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25.01.2022 Playing with balance: from collection to extension Rosenstolz, 15 yo Oldenburger stallion and Veronika Bühn, licensed teacher of the Ecole de Légèreté, student of Monsieur Philippe Karl
25.01.2022 Too much intention creates tension - Mooji. I listened to him say this in relation to human relationships, and had a hmmmm moment - but of course its tru...e with horses too!! They cant handle too many of our needs and hopes for them. Its a lot for a horse to experience, who is essentially a creature designed to live a pretty mellow and peaceful life. They get turned off by us, or worried by us, or try to blank us out if we come bearing armfuls of need and desire. Its a real challenge for us humans, as we really do want quite a lot from our horses, and we cant deny that. But we can try to manage it. I am sure you know how off-putting it feels when another person wants a lot from you - suffocating and overwhelming- it makes me want to run. I think horses can feel the same. One thing I have found helps is to laugh at myself (which is clearly very easy) - that can dissolve some of my hard nosed need. I also think about Tom Widdicombe saying you shouldnt put a trip on other people or horses. Its actually quite a deep thing to say if you really get your head around what the old bugger means. I wanted to go through the ford, and Fuego wanted to go through the ford, so we were OK on that front.
25.01.2022 Noch nicht perfekt unsere Traversalen ..... Fr das Pferd besteht die Traversale darin, in Bewegungsrichtung gebogen auf einer geraden Linie auf zwei Hufschlg...en zu folgen und dabei Biegung, Abstellung und Kadenz unbeirrbar beizubehalten. Die Traversale ist die schwierigste bung auf zwei Hufschlgen. Sie belegt genau den Grad der Gymnastizierung und Versammlung, den das Pferd erreicht hat. Sie ist sowohl Endprodukt als auch Prfstein. (Von Philippe Karl) See more
25.01.2022 Morning training with Favory XXVII-77 Flix. Shoulder in.
24.01.2022 Classical art of riding with Veronika Bühn, licensed teacher of the Ecole de Légèreté (School of Lightness), founded by French riding Master Monsieur Karl. "V...RONI'S PICTURE LESSON-schooling of your eyes" Please take the time to read the comments below each picture. I have taken these pictures in schooling situations. It's just snapshots of a moment, but can be of great value with the comments included. All my students are happy for me to use their pics in order to help others to understand and to learn to "see" better what exactly is happening and what we are looking for. It's not about showing perfection here but about learning! Thanks to all my students for being so confident and open to this! See more
24.01.2022 Please click on each picture for a detailed description Some impressions of my 2 Ecole de Légèreté/ ProHorse classical dressage clinics in GB / Wilshire las...t March. These were my last clinics before Lock Down and Im very happy to be there again in September - if all goes as planned now Biggest thanks here to my fabulous organizer and friend Tamasine Smith who puts in a lot of effort to make all this happen during these difficult times. Enjoy the pics and explanations. I hope, they are helpful! Veronika Bühn See more
24.01.2022 I try not to give direct advice, but I might dare to make an actual suggestion based on what I have learned. I know it is really, really hard to make sense of a...ll the different approaches to training a horse out there, and its easy to develop a scatter gun approach to learning. Especially now, when you can access every trainer and training system under the sun with the click of a button. Its all too possible to end up half- learning odds and sods of stuff, none of which really add up or make sense when blended together. Youll often hear, Oh well, all roads lead to Rome! But the truth is, they dont. Not where horsemanship and riding is concerned anyway. Therefore, here is my suggestion, or for want of a better word - advice. Try to get as educated as you can about what good ridden movement and balance looks like. Acquaint yourself with as much understanding of anatomy and physiology as possible. Learn what you can about how horses really think and feel. Then create your own paradigm - your own blueprint of where you want to get to with your horse, and what you want that to feel and look like. You use this paradigm as a backdrop to make sense of what trainers are saying and showing (note - not always the same thing). Then spend time really studying the horses that are being produced by that trainer or training approach and observe what you like in light of your own paradigm. Your trainers horses should be their calling card - do you like what you see? Are there several examples of horses trained using these principles which align with your understanding of what good looks like? Here are some elements of my paradigm that I weigh things up against; The poll should be the highest point The nose behind the vertical is never good news. Try to get your eye in as to where vertical actually is. A lot of horse people seem to have some funny variations of vertical. The horse is reaching towards the end of the reins with a raised base of the neck. The horse is never held in place with equipment or an ongoing imposed posture. There are more... When you find an approach to training which consistently produces horses that align with your personal paradigm, stick with it. You only have one life time, that is barely enough to understand one approach really well. You may want to draw on other ideas if they clearly fit with your paradigm, but dont do too much dabbling or flitting. Then, allow yourself to really settle into how long its going to take you to learn this stuff deeply. Youre in it for decades - not weeks. If youve done your research and feel as confident as you can that this approach has something to offer you and your horse, dont panic and change tack as soon as it gets tricky. Just because youre finding something hard this isnt necessarily a cue to jump ship and go elsewhere. Quick fixes and magic bullets are rarely that. I feel reassured that there are more than enough horse and human combinations in the Ecole de Legerete that align with my paradigm. This means that even when I am feeling lost or unsure, I can trust in the principles and process. You can be your horses best teacher if you take the time to arm yourself with knowledge and be prepared to commit to trying to understand one thing really well, as opposed to many things badly. Www.softandsound.org
23.01.2022 Dont drill! Variations of shoulder-in I sometimes speak to horse people who say Oh, Im not into dressage, its too boring! While I do accept that not everyo...ne is going to get into the deep thought that arena work requires, I think that if you find dressage boring, youre doing it wrong. Just look at the humble shoulder-in it can be ridden in so many different ways. Its like one of those tools you can keep in your pocket that can do so many jobs about the place! If you and your horse know shoulder-in to a reasonably good standard, you could do it many different formats: - With a varying degree of bend and angle, to suit what the horse needs most on each rein - On a circle - Ride down the three-quarter line, then use shoulder-in to return obliquely to the track - zigzags using shoulder-in steps to return to the track. - Alternating between shoulder-in steps where the horse is being asked to almost rotate around the same spot, to a larger circle spiralling outwards, keeping the hindquarters out. In this one, the rider is using the same inside leg to request the lateral steps, but changing their weight from the inside (to ask for the SI on the circle) to the outside (to request the horse to spiral outwards while still keeping SI steps.) - Alternating between walk and trot on the straight line. (Particularly good to work on collection) - alternating between trot and canter on the straight line (keep in mind that this is much more advanced, because shoulder-in tends to block the movement of canter. So dont ask for too much angle). - any variation (at all) of the above, moving into any other variation. So, perhaps some walk-trot transitions in shoulder-in on the straight line, to coming off the track to do a circle in shoulder in, making the circle smaller, then larger, all with shoulder-in steps. Whatever you find useful! By using different variations of the same exercise, you avoid having you and your horse clicking into autopilot mode, where you might both retain some unhelpful habits. If you vary the way you ask for shoulder-in, then YOU really need to think about how much bend, angle, activity you are asking for, and whether your alignment and rein, leg and weight aids exactly reflect the movement you had in mind. The horse also has to keep paying attention to the aids you are giving, and cant just offer a shoulder-in which retains the usual crookedness patterns he has in his body. Those are just some variations on shoulder-in - if you add other lateral movements as well, then you can really have a really varied program that really makes you and your horse think! Ive selected some pictures of riders of Ecole de Lgret riding some variations of shoulder-in. Do you have a nice picture of shoulder-in? If so, please leave it in the comments.
