၁ D B FIG. 46. FIG. 45. these motions will be made by reciprocation, the left hands passing up at the same time the right hands are descending, and vice versâ. In executing these movements, the arms will be kept straight, and the wands will be brought together by all the students simultaneously. No. 116.-Second Movements. This class is a combination of front charges and arm movements, the first motions from the position being made front with the right arms and left legs, placing the left feet side by side, as represented by the dotted part of Fig. 45. Employ the Fourth Variety, p. 263. Third Position. No. 117.-At the command, Third-POSITION, the partners will face in the same direction, as seen in Fig. 42, and take the position under the shoulders illustrated in Fig. 46, the ones being in front of the twos. No. 118. First, Second, Third, and Fourth Movements. The first class of movements from this position will be executed directly down to the position of the dotted arms A and B, Fig. 46; the second, directly out to the position of the dotted arms c and D; the third, out and up to the position of the upper dotted arms of Fig. 43; and the fourth, directly front, the wands passing under the upper arms of the ones. For each class of movements, employ the Third Variety, p. 262. No. 119-Fifth Movements. This is a combination of the first four classes of movements of this position. At the command, RIGHT, the right arms make the first motion of the first class of movements, and recover the commencing position; the first, of the second; the first, of the third; and the first, of the fourth. At the command, LEFT, the left arms make the same number of corresponding motions; and finally, at the command, BотH, the right and left arms execute these four motions from the position simultaneously, and immediately repeat their execution. Fourth Position. No. 120.-Fourth-POSITION. This only differs from the third position in being taken upon, the shoulders, with the backs of the hands up and the thumbs to the rear, as represented in Fig. 47. No. 121. First, Second, Third, Fourth, and Fifth Movements. These five classes correspond respectively to those of the third position (Nos. 118 and 119), the first being made directly up into the position of the dotted arms A and B, Fig. 47; the second, directly out to the position of the dotted arms c and D; the third, directly down, as shown by the dotted arm E; the fourth, directly front, the wands being drawn across the shoulders of the ones; and the fifth, by a combination of class of movements is a combination of the first and third classes of this position, the motions being made with both wands simultaneously, first with the right arms into the position of the dotted arm A, and the left arms into that of E, employing the Sixth Variety, p. 263. FIG. 47. D No. 123. The eleven classes of movements last given (Nos. 118, 119, 121, and 122), will frequently be executed in connection with the March, as explained in No. 239, p. 232, the wands being in the commencing position every time the right foot is planted. During reviews and public exhibitions, the instructor will usually observe the direction given in No. 27, p. 143. DUMB-BELL EXERCISES.' I. CHEST EXERCISE. FIRST SERIES. First Position. No. 1.-Immediately after the formation of the class, as is prescribed on p. 125, the instructor commands: 1. Attention-CLASS; 2. Chest Exercise; 3. First Series; 4. First-POSITION. No. 2. At the first word of the first command, the students will fix their attention; at the second, they will take the habitual or military position of the DUMB-BELL EXERCISES, in which the bells, without touching the thighs, are held directly sidewise, with the backs of the hands to the rear, as in Fig. 1. No. 3.-At the last command of No. 1, the students will take the position of Fig. 2, in which the balls near the thumbs are placed upon the breast, the bells inclining front and sidewise. 'Directions.-The instructor will carefully read the explanations and directions in CALISTHENICS, from p. 118 to p. 136; the descriptions of the various modes of marking time in connection with Movements, from p. 143 to p. 149, inclusive; and the Introduction to Gymnastics, commencing on p. 251, and ending on p. 263, before attempting to teach the DUMB-BELL EXERCISES. He is reminded that all motions from, and to recover, the given positions, must be made instantly-marked pauses, of sufficient length to fill out the measure, occurring both at the greatest distance from, and upon the re covery of, the commencing position; that the breathing, which should be quiet and deep, in all cases is carried on through the nose, the mouth being shut; and that, to avoid alarming, discouraging, or permanently injuring the student, all exercise should begin and end moderately, especially during the first few days. out to the position of the dotted arms c and D; the third, directly down, as shown by the dotted arm E; the fourth, directly front, the wands being drawn across the shoulders of the ones; and the fifth, by a combination of the first four classes, as explained in No. 119. In executing the movements of the first four classes, employ the Third Variety, p. 262. No. 122.-Sixth Movements. This class of movements is a combination of the first and third classes of this position, the motions being made with both wands simultaneously, first with the right arms into the position of the dotted arm A, and the left arms into that of E, employing the Sixth Variety, p. 263. FIG. 47. E No. 123. The eleven classes of movements last given (Nos. 118, 119, 121, and 122), will frequently be executed in connection with the March, as explained in No. 239, p. 232, the wands being in the commencing position every time the right foot is planted. During reviews and public exhibitions, the instructor will usually observe the direction given in No. 27, p. 143. |