Nzira yekurovedza muviri yakataurwa mumabasa evanyori vekare, vakadai saHomer, Aristotle, naPlato. Yakabatanidza zvidzidzo zvakawanda izvo zvaizozoita mitambo yakasiyana, yakadai sekushambira, kumhanya, kurwisana, bhokisi, uye kutasva bhiza, uye yakashandiswawo pakudzidziswa kwemauto. Mune fomu yaro yazvino, gymnastics yakashanduka muBohemia uye chii ikozvino (Germany) pakutanga kwezana remakore rechi19, uye izwi rokuti "artistic gymnastics" rakatanga panguva imwechete kuti zviparadzanise maitiro akasununguka kubva kune avo anoshandiswa nemauto. Mudzidzisi weGermany Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, uyo aizivikanwa sababa ve gymnastics, akagadzira mabara akawanda, kusanganisira bhawa rakatwasuka uye parallel gymnastics, ayo anoshandiswa nanhasi.
kushambira, kumhanya, kurwisana, tsiva, uye kutasva mabhiza