Hand-book of calisthenics and gymnastics : a complete drill-book for schools, families, and gymnasiums : with music to accompany the exercises . AND EXERCISES. ARM AND HAND EXERCISE. FIRST SERIES, First Position. No. 1.—The students being placed as explained in the articleentitled Formation of the Class, p. 125, and occupying standingsas illustrated in Fig. 8, p. 121, their wandsbeing held against the right shoulder, withthe right hand, in the position of the dot-ted wand of Fig. 7, the instructor will firstcommand, Order—Wand. No. 2.—At the first word of command,Order, the students seize the
Hand-book of calisthenics and gymnastics : a complete drill-book for schools, families, and gymnasiums : with music to accompany the exercises . AND EXERCISES. ARM AND HAND EXERCISE. FIRST SERIES, First Position. No. 1.—The students being placed as explained in the articleentitled Formation of the Class, p. 125, and occupying standingsas illustrated in Fig. 8, p. 121, their wandsbeing held against the right shoulder, withthe right hand, in the position of the dot-ted wand of Fig. 7, the instructor will firstcommand, Order—Wand. No. 2.—At the first word of command,Order, the students seize the wand brisklywith the left hand near the point of theshoulder, as shown by the dotted arm ofFig. 1. At the second word of command,Wand, they loosen the grasp of the righthand, simultaneously force the wand withthe left hand through the right to thefloor, and instantly carry the left arm backto the side, thus taking the habitual ormilitary position, as illustrated by thesolid part of Fig. 7. No. 3.—Rest. The instructor will al-ways command, Order—Wand, before hepermits the student to rest, as explainedon pp. 128 and 149. j,-1Q<. ARM AND HAND EXERCISE. 265 No. 4.—Shoulder—Wand. Prior to changing the position ofthe student, or executing a march, the instructor commands, Shoul-der—Wand At the first word of this command, the student, whois standing in the position of Fig. T, crosses the left arm front in linewith the waist, and seizes the wand with the left hand exactly at theright elbow; atthe second, the r\left hand raises ^ the wand, whichslips through theright hand, suffi-ciently high totouch the pointof the shoulderwith the littlefinger of the lefthand, when theright hand sus-tains the wandin its place, andthe left hand,describing an arcin front, instant-ly drops to theside. No. 5.—The instructor will command : 1rise; 2. First Series; 3. First—Position. No. 6.—At the third command, the student will take the positionof Fig. 8, in which the hands are nearl
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