Japanese Traditional Morning Exercise Radio Exercise课件.ppt

Japanese Traditional Morning Exercise ”Radio Exercise” Fumio Morooka Dept. of Health and P.E. Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan 精品文档 What is “Radio Exercise” ? ? A series of light exercises accompanied by music ? Broadcasted on Radio and also on Television ? 2 sets (No.1 and No.2), but usually used separately ? Each set is about 5 minutes in length ? Every Japanese knows the music and exercises. A Japanese automatically starts moving on hearing this music …..!? 精品文档 History of Radio Exercise ? Born in 1928 (3rd year of Showa Era) to commemorate the start of Showa Era formed by Life Insurance division of Ministry of Posts ? First broadcasted on NHK radio at 7:00am on Nov. 1, 1928 ? July 1930 : first Radio Exercise Gathering “Let’s get up early, children!” was held in Kanda, Tokyo ? 1946 : reform in the exercise ? 1947-51: break in the broadcast 精品文档 History (2) ? May 1951: re-start of Radio Exercise broadcast ? 1957 : start of TV broadcast ? 1962 : First “10 million people Radio Exercise Festival” was held ~ continues in various places around Japan ? 1999 : “Exercises for All” was formed in conjunction with UN International Year of Older Persons 精品文档 At present : ? 6:30 in the morning = Radio Exercise NHK 1 (AM radio) NHK educational TV ? additional broadcasts in the afternoon both on radio (NHK 2) and TV (NHK) ? tapes are used for mass exercises from elementary schools to offices ? “Summer Radio Exercise Tour” travels around Japan with live broadcasts on site ? Aug. 19, 2007 46th “10 million people Radio Exercise Festival” was held in Kumamoto Park Dome, attendance was 6,000 live broadcast on site 精品文档 Summer Vacation = Radio Exercise at 6:30 in the morning ? Children gather in nearby parks, shrines and temples at 6:30am for Radio Exercise during summer vacation. ? usually 1 ~ 2 weeks ? pencils, notebooks are sometimes rewards for complete attendance ? but trends are changing … 精品文档 Survey on Radio E