The History of Physical Education in the Philippines

- It's fascinating to see how far physical education has progressed and how it has impacted
people's lives.

- Physical education in the Philippines has evolved into the Bureau of Physical Education and
School Sports in recent years.

- - After obtaining BPESS's departmental powers, the Philippine Sports Commission was merged
into the country's Executive Order No. 81 series of 1999.

- Physical education in the Philippines was created by one of three staff bureaus within the
Department of Education, Culture, and Sports prior to the establishment of either BPESS or PSC.
- Prior to the founding of either BPESS or PSC, physical education in the Philippines was
developed by one of three staff bureaus within the Department of Education, Culture, and
Sports.

In the early twentieth century, sports organizations such as the Philippine

Amateur Athletic Federation and the Department of Public Instruction grew
alongside government-sponsored educational efforts.

• The Department of Education and the Philippine Sports

Commission also work together to sponsor yearly sports events like
the Palarong Pambansa, which attracts student athletes from all
across the country.
 When Did Physical Education Start?

Early Physical Education

Physical education has a long and winding history that dates back to ancient
Greece, but it has been a long and winding route to today's programs.

Plato's Akademia, or 'The Academy,' was written in 386 B.C.E., and it is

where physical education, or the teaching of physical exercises and fitness,
began.

Friedrich Jahn, a teacher in the early 1800s who began teaching a program of
outdoor physical education activities to pupils in the secondary schools where
he taught, is widely regarded as the father of modern physical education
programs.

Basic gymnastics equipment includes the balancing beam, parallel bars, and
rings, for example. He was the first to open a children's and adult gymnastics
club

When Charles Beck began teaching at a reform school in Northampton,

Massachusetts, fashioned after the German system, he introduced gymnastics
to the United States. In 1826, another German, Charles Follen, constructed
Harvard's first college gymnasium.

The Pre-Spanish Period

The aborigines in the Philippines, the Negritos or Aetas had a way of life
similar to other people living in the primitive society.
The only motives for physical activities were survival and protection against a
dangerous environment in connection with their search for food.
The Philippines' aborigines, known as Negritos or Aetas, lived in a similar
way to other people in a primitive culture.
Survival and protection against a harmful environment in connection with
their search for food were the only motivations for physical activities
Running, leaping, jumping, and climbing were some of the physical exercises
they did to stay in shape.

The Negritos who reside in the mountains of Bataan, Zambales, and Tarlac
place a high value on music and dancing. One of their dances, such as "juna
camote," which is done by a man imitating the act of stealing camotes,
imitates their way of life.

Physical education during Spanish period

With the exception of forced labor in the construction of churches among the
lower classes, the Spanish invasion of the Philippines had minimal effect on
people's physical activity.

Their favorite pleasures were still bathing and swimming in rivers and lakes,
which they loved as the sun sank.

Fandanggos and Curachas, two Spanish and European dances, were adopted
as one of the main physical activities enjoyed by the community.
Filipinos participated in games during the celebrations (pabitin, palo sevbo,
sungka, piko, luksong tinik)

During religious occasions such as Santa Cruzan and processions, ceremonial

dances were performed.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION AMONG PRIMITIVE PEOPLE

 Primitive man moved in order to satisfy a felt need or a necessity.

 The physical activities of primitive man were not organized.
 His motives for physical activities were mainly to search for foods and
to protect himself.
 For people whose language was less adequate, dance was a mean of
expression, particularly in a certain tribal societies.
 Play and games were an important part of living for these primitive. It
became a recognized way to improve strength, speed and skills qualities
necessary for survival

THE FIRST PHYSICAL

EDUCATION TEACHER
Friedrich Ludwig Jahn

• Born August 11, 1778, Lanz, Brandenburg,

Prussia
• Died October 15, 1852, Freyburg an der Unstrut,
Prussian Saxony
• The German “father of gymnastics” who founded
the turnverein (gymnastics club) movement in Germany
• Who was a teacher in the early 1800s who began teaching a program of
outdoor physical education activities for students in the secondary
schools where he taught.
• He was a fervent patriot who believed that physical education was the
cornerstone of national health and strength and important in
strengthening character and national identity.
Friedrich Ludwig Jahn
• He spent the next years tutoring, travelling,
and attending classes at Jena and Göttingen.
• Jahn studied theology, history,
and philology (1796–1802) at the universities
of Halle, Frankfurt an der Oder, Göttingen,
and Greifswald.
• In 1809 he settled in Berlin, where he held
several teaching positions at secondary
schools. There he began a program of
outdoor physical exercise for students.
• He invented the parallel bars, the rings, the balance beam, the horse,
and the horizontal bar, which became standard equipment
for gymnastics.
• He established a strong following among both youths and adults and in
1811 opened his first gymnastics club.