Seven sports that [luckily] no longer exist
There are many sports fans in all parts of the globe. Football, basketball, volleyball, baseball, golf, gymnastics, swimming, etc.. Some people also criticize the existence of others. MMA is one of the most criticized for their violence. If it is so, imagine these seven below.
In the stands, the crowd cheers. In the center of the arena, the winners breathe a sigh of relief. There was a time when competition did not always have a happy ending - at least for the loser. Deadly clashes heads flying and not usually part of the programming in existing sports channels, but once the story was different. Meet 7 sports antiquity that (luckily) no longer exist:
Gladiator fights
Packed arena, fierce struggle, no throat that does not stop screaming. Could be the classic Sunday bowling, but with a slight difference: in phase “knockout” competitors really struggle to the death.
The fight of gladiators favorite entertainment of the masses in ancient Rome, it was not for the faint hobby. How few topariam bet your life on bloody competition in the “ring” were usually slaves, forced to fight for freedom - or, more commonly, just to keep his own neck.
Extremely popular for centuries, the influence of Christianity activity has declined from the 5th century.
Venatio
Roman amphitheatres were also stage for another sport full of blood. Similar to the gladiatorial combats in matches venatio logic “fight with someone your own size” was not taken very seriously.
Arena, men were placed face to face with opponents heavyweight: should defeat ferocious animals like lions, tigers, bears and elephants.
Despite the unequal battle, were the animals that used to take the worst against humans armed with weapons and armor. The rematch came next: a variation of the “sport” was also applied as punishment and execution of criminals who should face unarmed wildlife. End of game.
Pole [of the past]
Today considered a gentleman’s activity, the pole originates engomadinha far less than you think. The first records that date back to the game has 5 years BC in Persia.
Then, the pole was a sport practiced by soldiers to guard the king and the elite troops of the army. And, as a practice match for the gun battle, tended to be very violent.
In the version of the game practiced in Manipur, India, for example, asset hold the ball with wooden hands - something forbidden in today’s games, in which the ball rolls on the field and should be moved only clubs wielded by the different players on horseback.
The regalia of the rules once gave freedom to the other players: hit the opponent with the bat to steal the round. Ai. The dangerous maneuver (for the target of the attack) is also no longer allowed under the current rules.
Jousting
Also coming from the battlefields, the fair became a sport during the Middle Ages and was far from being a safe activity. Two knights, heavily coated armor, mounted their horses on opposite sides of the arena.
Given the signal, they journeyed towards the opponent wielding a large spear. The goal was to just reach and topple the opponent to pass through it, but one of the possible (and not so unusual) collateral damage of the little game was death. To not get hurt had to have the ability - and a little luck.
There was the case of King Henry II of France. Speared over a jousting tournament, the king died in 1559 - which ended the tradition of the sport in the country.
Pankration
If you consider MMA fights too violent for sure would not have the stomach to follow a game of pankration.
Extremely aggressive, to be practiced in antiquity only had two general rules: no biting and no rip the opponent’s eyes [!]. Mixing techniques of boxing and fighting Greek, the clash infighting was a valley that used all end when one of the opponents was very close to death.
The violent practice was part of the Olympic Games between the years 648 BC and 383 AD and today a light version of the clash integrates the International Federation of Associated Wrestling.
Chariot races
Long before the Formula 1 races fill of adrenaline speed buffs, another type of competition left the hearts of fans in overdrive - the chariot races.
One of the most popular games in Greece and Rome, and the main proof of the ancient equestrian Olympic Games, the sport was dangerous for both the “driver” and for the four horses pulling the carriage.
The tour of the racecourse could be quite turbulent: A steeper curve could put everything - including some lives - to lose. This, of course, if the coach has not been felled by an opponent along the way (which was technically forbidden, but did not prevent unfair competition) - as immortalized in the classic 1959 Ben Hur. And the crowd was delirious.
Naval Battle [or naumachia]
You surely know the classic board game known as “naval battle”. In it, players must guess which squares are the ships of the opponent.
It is considered the first winner who can sink all the opponent navigations. In ancient times, this game was also very popular, with only one difference: he was not a board game. Ships truth (equally true with cannons) were placed in battle in lakes or ponds built for the clash, known as naumaquias.
The goal was to stage epic battles war, sinking the ship of playmates of the other “team” - and many of them ended up dying in the middle of the game, of course. The first “game” of naumachia was organized in Rome by Julius Caesar in the year 46 BC At the time, 2000 combatants and 4000 rowers were recruited from among the prisoners of war to be part of staging bloody.
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