--- title: Running, gymnastics and martial arts — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Running, gymnastics and martial arts», a lesson of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Your muscles have a fast fuel for sprints that runs low within about a minute, which is why the kid who blasts off in the 800 metres --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/43-running-gymnastics-and-martial-arts/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Medicine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/) / Running, gymnastics and martial arts # Running, gymnastics and martial arts Lesson 43 of the medicine course of Mova's primary school: 16 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/medicine/43-running-gymnastics-and-martial-arts/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/43-running-gymnastics-and-martial-arts/0/) — Your muscles have a fast fuel for sprints that runs low within about a minute, which is why the kid who blasts off in the 800 metres is walking by lap two. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/43-running-gymnastics-and-martial-arts/1/) — Long races are won with an even pace and a sprint saved for the end. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/43-running-gymnastics-and-martial-arts/2/) — Gymnastics is about control: a forward roll lands on the back of the shoulders with the chin tucked, never on the top of the head, and flips are learned over months with a coach, spotters and thick mats, never from a video on the sofa. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/43-running-gymnastics-and-martial-arts/3/) — Stretching works on warm muscles, slowly, to a gentle pull; sharp pain means stop. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/43-running-gymnastics-and-martial-arts/4/) — And a trampoline is one person at a time, because bodies bouncing together crash into each other. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/43-running-gymnastics-and-martial-arts/5/) — Martial arts start with control and respect: judo's first lesson is how to fall safely, and karate teaches you to avoid fights and use your skills only to get away from danger. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/43-running-gymnastics-and-martial-arts/6/) — Running flat out uses the muscles' fast fuel, which runs low within about a minute, so in longer races an even pace works better. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/43-running-gymnastics-and-martial-arts/7/) — Junior parkrun is a free 2 km run on Sunday mornings for ages 4 to 14, and walking and jogging are welcome; the adult parkrun on Saturday mornings is 5 km. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/43-running-gymnastics-and-martial-arts/8/) — Soreness a day or two after a race comes from tiny muscle strains being repaired; lactic acid is cleared within about an hour. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/43-running-gymnastics-and-martial-arts/9/) — Usain Bolt ran 100 m in 9.58 seconds in 2009, still the world record; sprinters reach top speed around halfway and the winner is often the one who slows least. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/43-running-gymnastics-and-martial-arts/10/) — In exercise a very fast heartbeat is normal for a healthy child; chest pain or fainting is not and must be told to an adult. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/43-running-gymnastics-and-martial-arts/11/) — In a forward roll the chin tucks to the chest so the back of the shoulders takes the weight; rolling on the top of the head bends the neck badly. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/43-running-gymnastics-and-martial-arts/12/) — Muscles stretch further and more safely when warm; forcing a stretch into sharp pain can tear a muscle, and flexibility grows slowly over weeks. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/43-running-gymnastics-and-martial-arts/15/) — Martial arts train balance, fast reactions and control; children's sparring stops before contact, and the first rule is to avoid fights; a club can throw out a pupil who uses it to fight outside. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/43-running-gymnastics-and-martial-arts/16/) — Judo has been in the Olympics since 1964 and taekwondo since 2000. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/43-running-gymnastics-and-martial-arts/17/) — Judo starts with break-falls: chin tucked and the arm slapping the mat spread the landing and keep the head off the floor; sticking a straight arm out can break a wrist. - ← previous: [Swimming and cycling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/42-swimming-and-cycling/) - next →: [Basketball, tennis, skateboarding and ice skating](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/44-basketball-tennis-skateboarding-and-ice-skating/) - ↑ back to [Medicine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/)