PHYSICAL EDUCATION ACTIVITY ON DIFFERENT PERIOD OR ERA

NAME: RENZ CURACHO

COURSE &YEAR: BPED 1A

ANCIENT ORIENTAL COUNTRIES

ANCIENT CHINA

Pugilism
Is another word for boxing a sport pugilism may also refer to:
Bare knuckle boxing
Ancient Greek boxing
Russian fist fighting

Tripod lifting
Is a game to lift up stones or stone instruments to do physical training or
show one's strength, including the stone lion lifting stone block lifting,
millstone lifting, stone discs Or lifting and stone lock lifting etc.

INDIA
Riding elephants
Elephants were used in the ancient Indian army, irrespective of regions,
dynasties, or points in time; their importance was never denied and
continued well into the medieval period as well
Plowing contest

The unique ploughing competition had been organized to

promote farming in this picturesque region nestled in the
foothills of the Western Ghats. Young farmers, aged 18 to
25, used social media to invite participants to the first event
of its kind in this village.

EGYPT

Lance and shield

A mace is a blunt weapon, a type of club or virge that uses a
heavy head on the end of a handle to deliver powerful strikes. A
mace typically consists of a strong, heavy, wooden or metal
shaft, often reinforced with metal, featuring a head made of
stone, bone, copper, bronze, iron, or steel.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION IN GREECE

LEAPING
Ritual leaping over bulls is a motif in Middle Bronze Age figurative art,
especially in Minoan art, and what are probably Minoan objects found in
Mycenaean Greece, but it is also sometimes found in Hittite Anatolia, the
Levant, Bactria and the Indus Valley.[2] It is often interpreted as a
depiction of a rite performed in connection with bull worship.
 PHYSICAL EDUCATION IN ROME
Discus
The right handed thrower brought his left foot forward and shifted his weight
mainly to his right foot. With his right hand he swung the discus a few times
back and forth. He slightly turned his body with the movement of the swing.

SPEAR THROWING
The use of throwing spears, or javelins as we would typically
refer to them nowadays, as a military weapon and battle tactic
was in effect long before the Romans

PHYSICAL EDUCATION DURING DARK AGES

CHIVALRY
The only profession nobility had was war. Thus, physical education and
sports prepared the young for the military. War, not peace the normal way
of life.
HAMMER THROW
originated in Ireland, Scotland, & England around the 1820’s B.C. During
the Middle Ages, the hammer was made of forged iron and a wooden
handle. Objective: the opponent swing, then throw the object as far as
possibly while staying a stationary position. Then length of where the
hammer fell to where the opponent stood would be measured.

QUARTERSTAFF

weapons consisted of a long hardwood stick, with iron tips. Fatal and very
effective. Common among lower classes males. Objectives: to avoid being
stuck by your opponent’s weapon.

SHINTY ( HURLING)
Known as the forefather of ice hockey. Weapons camans (curved
sticks) and a leather ball. Two teams and two goals. Defense
mechanism: tackling, blocking, and fouls.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION DURING THE AGE OF FEUDALISM

At the age of 14 years the boy became a squire and was assigned to a knight his studies included:
Keeping the knights weapons in good condition caring for his horses,
Helping him with his armor attending to his injuries and guarding his prisoners.
During the time the boy was a squire, more and more emphasis was placed in physical training.
He was continually required to engage in vigorous sport and exercise such as hunting scaling
walls, shooting with bow and arrow, running, climbing, swordsmanship, and horsemanship.
RUNNING. SWORDSMANSHIP

HUNTING SCALING WALL.

SHOOTING WITH BOW AND ARROW

HORSEMANSHIP
Jousts and tournaments were to special
events in which all knight engaged several
times during their lives and that were tests of
their fitness. These special events served both
as amusement and as training for the battle. In
the jousts two knights attempted to unseat on
another from their horses with blows from
lances and by skill in horsemanship.
During these tournaments death often resulted
for participants.
In these exhibitions a knight has the
opportunity to display his personal bravery,
skill, prowess. Strength, and courage.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION DURING THE RENAISSANCE PERIOD

LAWN BOWLING
One of the most different games back then was
bowling. It started as a game that included a heavy
ball, but no pins! Instead, you would stand in a
circle and roll the ball at each other. The winner
was the last person standing.

DUMB BALL
Similar to American football, it was called “dumb ball” and consisted of throwing a ball made of
a pig’s bladder between two markers. In fact, it was so chaotic that in the 1300s, King Edward III
banned it!

