Research On The Origin Of "Competitive Aerobics" (1968-2004)

By using the methods of literature review,historical analysis and video analysis,this paper combs and explores the development history of world competitive aerobics.The research found that the current domestic and foreign academic research on the development history of world competitive aerobics is relatively weak and lagging,which may be related to the fact that competitive aerobics is an unorthodox event.Based on the review and summary of relevant research achievements in various countries around the world,a relatively complete pedigree of the development of world competitive aerobics is combed out according to the chart,and four conclusions are put forward: 1)"Aerobics" invented by American military doctor Kenneth Cooper in the 1960 s is not equal to "aerobics",and the real founder of aerobics should be American actress Jane Fonda;2)In addition to Howard Schwartz,an American widely recognized by the academic community,the key figure promoting the establishment and development of competitive aerobics is Koichi Koshi,a Japanese;3)The international appellation change of competitive aerobics does not develop nonlinearly,but evolves irregularly and coexist with the change of relevant competition organizations based on project cognition;4)The promotion of the world’s three major competitive aerobics organizations in different periods has contributed to the phased characteristics of the world’s competitive aerobics development history:commercialization(1983-1988),competitiveness(1989-2002),and gymnastics(2003to date);This vision based on global history can further explore the development process and evolution law of competitive aerobics,not only enrich the academic understanding of the project,but also help guide its future development direction.Based on this,three humble opinions on the development of current competitive aerobics are proposed:1.Unify and standardize the title of competitive aerobics at home and abroad.2.To define the new concept of competitive bodybuilding in line with its connotation of gymnastics.3.In the follow-up pursuit of competitive development,competitive aerobics should desalinate the characteristics of excessive gymnastics,and try to maintain its original project characteristics to make it become a competitive sports event with independent characteristics.