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Johann Friedrich Ludwig Christoph Jahn (11 August 1778 – 15 October 1852) was a German gymnastics educator and nationalist whose writing is credited with the founding of the German gymnastics movement, first realized at Volkspark Hasenheide in Berlin, the origin of modern sports clubs, [1] as well as influencing the German Campaign of 1813, during which a coalition of German states ...
Ling was the gymnastics instructor in the Military Academy at Carlsberg. [2] After several attempts to interest the Swedish government, Ling at last obtained government cooperation in 1813, [5] and founded the Royal Central Gymnastics Institute for the training of gymnastic instructors was opened in Stockholm, [6] with
Gymnastics including acrobatics, tumbling, and rhythmic dance. [17] Dancing. Various dances were performed, including the Pyrrhic dance which was a war dance that imitated battlefield actions of attack and defence. It involved quick dynamic actions such as bending to one side, crouching down, leaping up etc. [18] Swimming and diving [19]
Johann Christoph Friedrich GutsMuths GutsMuths statue in Quedlinburg House of birth. Johann Christoph Friedrich GutsMuths, also called Guts Muth or Gutsmuths (9 August 1759 – 21 May 1839), was a teacher and educator in Germany, and is especially known for his role in the development of physical education.
Adolf Karl Hubert Koch (9 April 1897 in Berlin [1] – 2 July 1970) was a German educationalist and sports teacher. He was the founder of a gymnastics movement named after him and a pioneer of the Freikörperkultur (free body culture) movement in Germany in the 1920s and 1930s, which in turn was part of the larger Lebensreform movement.
Glenn Marlin Sundby (November 4, 1921 – March 18, 2009) was the founder of Modern Gymnast magazine (the forerunner to International Gymnast magazine) and the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame. First intrigued by the gymnasts and bodybuilders performing and practicing on the beach in Santa Monica , he went on to perform nationally and on ...
This bio explores Bile’s remarkable life and achievements in and out of the gym. ... Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles Owens is interviewed after training at the Stars Gymnastics Sports Center ...
Founded by Dudley Allen Sargent in the 1800s, it was a system of gymnastics based on both the German and Swedish systems. Sargent constructed many types of apparatus to be used in his program and also experimented in anthropometric measurements.