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This article deals with the problem of the influence exerted by tradition on the aspect of physical culture being created at present and the significance of the con temporary value system for the reconstruction of the history of man's motor activity.

Depending on the methodological approach to history researchers of physical culture in each new epoch embark on a controversy regarding the shape of tradition in the sphere that interest them. This situation was caused by the fact that problems of our times cannot be solved without a fundamental correction of the retrospective picture of social reality. In addition to this, history always functions as a collection of arguments in favour or against proposals of social change. Finally each new social force tries to find confirmation in history for its own programme of action. That is why there are such diversified attitudes in regard to historical experience in the field of physical culture.

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Physical Culture — Past and Present

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