23.01.2022 Egy újabb lépés elre Júliusban részt vettünk az els Ecole de Légéretè edzképz kurzusunkon Németországban (Reitanlage Härtsfeldhof) , Neapolitano XXVII-8 N...ikkellel. A hosszú út és az új környezet ellenére , ez a fiatal mén a legjobb formáját hozta ! A három nap edzések során legfképpen azon dolgoztunk, hogy a laterális feladatok (vállat be , farat be , farat ki és oldaljárások) hosszabb nyakkal, nyitottabb toroktajékkal és mobilabb állkapoccsal legyenek végrehajtva, mindezt egyensúlyban és lendületes mozgással. Számára ez egy igen nehéz pozíció , ugyanis alkatából kifolyólag egyszerbb neki megtartani az egyensúlyát , egy magasabb, feligazítottabb tartásában , viszont egy ilyen pozícióban hajlamos a nyakát rövidíteni és a hátát meg feszíteni, ezáltal a hátulsó lábakkal nem tud kellen a súlypont alá lépni. A harmadik napra mind a három jármódban sikerült egyensúlyban, hosszú nyakkal és lendületesen végrehajtani a feladatokat. Az állkapcsát könnyedén sikerült mobilizálni, ezáltal az átmenetekben is finom segítséggel tudtam korrigálni , amikor kellett ! Sok információ hangzott el ezalatt a 3 nap alatt , amire végig figyelni és koncentrálni igen fárasztó, így az utána lév hetekben bven van id átgondolni az instrukciókat, kielemezni a videókat és pontosítani a jegyzeteket! Fotó : Tierphysiotherapie - Maria Grötzinger See more
23.01.2022 Bonsoir tous! :) La reprise des cours sest aussi droule proche de Grenoble, Tullin! Avec Marion Leveque et La Quiles . Que de progrs pour lquipe de ...Marion !!!! Des chevaux qui se dplient, nette amlioration du contact et des allures ! Des cavalires sadaptant aux besoins de leurs chevaux, avec des outils et exercices de travail!!! Bravo! Merci Marion et toute son quipe pour ces chouettes moments passs avec vous! Toujours un plaisir de vous enseigner lcole de la lgret!! A bientt! See more
23.01.2022 Im thinking of our friends in Victoria, who have had a lockdown reinforced due to a current outbreak. Plus, it appears very unlikely that we will have our usual August clinic, as Western Australia has very tight borders at the moment. But in the meantime, heres a lovely picture...
23.01.2022 'Too much intention creates tension' - Mooji. I listened to him say this in relation to human relationships, and had a hmmmm moment - but of course it's tru...e with horses too!! They can't handle too many of our needs and hopes for them. It's a lot for a horse to experience, who is essentially a creature designed to live a pretty mellow and peaceful life. They get turned off by us, or worried by us, or try to blank us out if we come bearing armfuls of need and desire. It's a real challenge for us humans, as we really do want quite a lot from our horses, and we can't deny that. But we can try to manage it. I am sure you know how off-putting it feels when another person 'wants' a lot from you - suffocating and overwhelming- it makes me want to run. I think horses can feel the same. One thing I have found helps is to laugh at myself (which is clearly very easy) - that can dissolve some of my hard nosed need. I also think about Tom Widdicombe saying you shouldn't put a trip on other people or horses. It's actually quite a deep thing to say if you really get your head around what the old bugger means. I wanted to go through the ford, and Fuego wanted to go through the ford, so we were OK on that front.
23.01.2022 Gyakornoki lehetsg - ha komolyan veszed a lovaglst s szeretnl intenzven fejldni a klasszikus idomtsban, most itt a lehetsg, hogy csatlakozz hozznk...! Felttel, hogy hetente legalbb hrom napot, min. 3 hnapon keresztl velnk tudj dolgozni, az oktatsrt cserbe. Szllst neked, st ha gy dntesz lovadnak is tudunk biztostani. Kldj zenetet, illetve emailen is megkereshetsz ([email protected]) ha gy rzed ez egy neked val lehetsg! Megosztsokat ksznm. See more
23.01.2022 Don’t avoid the canter! I’ve selected some nice photos of riders of Ecole de Légèreté cantering, to offer some inspiration around what a wonderful thing a lovel...y canter is. Despite this, the topic of this post is what to do if you’ve got a horse that becomes very tense when you ask them to canter. Long ago, (before I trained in the EdL) I ended up in a situation where I didn’t feel safe when I asked my ex-racehorse, Tess, to canter, because of the excitement, leaping, plunging and rushing it would cause. In no time at all, Tess trained ME never to ask for the canter! When you have a horse that gets stressed in the canter, it can be tempting to avoid the gait altogether. But... the problem won’t fix itself. Let me be clear if you don’t feel safe, don’t ask for the canter under saddle. But you should at least try to longe before every session and have a little canter. Otherwise you risk the canter being a 'no-go' area. If you just never canter, you risk finding yourself accidentally in canter one day, and having the horse freak out on you. If the canter is very difficult, you need to think of a strategy to work on it. I offer some suggestions which I’ve had some luck with. Firstly, longeing is a really wonderful way to get the horse used to cantering. I think that part of why cantering often causes problems is that the horse only ever canters in the paddock if he’s a bit excited. He has to learn that when you ask him to canter it is not exciting, it is just one of the things on the work program. Once he gets used to being asked to walk, trot and canter on the longe (with lots of breaks), he will be able to canter calmly. Be sure to have good, long breaks, too - enough for him to get his breath back. He won’t learn that cantering is not exciting if he has a hammering pulse and is gasping for breath! In an ideal world, I really like to have a horse able to canter calmly on the longe on both reins before I consider asking for it under saddle. OK, let’s assume we’re now tackling the problem in the saddle. For a horse that's really tense and anxious in canter, avoid cantering for too long, or you risk him getting more and more excited - and often, faster and more out of balance. Ask for him to canter, and once he’s done so for a short period of time, come back to a halt, praise him, maybe even give him something tasty to eat. And again, a nice long break, too, so he gets his breath back and calmness returns. Repeat the canter often rather than prolong it. See if you can get the horse to look forward to the canter, because he always gets a break and you make a big fuss about how clever he is. For the horse that can canter a bit without getting too tense and anxious, you can sustain the canter for a little longer. A smaller circle can really be your friend if he goes too quickly. With a sideways action of both hands you can ask him to be on a smaller circle, so he naturally has to slow down. The sideways movement of both hands has a very powerful turning effect, but no stopping effect. It makes the inside rein a very open rein, supported by the outside rein, which approaches the horse’s neck but never crosses the wither. This is much gentler and more effective than pulling on the reins, where the horse might feel you’re always pestering and nagging him to slow down. Being on a small circle gives the horse the opportunity to notice that he is working very hard not going anywhere, and perhaps it would be better if he slows down. When he does slow down, you praise him and give him a break. You want him to notice that it is not necessary to canter very quickly. Engaging his intelligence will speed up the training process! Using sideways actions of the hands to go onto a smaller circle is a useful and non-confrontational tool you can use whenever the horse is going too fast it works in trot, as well. If the horse is leaning in canter, you really have to watch that you don't pull, and start a pulling match - that is not going to decrease the tension. Jockeys on galloping racehorses often have a very firm contact - you don't want to achieve racing speed! It is better