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Back to SearchEp. 44 And now that you have your black belt…
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I recently enjoyed working with a small woman who was a relatively inexperienced rider with a black belt in karate. The paralle…
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Ep. 43 - The Half Halt & Collection
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Ep. 42 - The learning process
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The learning process, which progressively builds a pyramid out of lots of (initially) disconnected body parts and corrections d…
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Ep. 41 The 3 thirds of the horse
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The biomechanics term ‘hydraulic amplification’ describes how the muscles get ‘pumped up’ in collection. WE want a half-halt to…
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Ep. 40 What the half halt isn’t.
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It isn’t riding in ‘mistake prevention mode’ and keeping the horse’s head down by whatever means. But it is the ‘human trump ca…
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Ep. 39 Half-halts: the riding enigma
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Half halts are an emergent property of good biomechanics. The rider. needs firstly to realise that she needs to intervene to ‘l…
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Ep. 38 The tennis ball game.
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Let’s imagine that you and I stand opposite each other and play a game of catch with a tennis ball, allowing it to bounce once …
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Ep. 37 Rising Trot - The ‘gold dust’ skill
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I have been accused of terminal rising trot - but time invested here is so worthwhile - it’s the ‘gold dust’ skill. I offer so…
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Ep. 36 Rising trot in depth.
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We use a full length mirror to get really forensic about rising trot mechanism, showing you how to differentiate movement in yo…
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Ep. 35 Some strategies for ‘What if’s?’, difficult emotions, and rising trot mechanism.
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I suggest some metaphorical MRs to reduce the ‘sting’ of your less-than-stellar rides. Realise too that thinking ‘What if?…’ is…
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