This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 Excerpt: ... the clubs go too far forward while they are below the horizontal and too far back during the higher part of the movement; there is also a tendency to stoop as the clubs pass each other when they begin to ascend. The combination obviously admits of two forms, in one of which the right club passes in front of the left as the clubs begin to ascend, and in the other of which the left club passes in front of the right at that point. The form of the combination in which the right club passes in front as the clubs begin to ascend is written.;the form in which the left club passes in front at that point is A written AV. The combination may be repeated time after time continuously, or the two forms just mentioned may be alternated /AVA U AVJ-(ii) Front Swing Right and Back Twist Left (£). This combination may be done with the back twist proper I Bj, at half distance (£ or at arm"s length f A„J; all these forms of the combination are usually done with the shoulders square (b" B" R")-forms of the combination may be repeated or done right and left alternately. Front swing right and back twist proper left, alternating with front swing left and back twist proper right, is the first exercise of any difficulty that beginners should learn. In this exercise each club does front swings and back twists alternately; these combinations have been discussed in §§ 23 and 24. (iii) Front Swing Right and Cross Front Twist Left vX This combination is usually done with the shoulders square and the cross front twist proper, the right arm passing behind the left club shortly after the clubs begin to ascend (cV); it is difficult to repeat neatly, but may be done right and left alternately. H (iv) p. The usual form is, which is very effective; it may be repe...