Walker's manly exercises: Containing rowing, sailing, riding, driving, racing, hunting, shooting, and other manly sports — John Shaqi
Walker's manly exercises: Containing rowing, sailing, riding, driving, racing, hunting, shooting, and other manly sportsWalker, Donald
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Walker's manly exercises: Containing rowing, sailing, riding, driving, racing, hunting, shooting, and other manly sports
Walker, Donald
Athletics; Sports
3rd. From either of the first positions now given, the clubs are,
by a turn of the body and extension of the arms, thrown upwards and
laterally (Plate V. fig. 1);--make, at the extent of the arms, and in
front of the figure, a circle in which they sweep downward by the feet
and upward over the head (Plate V. fig. 2), and fall in a more limited
curve towards the side on which they began (Plate V. fig. 3), in such a
manner that the outer one forming a circle around the shoulder and the
inner one round the head, (both passing swiftly through the position
in the last figure of the first exercise,) they return to the first
position;--this is repeated to the other side;--and so on alternately.
4th. Beginning from either first position, the body being turned
laterally,--for example, to the left, the club in the right hand is
thrown upward in that direction at the full extent of the arm (Plate
VI. fig. 1), and makes the large circle in front and curve behind as in
the last exercise (Plate VI. fig. 2), while the club in the left hand
makes at the same time a smaller circle in front of the head and behind
the shoulders (Plate VI. figs. 1, 2, and 3), until crossing each other
before the head (rather on the right side), their movements are exactly
reversed, the club in the right hand performing the small circle round
the head, while that in the left performs the large one,--and these
continue to be repeated to each side alternately.
[Illustration: _Plate V_
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Indian Club Exercise.]
[Illustration: _Plate VI_
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Indian Club Exercise.]
[Illustration: _Plate VII_
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Indian Club Exercise.]
5th. The clubs being in either first position, the body is turned to
one side--the left for example, and the clubs being thrown out in the
same direction, make each, by a turn of the wrist, a circle three times
on the outer side of the outstretched arms (Plate VII. fig. 1):--when
completing the third circle, the clubs are thrown higher to the same
side, sweeping together in the large circle in front, as in the second
exercise, the body similarly turning to the right; but, instead of
forming the smaller curve behind, both are thrown over the back (Plate
VII. fig. 2);--from this position the clubs are thrown in front,
which is now toward the opposite side, and the same movements are
reversed;--and so it proceeds alternately to each side.
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