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American Turners Sound Mind Sound Body American Turners We are the American Turners A Sound mind in a sound body Turner is simply the German word for gymnast. More than two hundred years ago on a field outside Berlin Germany Frederick Ludwig Jahn established the first system of gymnasiums for physical training based the ancient principle of a sound mind and a sound body. Turner is simply the German word for gymnast. Jahn became known as the Father of Modern Gymnastics introducing the parallel bars vault rings high bar and a precursor to the balance beam in competition.