Miroslav Tyr�

(September 17, 1832 Decin - August 8, 1884 �tz, Tyrol) was a Czech critic and art historian, he participated in the establishment of organized physical education movement in Bohemia, especially Sokol. Czech esthetician, professor of history at the University and Technical University in Prague, Chairman of the Department of Fine Artistic Organization and member of the jury for sculptural decoration of the National Theatre.

Gymnastics club Sokol, however, did not establish itself. At the birth of this association were leaders of Czech politics and culture: the brothers Edward and Julius Gr�grov� (dr. Julius Gr�gr served 17.12 1861 draft statutes Gymnastics Prague to police headquarters), Josef Manes, Jan Neruda, JE Purkyn�, Carolina lights and more. Sokol would not have been without major financial support F�gnera Henry, who was until his death Sokol. M.Tyr� is the author of Fundamentals of physical education (completed Vil�m Kurz).

K Sokol included the gymnastics club of ladies and girls in Prague. Name Sokol gave the league Emanuel Tonner (teacher), F�gner tyk�n� and suggested the title "brother" and "sister" Manes designed costumes (garibaldiovsk� red shirts from F�gnerova initiative), Josef Barak suggested greeting, "Hi!" Tyr� and was the creator of the Sokol principles: strength and virility, activity and perseverance, love of freedom and homeland, voluntary work and discipline, mutual fraternal relationship with members.

The first Sokol was built according to the design Vojt�cha Ignatius Ullmann (1863-1964) in Sokolsk� street no. 1437 thanks to Henry F�gnera, who bequeathed the building Sokol.

"Man is there to get something resolved and that it did. The mere existence is a sea without water, paper-free, life without life."