Identifier: physicalcultures00fitz (find matches)
Title: Physical culture and self-defense
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Fitzsimmons, Robert, 1862-1917
Subjects: Physical education and training Boxing
Publisher: Philadelphia : D. Biddle
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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ball hang on a level withthe bottom, and just about on a level with, ora little bit above, your shoulders. It is best when punching the ball to stand onthe bare floor, not on a mat, as you are apt tobecome sluggish in your foot-work if you adoptthe latter course. Wear regular gymnasium shoes, and the lessclothes you have on the better. It will giveyou more freedom of movement. Put on small gloves. If you cannot get whatare known as **punching-bag gloves, take anold pair of kid gloves. Cut the ends of thefingers off if you wish, as the glove is wornsimply to protect the knuckles and to givecompactness to the hand. As to the different movements and blows,it would take up too much space to go intodetails. And, again, it is hardly necessary.Get the bag and you will soon teach yourselfhow to do the punching. At first you must be careful not to get hit bythe ball when it rebounds from the platformafter you strike it. This is only a preliminarydanger, however. You will, soon become too (78)
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PUNCHING THE BAG. IN A POSITION TO DELIVER LEFT

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