Sokół movement

Sokół (Polish: [ˈsɔkuw] ^ⓘ, English: Falcon), or in full the Polskie Towarzystwo Gimnastyczne "Sokół" (English: "Falcon" Polish Gymnastic Society), is the Polish offshoot of the Czech Sokol movement, and the oldest youth movement organization of Poland. Created in Lwów in 1867, by the end of World War I the movement had its units – gniazda ("Nests") – in all parts of Poland, as well as among the Polish communities abroad. The group's goal was to develop fitness, both physically and mentally, with a motto mens sana in corpore sano ("a fit spirit in a fit body").