Japanese physical training : the system of exercise, diet, and general mode of living that has made the Mikado's people the healthiest, strongest, and happiest men and women in the world / by H. Irving Hancock.

  • H. Irving Hancock
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[1903]
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Credit: Japanese physical training : the system of exercise, diet, and general mode of living that has made the Mikado's people the healthiest, strongest, and happiest men and women in the world / by H. Irving Hancock. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS CHAPTER I. PAGE The History of “Jiu-Jitsu,” with a Description of its First Principles ....... i CHAPTER II. A Healthy Stomach the Basis of All Strength—What the Japanese Eat in Summer and in Winter . . 13 CHAPTER III. Feats that Strengthen the Heart and Lungs—Work that Brings the Arms to a Condition of Magnificent Development........ 26 CHAPTER IV. Exercises that Develop the Legs — The Incidental Benefit to the Arms 43 CHAPTER V. The Value of Even Temper in Athletics—Some of the Feats that Require Good Nature .... 53 CHAPTER VI. Water, Nature’s Greatest Remedy .... 65
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