Lord Ursus Posted February 2, 2009 Report Share Posted February 2, 2009 I am fairly interested in gymnastics, and some time ago, a funny thought hit me: Gymnastics go back several decades, and has been obligatory training for young boys who would become knights, but now, it's a sport for those who wants to spend their freetime doing it. Why did that massive change occur? Today, you cannot become whatever you wan't just by saying "I have trained gymnastics for 7 years". Did the values we find in gymnastics drop to the bottom? Judging by that, it places a big question mark on whether we will even have gymnastics in 100 years. What do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMGAKITTY Posted February 3, 2009 Report Share Posted February 3, 2009 I am fairly interested in gymnastics' date=' and some time ago, a funny thought hit me: Gymnastics go [b']back several decades, and has been obligatory training for young boys who would become knights[/b], but now, it's a sport for those who wants to spend their freetime doing it. Why did that massive change occur? Today, you cannot become whatever you wan't just by saying "I have trained gymnastics for 7 years". Did the values we find in gymnastics drop to the bottom? Judging by that, it places a big question mark on whether we will even have gymnastics in 100 years. What do you think? lolwut. Hate to break it to you, but we didn't have knights a couple of decades ago. I've never heard of needing gymnastics to become a knight. Flexibility doesn't help you when you're wearing platemail (well, not that most knights could afford that...but same principal). And they couldn't "become whatever they wanted" because they trained as a gymnast for 7 years.First: because even starting at the age of 3, they would only be 10, which is still too young for knighthood.Second: assuming you are correct about this gymnast training thing, they couldn't become whatever they wanted afterward, but would become what they trained to be - Knights As a whole, I think this topic is full of false information and bullcrap. And, why, yes, we will have gymnastics in a 100 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
「tea.leaf」 Posted February 3, 2009 Report Share Posted February 3, 2009 I have very high respect for gymnasts and parkour practitioners. As slim and flexible as I am, those people are infinitely more coordinated than I'll ever be. I'm quite envious of their skills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pikachu Posted February 3, 2009 Report Share Posted February 3, 2009 I am fairly interested in gymnastics' date=' and some time ago, a funny thought hit me: Gymnastics go [b']back several decades, and has been obligatory training for young boys who would become knights[/b], but now, it's a sport for those who wants to spend their freetime doing it. Why did that massive change occur? Today, you cannot become whatever you wan't just by saying "I have trained gymnastics for 7 years". Did the values we find in gymnastics drop to the bottom? Judging by that, it places a big question mark on whether we will even have gymnastics in 100 years. What do you think? lolwut. Hate to break it to you, but we didn't have knights a couple of decades ago. I've never heard of needing gymnastics to become a knight. Flexibility doesn't help you when you're wearing platemail (well, not that most knights could afford that...but same principal). And they couldn't "become whatever they wanted" because they trained as a gymnast for 7 years.First: because even starting at the age of 3, they would only be 10, which is still too young for knighthood.Second: assuming you are correct about this gymnast training thing, they couldn't become whatever they wanted afterward, but would become what they trained to be - Knights As a whole, I think this topic is full of false information and bullcrap. And, why, yes, we will have gymnastics in a 100 years. You must read 'the Three Nations'. The Chinese military generals were the only ones that actually 'fought' with people. And the other guy is another general. And guess what? they're both strong, and flexible. And yes, you can become anything you want. I mean, steal some loot and run like the wind! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyber Altair Posted February 3, 2009 Report Share Posted February 3, 2009 I don't care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMGAKITTY Posted February 3, 2009 Report Share Posted February 3, 2009 I am fairly interested in gymnastics' date=' and some time ago, a funny thought hit me: Gymnastics go [b']back several decades, and has been obligatory training for young boys who would become knights[/b], but now, it's a sport for those who wants to spend their freetime doing it. Why did that massive change occur? Today, you cannot become whatever you wan't just by saying "I have trained gymnastics for 7 years". Did the values we find in gymnastics drop to the bottom? Judging by that, it places a big question mark on whether we will even have gymnastics in 100 years. What do you think? lolwut. Hate to break it to you, but we didn't have knights a couple of decades ago. I've never heard of needing gymnastics to become a knight. Flexibility doesn't help you when you're wearing platemail (well, not that most knights could afford that...but same principal). And they couldn't "become whatever they wanted" because they trained as a gymnast for 7 years.First: because even starting at the age of 3, they would only be 10, which is still too young for knighthood.Second: assuming you are correct about this gymnast training thing, they couldn't become whatever they wanted afterward, but would become what they trained to be - Knights As a whole, I think this topic is full of false information and bullcrap. And, why, yes, we will have gymnastics in a 100 years. You must read 'the Three Nations'. The Chinese military generals were the only ones that actually 'fought' with people. And the other guy is another general. And guess what? they're both strong, and flexible. I don't see the relevance And yes, you can become anything you want. I mean, steal some loot and run like the wind! Car>Foot speed. And that's not becoming anything you want. That's just becoming a criminal. Which I can do without training for 7 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ursus Posted February 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 OMG, I used 7 years merely as an example. Should have written "ages ago" (whoops) And, (I screwed up) the young ones I mentioned trained to become squires, not knights. And when I said "whatever they liked", they could have ignored this training, if they didn't want to be knights (squires). This whole post seems very stupid to me now, as I am not quite as bored as I was when I wrote this. I come up with the worst bullshit you can even think of when I'm bored. Do you think I should just delete this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OMGAKITTY Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 They could become whatever they wanted because they were nobles, not because they knew gymnastics.... -________- And sure, you could delete this. I've already said my piece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ragnarok1945 Posted February 5, 2009 Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 I am fairly interested in gymnastics' date=' and some time ago, a funny thought hit me: Gymnastics go back several decades, and has been obligatory training for young boys who would become knights, but now, it's a sport for those who wants to spend their freetime doing it. Why did that massive change occur? Today, you cannot become whatever you wan't just by saying "I have trained gymnastics for 7 years". Did the values we find in gymnastics drop to the bottom? Judging by that, it places a big question mark on whether we will even have gymnastics in 100 years. What do you think?[/quote'] Please, some of my friends know people who have been doing it since they were barely 3 (done it for like 14 years now) and still can't make it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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