Saturday, November 8, 2014

Dynamics Of White Privilege Sports

By Christa Jarvis


The spread of sport in almost all societies of world today is a sign of importance that sport has taken on the reality of socially, economically and politically. Sport is an integral part of culture of company and developed in harmony with the changes that distinguish it. Consider only the wealth of traditions that make sport the traditional cultures of nations in which they are engaged in, or the close links between sport and the media (white privilege sports).

Despite the fact that the actions being documented in images, cannot be attributed solely to modern concept sport, yet it can concluded that even then there were classes and rituals, reminiscent sport activity. These images are located in France, Africa and Australia, were made 30,000 years ago. In Mongolia found dated seventh millennium BC. E. Rock image surrounded by a crowd of fighters.

Cave paintings found in Japan, depicted in style of sumo bouts, apparently associated with agricultural religious rituals. There are objects and structures, saying that in China there activities that fit the modern definition sport, already for 4000 years BC. Apparently, the gym has been a popular sport ancient China. In 1st millennium BC. E. Among the common people was popular - a team ball game, in which varied up to 70 kinds of bumps and up to 10 types of violations of rules.

After conversion to Christianity the state religion of Roman Empire ancient physical culture declined and already in 394, when Emperor Theodosius, followed by rejection of Olympic Games and the Olympic chronology. Later on sport wires from case to case, only with special permission, and mainly in eastern part of empire (the last time in 520).

Images of this age may indicate that in wrestling participated Libyans and Nubians, as well as the presence of refereeing. Older images can also be interpreted as evidence of foot race in which, perhaps, even the rulers were chosen. Ancient Persia there was a horse game resembling polo. This game, like chess, shooting, javelin, wrestling and running boys enrolled in special foster homes at the court.

There is no clear definition of sport, sport uniquely separates itself from other leisure activities, although attempts to define the boundaries of concept made repeatedly. The site of international convention "SportAccord", uniting more than one hundred international sport federations, offers a definition of sport, which includes the following criteria: competitive element; absence pursuant to Regulation on the element of chance or luck.

Avoid unnecessary risk to health and safety of participants and spectators; intentional avoidance of harm to living beings; and the absence of monopoly on the sole producer of necessary equipment. A narrower definition of sport gives "Great Olympic Encyclopedia" in 2006, according to which the central concept in sport is its physical component; Sport briefly defined as "competitions in various physical exercises and their complexes, as well as their system of organization and conduct.

Judging by this list, military culture and the art of war were directly related to sport ancient Greece (and not only there). There's also every four years starting in 776 BC. E. Olympic Games were held - in a small village in Peloponnesus called Olympia. Apart from the Olympic Games, former general for the whole ancient Hellas sport holiday, interstate character wore based in VI. BC. E. Pythian, Nemean and Isthmian Games.




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