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The History of tug of war
THE ORIGINS OF TUG OF WAR
For 1000's
of years men have enjoyed testing each other's strength according to the
simple principles adopted for the sport of tug of war.
In ancient
Egypt, teams of 3 men would hold each other around the waist and try to
pull the opposing team over a line marked on the ground.
This sport, with
or without the rope was adopted by many civilizations and became part of
their culture such as Burma (Myanmar), India, Indonesia, Hawaii, Congo,
Korea, New Guinea and New Zealand.
Tug of war
was practiced in ancient Greece both as a competition sport and as a
physical exercise to help train athletes for other sports. At the courts
of the Chinese emperors, around 1200 A.D., teams specifically trained for
tug of war competed against each other in tournaments. In the 1500's, tug
of war matches were often held in Scandinavia and later spread into
Western Europe.
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In England, the 1st tug-of-war match took
place in the 1600's, between 2 Norfolk villages. It's generally believed,
though, that the modern competitive sport first started at sea sea,
specifically with the famous Cutty Sark. Richard Woodget, her captain from
1885 to 1895, used the tug-of-war to help keep his crew fit.
Tug of war
became an organized sport at the end of the 19th century when organized
clubs were formed. When Baron Pierre de Coubertin revived the Olympic
Games, tug of war was featured on the program of the Paris Olympic Games
in 1900.
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