to give a brief upwards vibration on both reins simultaneously a demi-arête, then release and see if you can re-establish the light contact you want. Repeat if you need, and if you get a moment of nice contact in the canter, praise him and give him a break. Let him notice that he can canter without leaning. Those are just some thoughts to help you if you are dealing with the issue of the horse being tense and rushing in the canter. Always consider your safety first, and if you have a real issue it’s best to tackle the problem with the help of a competent instructor. Oh, and what did I do long ago with Tess, my tense ex-racehorse? The solution was something that forever impressed upon me how important it is to engage the horse’s intelligence. A friend and I were riding together on a circular track that was about a kilometre long. She was riding a lovely sensible horse. She insisted that my issues in canter were not going to fix themselves and that I needed to canter. Filled with trepidation, I asked Tess to canter and keep cantering. Tess plunged, leapt, reefed at the reins and cantered. All the while, my friend loped alongside us on her lovely, calm mare. I’d had enough of Tess’s shenanigans about 30 seconds later, but my friend said, Keep cantering, she’ll settle down. With the knowledge I have now, I know that I was pretty rough with Tess’s mouth because she was pulling, snatching at the reins and trying to go faster than I wanted. It’s hard to be refined when you are afraid! I didn’t know about the techniques I’ve discussed in this post. But the basic idea of not avoiding the canter was sound. The long, racetrack-like track was really tempting fate for my ex-racehorse, but it worked. I don’t remember how many times we went around it, but Tess cantered for long enough that she eventually noticed that it was actually getting a bit tiring, and started to canter with a sensible stride, not pulling. I praised her, and we had a nice break. We walked the horses for a while, then asked for the canter again. Again, she plunged and snatched at the reins but a much shorter time elapsed before she was cantering nicely. Again, I praised her and we had a long break, walking with the reins on the buckle. One final time we asked for the canter, which she did nicely, immediately and I praised her and immediately got off. And after that believe it or not she never plunged, leapt and reefed into the canter again. There I had been, avoiding the canter for months, and the problem was fixed in one session. Sometimes, it is not through avoiding the problem that you fix the problem! The pictures of riders of Ecole de Légèreté show what a nice canter awaits you if you can start to tackle any issues you might have with cantering. Do you have a nice picture of a canter? If so, please leave it in the comments.
23.01.2022 Ein weiterer Lehrgang von Master Teacher Sabine Mosen ist auf dem Härtsfeldhof bei Bopfingen vorüber gegangen, es war ein spannender Kurs: Alexandra Nell und Th...omas Fischer haben erfolgreich die Teilprüfung "Longieren und Arbeit an der Hand", Charlotte Wagner und Svenja Pemp die Teilprüfung "Fremdreiter" abgelegt. Svenja ist ausserdem ihre Prüfungskür geritten, die neben Sabine von Philippe Karl beurteilt wird. Daumen drücken!!! lichen Glückwunsch allen!
22.01.2022 Egy jabb lps elre Jliusban rszt vettnk az els Ecole de Lgret edzkpz kurzusunkon Nmetorszgban (Reitanlage Hrtsfeldhof) , Neapolitano XXVII-8 N...ikkellel. A hossz t s az j krnyezet ellenre , ez a fiatal mn a legjobb formjt hozta ! A hrom nap edzsek sorn legfkppen azon dolgoztunk, hogy a laterlis feladatok (vllat be , farat be , farat ki s oldaljrsok) hosszabb nyakkal, nyitottabb toroktajkkal s mobilabb llkapoccsal legyenek vgrehajtva, mindezt egyenslyban s lendletes mozgssal. Szmra ez egy igen nehz pozci , ugyanis alkatbl kifolylag egyszerbb neki megtartani az egyenslyt , egy magasabb, feligaztottabb tartsban , viszont egy ilyen pozciban hajlamos a nyakt rvidteni s a htt meg feszteni, ezltal a htuls lbakkal nem tud kellen a slypont al lpni. A harmadik napra mind a hrom jrmdban sikerlt egyenslyban, hossz nyakkal s lendletesen vgrehajtani a feladatokat. Az llkapcst knnyedn sikerlt mobilizlni, ezltal az tmenetekben is finom segtsggel tudtam korriglni , amikor kellett ! Sok informci hangzott el ezalatt a 3 nap alatt , amire vgig figyelni s koncentrlni igen fraszt, gy az utna lv hetekben bven van id tgondolni az instrukcikat, kielemezni a videkat s pontostani a jegyzeteket! Fot : Tierphysiotherapie - Maria Grtzinger See more
21.01.2022 Gyakornoki lehetség - ha komolyan veszed a lovaglást és szeretnél intenzíven fejldni a klasszikus idomításban, most itt a lehetség, hogy csatlakozz hozzánk...! Feltétel, hogy hetente legalább három napot, min. 3 hónapon keresztül velünk tudj dolgozni, az oktatásért cserébe. Szállást neked, st ha úgy döntesz lovadnak is tudunk biztosítani. Küldj üzenetet, illetve emailen is megkereshetsz ([email protected]) ha úgy érzed ez egy neked való lehetség! Megosztásokat köszönöm. See more
20.01.2022 Due giorni intensi quelli appena trascorsi dove, differentemente dal solito, ero dall'altra parte, nei panni dell'allievo. Ho montato tre cavalli, molto diversi... tra loro per morfologia e livello di addestramento, mostrando le difficoltà e i punti critici che incontro nel loro lavoro... preziosi ed efficaci i consigli di Bertrand Ravoux, che come sempre mi spingono a riflettere. Il valore aggiunto di questi giorni è stato lo stage in contemporanea a Parco di Mare, indirizzato al salto ostacoli, tenuto da Silvano Galbiati. È così che alla sera con Silvano e Bertrand abbiamo avuto modo di parlare del lavoro dei miei cavalli, degli allievi, dell'addestramento più in generale, dell'École de Légèreté, ecc. ... A loro Silvano e Bertrand, due amici, due colleghi, ma soprattutto due persone che mi hanno insegnato e mi insegnano sempre tanto, un grande grazie. Un grande grazie anche al C. E. Parco di Mare, per l'organizzazione e per la bella idea di questo appuntamento doppio, finalizzato alla diffusione di un'equitazione migliore. Ancora due appuntamenti, domani Matera e giovedì San Giorgio Jonico, e poi sarò pronto per ripartire... Stage a Livorno, Arezzo e Cuneo, se siete interessati contattate gli organizzatori o scrivetemi per avere i loro contatti. Photo by Francesca Lecce
20.01.2022 Some examples of the importance of a good quality contact! First two pics: Colorado, has learned (in his past before Sabine, his owner bought him..!) to flex h...is poll too early and to escape from pressure behind the bit. The unfortunate result is a so-called broken neck, a yielding at the third vertebrae. He also escapes by lifting his head up above the reins. Besides the negative physical consequences both ways of escape lead to a horse that is not under control, very unhappy and out of balance. His neckmuscles, thoracic sling muscles and core muscles are underdeveloped. The last two pics of him show how it looks like after creating a nice contact by asking the horse to OPEN his poll. 3rd pic: some examples of performing flexions from the ground in order to explain the horse the meaning of the bit (cession de mchoire) the use of the hands, how to raise the withers and base of the neck and to develop more flexibility and straightness. 4th pic: This mare used to run in trot due to her imbalance (both horizontal and lateral imbalance). By teaching her a better contact and gaining more lateral flexibility both sides, her rider was able to help her better and eventually to gain a better balance. The positive result is, amongst other things, a better rhythm! Good to see here how the thorax is pushing down between the shoulders. (EDL/ PH clinic Jena/ Thringen mit Veronika Bhn auf dem schnen Farbenkinderhof) See more
20.01.2022 Who loves the water? Favory XXVII-77 Flix
19.01.2022 "L'arte di vincere si impara nelle sconfitte." Simòn Bolivar Bentornato campione ... #ConversanoQuirra #lipizzaner
