PE prelims

• Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PAR-Q) is filled out by PE learners for the teacher to assess their physical activity level or background
• Health Appraisal Record/Health Declaration Form assesses participants' medical and physical status, and the results are confidential between the teacher and learner
• Essentials in Physical Activity:

  • Water Bottle: Bring a water bottle filled with water for outdoor activities to prevent dehydration
  • Dehydration is the process of losing fluid from the body due to insufficient intake, caused by physical activities, vomiting, diarrhea, fever, alcohol, diabetes, or failure to drink water
  • Common signs of dehydration include thirst, dry mouth, dark colored urine, fatigue, dizziness, confusion, and headache
  • PE uniform: Wear the official PE shirt and pants to PE classes
• Physical Fitness is the general state of health and well-being, including the ability to perform sports, occupations, and daily activities
• Components of Physical Fitness:

  • Health Related Fitness:
  • Cardiorespiratory Endurance: Ability of the heart, lungs, and blood vessels to supply oxygen during prolonged physical activity
  • Body Composition: Relative percentage of muscle, fat, bone, and other tissues in the body
  • Muscular Strength: Maximal force generated by specific muscles
  • Muscular Endurance: Ability of muscles to sustain repeated contractions over time
  • Flexibility: Ability for joints to move through their full range of motion
  • Power: Ability to move body parts swiftly with maximum force
• Skill Related Fitness:

  • Speed: Ability to move fast with strength for power and force
  • Agility: Ability to change body position and direction quickly
  • Balance: Ability to maintain body equilibrium
  • Body Coordination: Ability to use senses and body parts together during movement
  • Reaction Time: Ability to respond quickly to stimuli
• Phases of Exercise:

  • Warm-up: Prepares the body for exercise, gradually increases heart rate, flexibility, and protects against injury
  • Conditioning: Exercise that produces fitness benefits like calorie burning, endurance building, or muscle strengthening
  • Cool Down: Ends exercise session with recovery time, gradually decreases physical activity to return body to normal
• • Pugay: Greeting in Arnis done before and after sessions, practices, or activities in three different ways
• Arnis:

  • Indigenous Filipino martial art characterized by swinging, twirling, striking, thrusting, and parrying techniques
  • Remy Amador Presas founded Modern Arnis and revitalized Arnis as a cultural treasure
  • Arnis was acknowledged as the Philippine National Sports and Martial Arts
  • Equipment:
  • The Sticks: Rattan stick/baston should measure 60-90 cm in length and 1.3-3.8 cm in diameter
  • The Grip: Essential preparatory skill in Modern Arnis, hand one fist away from the punyo for a good grip
• During the Spanish regime, Spaniards prohibited any sword arts in the Philippines but were again unsuccessful because Filipinos turned it into a play, Moro-Moro
• On March 19, 1974 the City Council of Iloilo, Philippines, presented publicly

  * Resolution Number 388*

  RESOLUTION 388 HEREBY RECOGNIZES “REMY A. PRESAS” AS THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR REVIVING THE ANCIENT FILIPINO MARTIAL ART OF “ARNIS.”
• Ernesto Amador Presas, his younger brother, as co-founder of Modern Arnis
• On December 11, 2009, the unification of House Bill No. 6516 and Senate Bill No. 1424 (authored by Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri) was signed into law as RA 9850. Arnis was acknowledged as the Philippine National Sports and Martial Arts.
• This movement was supported by the Department of Education (DepEd), the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), and the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC)