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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    the hands closed, and the nails toward the body, as in Fig. 115 ; but the legs, when not in motion, are not bent at the knee as here repre- sented. The trunk is inclined forward, the head slightly back. No. 241.—First Movements (Trotting Exercise)—Left. At this command, the left leg will be thrown back, the weight of the body being supported on the point of the right foot, and brought to the commencing position, as represented by the dotted leg of Fig. 115 ; then a corresponding motion will be made with the right leg, and these alternate motions will be continued until thirty-two steps shall have been taken, at an average rate of one hundred and twenty to the minute. During these movements, the joints of the knee and ankle must be quite free and elas- tic, bending as in the common motion of trotting, though no progress is made. The degree of in- tensity of the movement can be regulated at will, by raising the foot to any desirable height. No. 242. Second Movements (Double Quickstep). At the command, Second Move- ments—Left ; or, Mark Time, Double Quick— March, the student—with the feet in the mili- tary position, p. 10, and the arms in the posi- tion of Fig. 115,—will raise to the front his left leg bent, in order to give the knee the greatest elevation, the part of the leg between the knee and the instep verti- cal, the toe depressed; he will then replace his foot in its former position ; with the right leg he will execute what has just been pre- scribed for the left, and the alternate movement of the legs will be continued until thirty-two steps are taken, or the instructor com- mands, Class—Halt. The rate of swiftness of this step is from one hundred and sixty-five to one hundred and eighty per minute. No. 243.—Third Movements. These movements only differ from those of No. 242 in making progress from the spot. At the command, Third Movements—Left ; or, Class Forward, Double Quick—March, the student will carry forward the left foot, the leg slightly bent, the knee somewhat raised—will plant his left foot, the toe firsts from thirty to thirty-three inches from the right, and with the right foot will execute what has just been prescribed for the left.