18.01.2022 Morning training with Favory XXVII-77 Félix. Shoulder in.
17.01.2022 What Id rather see At our recent clinic, I was watching someone relatively new to our system doing in-hand flexions with their horse, in halt. The work was qui...et and contemplative, as both horse and rider worked together to try and achieve these new experiences such as giving the mouth, bending to the left or right, stretching the neck out-and-long, or raising it higher. I remarked to a colleague that I would rather see this beginner work, all done slow and calm and seeking, than any amount of flashy high-level dressage movements done with a talented horse, but where the training and riding is incorrect. If you spend much time looking at pictures of the worst of modern dressage competitions, you could fall into despair. The horses are sensationally talented, with movement which is extraordinary. Yet so many pictures show the horses behind the vertical, doing a massive goose step in front with trailing hind legs. The horse cant bear weight on a foreleg flung ahead of his nose its not a functional gait. How can this be something that wins? If thats what modern competition dressage is, then I dont want any part of it. I would much rather see work done in a seeking manner, building on what is correct, than any amount of flashy, flawed wow factor. Id rather see a horse of ordinary abilities working on a contact that is shared with the rider on, or in front of the vertical. Actually, to me, this is wow factor. A horse made stronger and sounder by the training and amplified by it, so that he has better gaits than he had before. So, heres to good work that is healthy to the horse and expands his natural capacities. Ive selected some pictures of riders of the Ecole de Lgret in a nice trot and theres a good range of types of horse, too. The contact looks like something shared between horse and rider. The horse is in front of the vertical. The horse looks happy. The pair are travelling forward together. Thats what Id rather see no matter the type of horse or the competition/activity/style of riding! What about you? Do you have a nice picture of something similar? If so, please leave it in the comments.
17.01.2022 Neck rein turns are a great way to gain control of the shoulders. They teach horses how to move their shoulders away from the bend, which can then be put into ...practice using a true bend. They are a fantastic gymnastic exercise for the front legs which have to cross to complete the turn around the haunches, so have great benefits for horses who have a tendency to lateralise the walk (camel walk). They are the best way to teach a counter bend in preparation for exercises like counter shoulder in and are excellent for horses that rush or fall out on corners of circles. Horses who try to lean on the bit benefit from these exercises in a high position, the throtlash area really opens, the jaw can release and the shoulders lighten. See more
17.01.2022 english see below ... Es ist heute kein besonderer Tag, aber das wollte ich schon lange einmal sagen und vor allen Dingen, nachdem ich mehr als 3000 km gefahren... bin und Zeit hatte, ber dies und das, nachzudenken. Danke Philippe Karl fr die immense Anstrengung, die Du immer noch auf Dich nimmst in einem Alter, da andere schon lange ihre Rente genieen und wei Gott wie oft in Urlaub gefahren sind. Danke Philippe Karl fr die Kraft Deine "Urtinktur" so hartnckig vor Allen zu erklren und zu behaupten. Danke Philippe Karl, die Strke zu besitzen, klare Worte zu sprechen und Regeln auch innerhalb der Schule aufstellen und zu behaupten, um Spreu von Weizen von einander zu trennen. (sehr anstrengend!) Ich teile meine Bewunderung Ihnen, liebe Leser, mit, weil ich als Ehefrau sehr nah beobachten kann, was er leistet. Eine Schule zu kreieren kann gut fr das eigene Ego sein, stimmt. Aber das ist es am wenigsten, was ihn bis heute antreibt. Es sind die Pferde, die in den vielen Kursen und jahrelangen Begegnungen ihm besttigt haben, dass er nicht so ganz auf dem Holzweg liegt. Es sind die mehr als dankbaren Schler, die zunchst aufsaugen, was er oder inzwischen seine von ihm ausgebildeten Master Teacher zu vermitteln haben, die so begeistert sind, dass sie dieses Wissen gerne Schler weitergeben und diese Schler - inzwischen geprfte Instruktoren - wiederum den eigenen Schler vermitteln. Er hat inzwischen so unglaublich zahlreich Urenkel, Enkel und Shne und Tchter auf fnf Kontinenten: das macht ihn stark! Die vielen schnen Fotos, die er auf Facebook sichten kann, von korrekt gerittenen Pferden und glcklichen Reitern. Auf diese Weise hat er eine Schule mit groer Zukunft aufgebaut: ein groartiges Ziel, dass er in 20 Jahren fern von Saumur erreicht hat. Aber er kann gar nicht anders, denn er brennt immer noch fr seine berzeugung. Eine berzeugung, die er in einer brillanten Mischung von Klarheit, Ausfhrlichkeit, Unumstlichkeit und dennoch bescheidenem, wie souvernen Auftreten vertritt. Ich bedanke mich als Schlerin und als Ausbilderin. It is not a special day today, but I have wanted to say this for a long time and especially after having driven more than 3000 km and having time to think about this and that. Thank you, Philippe Kar,l for the immense effort you still take on yourself at an age when others enjoy their retirement since a long time and God knows how many times they have been already on holidays. Thank you, Philippe Karl, for the strength to explain and claim your "mother tincture" so persistently in front of everyone. Thank you, Philippe Kar,l for having the strength to speak clearly and to establish and maintain rules within the school to separate the wheat from the chaff. (very exhausting!) I would like to share my admiration with you, dear readers, because as a wife I can observe very closely whats his life. Creating a school can be good for your ego, thats true. But that is least of all what drives him until today. It is the horses that have confirmed to him in the many courses and years of encounters that he is not quite on the wrong track. It is the more than grateful students who first absorb what he or meanwhile his Master Teachers, who have been trained by him, have to teach, who are so enthusiastic that they are happy to pass on this knowledge to students and these students - meanwhile certified instructors - in turn pass it on to their own students. He now has so many "great-grandchildren, grandchildren and sons and daughters" on five continents: that makes him strong and proud for his students. The many beautiful photos he can see on Facebook, of correctly ridden horses and happy riders ... In this way he has built a school with a great future: a great goal that he has achieved in 20 years far from Saumur. But he cant help it, because he is still burning for his conviction. A conviction that he expresses in a brilliant blend of clarity, detail, irrevocability and yet modest and sovereign appearance. I thank you so much both as a student and as an instructor.
