A la baionnette!! II.

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Nineteenth Swedish sports physiologist [that term would not have been in use at the time] who devised a "exercise" system as a form of medicine.

Called the "Swedish Movement Cure".

Exercise based upon "mixture of the bayonet, fencing, and gymnastic movements".

"strategically designed medical and orthopedic gymnastics"

OF WHICH BAYONET FENCING WAS AN INTEGRAL PART!!

"it was volunteer work on Danish ships that exposed Ling to his first observation of one-to-one bayonet duels or fencing. The curious Ling was intrigued by the physical prowess of the combatants. Inspired, Ling soon became a competitor himself and shortly dominated all comers."

"he [Ling] turned his focus towards what he labeled military gymnastics. (Military gymnastics, according to Ling was a combination of bayonet fencing and marching movements.)"

Bayonet fencing as a form of sports medicine. NOT sports medicine as defined in the modern world. A form designed to increase the health and physical abilities of those NOT sick, AND, as a means for those sickly to regain their health!!

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