Once the fundamentals are learned, applied and practiced, the next step is the application and development of skills related to marching, running, jumping, climbing, throwing, lifting, even fighting and swimming to become well-rounded physically, to be able to rescue, protect and generally perform. The difficulty of exercises varies greatly in this installment, so that novice and advanced athletes will each find beneficial aspects for their individual training needs.

Foundation for good movement is necessary. In this installment, Hebert walks us through all the exercises relating to arm, leg, trunk, hopping, support, suspension and breathing, and later weaves the use of equipment into all those layers. A must for anyone, in any activity."

A complete, faithful in content as well as style, translation of Hebert's Practical Guide to Physical Education's first part, on the explanation of the method, how to score, assess, baseline and conduct a model training session, with the original pictures and text as made available through existing manuscripts from over a century ago.

This chapter of the Functional Exercises portion of Hebert's Natural Method and Practical Guide to Physical Education is, by Hebert's own accord, complete in its own, standalone in terms of providing fundamental movements and functionality at once. It is also, next to the swimming chapter, the longest and most detailed chapter, hence published as a standalone. While many methods of fighting have sprouted in the last century, Hebert's work is very thorough, complete and provides the minimum effective dose of knowledge everyone should acquire to be proficient and useful to protect oneself or...

Swimming constitutes a "complete" workout in itself, not just in terms of the muscles, respiratory and cardiovascular system, but also in terms of functionality: diving, rescuing, swimming, transporting, etc.