ABSTRACT
This article has for purpose to discuss two sporting initiatives in which intentions of body education were observed, articulating the dynamics of the spectacle and certain discourses related to physical education - the experiences of the Clube Atlético Brasileiro and the Clube Olímpico Guanabarense, associations dedicated centrally to the races, founded in the Niterói of the 1880s. In order to reach the objective, as sources were used memorialists and newspapers published in Niterói and Rio de Janeiro in the period. In the interpretation, we have considered the principles of efficacy, property and identity as Vigarello (2003) suggests. This is, respectively, what is related to the education of the physical, the spirit and for insertion into collectives.
Keywords:
education history; sport history; body history