Recrelympics

"Oceani. Nibibus. Terra."

The **Recrelympic Games** or **Recrelympics** is a collective term for four separate competitions (called subdivisions) held in many places worldwide. The **I**nternational **R**ecrelympic **F**ederation (IRF) is responsible for organizing the Games and oversees its activities and preparations.

These four Games are:

 Thalassic Games
 Éther Games
 Kibrit Games

The creation of the Recrelympics was inspired by the ancient Panhellenic Games, a collection of four sport festivals held in ancient Greece. Frederick Pax Frieden founded the International Recrelympic Committee in 1948, the governing body of the organization. A year after the foundation of the IRC is the first Recrelympiad in Olympia Greece in 1949.

## Description

The Quadrennium is used as the official way to measure time in the Recrelympics. The Rhodesian Games is used as a starting point, the start of year one; with both the Éther Games and Kibrit Games held in different months apart in year two, followed by the Thalassic Games in year three, and then finally the Éther Games and Kibrit Games at year four before the cycle repeats itself again with the Rhodesian Games. Officially all four of them are part of the Recrelympics, but sometimes they were called by their respective names in the media or articles for formality and respect to their origin.

## Etymology

The word **"Recrelympics"** is an amalgamation of two words, "Recreational" and "Olympics". When combined it created the meaning of "Recreational Olympics". The term "Recreational" in this context refers to exercises or programs that became a leisure in time, specifically training programs/activities that the Military used or hastiludes that were contested during the medieval ages.

## History

The Recrelympics is the result of the successful establishment of the International Recrelympic Committee back in September 1, 1948 by German Philanthropist and writer, Frederick Frieden. A day later, the Recrelympics Charter was created and with it the International Recrelympics Federation was founded. Frederick was determined to end hostility to all nations after the Second World War, and with the rehabilitation and programs to rebuilt Europe, he, and his friend, co-founder, and inventor, Petra Dimourgo, organized the League of Recreational Olumpikos (LRO) in Dimourgo's hometown, Athens, Greece. The purpose of the League is to experiment and integrate the Dimourgo's invention to a myriad of military equipment with the ending result from them becoming a sportified war game. The League's goal was achieved with the first event; the Póletropaion Games held in Athens Greece in 1947.

With the success of the Póletropaion Games, Frederick continued his gamble in achieving his dream. Using Petra's Dimiourgoenergy, he insisted its application to much larger objects like a tracked vehicle, and so they applied this technology (a prototype of the modern CEN armor) to two tanks and demonstrated his idea through a demonstration sport in the Royal Military Academy in Camberley, United Kingdom during the 1948 Olympics. The two tanks then ensued an "Armored Joust" with no casualties and an entertained audience. It was a success albeit it faced a little bit of controversy due to the usage of the tanks and their connotation, as well as the nature of this demonstration if it's a sport to begin with. Nonetheless, Frederick's gamble was a success.

The spread of the popularity was slow yet steady, eventually as the Dimiourgoenergy became widespread to its application to Military equipment, many organizations started to form together and soon make up the 4 Subdivisions of Recrelympics. And with the foundation of the IRF by 1948, both the International Infantry-Craft Association and the International Panzerkraft Federation became the first two members of the Recrelympics, this was followed by the International Board of Aerial-Aces and finally the International Sports of Aquatic-Warfare Commission in 1950. From Athens, Greece, the headquarters of the newly formed organization was moved to Geneva, Switzerland on November 11, 1948.

At first, the IRC implanted many changes to existing sports under its new authority, such as the Monte Carlo Rally, the Armored Pentathlon, Dueling, Pell-mell Combat, Air Racing, Aerobatics, Ship Sailing, and Naval Shooting. Soon these sports with additional more became disciplines under the four main subdivisions, called sports, and these are: Panzerkraft, Infantry-Craft, Aerial Aces, and Aquatic Warfare, with their International Federations also formed respectively for governing and managing these sports effectively.

As both the ICA and IPF became under the Recrelympics' Authority, the IRC begun to standardized these sports, such as concreting the rules and regulations of sports such as Monte Carlo Rally, Armored Pentathlon, Pell-mell Combat, and many more. These changes made an entire overhaul of the sports in these two (soon four) members of the Recrelympics. This led to the four members becoming Subdivisions, and these are: Panzerkraft, Infantry-Craft, Aerial Aces, and Aquatic Warfare. Under these four Subdivisions are their respective disciplines (used only in Recrelympics terminology) or sports. For example in Panzerkraft, the discipline of Armored Joust, Monte Carlo Rally, and Tankery are contested in the Recrelympics, specifically the Rhodesian Games.

