Types and forms of physical exercise in the private schools and gymnastic societies for physical exercising in the Principality and the Kingdom of Serbia

Abstract

SUMMARYThe previous studies on the gymnastic societies of the Principality and the Kingdom of Serbia did not seriously deal with the types of physical exercise practiced therein. It may be assumed that is due to a lack of the information preserved thereabout.For these reasons, in this study we searched for the findings about the types of physical exercise applied in the private training schools where some skills (fencing, swimming, archery, horse riding) were learnt and practiced, then in the societies for physical exercising (gymnastics) as well as in the chivalrous societies. The aim of this study was to determine the types and forms of physical exercise practiced in the private training schools, societies for physical exercising (gymnastics) and chivalrous societies of the Principality and the Kingdom of Serbia. The historical method was applied in this paper.

The existing forms of physical education in the Yugoslav Army in the period 1945 - 1950

“…Carrying a comrade-soldier on the back had its own norms: average -100 meters with a step, good -150 meters with a step and Physical education and sport through the centuries 2023, 10(1), 102-125 ISSN 2335-0598 excellent -150 meters with a running step. Crawling with comrade on the back was also a task that was carried out according to the norms: average -25 meters on all fours, good -40 meters on all fours and excellent 15 meters -on belly 29 .…”

“…Throwing a grenade was performed from a standing position and from a running position, from kneeling on the right knee, throwing from a lying position with lifting on the knee, throwing a bundle of grenades with a swing from the side and a swing from below. Climbing a rope or a pole was realized in two, 29 Military archive МО РС, 1946, Fund ССНО_к0279_ф04_002_-001, p. 26 -39. 30 Military archive of the Ministry of the Russian Federation, 1947, Fund ССНО_к0280_ф02_002_-001, p. 10 -16.…”