Greek vs Modern Sports

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• Greek
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• Modern
• Sports

[CalvinJGreen]

Not even a fan of pro boxing Cropper?



[MrCropper]

@CalvinJGreen "Not even a fan of pro boxing Cropper?"

Not at all. Violence doesn't appeal to me unless it is being unleashed ungainst aggressors, and even then it is regrettable.

[NotThat3]

Glad to see you're making videos again. =)

[WarVideo]

The closest thing to a sport that was a group event to the greeks was war.

[jamesellis33]

@MrCropper i'm curious to your opinion of learning self-defense not so much boxing because it doesn't work. I'm talking about Brazilian jiu jitsu, for the reason that you are not required to inflict damage, but use a submission to get compliance from an attacker. You might not know or anyone of these people in here know what Brazilian jiu-jitsu is. o.o

[stripe64]

@outsidemendham This theory is responsible for the pussification of America. Nothing could be worse for a kid to do a terrible job at something and be rewarded for it. Failure is part of life, better get used to it at a very young age.

[stripe64]

That's why Golf is the greatest game of all time.

[jaklarvabra]

A point can be made also that a true team sport (not handegg) requires more egoism then an individual sport because it forces you to be confident that just you should control or make a play at a single time. Also I think team sports is more important because it reflects the human nature more, we are after all a social creature who is dependent of others.

[gratex]

greek sports were individual because all the team activities were warfare, pillaging and other team efforts.

[grantsinmypants2]

@qtutoringhelps It's a good thing I didn't say that then.

[legendre007]

MrCropper, that's a good observation about Greek sports being individual. That same observation is made by one of Tom Wolfe's intellectual characters in his novel *I Am Charlotte Simmons*. The character says that the original Olympic sports were individual competitions. He says all modern team sports are an outgrowth of the Middle Ages. He says that's when team sports originated, and they were intended as simulations of war. "Team vs. team" represents "army vs. army."

What do you think?

[toluca56]

Team mentality and collectivism evolved, I believe, from our tribal evolutionary past. Collectivism in SMALL groups works fairly well, allowing for specialization and sharing of resources in resource-scarce environments, increasing the chances of survival for all the members. The trouble is that collectivist approaches work best when the group size is smaller than 150, and one has freedom to OPT OUT. A top-down collectivist approach definitely does not work well in large complex societies.

[CalvinJGreen]

@MrCropper Understandable, I enjoy it because it's something I learned for self-defense and fitness reasons. I’m not big on team sports either. But what’s really fascinating about martial arts is that it’s extraordinarily and deceptively strategic; every movement and every thought that occurs between the fighters can make a huge difference. There are all kinds of martial philosophies dedicated to just predicting and reacting to an opponent. It’s an interesting topic to read on if nothing else.