The position called “neck rest” is 116 years old. Here’s a photo of some young boys at The Friends’ School in Hobart doing neck rest as part of their school physical training with Christian Bjelke-Petersen when he was a young man himself. The second photo was taken in 1910 in the Melbourne Town Hall. The first is in the Sydney gymnasium in the 1930s – the competition timetable can be seen handwritten on the portable chalkboards.
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5th Position · Arms overhead · Palms facing in · Elbows softly rounded · Arms are slightly rotated
HEIDI BOARDMAN PERFORMING ART GALLERY
Photography: HEIDI BOARDMAN
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