Indian clubs and dumb bells . e pastime. One of them alludesto the then novelty as follows-: The wonderful club exercise is oneof the most effectual kinds of athletic training. The clubs are ofwood from four to twenty pounds, and in length about two feet andone half. The exercise is in great repute among the native soldiery, police,and others whose caste renders them liable to emergencies wheregreat strength of muscle is desirable. The evolutions which theclubs are made to perform, in the hands of experts, are exceedinglygraceful. Besides the great recommendation of simplicity the Indian clubp
Indian clubs and dumb bells . e pastime. One of them alludesto the then novelty as follows-: The wonderful club exercise is oneof the most effectual kinds of athletic training. The clubs are ofwood from four to twenty pounds, and in length about two feet andone half. The exercise is in great repute among the native soldiery, police,and others whose caste renders them liable to emergencies wheregreat strength of muscle is desirable. The evolutions which theclubs are made to perform, in the hands of experts, are exceedinglygraceful. Besides the great recommendation of simplicity the Indian clubpractice possesses the essential property of expanding the chest andexercising every muscle of the body concurrently. The club exercise soon after was introduced into the British armyas part of the drill. In due course its popularity spread to this coun-try and its use may now be described as universal. Indeed, the en-thusiast was about right who exclaimed, No home is properly fur-Dished without at least a pair. CLUB-SWINGING,. RIGHTHANDOuter—Inner Left LEFTHANDInner—OutiMr Forward or Backiward. THE PKINCIPLES OF CLUB SWINGING. Fig, 1. In the engraving the black spots represent the handle of the cluland the centre of the circle made by the end of the club in going aroundThe hand being held nearly stationary. The lines at the feet of the figure, show the manner of varying themovements by swinging in front, behind, at the side and diagonal tothe front of the body. Any circle done in one direction can be reversed and swung in theopposite direction. Any circle done while the hand is held in any of the nine positionscan be done with the hand at any of the other positions. By understanding this, and the proper metlK)d of combining thecircles into double movements, the pupil will be able to invent oombiroptions including any two or all the circlt^ CLUB SWINGING. ^ Accuracy is of the utmost importance in the practice of the exer-cises described in this book. This should b
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