The first Recrelympics event that is televised is the 1952 Rhodesian Recrelympics in Rhodes Island, Greece, with the events are Panzerkraft disciplines.

## Recrelympics Movement

The Recrelympics Movement is the concerted, organized, universal and permanent action, carried out by the IRC, and all individuals, entities, and organizations who are inspired by the values of *Recrelympism*.

The goal of the Recrelympics Movement is to contribute in building a peaceful world by advocating the use of "sportified military equipment" through sports practiced in accordance with Recrelympism and its values. This Movement covers the five continents (Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Oceania). Its Movement is to bring all athletes together under a single multi-sport Order, the Recrelympics with its symbol is four triangles interconnected together, forming a unitary connection between the athletes, the peace, the elements, and the values.

The International Recrelympic Committee, Regional Recrelympics Committee, National Recrelympics Committee, and International Recrelympics sport Federations are the four main constituents of the Movement. With the International Recrelympic Committee acting as the supreme authority out of the four. In addition to these constituents are; National or International associations, clubs and members belonging to the IFs, NRCs, and RRCs, particularly the athletes, whose interest is to follow and serve the fundamental values of the Movement, as well as personnel such as judges, referees, coaches, officials, technicians, and mechanics.

## Recrelympics Charter

Alongside the Recrelympics Movement, the Recrelympic Charter was created as a codification of *Recrelympism*, its value and fundamental principals are reflected on the actions of the IRC, including its relationship to other organizations, the actions and functions of the Recrelympic Movement, and the conditions of hosting the Games.

The Recrelympic Charter was created by Frederick Pax Frieden, and published under the title of "*Bildung der Grundlagen des Friedens*" in September 1947.

The purpose of the Charter is to serve three purposes:

* to establish the values and fundamentals of the Recrelympism
* to serve as the IRC law
* to establish and define the rights and obligations of the four constituents of the Recrelympic Movement: the IRC, the RRCs, the NRCs, and the IFs

## Recrelympism

*Recrelympism* is the philosophy of the Recrelympic Games. The fundamentals and values of it are outlined by the Recrelympic Charter.

**Recrelympism** seeks the creation of stability and peace through the blending of sport with culture, education, and cooperation. Recrelympism aims to open up the athletes' true self by letting them experience the disciplines/sports of Recrelympics. This philosophy is based on Frieden's desire for creating everlasting peace among nations, which by itself is a controversy as this is a subject of a subjective creation. Nonetheless, thanks to his Philosophy, the world is now on a period of world peace.

According to the principles of Recrelympism, the practice of Recreational sports is a belief of building peace. Each individual must have the possibility of practicing these sports, without the need to worry about discrimination of any kind, which requires a mutual understanding, cooperation, friendship, solidarity, sportsmanship, and fair play.

Recrelympism states that the enjoyment of rights and freedoms to practice these sports should take place without discrimination of any kind, such as race, color, sex, sexual orientation, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status.

### **Recrelympism in Action**

As stated from above, Recrelympism seeks stability and peace through the blending of sport with culture, education, and cooperation. Thus there are Activities or Missions that are endorsed by the Recrelympics Movement, and these are: *Peace through Sport, Humanity through Sport, Development through Sport, Education through Sport*, and *Sport for All*.

The IRC supports **Peace through Sport** by working alongside the Geneva Convection, and countless entities that preserves peace through the means of these specific sports and their disciplines. For **Humanity through Sport**, they work alongside the International Red Cross and other humanitarian organizations to help people perceive, gain, and understand the concept of humanism and philanthropism. In **Development through Sport**, the IRC works with the United Nations and other agencies to initiate the means and ways for both the athletes and its represented nation or team to flourish.

In **Education through Sport**, the IRC works alongside many Educational Institutions across the 5 continents to teach not only the participants but also the general audience of being active and playing these sports of Recrelympics. And **Sport for All** offers the access of sports to everyone, regardless of sex, gender, social class, race, and origin.