Indian Club Swinging

Anon

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Indian clubs', or 'Iranian clubs' belong to a category of exercise equipment used for developing strength, and in juggling. In appearance, they resemble elongated bowling-pins, and are commonly made out of wood. They come in all shapes and sizes however, ranging from a few pounds each, to fifty pounds, and are commonly swung in certain patterns as part of exercise programs. They were often used in class formats, predominantly in Iran, where members would perform choreographed routines, led by an instructor; remarkably similar to modern aerobics classes. This work is a reprint of a classic publication on the use of 'Indian Clubs' and along with a brand new introduction, includes a series of exercises to help you get in shape the old-fashioned way.

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• Publié par: Read Books Ltd.
• Date de parution: 07 juillet 2021
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781528765954
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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INDIAN CLUB
SWINGING.
BY AN
AMATEUR.
For want of EXERCISE, appetite fails; for want of EXERCISE, comfortable bodily warmth is not sustained; for want of EXERCISE, refreshing sleep is not obtained . - Maclaren .

1884.
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Indian Clubs
Indian clubs , or Iranian clubs belong to a category of exercise equipment used for developing strength, and in juggling. In appearance, they resemble elongated bowling-pins, and are commonly made out of wood. They come in all shapes and sizes however, ranging from a few pounds each, to fifty pounds, and are commonly swung in certain patterns as part of exercise programs. They were often used in class formats, predominantly in Iran, where members would perform choreographed routines, led by an instructor; remarkably similar to modern aerobics classes. Despite their name, Indian clubs actually originated in ancient Persia, Egypt and the Middle East, where they were used by wrestlers. The practice has continued to the present day, notably in the varzesh-e bastani tradition practiced in the zurkaneh of Iran. British colonialists first came across these eastern artefacts in India however, hence the name. The Indian clubs became exceedingly popular back in the UK, especially during the health craze of the Victorian era. In a book written in 1866, by an American sports enthusiast, S.D. Kehoe, it was stated that as a means of physical culture, the Indian Clubs stand pre-eminent among the varied apparatus of Gymnastics now in use. He had visited England in 1861, and was so impressed with the sport that he began to manufacture and sell clubs to the American public in 1862. They were used by military cadets and upper class ladies alike, and even appeared as a gymnastic event at the 1904 and 1932 Olympics. Their popularity began to wane in the 1920s however, with the growing predilection for organised sports. The modern juggling club was inspired by the Indian club though; first repurposed for juggling by DeWitt Cook in the 1800s. He taught his step son, Claude Bartram to juggle with them, who later went on to form the first club juggling act . Today, their popularity has been revived somewhat, by fitness enthusiasts who that they are a far safer means of excising, rather than the traditional free weight regimens . Nostalgic replicas of the original clubs are still manufactured, as well as modern engineering updates to the concept, such as the Clubbell.
They led me bound along the winding flood,
Far in the gloomy bosom of the wood.
Ah! what avail the largest gifts of Heaven,
When drooping health and spirits go amiss?
How tasteless then whatever can be given!
Health is the vital principle of bliss,
And exercise of health . In proof of this,
Behold the wretch who slugs his life away,
Soon swallow d in disease s sad abyss;
While he whom toil has braced, or manly play,
Has light as air each limb, each thought as clear as day.
-T HOMPSON .
CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTION .
General instructions in relation to the Indian club exercise .
CHAPTER I .
SINGLE MOVEMENTS .
SECTION 1 .
Description of the large Front, Side and Horizontal circles: Elliptical curves
SECTION 2 .
Description of the Dorsal circles
SECTION 3 .
Description of the Wrist circles
SECTION 4 .
Description of the Partial circles or Arcs

CHAPTER II .
DUAL MOVEMENTS .
Structural divisions of swings. Three modes of union
SECTION 1 .
SWINGS CONTAINING TWO CIRCLES .
1. The Lateral (F). One variation
2. The Front (F)
3. The Front (S)
4. The Reverse Front (F)
5. The Reverse Front (S)
6. The Gossamer (F)
7. The Gossamer (S)
8. The Crest (F)
9. The Crest (S)
10. The Reverse Crest (F)
11. The Reverse Crest (S)
12. The Ogre(F)
13. The Horizontal (F)
14. The Horizontal (S)
15. The Reverse Horizontal (F)
16. The Reverse Horizontal (S)
17. The Guide (F)
18. The Guide (S)
19. The Reverse Guide (F)
20. The Reverse Guide (S)
21. The Trail (F)
22. The Trail (S)
23. The Reverse Trail (F)
24. The Reverse Trail (S)
25. The Antler (F)
26. The Antler (S)
27. The * Cazique (F)
28. The * Cazique (S)
29. The Wrist and bent arm series
30. The Enigma
31. The Reverse Enigma
32. The Reverse Lateral (F). One variation
33. The Reverse Cazique(F). Four alternating formulas
SECTION 2 .
SWINGS CONTAINING A CIRCLE AND AN ARC, OR TWO ARCS .
1. The Facial. Five variations
2. The School. Two variations
3. The Sleepy (F). Three variations
4. The Sleepy (S)
5. The Reverse Sleepy (F). Two variations
6. The Reverse Sleepy (S)
7. The Transit. Two variations
8. The Twists and rigid-arm exercises
9. The Extension. (Five forms). Dorsal arcs D and C

