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SO RICH IN HUMAN EXPERIENCES AND
SPORTS EXPLOITS THAT IT DESERVES TO BE WRITTEN...
THE CHINESE HAVE BEEN PRACTICING BACKWARD WALKING
AND BACKWARD RUNNING FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS.
THEY ARE THE PIONEERS OF THIS EXTRAORDINARY WAY OF LIFE! |
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THEN BACKWARD RUNNING DEVELOPED THROUGHOUT
THE XXth CENTURY IN U.S. where famous figures of
American Sports were great promoters. We can quote among others:
William Muldoon - World Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion, Gene
Tuney -World Boxing Champion, Bill Robinson - Famous Tap-Dancer,
Ed. Schultz - Athlete, Coach Al Feola - College of Fullerton,
Horace Blackley, Gary Gray - Therapist who develops Retro
Training as method of rehabilitation in his clinics, Pat Murphy
- one of the great innovators of fitness in the United States in
the 80's, Professors Barry Bates and Janet Dufek, and many other
American Professors (Flynn, Arata, Soutas-Little, Amstrong,
Devita, Ashley-Ross, Nadeau, ect). Then three people played a
determining rule, Dr Robert K. Stevenson in 1981 publishing:
BACKWARDS RUNNING
and Ron Austin,
who did fantastic work for the promotion of Retro Runnning in
U.S.A. over many years and currently Bud
Badyna.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO EVERYBODY.
Edith & Chritian Grollé
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TODAY, MANY
RETRO RUNNING RACES ARE ORGANIZED IN EUROPE
(Italy, Germany,
Austria, Belgium, The Netherlands, Finland, Switzerland, Poland,
United Kingdom, etc)
BUT ALSO IN THE WORLD
(Argentina, Australia,
Brazil, Canada, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia,
Mexico, South Africa, Taiwan, United States).
Every month new races and events appear, providing a
counterbalance to the blinkered rush of humankind, enabling us
to step back and reflect differently... |
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BACKWARD RUNNING CAN
CHANGE THE
MILLENNIUM |
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THE
EMERGENCE OF BACKWARD RUNNING IS NOT A MATTER OF CHANCE |
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It is both a sign and the symbol that something “in the
air” is becoming reversed. This new way of running announces the
beginning of a new civilization. To reverse the most basic and
common act of man, walking or running, is tantamount to touching his
essence. What could be more effective than this simple exercise
which will modify our view of everything? It can change our human
relationships, our relationship to money, our conception of time,
and at the social level can alter the face of our cities, our
transportation and exchange systems, etc. At a time when an
unprecedented human mutation is taking place before our very eyes,
the advent of Backward Running, if practised as an exercise
conducive to a change in our perceptions, can bring down the
certainties that underlie the general escapist movement. More than
words can, a backward motion of our bodies will provoke a
fundamental questioning of our commonest attitudes and bring about
the social change that the urgency and gravity of the problems of
our day require.
Professor Patrick
Baronnet. |
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BACKWARD RUNNING IS YIN
- FORWARD RUNNING IS YANG |
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ALTERNATION = BALANCE = HEALTH = HARMONY |
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