17.01.2022 A clip of one of my lessons with Monsieur Karl and my Oldenburger stallion Rosenstolz (23.3.2019)
16.01.2022 Please click on each picture for a detailed description Some impressions of my 2 Ecole de Lgret/ ProHorse classical dressage clinics in GB / Wilshire las...t March. These were my last clinics before Lock Down and Im very happy to be there again in September - if all goes as planned now Biggest thanks here to my fabulous organizer and friend Tamasine Smith who puts in a lot of effort to make all this happen during these difficult times. Enjoy the pics and explanations. I hope, they are helpful! Veronika Bhn See more
16.01.2022 Thanks to Irene and her students for allowing me to share these photos - nice to see some equines of smaller stature going so well.
16.01.2022 Skamilla ist eine geniale Trakehnerstute, eine unglaublich souveräne, bescheidene Persönlichkeit, die genetisch gesehen fantastisch ist, aber weniger für anstre...ngende Dressur, die sie völlig sinnentfremdet findet. Sie findet, sie wäre eine geniale Mutterstute oder Herdenchefin oder wenn nötig eine gutes, stabiles Gruppenmitglied. Dafür hat sie alle Gene! Aber nicht irgendwelche Gelenke zu benutzen, die sie zwar hat und sogar auch die Muskulatur dazu, aber warum Eleganz, wenn schlichte Fortbewegung reicht! Ich liebe sie !!! Eine tolle Persönlichkeit! Meine tägliche Stärkung in einer emanzipierten Frauengruppe. Fotos: Meike Wix
15.01.2022 Hier ein paar schöne Momente 4 meiner Schüler aus der Fulda- Truppe Es war wieder mal eine absolute Freude euch zu unterrichten! Ich freue mich immer wiede...r, besonders Friesen oder auch Pferde wie Dianas Barock- Pinto Stute so schön aktiv in Dehnung, und mit großen, schwungvollen Bewegungen zu sehen! Auch Melanies Tochter und ihre Pony Stute Ronja machen es ganz wunderbar. Ich freu mich schon darauf, wie die beiden sich noch zusammen entwickeln werden. Toll gemacht Melanie Imöhl Diana Oswald Janina Jonen See more
15.01.2022 Buon ferragosto a tutti voi #conversanoquirra #Photo by #PaulaDaSilva - #BorgoEgnazia
15.01.2022 Lateral Work Unraveled Bookings now open Online Clinic starts Wed 23rd Sept.
14.01.2022 Del "buon gusto" e dell "architettura appropriata al luogo" secondo Nuno Oliveira Il bello di leggere i testi dei grandi cavalieri classici sta nel fatto che ...anche quando non parlano di tecnica equestre, insegnano molto... e mi offrono sempre innumerevoli spunti di riflessione. " evidente che tutto questo proviene da una mancanza di educazione delle persone. Le nozioni di buon gusto fanno parte delleducazione. C chi pensa che il buon gusto sia appannaggio dei ricchi i quali, grazie al loro denaro, possono concretizzarlo. sbagliato. Nelle manifestazioni o nelle cose pi semplici il buon gusto soltanto assenza di artificiosit." AMALGAMA - Nuno Oliveira - 1984 #Ussaro #murgesehorse Photo by #pauladasilva #borgoegnazia
13.01.2022 Am Wochenende war Christiane Slawik wieder bei uns zu Besuch. Ganz herzlichen Dank für die traumhaften Bilder. Danke auch an das ganze Shooting-Team - es war s...o ein tolles Wochenende mit Euch - so lustig alles hat super funktioniert. Ich gebe zu das Shooting war leicht Murgesenlastig. Wir müssen das unbedingt wiederholen. Ich bin gespannt wie sich unsere jungen Murgesen entwickeln. Christiane Slawik ha visita encora per un fotoshooting. Grazie mille per le splendide foto. Quanti murgesi. Uno piu bello dell altro. Siamo entusiasti di vedere come si sviluppa i gionvani cavalli. Grazie agli allevatori. :-)
13.01.2022 Young Horse Program - Teaching In Teaching it is imperative to understand each horse's nature, character and temperament. Remember that the horse 'must' not... do anything, actually you need to find a way to compel the horse without force. You actually 'must' develop a Language (words, body position, hands, seat, leg) so you can communicate with your horse, starting simply, like talking to a young child, no need to shout, just explain! Your horse must be relaxed in order to learn successfully so the Taming step should be complete. Then you need to develop a program which is logical and progressive. Find the smallest step to teach first Put the horse into the right position for the action For the smallest success say "Thank You" Repeat to imprint Improve by repeating in different situations Pictured is Blinkbonnie Hamish and Christine learning a language together. If you would like help with your young horse don't hesitate to contact us on 0414868984 or [email protected]
12.01.2022 Am Wochenende war Christiane Slawik wieder bei uns zu Besuch. Ganz herzlichen Dank fr die traumhaften Bilder. Danke auch an das ganze Shooting-Team - es war s...o ein tolles Wochenende mit Euch - so lustig alles hat super funktioniert. Ich gebe zu das Shooting war leicht Murgesenlastig. Wir mssen das unbedingt wiederholen. Ich bin gespannt wie sich unsere jungen Murgesen entwickeln. Christiane Slawik ha visita encora per un fotoshooting. Grazie mille per le splendide foto. Quanti murgesi. Uno piu bello dell altro. Siamo entusiasti di vedere come si sviluppa i gionvani cavalli. Grazie agli allevatori. :-)
12.01.2022 The training scale, Part 6: Respect for the horse At the centre of our training scale is respect for the horse. In practical terms, what does this actually mean...? Respect for the horse means that the human being is someone who: * looks after the horses health and wellbeing * aims for his willing consent * advances the training logically in small steps * decreases the difficulty levels when problems arise * respects reality * works on being a better rider * works on being a better person. Ill now discuss these in turn. * Looking after the horses health and wellbeing The horse should have a standard of care that meets his physical and emotional needs, being kept in a safe environment and receiving enough nutritious food. He should have horse friends and free movement. You should be a reliable friend who cares about his health and his welfare. Make sure you dont harm him - well, hell have to endure things like: injections, dentistry, minor operations. But keep the discomfort levels low and hopefully he will understand that he has to put up with these minor matters. Make sure that any gear fits him and is comfortable. Dont use coercive devices like side reins and draw reins. Consider his anatomy and his physical capacity to do the work that you intend for him. The goals of training are to work within his capacity and expand on his natural beauty, making him more horse and most definitely not a slave. Build up the level of exercise slowly, and dont tire him out. If the work that youre doing is a bit hard physically or mentally, give him plenty of breaks. He only gets so many kilometres on his odometer dont make them hard ones, and spare him from meaningless drilling and repetition. Go out into the wide world, maybe do some jumping - dont bore him. Have fun, and offer him an interesting and varied work load. * Aims for the horses willing consent Aiming for his willing consent means no force, coercion or rough application of the aids. To get his trust, be fair and consistent you have rules and boundaries, but you explain them clearly, so he can feel confident in you. In all your training you try to ensure that he understands what you want. If he starts to do as you wanted, even if its just a tendency, immediately reward him perhaps by verbally praising, patting or scratching him, letting him halt or giving him a treat to eat. * Advances the training logically in small steps You teach him everything you want him to know, easiest steps first, in a logical progression. For example, teach lunging first, then inhand work, and only then ridden. See here for some articles about logical progressions for the horses training: https://www.facebook.com/1557697261196029/posts/2041718639460553/ Consider what he currently knows, and what youd like him to know. Think about how to add the smallest possible step of progress, and train that little step. You give lots of praise and breaks for improvements - organising the training so that he gets a sense of accomplishment from your work together. Make it an enjoyable game for him. Dont discourage him by increasing the difficulty level all the time - spend time consolidating the work and commending him for how well he is doing. You want him to feel joy in his work so he can express enthusiasm in his movements and attitude. * Decreases the difficulty levels when problems arise If you strike difficulties trying to train a particular thing, dont keep struggling on in the heart of the problem. Decrease the difficulty and try and separate out the elements which are causing the problem. Remember, its position before action - maybe he needs a better bend to one side, maybe hes leaning too much on one shoulder. Try to work on these elements in an easier exercise and see if that helps. Sometimes you do everything that you can, and its still not working. Dont keep drilling in the hopes that it will improve. Stop and regroup. Maybe you need to think about it all a little more. Have compassion both you