Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:CHAPTER II The "struggle" In Its Varied Forms Nothing gives more zest to school-room or gymnasium work than does the form of exercise named in the heading of this chapter. It is a kind of work, too, that makes quickly for strength. In one form or another the struggle should be employed in every lesson in gymnastics. Briefly explained, the struggle is a form of work that exercises every important muscle from the top of the neck down to the feet. When properly done this style of exertion will exercise the entire body with the exception of the head. The basic principle is that the student exerts all of his bodily strength and the full force of his weight against his opponent. Of course this general statement must be modified by the warning that, if there be much difference in the strength of the contestants, the stronger must not employ his fullest powers, but must make the weaker companion work, i It is permissible for the stronger pupil, when the aggressor, to use all, or nearly all, of his strength. When the weaker pupil is the assailant, the stronger must use just enough strength to make victory hard of attainment/) The simplest form of the struggle is found when two pupils face each other with arms outstretched sideways, the hands on a level with the shoulders. Now, let the two pupils clasp hands, interlacing fingers with each other's. Next, each step backward, so that the bodies slant against each other. The chests should touch so that the heart of one pupil is pressed against that of the other, while the head of one is at the side of the other's head. Now spread the feet as far apart as they will go. The next step is for the one who has been designated as assailant to push the victim across the floor. The contest should be a stubborn one, the power employed to be l