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Shuttlecock Player
Shuttlecock Player

Jianzi (毽子) is a traditional Asian shuttlecock game which originated in ancient China in the Han dynasty. In English, both the sport and the object with which it is played are referred to as "shuttlecock" or "featherball". Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Kofos. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Kofos. ... World map showing the location of Asia. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Han Dynasty in 87 BC Capital Changan (202 BC–9 AD) Luoyang (25 AD–190 AD) Language(s) Chinese Religion Taoism, Confucianism Government Monarchy History  - Establishment 206 BC  - Battle of Gaixia; Han rule of China begins 202 BC  - Interruption of Han rule 9 - 24  - Abdication to Cao Wei 220... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

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Jianzi

The Jianzi, also known as Shuttlecock, Chinese Hacky Sack or Kinja in the United States and the UK, is a special feather shuttlecock fixed with a rubber sole or plastic discs. Some handmade jianzis make use of a coin that has a hole in the center. The game bears a great resemblance to badminton, except that jianzi is played without rackets. Instead, various parts of the body, but not the hands, are used to keep the shuttlecock from touching the ground. It is primarily balanced and propelled upwards using parts of the leg, especially the feet. This article does not cite its references or sources. ... The Danish Olympic badminton player Peter Gade Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players (singles) or two opposing pairs (doubles), who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. ...


Jianzi, or Kinja, is well known in Asia and is gaining popularity in Europe. Jianzi came to Europe in 1936, when a Chinese athlete from the province of Jiangxu performed a demonstration at the Olympic Games of Berlin. Germany and other countries were so impressed that they began to learn and play the sport. World map showing the location of Europe. ... (Redirected from 1936 Olympic Games) There were two Olympic Games in the year 1936: 1936 Summer Olympics 1936 Winter Olympics This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...


The World Shuttlecock Championship is an annual event held since the founding of the International Shuttlecock Federation (ISF) in 1999. Until then, various countries took turns organising championships. Year 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar). ...


The sport continues to receive greater recognition, and has been included as a sport in the 2003 Southeast Asian Games. Among the members of ISF are China, Taiwan, Finland, Germany, the Netherlands, Hungary, Laos, Vietnam, Greece, France, Romania, and Serbia. China and Jack Bao are generally considered as the leading teams in ranking, while for Europe, Hungary and Germany are considered the best teams. On August 11, 2003, delegates from Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Romania, and Serbia founded the Shuttlecock Federation of Europe (S.F.E.) in Ujszasz (Hungary). The 22nd Southeast Asian Games were held in Hanoi, Vietnam from 5 December - 13 December 2003. ... Anthem Serbia() on the European continent() Capital (and largest city) Belgrade Official languages Serbian 1 Recognised regional languages Hungarian, Croatian, Slovak, Romanian, Rusyn 2 Albanian 3 Government Semi-presidential republic  -  President Boris Tadić  -  Prime Minister Vojislav KoÅ¡tunica Establishment  -  Formation 9th century   -  First unified state c. ... is the 223rd day of the year (224th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 2003 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...


Jianzi is also widely played in the Southeast Asia, where it is known as Chapteh. Dacau is the Vietnamese name.


Origins of the Game

The first known version of Jianzi originated from 5th century BC in China. At the time, it was called Ti Jian Zi, or simply the "shuttlecock". The game was believed to have been evolved from an ancient military exercise. (2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium) The 5th century BC started on January 1, 500 BC and ended on December 31, 401 BC. // The Parthenon of Athens seen from the hill of the Pnyx to the west. ...


For the next 1000 years, "shuttlecock" spread throughout Asia. As a result of this, the game possessed different names in different countries.


Chapteh

Chapteh, or capteh, is a traditional game in Southeast Asia that requires a shuttlecock. It is a favourite pastime among children. Location of Southeast Asia Southeast Asia is a subregion of Asia. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...