CHAPTER III .
TRIPLE AND QUADRUPLE MOVEMENTS .
SECTION 1 .
SWINGS CONTAINING THREE OR MORE CIRCLES .
1. Independent motions. Eight examples
2. Accelerated motions. Four examples
3. The Parallel. The Transfer and two variations
4. The Windmill
5. The Inverted Parallel
6. The Inverted Windmill
7. The Cincture
8. The Sachem (F)
9. The Sachem (S)
10. The Reverse Sachem (F)
11. The Reverse Sachem (S)
12. The Falcon (F)
13. The Falcon (S)
14. The Reverse Falcon (F)
15. The Reverse Falcon (S)
16. The Triplet (F)
17. The Triplet (S)
18. The Reverse Triplet (F)
19. The Reverse Triplet (S)
20. The Scout (F)
21. The Scout (S)
22. The Reverse Scout (F)
23. The Reverse Scout (S)
24. The Chariot (F)
25. The Chariot (S). (Seven others)
26. The Pinnacle (F)
27. The Pinnacle (S)
28. The Reverse Pinnacle (F)
29. The Reverse Pinnacle (S). Permutations
30. The Talisman
SECTION 2 .
SWINGS CONTAINING THREE OR MORE MOVEMENTS, EITHER ARCS OR CIRCLES .
1. The Hermit (F)
2. The Hermit (S)
3. The Highland
4. The Crescent
5. The Reverse Crescent
6. The Crown
7. The Wizard. (Six forms)
8. The Fawn
9. The Pearl and Reverse

CHAPTER IV .
Examples in Bifold, Compound and Continuous Swings

APPENDIX .
Professional commendations of the Indian club exercise
* Chief of chiefs, his regal word
All the river Sachems heard,
At his call the war-dance stirred,
Or was still once more.
INTRODUCTION.

EXERCISE, THE LAW OF OUR BEING.
Every well informed person is aware that wholesome and vigorous exercise is indispensable to the enjoyment and preservation of health. This is the physical law of our terrestrial life. Milton assumes that the same law prevails in the celestial sphere, when he pictures the young immortals engaged in active sports at the gate of Eden.

Betwixt these rocky pillars Gabriel sat,
Chief of the angelic guards, awaiting night;
About him exercised heroic games The unarmed youth of Heaven.
THE CHEAPEST AND MOST CONVENIENT KIND.
The exercise with the Indian Club, while excelled by none in prompt and beneficial results, is at once the least expensive and the most convenient of modern recreations. These qualities of cheapness and convenience strongly commend it to that large class in every community which lacks either the means or the leisure to indulge in more elaborate and costly diversions. The expense of the club-swinger s equipment, including a light and a heavy set of clubs, a suitable habit, and an instruction book, need not exceed the moderate sum of ten or fifteen dollars. Thus, as compared with riding, boating or bycycling, the original outlay is trifling, while the subsequent incidental expenses are merely nominal. The use of the clubs also comports with the utmost economy of time. To improve the circulation of the blood and impart vitality to the system a half hour s exercise with the clubs is fully equivalent to two hours brisk walking, or three-quarters of an hour in the saddle or on the wheel. Again, the clubs are always at hand. The exercise may be enjoyed at whatever hour of the day or evening may be found most convenient and at whatever place; at home, * in the hall or veranda of your cottage, or in the humming workshop; in inclement weather as well as clear; alone, or with companions. Where else may the toiling student, the sedentary mechanic, and the busy accountant find an exercise, combining so pleasantly physical culture and recuperation with mental relaxation, at once so inexpensive, so accessible, and so chary of precious time?
ITS SALUTARY EFFECT.
Club-swinging promotes appetite and digestion by quickening the circulation of the blood, while, by dispelling nervous excitement, it invites continuous and refreshing sleep. More directly it tends to strengthen the wrist and arms; to expand the chest, producing deeper respiration; to brace the shoulders, and to straighten and invigorate the spinal column, thereby inducing the habit of erect posture and graceful carriage.
POSITION.
The attitude appropriate to this exercise may be termed oratorical, such as Webster or Everett might assume, calmly surveying a popular assemblage. The figure sho