Hand-book of calisthenics and gymnastics : a complete drill-book for schools, families, and gymnasiums : with music to accompany the exercises . oot,the right arm being vertical,and the leftby the side ; and finally, eight times inalternate double hops, the first and sec-ond being on the right foot, the third andfourth on the left, &c, the left arm beingelevated when the hops are done on theright foot, and vice versa. Second Position. No. 128.—At the command, Second—Position, the student will take the posi-tion of the solid part of Fig. 52, in whichthe weight of the body is thrown on thepoints
Hand-book of calisthenics and gymnastics : a complete drill-book for schools, families, and gymnasiums : with music to accompany the exercises . oot,the right arm being vertical,and the leftby the side ; and finally, eight times inalternate double hops, the first and sec-ond being on the right foot, the third andfourth on the left, &c, the left arm beingelevated when the hops are done on theright foot, and vice versa. Second Position. No. 128.—At the command, Second—Position, the student will take the posi-tion of the solid part of Fig. 52, in whichthe weight of the body is thrown on thepoints of the feet, and the bells are ex-tended front, at arms-length, in line with Yia. shoulders No. 129.—First, Second, and Third Movements. These threeclasses of movements only differ from those of No. 222, p. 226, inaccompanying each leap with a movement of the arms. < When juston the point of leaping, the student draws the bells in, placing themagainst the shoulders in front where the arms and shoulders join,and on alighting instantly extends them to the commencing position,as illustrated in the dotted part of Fig. LEG AND FOOT EXERCISE. 341 Third Position. No. 130. At the com-mand, Third—Position, theposition of the solid part ofFig. 53 will be taken, in whichthe bells are extended hori-zontally to the right, and theweight of the body is support-ed by the points of the feet,the right leg being advancedto the right. No. 131. First Move-ments (Rocking Leap). Atthe command, Front, the stu-dent, turning front, will leapto the left into the position ofthe dotted part of Fig. 53,the right foot describing thearc a b, and the left, c d, si-multaneously, and recover the
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