The game is played using a shuttlecock made up of feathers attached to a rubber disc (base). The idea of this game is to keep the capteh airborne for as long as possible by kicking it. Another method of playing is to kick the shuttlecock back and forth between two people, similar to sepak takraw. Only a very small area is needed to kick a shuttlecock, so it can be practiced in space-confined places. The game is physically intensive. A sepak takraw ball made out of rattan. ...


This game was commonly played in Singapore and Malaysia during the kampong days when boys gathered in groups to have a kick-a-about. Recently, interest for this game has declined as boys traded this simple game for more sophisticated video and computer games. Kampong or kampung is a word in Malay and Indonesian language which means village. The word is also a common title for names of places in Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore which, although modern, retains the word kampong for historical purposes. ... Namcos Pac-Man was a hit, and became a universal phenomenon. ... A computer game is a game composed of a computer-controlled virtual universe that players interact with in order to achieve a defined goal or set of goals. ...


How to Play

This game requires a minimum of two players.


1) The first player will start off the game by kicking the chapteh and keeping it in the air for as long as possible. (The chapteh is usually kicked with the inside of the foot; however, if the player wishes to, he or she may try another way of kicking the chapteh.) A point is scored for every successful kick.


2) If the player fails to kick it again before it lands on the ground, the player will have to pass the chapteh to the next player, and the game goes on in this manner.


3) The players may continue the game for as many rounds as desired.


4) The player with the most points wins the game.


Alternate version

Another version of the game also requires a minimum of two teams, each team a minimum of one player.


The players first delimit a playing field for the two teams: the center line and the boundaries. The goal of each team is to kick the chapteh to the other team's playing field, much like volleyball but using everything except your arms and your hands.


The serving team kicks the chapteh to the other team's playing field, with an exception; the serve must always be above waistline when the chapteh crosses the centerline. If the served chapteh goes out of the playing field or below the waistline, it is a "fault" and the chapteh is re-served. After three faults the opposing team scores a point, and it becomes the opposing team's turn to serve.


If the serve is not a fault, the opponent has to return the chapteh back to the server without letting the chapteh touch the floor or go out of the playing field. If the chapteh goes out but is still in the opponent's playing field, the server scores a point. A general rule of the thumb is the next team will be serving from the spot where the ball last lands.


If the opposing team returns the ball but it goes out in the server's side, no points are awarded, and the general rule stated above applies, but the original server serves again. If it is properly returned, the server has to return the ball back to the other team. This goes on and on until:

  • 1) One of the team fails to return the chapteh.
  • 2) The chapteh lands out after a return.
  • 3) The chapteh hits the ceiling (no point).
  • 4) The chapteh lands on the line (no point, the last-touching team serves).

However, an exception to the "ceiling" and "out" rules are that if the team touches the chapteh after it goes "out" or "ceiling", the chapteh is no longer treated as out and if the team does not manage to return the chapteh after touching it, the opposing team scores a point.


Podopterisi

Podopterisi is the Greek word for the Shuttlecock Sport which is very often confused with the Badminton Sport Cork Ball (yumaoqiu). But it must Not be confused with the kickable shuttlecock (jianzi)which is a colourful feathered object with a spring-loaded base; or the Shuttlecock Sport. The flying feather is called Jianzi, whose name is poetic and given by the people who are interested in it. It was from the Han period that people played it, and was popular in liuchao, Sui period and Tang period. Shuttlecock (jianzi) has a history of two thousand years, you can find something about it in a few ancient books. In 1933, Nanjing in the fifth national sports meeting, playing Shuttlecock (jianzi), wrestling, and so on were defined as the national item formerly. And in June, 1961, a movie called "The flying feather" was finished by the central news movie company, the movie was so successful that it gained the international movie festival gold metal of movies. In 1963, Playing Shuttlecock Jianzi, was taught by teachers in elementary school so that it was more popular than ever before. Shuttlecock Ball Shuttlecock Player Artistic Shuttlecock Ball Shuttlecock very often confused with the Badminton Sport Cork Ball (yumaoqiu). ...


