KINE 2P03 Lecture Notes - Rudolf Von Laban, Olga Korbut, Calisthenics
2 Oct 2013
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Be a rat: if someone is hurt tell on them. How to take out and put away equipment (canadian climber, rope apparatusetc) Be creative (add own twist to stuff) Vault: came from romans getting on/off horses (tales=square=shape from) 1881: federation of international gymnastics (fig) =found in liege. 1896: men"s gymnastics=popular to be included in olympic games. 1928: first women"s olympic competition (synchronized calisthenics: multiple women doing same event at the same time) held in amsterdam. Before that women were not permitted to compete in the olympics. 2 styles in conflict: swedish (ling gymnastics: freestyle exercises) vs. german system: (uses apparatuses) Which one better to teach?) to impress women and showed off talents, freestyle components/strength (climbing ropes faster the others or barsetc) Military use and skills still exist today: saluting judges (competition) and marching into olympics. Women bodies: smaller, men bodies: stronger, heavy, climb/do more faster due to physiology) 1954: olympic games for both men/women =standardized in modern format (certain heights/lengths/etc)
