As a thought and a religion the Poongryudo Played a great role in Silla of the Three Kingdoms.
The essence of this thought was the ways that man come in contact with all things in the universe and then get vitality that the profound ideas. In this th...
As a thought and a religion the Poongryudo Played a great role in Silla of the Three Kingdoms.
The essence of this thought was the ways that man come in contact with all things in the universe and then get vitality that the profound ideas. In this thought, the origin of man's life was on Nature.
The physical education thought was founded on humanism in Silla Kingdom. The ideal model which the Poongryudo had pursued was the whole man who harmonized with body and mind based on a theory that body and mind can not be separated. And the goal of this doctrines was embodying the fair and aboveboard man.
The methods of the physical education were military prowess, sing and dance, physical training, play, military art, sightseeing. With these methods, the goals were not only making of body but also making of the whole man. This whole man through play and another physical training performed a part of discharging of ruled and military man.
Sound mind and powerful body which was formed by these physical activity become potential energy of the unification of the Three Kingdoms.
The fact that Silla has a clear physical education thought based on the poongryudo has a deep significance in the physical education thought history.