Identifier: indianclubexerci00kehorich (find matches)
Title: The Indian club exercise : with explanatory figures and positions : photographed from life : also, general remarks on physical culture : illustrated with portraitures of celebrated athletes, exhibiting great muscular development from the club exercise ...
Year: 1866 (1860s)
Authors: Kehoe, Simon D
Subjects: Indian clubs
Publisher: New York : Peck & Snyder
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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d half Front Circles. Theyshould be executed with the arms and Clubs fully extended. Starting from the first position, (see figure,) raise them sideway andapward, in the direction indicated by the curved line and arrows, A B,until they reach the position shown by the dotted Clubs. You have now described a half Outer Front Circle, with each hand. Return them to the first position again, on the same line (A B) asindicated in the figure. This is the half Inner Front Circle. Now carry them upward to the front, with the arms fully extended,following the direction indicated by the dotted lines in the figure, C. D.This is the half Outer Front Circle. Return them to first position again, by the same line (C D.) Thisis the half Inner Front Circle. The exercise may be varied, thus: Raise the Club by the line A B, and return to first position by C D. Endeavor to execute these movements fairly and smoothly, swinging theClubs square to the front, and to the side on a line with the floor line. 46 /
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^.-•■■ / F I 0 U B 1 b. ExercisB Mn, 6> This exercise is a combination of the half Outer Back and half OuterFront Circles, involving rather an intricate change from one to the other. From the first position, raise the Club in the right hand, horizontally,at arms length, as shown in the figure. Now let it fall backward and downward at the same time, bending thearm and somewhat relaxing the grasp, allowing it to describe the circle shownby the dotted hne, ABC, arriving at the position indicated by the dottedClub, backward, over the head. This is a half Outer Back Circle. Now change, and execute the half Outer Front Circle, by bringing theClub quickly forward, to clear the body well in front. When this is done,let it fall in the direction D E F, and carry it horizontally to A again, whichis the half Outer Front Circle, and completes the movement. Some difficulty will be experienced, at first, in executing this movementsmoothly, but by noticing the natural turn of the arm, in exe

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