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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    it does not fall closely around the figure. The trowsers, which are also full, are gathered in at the ankle by a plain band, which has a small ruffle at the lower edge. The trimming, in moderate quantity, is put on the principal seams and the edges. The material, at all seasons of the year, both for male and female, should be flannel. It will be observed that the gentleman’s dress (Fig. 10) is loose and comfortable. The primary object of the costume is not to exhibit rounded and shapely limbs and well-devel- oped muscles, but to give ease and comfort to the student in all of his positions and movements. The military jacket, without unnecessary padding, is selected. It has no useless skirt, and the collar is neither high nor stiff. The trowsers, which are very loose, are gathered in and buttoned at the ankle, or fastened with an elastic band or a small strap. Students may exercise in their street dresses. The gentle- men will remove their coats. The ladies will use elastic bands to sustain their skirts, so that the wearer’s legs and feet may have free play. Bathing dresses will very generally be found pretty and appropriate for these exercises. GENERAL DIVISIONS. THE general divisions of Calisthenics embrace Chest, Shoulder, Elbow, Arm and Hand, Head and Neck, Trunk and Waist, Knee, Leg and Foot, and Combined Exercises. It will be remembered that the execution of the following exercises is done by all the students simultaneously and equally, so that each position is taken and each motion is begun by all at the same moment, and each class of move- ments is executed in the same time, which is to be marked as described p. 14. In executing the movements, the right side will have precedence of the left; the front of the rear. Movements to the sides will always precede correspondent ones to the front and rear.