Argumentation of Contemporary and Legacy in Physical Education Sciences: Equestrian As A model

Abstract

When a person hears of the achievements, championships, and victories which remarkable skilled riders where able to accomplish during ancient times lacking any sophisticated war tools beside primitive swords and spears on the back of their horses, feelings of owe and amazement will overcome him. A person can not help but to contemplate, how possible for such individuals to fight, compete, and finally win victory? Were they subject to a vigorous training to reach that expert level? It is difficult to make the assumption that these mounted soldiers and riders were born with such talent as natural champions and they were capable to achieve all these amazing deeds. In this paper, we aim to unveil the mystery of equestrian or horsemanship as it was described in ancient times. Equestrian has become a science in modern times that is taught and many books were composed about it. Moreover, equestrian became amendatory course in the program of study of various physical education colleges in the world. Another point to raise concerning the artistic and theoretical aspects of equestrian? Did scholars overlook discussing this field on both accounts as a science and art? Or did it receive the proper scholarly attention as it should have. Many researchers these days claim that equestrian is a modern science which consists merely of the fundamental skills of riding. In this paper, the researchers aim to examine these misconceptions about the nature of equestrian providing evidence to support their perspective.