Set of 5 vintage exercise batons / Indian clubs

Set of 5 vintage exercise batons

Beautiful pieces.

2 are 66 cm tall and 34cm diameter

1 is 54 cm tall and diameter 25 cm

1 is 40 cm tall and diameter 23 cm 

1 is 36 cm tall and diameter 21 cm 

 The practice of using clubs as a fitness tool started with ancient Persian Pehlwani wrestlers or Pehlwans. To prepare for competition and battle and to strengthen their arms and torsos, Pehlwans would swing large, modified war clubs. Pehlwani-style grappling, along with the idea of training with clubs, spread throughout Iran, India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan.

In the 19th century, British soldiers stationed in India picked up on the club swinging exercises performed by Pehlwani wrestlers and brought the practice back to England. They modified the clubs a bit to look more like modern-day bowling pins and called them “Indian Clubs.” Indian club training became wildly popular during the Victorian physical culture craze of the mid-19th century and spread throughout Europe. Soldiers and even women and children took up the exercise with gusto.

Postage R 105 for all