PHYSICAL EDUCATION IN MODERN EUROPE

CRICKET
Cricket is one of many games in the “club ball”
sphere that basically involve hitting a ball with a
hand-held implement; others include baseball
(which shares many similarities with cricket, both
belonging in the more specific bat-and-ball games
category[2]), golf, hockey, tennis, squash,
badminton and table tennis.[3] In cricket’s case, a
key difference is the existence of a solid target
structure, the wicket (originally, it is thought, a “wicket gate” through which sheep were herded),
that the batter must defend.

GYMNASTICS
Gymnastics is a type of sport that includes physical exercises
requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination,
dedication and endurance.
 PHYSICAL EDUCATION IN AMERICA
During the 1800’s
Physical Education in America was influenced by 3 nations.
Germany
•The Jahn system made by Friedrich Ludwig Jahn .
•Military like (Jumping, running, throwing, climbing)
•Jahn’s students Charles Beck, Charles Follen and Francis Leiber brought the Jahn system to
America

Sweden •The Ling system (Gymnastics) by Per Henrik Ling. •Swinging, climbing, vaulting.
Swinging ladders, rings, bars. •Hartwig Nissen brought the Ling system to America and later
developed/produced many gymnastic equipment.
End of an era
•The association for the Advancement of Physical Education conference basically changed the
game. •Changed from Gymnastics based P.E to the beginning of the modern era of P.E. history
of Physical Education in America.
End of the 18th Century Many physical activities, and sports emerged during the 18th century in
America.
•First competitive football game played.
•First public swimming pool opened.
•Tennis was introduced.
•Swedish Gymnastic was introduced.
•Softball was invented .
•First public golf course built.
•Volleyball was invented.

Early 1900's Umbrella Profession American P.E. started to take shape

•Dance
•YMCA/YWCA
•Playground
•Sports
•Outdoor Education
•Health
•Intramural

Mid 1900s
•In 1954 60% of American children failed the test of minimum muscular fitness compared to 9%
of European children. Leading to an up roar. Presidents got involved.
•School’s physical education programs were pressured and forced to focused more on fitness
afterward.

Late 1900’s
Physical education began to change again. Moving away from fitness and more towards lifestyle
physical activity.
•Gaining skills in activities.
•Enjoying the activities outside of class.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION IN THE PHILIPPINES

Dates back to primitive society when physical activity was very important for survival, making it
necessarily for the adult to teach physical skills to the young. With the fast changing times, it is
quite interesting to note the strides made by physical education and how it has affected the lives
of the people.
PRE-SPANISHED PERIOD
Negritos or Aetas
Hunting with the use of bow and arrow.
>Survival in the quest for food.
>Protection against the hostile environment.
>They run, leap, jump and climb.
>they are fond of music and dancing.
Juna Camote
>a man in motion of stealing camotes in the field.
Pina pa-ni-lan
A man going through the motion on gathering honey in the
field

Dancing continued one of the major physical activities

enjoyed by the people.
*Fandango Dance
*Curacha *Mazurka
*Jota *Rigodon
*Polka
*Lanceros
Games were played by the Filipinos during a grand celebration or after the Santacruzan. Played
by the little children.
*Pabitin
*Palo Sebo
*Juego de Anillo
>Played by the young girls
*Sungka
*Siklot
Card games were very popular recreational to old folks which were introduced by the Spaniards.
>Theatre presentation
*Moro-moro
SKILL GAMES OF THE FILIPINOS DURING THE PRE-SPANISH PERIOD

TUBIG-TUBIG
Tubig-tubig literally means “water-water”. This
group game is played on an open space like a
schoolyard, empty street, or the beach. A big
rectangle is drawn on the ground using water.
Sometimes, the players may use chalk or charcoal
to draw the lines, depending on the type of
surface they’re playing on.

BULAN-BULAN
Buwan-Buwan is a traditional Filipino game that enacts
the lunar eclipse. Players draw a circle on the ground
representing the moon, and must stay inside this circle.
Meanwhile, one player acts as the “Bakunawa”, the
mythical giant sea serpent who would eat the moon he
may not enter the circle, but must touch another player
who is inside it in order to switch places

Moro-Moro (Agawan Base)

Each group assigns a spot like a pole or a pillar of a
building as a base and the kids play a more complex
version of tag with each other. The kids approaching the
enemy base can tag the base by touching it, resulting in
a point, usually up to whoever scores five points first