Sunday April 9, 2006
At times the most obvious escapes the mind.
This happened with my understanding of the use of legs in riding. The books from Warendorf arrived and, at the same time, our Swiss participant lent me a book on sport physiology riding. While looking at photographs of the Hannoversche Kavallerie-Reitschule's in the 1930s, most notably of Felix Bürkner, and reading a statement in Meyner's book, it all of a sudden dawned on me, "...to increase the horse's impulsion the rider uses his upper thigh's back, in the process dropping his heels".
Oh no!? Have I not seen a hundred photographs of just this fact, and have I not seen a thousand rider's ride their horses to the jump doing just that? And, in addition, have not I, in earlier times, ridden horses to the jump, also using the exact self same aid. Why did I forget?
In any rate, said and done, I took Leporello and Nidal from the field and subjected them to this knewest pearl pf knowledge. It took no longer than a few turns for Leporello to discover that I had found the 'button'. Nidal, still working on getting straight, responded, but difficulties in his withers still hold him back. Today I saw him in the field move correctly but very cautiously. Fabian, who last time I introduced to extended back-ups, on the other hand, in the field today moved with perfection, his well-stabilised back and beautiful hind legs clearly visible from afar.
On the Sunday lunge he worked up from somewhat restricted shoulders, to liberal, well-mobilized impulsions, particularly left hand (his difficult side). A certain restriction remained right hind, and all of a sudden I remember last year's start-up findings (as seen in Pinochio and Mira): while the horse begins to get straight it may be hindered by a fixing of the lower neck to the left. This fixation hinders the free displacement of the neck and a liberal swapp of the horse's mane from left to right and back.
This happened with my understanding of the use of legs in riding. The books from Warendorf arrived and, at the same time, our Swiss participant lent me a book on sport physiology riding. While looking at photographs of the Hannoversche Kavallerie-Reitschule's in the 1930s, most notably of Felix Bürkner, and reading a statement in Meyner's book, it all of a sudden dawned on me, "...to increase the horse's impulsion the rider uses his upper thigh's back, in the process dropping his heels".
Oh no!? Have I not seen a hundred photographs of just this fact, and have I not seen a thousand rider's ride their horses to the jump doing just that? And, in addition, have not I, in earlier times, ridden horses to the jump, also using the exact self same aid. Why did I forget?
In any rate, said and done, I took Leporello and Nidal from the field and subjected them to this knewest pearl pf knowledge. It took no longer than a few turns for Leporello to discover that I had found the 'button'. Nidal, still working on getting straight, responded, but difficulties in his withers still hold him back. Today I saw him in the field move correctly but very cautiously. Fabian, who last time I introduced to extended back-ups, on the other hand, in the field today moved with perfection, his well-stabilised back and beautiful hind legs clearly visible from afar.
On the Sunday lunge he worked up from somewhat restricted shoulders, to liberal, well-mobilized impulsions, particularly left hand (his difficult side). A certain restriction remained right hind, and all of a sudden I remember last year's start-up findings (as seen in Pinochio and Mira): while the horse begins to get straight it may be hindered by a fixing of the lower neck to the left. This fixation hinders the free displacement of the neck and a liberal swapp of the horse's mane from left to right and back.
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