ABSTRACT

Background: As a product of certain historical conditions for the development of society, physical culture and sport make up the sum total of the historically emerging consequences of one’s spiritual activity. In this study, the background of Kyrgyz traditional sports, one of the oldest Turkic peoples and have a profound history, will be examined. The Kyrgyz have created several steppe-nomadic lifestyle-coherent sports, particularly equestrian games, shooting, and wrestling, by their national will and qualifications.

Aim: To determine the natural conditions creating traditional sports, the factors determining the practical character of sports, and the pedagogical and socio-cultural benefits provided to the Kyrgyz people.

Methods: In terms of the research method; while it is possible to examine the subject with several methods, the historical method was used among these methods. The limitation of the study was today’s Kyrgyzstan and its historical geographies. As a result; Kyrgyz traditional sports, which were understood to be intellectual and moral as well as physical, had taken place in every phase of the social structure and life of the Kyrgyz.

Results: There have been a number of inputs and outputs according to the necessities of the time. The economic life of the Kyrgyz people to be based on husbandry, being nomadic peoples, the rough natural and climatic conditions they live in, war-prone structure of the old world determined the style and demand of these sports. Thanks to their pedagogy, customary customs and traditions were ensured to be respected.

Conclusion: In practical terms, on the other hand, this enabled the Kyrgyz people to overcome all these difficulties and thus, the Kyrgyz people took its place in the history books as a strong soldier and a rider people.

Keywords: Kyrgyz, traditional sports, archaic tracks.