the examples of couple/dual stunts.
1. Twister/Greetings. Partners stand face to face and shake hands right to the right. They hold
this hand grasp throughout the stunt. No. 1 lift leg, swings it over joined hands to finish with
back to No. 2. No. 2 lifts right leg, swings it over joined hands to come back-to-back with No. 1.
No. 1 lifts right leg, turns to right, swing leg over No. 2’s body to finish facing No. 2. No. 2 lifts
leg, swings it to left over 1’s head to finish facing No. 1 as in starting position. Continue twister
several times.

2. Bouncing Ball. No. 1 (the ball) takes a squat, weight on the balls of feet, arms clasped around
knees. No.2 stands beside No. 1. No. 2 bounces the ball by gently tapping No. 1 on the back.
No.1 bounces by springing on the floor with the feet. No. 1 keeps as completely curled as
possible throughout the stunt. The spring is continued rhythmically while the bouncer taps the
“ball”.

3. Chinese Get-up. Partners stand back-to-back. No. 1 reaches back and locks elbows with 2.
Each braces back against each other’s back. with small steps, they walk a little away from the
partner and sink to floor. They finish sitting back-to-back, legs outstretched on the floor. To rise,
partners should keep the arms locked, bend knees and bring the feet close to the body. Each
brace feet against the floor back and against partner’s back, extend legs and come to a standing
position. Partners continue sitting and rising several times.
4. Double Walk. Base and top stand face-to-face. To stand diagonally across base’s instep. Base
and top grasp each other’s upper arms; base walks forward. Top shifts weight as base walks so
that base can get his foot off the floor.

5. Rocker. Partners sit on the floor. Facing each other. No. 1 keeps legs together, flexes knees
and slides feet under No. 2. No. 2 sits on No. 1’s feet, keeps legs to the outside of No. 1’s legs,
flexes knees and slides feet under No. 1. No.1. the sits on No. 2’s feet. Partners flex knees to get
as close together as possible. They grasp each other’s shoulders. No. 1 rocks back, pulls No. 2
forward by the shoulders and lifts his body off the floor. No. 1 keeps feet in contact with No. 2
while No. 2 is off the floor. No. 2 rocks back and pull No. 1 off the floor. Partners continue the
rocker action back and forth.

6. Scooter. Partners sit on each other’s feet as in rocker. They grasp partner’s shoulders. No. 1
leans back and keeps feet in contact with No. 2. No. 2 leans forward to a semi-standing position.
No. 2 leans back to sit down. No. 1 extends legs before no. 2 reaches the floor. No. 2 sits as No. 1
rocks forward, flexes the legs to bring No. 1 close. No. 1 again rocks to floor and extends the
knees. Partners continue rocking with extension and flexion of the knees as above to make forward
progress.
7. Churn the Butter. Based on top stand back-to-back, reach the back and lock elbows. Base
bends forward from the hips. As base bends forward, top gives a slight spring from the mat; leans
back on the base, and lift legs up at the right angles to the body. Base straightens up. Top drops
feet to the mat to return to standing position. Top then becomes the base and the action continues
as above. Partners repeat several times, alternating as base and top.

8. Wheelbarrow. The top, the lighter partner, is the wheelbarrow; the base is the lifter. Top, places
hands on the floor, shoulders a distance apart, knees straight and weight on hands on the floor,
shoulders a distance apart, knees straight and weight on hands and feet. Base takes position
between top’s knees and lifts his legs off the floor as though lifting the handles of a wheelbarrow.
Top, in semi-inverted position, walks forward on hands keeping the back straight. Base holds top’s
legs and moves forward as though pushing a wheelbarrow. To finish, base releases top’s legs one
at a time.

9. Jump over. One partner stands with hands on knees, trunk bend forward. The other partner
jumps over the back of No. 1.
10. See-saw. Form a hook sitting position, feet together, holding each other’s hands. One partner
goes to lying hook’s position while the other partner stands to bend forward. Repeat with the other
partner standing.

C. The following are examples of group stunts.

1. Merry-Go-Round. Form circle and take double wrist grasp with performer on each side. Nos.
1, 3, 5, and 7 (top) sit down on the floor with knees straight, and all feet together in the center of
the circle. On signal “go”, Nos. 2, 4, 6, and 8 ( the bases0take a step outward and at the same time
Nos. 1, 3, 5 and 7 raise hips for the floor until bodies are in an inclined position. Nos. 2, 4, 6 and
Nos. 1, 3, 5 and 7 pivot on heels.

2. Walking Chair. Line up behind one another all facing the same direction. Hold on to hips of
the person in front. The last person in the line flexes knees and hips as if sitting on a chair. The
next to the last person in the line back ups and assumes same position. The back of his legs should
touch thighs of preceding person. Each person supports his on weight; however each succeeding
assumes the same position. On signal, the entire line moves forward, keeping in step. To finish, all
straighten up. This gives the effect of long drowns out chair.
3. Skin the Snake Backward. All line up one directly behind the other, all facing the same
direction and in side-stride position. All bend forward and reach right hand between the knees of
person behind, at the same time, reach forward with the left hand and grasp the right hand of the
person in front. When the line is thus linked, the last one in line lies down flat and rest of the line
moves backward. As reach person reaches the end of the line, he lies flat on the back. the last
performer in the line lies down, rises immediately, walks forwards straddling the line and pulls the
next performer in line to his feet. Group continues forward until all have returned to the original
standing position.

D. The following are example of combative stunts.

1. Rooster Fight 2. Tug of War