and your horse are mortal creatures with limitations. Trust that with time and care you can achieve things that are currently not possible. Improving your riding and your horse is not a simple process - you need a lot of patience and a lot of science. Tomorrow is another day. * Respects reality Dont just accept phrases which flatter you and confirm your biases. If you want to make substantial and reliable progress, you have to try to make sense of what is really going on, even if it means that you have to take on board unwelcome lessons. Pay attention and consider the evidence. You can ignore reality, but you cant ignore the consequences of ignoring reality. I once read a dressage article where the text enthusiastically talked about how the young horse was now really engaging his hindlegs yet all of the pictures show the horse on the forehand with the hind legs trailing out dismally behind him. Dont trust words in isolation, no matter who says them. If someone is hailed as a guru, look at the results they are getting what do the horses trained in this method seem to be saying? The horse is the evidence. He is the reality, he is the guru and the one who whispers the truth. You could be his greatest advocate, his translator and his voice, if you seriously critique the results YOU are getting. If you ride a particular exercise with your horse, afterwards does he go with particularly long, swinging strides? Or does he take short, disordered strides, seeming a bit flustered? Trying to work out what is really going on will pay dividends in the long term. Even if reality is harsh and ugly, it is more worthy of your consideration than the sweetest lies you can tell yourself. * Works on being a better rider Part of respect for the horse is having an absolute commitment to making yourself a better rider. Having put yourself onto his back, its your duty to ensure that you are as easy to carry as possible! Try to have correct alignment for the figures you are riding. Work on improving your balance, seat and stability so that do not disturb him with unintended body movements especially with the reins. Have the lifelong goal of improving the lightness of the aids. How much lighter can they be? Make it your mission to find out. * Works on being a better person Work on improving your ability to keep calm and control negative emotions around the horse. Only one of you gets to vent their frustrations, have a tantrum or freak out at any one time and its never your turn. Work on keeping your ego under control a lot of frustration and impatience comes from your inner child reacting badly because things arent going to plan. That frustration is inevitable; it comes because you care, youre passionate and committed, and you have a picture in mind of how everything is supposed to be which frequently doesnt resemble reality! You will slip into unhelpful emotional states, because youre only human. The real tragedy is when you keep doing it. You have nearly infinite human capacity to think so try to do better. Cultivate an ability to genuinely critique yourself and work on improving your character. When you have fallen short of the emotional maturity that is beneficial for training, make a note of it. Forgive yourself breathe - and think about how to do better next time. Try to cultivate a sense of humour and light heartedness and remember that you started doing all this for love of the horse - dont lose sight of that. Expand your capacity to be calm, be grateful, be kind. Model the calm outlook that youd like the horse to have, and invite him to join you. Keep on the honourable path in all your dealings, so that you can have respect for yourself. And have respect for the horse. So, that is my attempt to explain what respect for the horse looks like, and what it means in functional terms to have it at the centre of our training scale. Have I missed anything? If so, please tell me in the comments. To me, this picture captures the magnificent beauty of the horses eyes, which look at you without judgement, and understand you only by your actions so make your actions good ones. Photo credit for this stunning photo is to Linda Kaye Hollingsworth-Jones. Coming soon, a final summary of our training scale, and how it works in practice. Part 1, relaxation, balance, impulsion: https://www.facebook.com/1557697261196029/posts/2324122701220144/ Part 2, flexibility: https://www.facebook.com/1557697261196029/posts/2330841923881555/ Part 3, mobility: https://www.facebook.com/1557697261196029/posts/2337505356548545/ Part 4, collection: https://www.facebook.com/1557697261196029/posts/2342945572671190/ Part 5, straightness: https://www.facebook.com/1557697261196029/posts/2348345372131210/ Part 6, respect for the horse: https://www.facebook.com/1557697261196029/posts/2353532418279172/ Part 7, Summary of the training scale: https://www.facebook.com/1557697261196029/posts/2358990154400065/
11.01.2022 Who loves the water? Favory XXVII-77 Félix
11.01.2022 Respect for the horse avoid judgement Every now and then I’ve overheard a trainer or horse owner talking about a horse in pretty negative terms, or perhaps gi...ving the horse a derogatory nickname. I don’t think it reflects well on them, because I think how the horse responds to them will be affected by this. I once experienced something which made me be more careful about making negative judgements about a horse. It was many years ago, and I was working at a stable in winter. The stable had 10 horses, and it was a lot of work to try and finish them up and still have the energy to ride my own. There was one horse there that I didn’t like much at all. His name was Cal, and he was a fat show pony. He was much more work than any of the other horses. His feeds seem to involve more than 10 ingredients and supplements. Also, his owner gave complex instructions for the rugs he should wear for every possible nuance of weather and up to 5 rugs in the worst winter weather! This was before light synthetic rugs were commonly available. I used to grit my teeth with annoyance whenever it was time to rug Cal, because it seemed to take forever. Cal didn’t seem to care for me much, either, and wore a face of mulish scepticism whenever I was around. (I’ve selected today’s artwork because it reminded me of Cal’s perpetual expression) His eyes always seemed to be half-shut, and his ears three-quarters back. He never nipped or was badly behaved, but he looked as if it was something he was thinking about. One day I was doing the stables as usual, and it was forecast to be a sunny winter’s day. I put the horses out with light winter rugs on and shortly after, there was an unexpected downpour. Huge fat drops of freezing rain pelted down it was not much short of hail. Gusty winds seemed to come out of nowhere. All of the horses weathered the unexpected storm just fine except Cal. He stood huddled in the part of the paddock closest to the stable, staring in my direction unwaveringly. I swear he was telepathically trying to summon help. It turned out that the light rug he was wearing was not waterproof enough to survive such a downpour, and it and he - were absolutely soaked. He was a picture of abject misery. I ran out, put a halter on him and led him to the stable to dry him out. I took off his soaked rug, and it became apparent how cold he was. He shivered so much on each leg that he swayed. His eyes were wide as if with shock, and he looked stunned and withdrawn. I was horrified, and set about putting him right. I said lots of things to him like Cal, I’m so sorry! Look at you never mind, we’ll soon have you warm and dry again, as I vigorously towelled him dry, then piled on every rug in his collection. He soon stopped shivering and started to warm up. As I resumed mucking out all of those stables, I tied him up outside each one, checking him frequently, and talking to him. He was soon toasty warm, and seemed fine so I put him out in the paddock again, checking him several times before I left. I noted that he seemed sweetly appreciative of my attentions and regarded me with big brown eyes. That would be the end of the story, except the next time I did the stables, I was astonished to find that Cal’s attitude towards me had utterly changed, in a way that seemed something out of a child’s story about horses. He now greeted me with soft, doughy-eyed affection. He liked to nuzzle me gently and stand still while smelling me. He accepted scratches and caresses with pleasure. Gone were the half-shut eyes and the ears three-quarters-back. And you know what? My attitude towards him had changed, too, to being friendly and caring. I guess because he’d been in such a bad way, and needed my help. From then on, we had little smooching sessions each time we met. Forever afterwards Cal was affectionate and cheerful around me. And this made me wonder how much of his original attitude towards me had been based on my attitude towards him? I realised that I’d essentially indulged in disliking him because of the extra work he represented something that was not his fault. The conclusion seemed inescapable: