National aerobics are divided into freehand aerobics and light equipment aerobics.
Ethnic aerobics are aerobics composed of the customary movements of various ethnic groups in daily life, labor and fitness. Because different ethnic groups have different geographical distribution and cultural characteristics, the movements and rhythms range from gentle to vigorous, and have strong local customs and national characters. The Eighth National Ethnic Minority Games was also the first time that this form of aerobics was included in the competition performance items.
Judging from the number of participants, more than 200 athletes from 22 teams from different provinces across the country participated in this event. Judging from the competition situation, the action choreography of the participating teams can be roughly divided into two parts. Part of it is based on aerobics. Part of it is based on folk dance.
Ethnic aerobics is a new type of sports fitness program produced in the new social and historical development process. It combines the popular folk dances and aerobics movements into one. It not only inherits The excellent elements of folk dance have opened up the modernity of folk dance and integrated national culture with sports and fitness.
It not only combines the choreography principles, methods, movement routes, etc. of modern sports aerobics, but also retains the essence of national dance elements and national materials.
It is different from ordinary aerobics in that its roots are national. In addition to the general characteristics of aerobics, clothing, movement arrangement, music selection, etc. are all required to be carried out on the basis of national characteristics. Created and compiled;
It is also different from ethnic dance, because the main purpose of ethnic aerobics is to allow the general public to strengthen their bodies and to inherit and protect the traditional culture of ethnic minorities, rather than to express pure art. form, so ethnic aerobics belongs to the category of traditional ethnic sports and is one of the derivatives of traditional ethnic sports in my country.