G7 Dual and Combat Sports
G7 Dual and Combat Sports
G7 Dual and Combat Sports
UNIT 3
Dual Sport
Like individual sport is
played with another individual
In doubles, the team consists
of two people
Skills maybe learned in class
Actual styles learned by
joining lessons outside school
Combat Sport
a competitive contact sport
with one-one combat
refers to any martial art or
activity
objective is to display the art
of fighting
such as striking, kicking,
hitting, throwing, or punching
Began in the 1890’s as a popular game
Did not stay long and died down
Table Tennis Became popular again in the 1920’s
Original name was “ping-pong”
Copyrighted by Parker brothers
What is Table Tennis?
Played with cork balls and vellum rackets
Wooden rackets covered with rubber “pips” which was the most
popular type used until the 1950’s
Changed into a racket with a covering of sponge material which was
dominated by Japan during 1950’s
Table used in Table
Tennis
9 feet by 5 feet
The upper surface is about 30 inches
above the floor
The net is 15.24cm high
White stripped marking running
lengthwise down the center of the table
Celluloid Ball
Is about 1.5 inches in diameter and about 0.88
ounce in weight
Rackets
• An art of self-defense
• Originated in Korea
• One of the famous form of martial arts in
the world
• Tae means foot
• Kwon means hand or fist
• Do means art
• Literally, taekwondo means “the way of the
foot and fist”
• Name has been used since 1955
Techniques to Study and Learn:
• Series of movement
• Beginners do single patterns
• Solo and pattern are the two
types of Taekwondo
• Graded on accuracy, posture,
realism spirit, decorum, and form
• Hand strikes are performed at
close distance
KARATE
LESSON IV
What is Karate?