University Physical Education Class

Even though we were university students, physical education was a mandatory course.
Well, some people were going to become teachers, but they could only get a junior high school teaching license, and besides, it was an art university.
You can teach even without a license, and I remember that only two people in the class actually became teachers.

And yet, PE was mandatory.
I thought it could have been an elective, but...
The reason is that the PE class was extremely hard.
The teacher was an elderly man, and in the first class, he taught us something called "military gymnastics."
It was a type of exercise where you moved your left hand, right hand, left foot, and right foot separately. There was even a test for it.
Come to think of it, it was similar to what children were dancing to in commercials back then.

Even though decades had passed since the war, this elderly teacher would make us do things like push-ups while doing a handstand in a school where almost everyone was female (this was impossible‼️ We did it in pairs, but the person supporting had to use all their strength to hold the other person's ankles and lift their body weight, so it was impossible), make us do group gymnastics, and force us to do back-to-back squats even when we said it was impossible, essentially crushing us. He was a teacher who made unreasonable demands.
Especially for those of us studying art, we were all very stiff.

There was also a volleyball tournament at the university, and since two of my friends were in the volleyball club,
our class was actually very strong at volleyball.

I was good at serving and could score points, so perhaps that's why
I got good grades and received an 'A'.

At one point, there was a physical fitness test.
It included a 50m dash, a shuttle run, and side steps.
Then, I, who was usually unathletic, was doing quite well.
Even in the 50m dash, I was actually on the faster side, even though I used to be very slow.

Yes, as women grow up, their bodies get heavier and they become less athletic.
It seems my athletic ability hadn't actually improved at all💧
It was justthat my body hadn't changed much since I was in high school.
After that, misunderstanding the situation and having strange confidence in my physical strength, I became a "stylist" who flew all around Oita.

Hehe♪

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