chapter 5 - Origins of Gymnastics Flashcards
What are the four main sources of gymnastics?
- Military
- Education
- Medical
- Performing Arts
What are four gymnastics events that come from a military origin?
- rings in artistic gymnastics
- pommel horse in artistic gymnastics
- vault in artistic gymnastics
- clubs in Rhythmic
What are Johann Freidrich Gutsmuths and Friedrich Ludwig Jahn the fathers of?
They are considered the grandfathers of Artistic Gymnastics - they invented the horizontal bar and parallel bars
What type of gymnastics were used for medical reasons?
as rehab for people that had been in accidents in the world wars, from missing limbs, etc.
What historical origin does Cirque du Soleil have?
Performing arts
What are the 5 apparatus of Rhythmic Gymnastics?
- Rope
- Hoop
- Balls
- Clubs
- Ribbon
What are the 6 events of Men’s Artistic Gymnastics?
- Floor Exercise
- Pommel Horse
- Rings
- Vault
- Parallel Bars
- Horizontal Bar
What are the four events for Women’s Artistic Gymnastics?
- Vault
- Asymmetric Bars
- Balance Beam
- Floor exercise
What are the 5 Acrobatic Gymnastics?
- men’s pairs
- women’s pairs
- mixed pairs
- women’s 3s
- men’s 4s
What are the 4 Aerobic Gymnastics?
- Individual male or female
- mixed pairs
- trios
- groups of 6 gymnasts