PRIMITIVE SOCIETY

In older anthropology texts and discussions, the term “ primitive culture” refers to a society believed to lack cultural, technological, or economic sophistication or development.

Physical Education is found in all societies. In primitive society it existed in the form of physical exercise and games

and competitions based on the movements used in works, hunting, and

battle; these competitions reflected various rituals.

Primitive Man They move according to

their satisfaction, needs, necessity.

They just live by means of hunting wild animals in the forest, or fishing along the rivers, streams and sometimes engage in welfare murder to insure their protection from adverse element or hostile environment.

PICTURES OF PRIMITIVE SOCIETY

Hunting wild animals

Fishing along the rivers

Sometimes they engage murder for their protection

Dance and play

Ancient Oriental CountriesChina - The only concerned of

Chinese is of intellectual excellence.

- They neglect physical activities however, some believes about the importance of this to the body and has a spirit.

Wrestling Pugilism

Horse-racing Swimming

Kung Fu - Earliest exercise in the history that they contributed like in Ancient China.

INDIA

Physical education is strongly influenced by their religious belief.

They focus on spiritual needs, not the needs of the body and worldly things.

Throwing Tumbling

Chariot races Riding elephants and horses

Playing marbles Swordsmanship

Dancing Wrestling and foot races

Medical Gymnastics

Developed as early as 2698 B.C.

During this time, people had felt illness because of their sedentary life which made them realize the importance of physical activities.

oYoga

- It has the contribution of Indian people that composed of exercises the posture and regulates breaths.

The civilizations of ancient Egypt,

Assyria, Babylonia, Syria, Palestine and Persia believed that the strong drive to physical education and sports would provide to them a strong and powerful military army.

ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN COUNTRIES

Egyptian youths were reared in a manner involving much physical activity. As young boys they were instructed in the use of various weapons of war, such as..

Egypt

Bow and

arrow Battle axe

Mace lance and shield

Marching Running

Jumping Pirouetting

Their main objective was building an empire through military aggression. A strong army Persian army meant a healthy and physically fit army.

Persia

Running Slinging

Shooting a bow

Throwing a javelin

Riding and hunting

Marching

Greek Philosophers Herodotus

- He recognized the use of physical education as an aid to medicine as early as the 5th Century.

Galen

- He stated that physical education is a part of hygiene and subordinate to medicine.

Xenophon

- He thought of physical education as important in terms of the military and essential to success in life soundness of the mind and body.

Plato

- He considered gymnastics and music as two most important subjects in the curriculum.

Socrates

- He gave emphasis on the importance of physical education attaining health in order to achieve one’s purpose in life.

Trivia

Do you ever wonder where some of the

words we use in physical education

come from?

Exercise – From the Latin words “ex” &

“arcere,” to restrain.

Gymnasium – From the Greek word

“gumnasion” or “gumnazein” meaning

to exercise naked.

Kinesiology – From the Greek words “kinesis”

movement .

Physical Education – From the Latin words “physica,”

physics and “educatio.”

Physiology – From the Greek words “phusio,” nature and ology for branch of learning.

Flexibility – From the Latin word “flexus”, to bend.

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