Watson's manual of calisthenics : a systematic drill-book without apparatus, for schools, families, and gymnasiums. With music to accompany the exercises ... / by J. Madison Watson.

  • Watson, J. Madison (James Madison), 1827-1900.
Date:
1864
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Credit: Watson's manual of calisthenics : a systematic drill-book without apparatus, for schools, families, and gymnasiums. With music to accompany the exercises ... / by J. Madison Watson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Second Position; No. 200. Second—Posi- tion. This position only differs from the military position, p. 10, in having the right foot raised about two inches from the floor, and the hands fixed upon the hips, with the thumbs front. No. 201.—First Movements —Right. At this command, the right leg is extended sidewise to the point a, Fig. 96, from whence it describes the arc a b four times; then, at the command, Change, the right foot is brought back into position, and the left leg is extended left to the point b, from which it describes the arc b a four times ; then, at the command, Change, the position of Fig. 96 is resumed, and the right leg describes the arc a b behind the left leg four times; and finally, the command Change is again given, and the left leg describes the arc b a behind the right leg four times from the point b. No. 202. Second Move- ments—Right. At this com- mand, the right leg is extended sidewise to the point a, Fig. 96, from whence it describes the arc a b four times, in front of the left leg; four times, behind the left leg; and finally, eight times alternately, first in front of the left leg, and then behind it. At