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 Countries

China

- 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

races

and foot

Medical Gymnastics

Developed
as 2698 B.C.

During
people had
because
sedentary
made them
importance
activities.

as

early

this time,
felt illness
of
their
life
which
realize the
of physical

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

ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN COUNTRIES

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.

Egypt

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..

 Bow and
arrow

Battle axe


Mace
lance and
shield

 Running

Marching

 Jumping

Pirouetting

Persia

Their main objective was building an

empire through military aggression. A
strong army Persian army meant a
healthy and physically fit army.

 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 ones
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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