Playing Shuttlecock (Jianzi) or (Featherball) does much benefit to health, Raising legs, jumping, and turning the body make up the wonderful gesture, which make every part of body take part in the exercise and be active and move freely. It also raise the vital capacity, protein and sums of metabolism.its also good for the health of brain. Playing Shuttlecock (jianzi)has something to do with the health care of kidney, a lot of people agree. When some people playing it together, they can train the sense of a group, and cooper more?It also can train the spirit of over coming difficulties, mastering opportunities?Its different from playing soccer, in which people touch the ball as long as he's near it, there is a discipline in receiving jianzi, it remains in the same place and people move to touch it without leting it change place. During the remaining, people can do a lot of beautiful act. The age of people who play Shuttlecock (jianzi)is not limited, from the child to elders in their eighties, everybody and take part in the item. The mastering of it is not forgetable as well, some people stopped practicing it for some years can also play it as well as before. It dosent charge you much because only a few feathers, two metal coins are available to make up a nice Shuttlecock (jianzi), its so small that you can take it everywhere, and play it whenever you want. Playing Shuttlecock (jianzi)is similar to playing soccer, but every act of playing Shuttlecock (jianzi) is finished without touching the ground.


Taking Shuttlecock (jianzi) as the helping exercise of playing soccer is intesting to athelets and good for training soccer. In order to playing Shuttlecock (jianzi) successfully, people have to have a fast reflection, master the time correctly, and make a gesture quickly. According the above, there are three factors of palying Shuttlecock (jianzi): fast move, stable body and beautiful gesture. It seems easy to play Shuttlecock (jianzi), but there are a lot of different gesture to play it, few people can master it. But if you see it as an exercise, it wont be so difficult, it brings happiness and the feeling of success to people. When you finish a new gesture, your feelings of happiness cant be expressed only by word.


From The Official European Shuttlecock Federation Portal we read:


The first report of the Shuttlecock Sport is the 5th century BC in China . The Chinese played the Ti Jian Zi or shuttlecock. At least for 1000 years, this game was played initially in Asia . It assumed that shuttlecock developed from the Tsu Chu, a game similar to football. Shuttlecock is a remarkable way of exercising, a training for developing quick reflexives, of agility and of concentration. Exactly, because of this, shuttlecock for decades is used in military training and in basic training in China. The game is very simple. Children in order to make a featherball took round pieces of lead and tin for the base, chicken feathers for the top, and played shuttlecock. Today, the game is played in schools all over China . The Shuttlecock evolved from an ancient military exercise.


A lot of famous generals in the Chinese history used this game in order to relax and exercise their troops. The matches of Shuttlecock Sport were popular in the times of the dynasties of Han and of Song (207-906). Since the Song Dynasty (960-1278) the game was renamed to Chien Tsu, from the Chinese word for "arrow" that sounds precisely as the word "shuttlecock". The game is divided in two basic types:


The artistic and the team play.


The game is played according to the rules. The game is similar to the volleyball, but the ball is different and by no means touched by the hands. The artistic game is completely different. As the name implies, it has to do with the skill of the athlete and the choreography. The winner is the one who does the most difficult and controlled subterfuges with the featherball. Individuals, pairs, or teams can play the artistic game. Both games have the same goal, to keep the ball in the air without touching the ground. The featherball is kicked with the feet, the knees, the hips, the body, but never with the hands.


The first national competition of Shuttlecock Sport took place in 1933 in China . In 1933, in Nanjing in the fifth National Sports meeting, playing Jianzi, wrestling, and so on were defined as the National Sports formerly. And in June, 1961, a movie called "The flying feather" was finished by the central news movie company. The movie was so successful that it is gained the International movie festival gold metal of movies. Since 1984, shuttlecock is an Official National Sport. In 1984, an enthusiastic team of fans founded in Hong-Kong, the Amateur Union of Shuttlecock. In 1994, this union was reformed and renamed to "Hong Kong Association of Shuttlecock" (HKSA).


Shuttlecock, came to Europe before the 2nd world war, when a Chinese athlete from the province of Jiangxu performed a demonstration in the Olympic Games of Berlin in 1936. Germany and other countries were so impressed, that they began to learn and play the demonstrated sport.


