…However, Nordic Walking in its current form began its way across the world from Finland in spring 1997. I had already developed various Nordic Walking exercises for course groups during my studies and work at the Finnish Sports Institute at Vierumäki, Finland, in 1994 – 1997. I had even used Nordic Walking as a part of my graduation theses (1996-1997), in spite of the fact that at these times the physical activity itself did not even exist! This fact was known also to my highly respected professor Risto Virtanen, who was contacted by the managing director of Suomen Latu (The Central Association for Recreational Sports and Outdoor Activities) Tuomo Jantunen. Tuomo asked Risto to write an article about this crazy physical activity, and provide a couple of photos showing the technique of walking with poles. Risto told him that due to his pressing schedule he would not be able to help, but that he knew someone, who would definitely handle the request. After I received the contact information from Risto Virtanen, I contacted Tuomo Jantunen and introduced myself. I enquired about the requirements to the content of the article. “Six pages,” Tuomo said, and the writing project begun. To compensate this work, we agreed on an educational scholarship of 1000 Finnish marks of the times, which paid for my studies. The text was completed fairly soon, because I had already previously studied the topic in relation to physical education instruction at the Finnish Sports Institute, as well as in the course of completing my graduation thesis majoring as a physical education instructor...read more from Blog! markokantaneva.com (paikassa Vantaa, Finland)
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