Pathfit Prelims

Laro ng lahi

• Patintero

  • tinte - Spanish word that means “tint or ink”

  • Tubiganay - “water game”

  • Harang taga - “block and catch”

  • haring diego - try to cross my line without letting me touch or catch you. A Filipino variation of "tag".

• Description

  • Played in rectangular grid divided 4 or 6 equal parts

  • 2 teams are needed about 6 players

  • 2 teams act as taggers or runners

  • Taggers - can only move in crosswise line

  • patotot - who can move lengthwise line.

  • Runners run inside the square and exit at end of rectangle.

  • Goal of Pantintero - To cross the rectangle back and forth without getting tagged
    

  • Materials used:

    • Chalk or Water

    • Ground for playing

• Term to be familiarized

  • Bangon - players

  • Taya - taggers

  • Tubig- leader’s yell if any Bangon reaches “B” Safe Area

  • Isang Gabi - if Bangon safely reaches “B Safe Area” then back home to “A Safe Area

• Agawan ng Base - Running game played during recess time or after class in grassy field.

  • “capturing base”

• Description

  • Played two teams, each at least 3 players.

  • The base is marked by digging shallow hole place something like sandal, shirt, or towel

  • Goal of Agawan ng Base - Try to capture the base of other team by reaching first to the home base without getting tagged.
    

  • Materials used:

    • Stone

    • Chair

    • Slipper

• Term to be familiarized

  • POW - prisoners

  • HQ - headquarter or base

  • Home base- safety zone
    

• Rules and Regulation

  • An opponent who crosses the safety line of other team will be chased and tagged by the owner of the base.

  • If attacker gets tagged he/she will be a prisoner (POW) of their opponent.

  • He/she can be rescued if his/her teammate tagged her/him without being tagged by the capturer

• Tumbang preso -

  • knock down the prisoner

  • Tumba lata - “knock down the can”

  • Famous Filipino game

• Description

  • “Taya” ( the “it”) guards the can while other players stay behind with their pamatose.

  • 9 players only.

  • Goal of Tumbang preso - Hit the can with a pamato and recover it while “It” is putting back the can without getting tagged. The tagged player becomes new “It”.

• Term to be familiarized

  • Pamato “cue” – slippers

  • Taya - defenders/taggers

  • Circle - where the “It” guards
    

  • Materials used:

    • Slippers

    • Can

Filipino Traditional Games

• Luksong baka

  • jump over the cow is a popular variation of luksong-tinik.

  • One player crouches while the other players jump over him/her.

  • The crouching player gradually stands up as the game progresses, making it harder for the other players to jump over him/her.

  • A person becomes the "it" when they touch the 'baka' as they jump.

  • It is the Filipino version of leap frog.
    

• Luksong tinik

  • two players serve as the base of the tinik (thorn) by putting their right or left feet together (soles touching gradually building the tinik).

• Piko

  • is the Philippine variation of the game hopscotch.

  • The players stand behind the edge of a box, and each should throw their cue ball. The first to play is determined depending on the players' agreement

• Agawan Base

  • There are two teams with two bases which each team claims as their own.

  • The goal is to tag the other team's base without getting tagged. If you're tagged, you're transferred to the other team and must be rescued

  • kuryente - you can connect other items on the base so you can easily touch the base

• Holen

  • You should hold the ball in your hand then throw it to hit the players ball out of the playing area.

  • Marble - Holen is called _______ in the USA

  • Who ever got the most marbles win the game. You can also win the game by eliminating your opponent by aiming and hitting his marble.

  • Sharp shooter - You have to be _______ to be a winner in Holen.

• Palo Sebo

  • greased bamboo pole climbing

  • This game involves a greased bamboo pole that players attempt to climb.

  • This games is usually played during town fiestas, particularly in the provinces.

  • The objective of the participants is to be the first person to reach the prize—a small bag— located at the top of the bamboo pole.

  • The small bag usually contains money or toys.
    

• Sipa

  • game of Kick

  • It is made of a washer with colorful threads, usually plastic straw, attached to it. The sipa is then thrown upwards for the player toss using his/her foot.

  • The player must count the number of times he/she was able to kick the sipa. The one with most number of kicks wins the game.

  • Hacky Sack - The game mechanics of Sipa is similar to the Western game

  • Sepak Takraw - It is also played professionally by Filipino athletes with a woven ball
    

• Taguan

  • hide and seek in America

  • is usually played at sunset or at night as a challenge for the it to locate those who are hiding under the caves in Laguna

  • Cavite which is a popular site for pro taguan players.
    

• Chinese Garter

  • Two people hold both ends of a stretched garter horizontally while the others attempt to cross over it.

  • The goal is to cross without having tripped on the garter

  • dexterity - The higher rounds demand ____________, and the players generally leap with their feet first in the air

  • cartwheels - doing this to "cross" the garter is allowed.