The championships of the World Shuttlecock are an annual event since the founding of the International Shuttlecock Federation - (ISF) in 1999. Since then, the countries were undertaking voluntarily the organisation of championships, in turn. Hong-Kong organised the International Championships of Shuttlecock in 1995.


Day by day, the sport receives a greater recognition, since it has been included as a sport in the southeastern Asiatic games of 2003. The members of ISF are China, the Chinese Taipei, Finland, Germany, Holland, Hungary, Laos the Vietnam, Greece, France, Romania, Serbia, etc. Among them, China and the Vietnam are considered as leading teams in ranking, while for Europe, Hungary and Germany are considered the Best Teams. Finally, on August 11th 2003 delegates from Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Romania and Serbia founded the Shuttlecock Federation of Europe (S.F.E.), in Ujszasz (Hungary).


Featherball

Featherball is a sport which is known as Shuttlecock Sport or Jianzi. Shuttlecock Ball Shuttlecock Player Artistic Shuttlecock Ball Shuttlecock very often confused with the Badminton Sport Cork Ball (yumaoqiu). ...


Featherball is very often confused with the Badminton Sport Cork Ball (yumaoqiu), but that should not be confused with the kickable shuttlecock (jianzi) which is a colourful feathered object with a spring-loaded base, or with the Shuttlecock Sport. The flying feather is called Jianzi, whose name is poetic and given by the people who are interested in it. It was from the Han period in China that people played it, and was popular in the liuchao, Sui and Tang periods. Shuttlecock (jianzi) has a history of two thousand years, and can be read about in a few ancient books. In 1933, Nanjing in the fifth national sports meeting, playing Shuttlecock (jianzi), wrestling, and so on were defined as the national item formerly. And in June, 1961, a movie called "The Flying Feather" was finished by the central news movie company; the movie was so successful that it received the International Movie Festival's Gold Medal of Movies. Starting in 1963, playing Shuttlecock Jianzi, was taught by teachers in elementary school so that it was more popular than ever before.


Playing Shuttlecock (Jianzi) or (Featherball) provides many health benefits. Raising the legs, jumping, and turning the body makes every part of body take part in the exercise and stay active and move freely. It raises the total metabolism, and is also good for mental health. When people play it together, they can train as a team, and build cooperation. It also can train the spirit to overcome difficulties and master opportunities. It is different from playing soccer, where people touch the ball as long as they are near it; there is a discipline in receiving jianzi, it remains in the same place and people move to touch it without letting it move out of place. During the remaining, people can do a lot of beautiful act. The age of people who play Shuttlecock (jianzi) is not limited; from children to people in their eighties, everybody can take part. The mastery of it is not forgotten, as people who have stopped practicing it for some years can also play it as well as before. It does not cost much because only a few feathers and two metal coins are needed to make up a nice Shuttlecock (jianzi). It is so small that you can take it everywhere, and play it whenever you want. Playing Shuttlecock (jianzi) is similar to playing soccer, but every act of playing Shuttlecock (jianzi) is finished without touching the ground.


See also

A sepak takraw ball made out of rattan. ... Footbag net is a sport in which players kick a footbag over a five-foot-high net. ... Footvolley is a sport which combines field rules that are based on those of volleyball with ball-touch rules taken from football. ...

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Jianzi is more commonly played in parks or play areas in Asia.
Jianzi is also used as a martial arts training tool and has featured in many films including one with Jackie Chan.
The Jianzi is a simple object but the skills are difficult and challenging to master.
Jianzi: Information from Answers.com (2634 words)
Jianzi (毽子) is a traditional Asian shuttlecock game which originated in ancient China in the Han dynasty.
The Jianzi, also known as Shuttlecock, Chinese Hacky Sack or Kinja in the United States and the UK, is a special feather shuttlecock fixed with a rubber sole or plastic discs.
Jianzi, or Kinja, is well known in Asia and is gaining popularity in Europe.
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