chapter 5 - Origins of Gymnastics Flashcards

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What are the four main sources of gymnastics?

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  • Military
  • Education
  • Medical
  • Performing Arts
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What are four gymnastics events that come from a military origin?

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  • rings in artistic gymnastics
  • pommel horse in artistic gymnastics
  • vault in artistic gymnastics
  • clubs in Rhythmic
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What are Johann Freidrich Gutsmuths and Friedrich Ludwig Jahn the fathers of?

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They are considered the grandfathers of Artistic Gymnastics - they invented the horizontal bar and parallel bars

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What type of gymnastics were used for medical reasons?

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as rehab for people that had been in accidents in the world wars, from missing limbs, etc.

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5
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What historical origin does Cirque du Soleil have?

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Performing arts

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What are the 5 apparatus of Rhythmic Gymnastics?

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  • Rope
  • Hoop
  • Balls
  • Clubs
  • Ribbon
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What are the 6 events of Men’s Artistic Gymnastics?

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  • Floor Exercise
  • Pommel Horse
  • Rings
  • Vault
  • Parallel Bars
  • Horizontal Bar
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What are the four events for Women’s Artistic Gymnastics?

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  • Vault
  • Asymmetric Bars
  • Balance Beam
  • Floor exercise
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What are the 5 Acrobatic Gymnastics?

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  • men’s pairs
  • women’s pairs
  • mixed pairs
  • women’s 3s
  • men’s 4s
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What are the 4 Aerobic Gymnastics?

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  • Individual male or female
  • mixed pairs
  • trios
  • groups of 6 gymnasts
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