the sour face I turned on him was the same one he reflected back on me. This made such an impression on me that I decided I should always try to be more fair-minded to horses that I met in future. So, when I hear of someone who calls their horse a name like The Jerk, Dimwit or Numnuts, or says scathing things about his temperament, talent or intellect, I wonder how much of what they are projecting on the horse is reflected back on them. It doesn’t seem a promising way to set about turning him into the horse of their dreams. In any case, whether you believe it’s worthwhile trying to cultivate a less judgemental attitude as a good training strategy or not, it is simply true that I was a happier and more cheerful person around Cal when I was freed of my pointless dislike of him and he gave every indication that he appreciated the change in me. Do you have a story of the attitude of a person affecting the horse’s attitude? If so, share it in the comments. The horse in this picture has a similar expression to Cal’s sour face though Cal was considerably more plump than this. This painting is by George Stubbs, painted in 1770, with the catchy title: Mr Ogilvie’s Bay Racehorse on a Riverbank, with a Group of Cows in the Middle Distance. Perhaps the horse looks this unimpressed because someone has cut part of his tail off a fashion which has mercifully died out, at least in the equestrian sphere.
10.01.2022 SIT WITH THE BALANCE - NOT THE BEND The Seat is a balance aid - it refers to the balance of the horse. Not to the bend. Many say we should always sit with the b...end - for all lateral work, but this is unhelpful and disturbing the horse if its not also with the balance - this is only right some of the time. The seat refers to the direction you want the horse to go: We need to sit with the balance - not just with the bend. For example if we are in shoulder-in on the long side. We need to balance more to the outside - specifically the outside fore - because that is where the horse has more weight in order to keep balanced on a straight line along the wall. On the contrary, on a circle in shoulder in - we need to sit more to the inside - as the horse is balancing more to the inside fore, to keep on the line of a circle. Its logical - and makes sense to the horse. Its the same shift in balance when we change from moving on a circle to along the wall with our two legs. Try it. In the Photo here with Alita and I in Shoulder-in along the wall, she is balancing to her left fore and I try to help with my balance over her outside fore. (opposite to the bend) The other photo is Abbey on the lunge in shoulder-in on a circle you can see that its now the inside fore that takes more weight on the circle. So the rider helps by sitting to the inside, (which in this case is the side of the bend). Does this make sense to you? Inspiration and illustrations from Philippe Karl.
10.01.2022 Del "buon gusto" e dell' "architettura appropriata al luogo" secondo Nuno Oliveira Il bello di leggere i testi dei grandi cavalieri classici sta nel fatto che ...anche quando non parlano di tecnica equestre, insegnano molto... e mi offrono sempre innumerevoli spunti di riflessione. "È evidente che tutto questo proviene da una mancanza di educazione delle persone. Le nozioni di buon gusto fanno parte dell'educazione. C'è chi pensa che il buon gusto sia appannaggio dei ricchi i quali, grazie al loro denaro, possono concretizzarlo. È sbagliato. Nelle manifestazioni o nelle cose più semplici il buon gusto è soltanto assenza di artificiosità." AMALGAMA - Nuno Oliveira - 1984 #Ussaro #murgesehorse Photo by #pauladasilva #borgoegnazia
08.01.2022 "Larte di vincere si impara nelle sconfitte." Simn Bolivar Bentornato campione ... #ConversanoQuirra #lipizzaner
08.01.2022 Young Horse Program - Teaching In Teaching it is imperative to understand each horses nature, character and temperament. Remember that the horse must not... do anything, actually you need to find a way to compel the horse without force. You actually must develop a Language (words, body position, hands, seat, leg) so you can communicate with your horse, starting simply, like talking to a young child, no need to shout, just explain! Your horse must be relaxed in order to learn successfully so the Taming step should be complete. Then you need to develop a program which is logical and progressive. Find the smallest step to teach first Put the horse into the right position for the action For the smallest success say "Thank You" Repeat to imprint Improve by repeating in different situations Pictured is Blinkbonnie Hamish and Christine learning a language together. If you would like help with your young horse dont hesitate to contact us on 0414868984 or [email protected]
07.01.2022 Fee das allerallerbeste Pony der Welt!!! Danke an Claudia Schipper für diese mega Bilder!! claudiaschipper #fee #schimmel #porzelanschecke #kids #einreiten #p...ferdestarten #kinderreiten#ausbildungspferd #Pferdeausbildung #paddocktrailsarahrob #dasistaucharbeiten #écoledelégèreté #patparelli #naturalhorsemanship #philippekarllegerete #horses_of_instagram See more
07.01.2022 Travers on the circle (and, collection is not compression) The travers on the circle is an exercise which is very useful to work on collection. In the Ecole de ...Légèreté we try to achieve collection through a variety of functional exercises. When you hear people say things like You achieve collection through pushing the horse to your hand, that is absolutely not what we do, how we think or what we say. Instead, we try to work on exercises which activate the horse in ways that when done correctly lead to collection. And then our highest ideal is descente de main et de jambes. Which is a fancy way of saying, not acting with your hands or legs the opposite to pushing the horse into a restraining hand. To me, the problem of approvingly saying things like More legs! Push the horse to your hand! is that it puts the rider in the wrong mindset to achieve light aids. What I want more than anything is that picture where horse and rider seem to move as one, without an onlooker being able to see any aids. To me, when people think of pushing the horse into a restraining hand, the result looks very muscular and full of exertion for both horse and rider. I know this style of riding is predominant out there and lots of people have success with it, but it’s not my cup of tea. But I digress. The travers on the circle is an exercise where the horse is organised to rotate his entire body more or less around his inside hind leg. On a very small circle the inside hind becomes the centre of the circle, with the other legs going around it. When it is done this small, it is a pirouette, and can be done in walk and canter. If the circle is a little larger, you can do a trot travers on the circle, too. For larger circles the inside hind moves forward more, but it is still the leg which travels the smallest circle each of the other legs are on a larger circle. The forehand of the horse noticeably moves more, as it has a longer path to travel than the hindquarters. Because of this, on a small enough circle in walk, you will see the outside front leg crossing in front of the inside front leg. Travers on the circle is a wonderful exercise for helping the horse to flex and fold the joints of the inside hind leg more. This leg in particular needs to take more weight to allow the shoulders to be lightened so they can move on the larger arc of the circle. (The other hind leg has to take some extra weight, too). Because of this, when done well, this exercise has a collecting effect: because the hindquarters take more weight and the forehand is lightened. But when it is done well, we are not DRIVING the horse into collection. Collection starts to occur because of the correctness of the exercise. It can be very useful to try the travers on a circle on a very large circle at first, and only try smaller circles when the horse is showing that he is ready don’t make the circles too small too soon, or the exercise is too difficult. How can you tell if you’ve made it too difficult? The horse starts running out of ‘forwards’, and starts offering too much sideways. To be a proper dressage movement, it’s not a spin or a pivot each leg needs to be picked up and placed in its new position, not scrubbed around in the dirt. If the circle is so small that it’s a pirouette on the spot, even the inside hind still has to lift up and place down on the spot without achieving the movement by spinning or rotating in the arena surface. Beware, too lots of Baroque-style horses are very talented at going sideways with short steps. For this type of horse, don’t ask for too much sideways too soon it’s much better to focus on long steps. Otherwise you can easily encourage them to be crooked and short-striding. Here are some pictures of riders of the Ecole de Légèreté riding a travers on the circle at walk. I personally find this quite a balanced and elegant looking exercise. Do you have a nice picture of travers on the circle? If so, add it in the comments.
