FITNESS FOR DEFENCE
ANCIENT GRECIAN EXERCISES
Chronicles of ancient Greece state that the Lacedaemonians demanded that the gymnasts should have a knowledge of tactics, because they recognised in the contests a preliminary training for war; and this is not surprising since the Lacedaemonians constantly associated even the dance, the most carefree amusement of peace times, with war, for they danced in such a manner as if to evade or throw a missile, leap up from the ground, and manipulate the shield cleverly.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 9 February 1939, Page 8
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82FITNESS FOR DEFENCE Wairarapa Times-Age, 9 February 1939, Page 8
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