Author: Carl Betz

Publisher:

Published: 2015-07-22

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 9781331970163

Excerpt from A System of Physical Culture This book, the third edition of part first of the author's system of Physical Culture, presents a Complete system of Free Gymnastics; it can be used alike in schools, colleges, clubs and gymnasiums. Although a few changes have been made, this edition does not differ substantially from the first and second editions. In other directions, however, the improvements are numerous. The work has been more evenly graded, and is arranged in eight courses, instead of only Four. The Appendix contains such exercises that cannot well be performed in the school-room, or which conventional propriety demands, boys and girls should take alone. The commands, largely taken from the German, have been thoroughly Americanized, and at no step of the system need they be changed; although short and concise, the commands give to the mind a clear conception of the positions or movements for which they stand. Quite an original feature of this system is, that, like musical sounds, the gymnastic movements of the body can be combined or separated at will, thereby giving freedom to the imagination of the teacher, and a wide field on which to test his ability and fine taste. The number of exercises is thus made endless; the manual gives only a few of the many thousand possible combinations. With these few remarks, the author entrusts his book to the care of those who are working in the cause of America's youth. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.