Rules of the Ring and History of Boxing

LESSON #1 – 11/18 Friday

AIM: What do you know about the sport of Boxing?

DO NOW:

1.  What do you expect to learn in this class?

2.  What would you like to learn in this class?

HOMWORK: Write in your notebook where Crete is.

RULES OF THE RING

1.      No gum, food, candy, drinks, or jewelry.

2.      Before entering the ring, you must: #1 Ask Ms. A for permission

   #2 Wipe your feet

3.   Respect each other, equipment, and Ms. A. 

4.   NO HITTING EACH OTHER or hanging from bags!!

5.   No hitting the bags without hand wraps on! 

HISTORY OF BOXING

1.      Boxing started 2,500 years ago in Crete and Egypt.

2.      The Greeks refined the sport and included it in the Olympic Games.

3.      Rome then took up the sport with a much more violent twist.

4.      It became part of the gladiatorial blood spectacle.

5.      Boxers wore metal studded hand wraps to insure deadly strikes.

6.      In the 1700’s it made a comeback in England in Fencing schools.