Japanese Physical Training - The System Of Exercise, Diet, And General Mode Of Living That Has Made The Mikado’s People The Healthiest, Strongest, And Happiest Men And Women In The World

  • Autor: H. Irving Hancock
  • Editor: StreetLib
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Table of Contents



PREFACE



CHAPTER I.



The History of " jiu-Jitsu," with a Description of its First Principles



CHAPTER II



A Healthy Stomach the Basis of All Strength—What the Japanese Eat in Summer and in Winter



CHAPTER III.



Feats that Strengthen the Heart and Lungs—Work that Brings the Arms to a Condition of Magnificent



CHAPTER IV.

Exercises that Develop the Legs — The Incidental Benefit to the Arms





CHAPTER V.



The Value of Even Temper in Athletics—Some of the Feats that Require Good Nature





CHAPTER VI.



Water, Nature's Greatest Remedy



CHAPTER VII.



Fresh Air as a Vitaliser — The Use of Stimulants and of Narcotics



CHAPTER VIII.



Extreme Leanness and Obesity—Their Cures



CHAPTER IX.



Preliminary Feats of Attack and Defence

CHAPTER X.



Advanced Tricks of Combat



CHAPTER XI.



Things that the Student can Teach Himself—How Agility is Acquired



CHAPTER XII.



Closing Suggestions to American Students