Hand-book of calisthenics and gymnastics : a complete drill-book for schools, families, and gymnasiums : with music to accompany the exercises . COMBINED EXERCISES. 239 ber, order, and kind of motions, are the same as those of Nos. 4, 5,and 6, pp. 136 and 137 ; but these movements are accompanied withmarching, as described in No. 239. The arm or arms will be outat the greatest distance from the chest every time the left foot isplanted, and the commencing jjosition will be regained every timethe right foot is planted. No. 258.—The Chest Exercise of the second, third, and fourthPositions will be
Hand-book of calisthenics and gymnastics : a complete drill-book for schools, families, and gymnasiums : with music to accompany the exercises . COMBINED EXERCISES. 239 ber, order, and kind of motions, are the same as those of Nos. 4, 5,and 6, pp. 136 and 137 ; but these movements are accompanied withmarching, as described in No. 239. The arm or arms will be outat the greatest distance from the chest every time the left foot isplanted, and the commencing jjosition will be regained every timethe right foot is planted. No. 258.—The Chest Exercise of the second, third, and fourthPositions will be executed as prescribed on pp. 138 and 139, com-bined with marching, as explained in No. 257. All of the ShoulderExercise, and most of the movements in Elbow, and Arm andHandExercise, may also be executed in combination with marching. THIRD SERIES First Position. No. 259. — The instructor will command: 1. Combined Exer-cises ; 2. Third Series; 3. First— Fig. 121. No. 260.— Third Series. The exercises of this Series are per-formed by the combined efforts of the students, arranged in * 240 CALISTHENICS. The students will number as prescribed on p. 127, the ones and twosforming partners. Preparatory to this exercise, at the command,Tivos, one pace forward—March, the twos take a step forwardof about thirty inches, and join heels, as in the military position ;then, at the command, Twos, About—Face, the twos will turn tothe right on the left heel, describing one-half of a circle, as in , and face the ones. No. 261.—At the third command of No. 259, the two rankswill take the position of Fig. 121, the right feet being placed side byside, the right legs bent at the knee, the left legs straight, the feetof each student at right angles to each other, the left hands fixedupon the hip, the right arm of the ones bent as much as possible andheld firmly against the right side, and the right hands clasped atarms-length from th
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