Indian clubs, and how to use them : a new and complete method for learning to wield light and heavy clubs graduated from the simplest to the most complicated exercises followed by an appendix on strength and strong men / by E. Ferdinand Lemaire.

  • Lemaire, E. Ferdinand.
Date:
1889
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Credit: Indian clubs, and how to use them : a new and complete method for learning to wield light and heavy clubs graduated from the simplest to the most complicated exercises followed by an appendix on strength and strong men / by E. Ferdinand Lemaire. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    thoroughly proficient, but it is also of the greatest value to advanced performers and teachers, as it shows them how to form exercises and combine them together. In all the illustrations the circular course of the right club is clearly distinguished from that of the left, the former being traced by dots, the latter by dashes or strokes. The book is full of valuable hints and explanations, and comprises exercises not only for the most advanced gymnasts, but also for ladies, children, and schools; it has also a special chapter on heavy clubs. The work finishes with an appendix on Strength and Strong Men, giving a record of some wonderful feats performed by athletes and historical personages from the earliest ages to the present time. I may as well mention that this book is not intended as a literary or artistic work, but simply as a practical handbook. My name must be familiar to any one who may have taken an interest in athletics during the last 14 years, as for that time I have wielded the clubs at nearly 200 assaults-of-arms and gymnastic displays. As regards those who do not happen to know me, I hope the)'- will soon be convinced that I possess the necessary qualifications for the task I have undertaken. I have practised gymnastics in general for about 25 years, and have taught Indian Clubs at the German Gymnasium and elsewhere for upwards of 12 years. I have also been the Honorary Director of Exercises of the Amateur Gymnastic Club, for two years, until its dissolution. I may say that I have shown how to use the clubs to thousands of persons, including some of the best professional teachers of the day. Now, I think the reader will be convinced that I must know some- thing about what I have compiled in this volume, and I trust that he will have that confidence in me which I think it is necessary the pupil should have in his teacher. E. FERDINAND LEMAIEE London, October, 1889.