07.01.2022 WORK IN HAND When I'm limited by time, or can't use the arena... there's usually somewhere to practice a little work in-hand. I think it's nice to do a short easy session like this, and we always learn something about each other.
06.01.2022 ENERGY Finding your horses natural rhythm is important if you want healthy gymnastic training. Often we hold our horses back aiming to make them round instea...d of letting them go to express their natural movement and become round through their own good balance and posture. When there is a lot of energy - make use of it (ride forward) When there is too much energy - shape it. (eg. circle to regain rhythm) When there is too little energy - forward is the priority. (go straight ahead) A good forward trot in a light seat, and with neck extension, (to lengthen stride and seek the contact) can cure many ailments. From this posture you can raise the base of the neck to ask for balance and collection. Horses were designed to go freely forward, and can become so frustrated when they are not allowed to express their natural paces. Forward Impulsion enables collection. * You cannot collect what is not first energised. * You cannot shorten what is not first long. * As Philippe often says: "Let him do". Notice in the illustration below that the horses nose is in front of the vertical in all positions. Inspiration : Phillipe Karl in my own lessons and extract from the book Twisted Truths of Modern Dressage Philippe Karl
06.01.2022 Due giorni intensi quelli appena trascorsi dove, differentemente dal solito, ero dallaltra parte, nei panni dellallievo. Ho montato tre cavalli, molto diversi... tra loro per morfologia e livello di addestramento, mostrando le difficolt e i punti critici che incontro nel loro lavoro... preziosi ed efficaci i consigli di Bertrand Ravoux, che come sempre mi spingono a riflettere. Il valore aggiunto di questi giorni stato lo stage in contemporanea a Parco di Mare, indirizzato al salto ostacoli, tenuto da Silvano Galbiati. cos che alla sera con Silvano e Bertrand abbiamo avuto modo di parlare del lavoro dei miei cavalli, degli allievi, delladdestramento pi in generale, dellcole de Lgret, ecc. ... A loro Silvano e Bertrand, due amici, due colleghi, ma soprattutto due persone che mi hanno insegnato e mi insegnano sempre tanto, un grande grazie. Un grande grazie anche al C. E. Parco di Mare, per lorganizzazione e per la bella idea di questo appuntamento doppio, finalizzato alla diffusione di unequitazione migliore. Ancora due appuntamenti, domani Matera e gioved San Giorgio Jonico, e poi sar pronto per ripartire... Stage a Livorno, Arezzo e Cuneo, se siete interessati contattate gli organizzatori o scrivetemi per avere i loro contatti. Photo by Francesca Lecce
06.01.2022 Direzione riunione nel secondo giorno del Corso Istruttori
06.01.2022 A nice little training note: don’t meet heaviness with heaviness! https://legereteatblinkbonnie.blogspot.com//ericas-blog-ch
06.01.2022 Classical art of riding with Veronika Bhn, licensed teacher of the Ecole de Lgret (School of Lightness), founded by French riding Master Monsieur Karl. "V...RONIS PICTURE LESSON-schooling of your eyes" Please take the time to read the comments below each picture. I have taken these pictures in schooling situations. Its just snapshots of a moment, but can be of great value with the comments included. All my students are happy for me to use their pics in order to help others to understand and to learn to "see" better what exactly is happening and what we are looking for. Its not about showing perfection here but about learning! Thanks to all my students for being so confident and open to this! See more
06.01.2022 A well schooled horse is a horse following your hands in all directions at any time ~ Philippe Karl This is how a horse should take the reins into a neck exte...nsion. Nose forward and opening the poll, lengthening the neck without pulling, keeping the same activity and a good horizontal balance. (Ideally the position before should have been a bit higher, slightly more open poll) This mare often went behind the vertical as soon as her rider has given her more reins. She just lowered her head and neck, but didnt open the angle of her poll and throat latch into a neck extension. This is a very common problem. A good Neckextension is an exercise on its own with high priority that must be practiced as such. If your horse doesnt take the contact its telling you, there is a lack of understanding about the meaning of your hands (contact), and a lack of strechability, thoroughness and balance. (A nice sequence of Marie Slater and her mare during my Ecole de Legerete/ ProHorse clinics in 320, Wiltshire, GB These pics were taken in her third lesson of the clinic.) Veronika Bhn
06.01.2022 PK QUOTE OF THE DAY... The nose of the horse to the direction of his future: forward!. When the nose is back his future is behind him. ... It is humour, but ...it is truth. Humour is a way to say the disagreeable truth. Philippe Karl (in our first Australian Clinic).
05.01.2022 Bonsoir à tous! :) La reprise des cours s'est aussi déroulée proche de Grenoble, à Tullin! Avec Marion Leveque et Léa Quiles . Que de progrès pour l'équipe de ...Marion !!!! Des chevaux qui se déplient, nette amélioration du contact et des allures ! Des cavalières s'adaptant aux besoins de leurs chevaux, avec des outils et exercices de travail!!! Bravo! Merci Marion et toute son équipe pour ces chouettes moments passés avec vous! Toujours un plaisir de vous enseigner l'école de la légèreté!! A bientôt! See more
05.01.2022 Skamilla ist eine geniale Trakehnerstute, eine unglaublich souverne, bescheidene Persnlichkeit, die genetisch gesehen fantastisch ist, aber weniger fr anstre...ngende Dressur, die sie vllig sinnentfremdet findet. Sie findet, sie wre eine geniale Mutterstute oder Herdenchefin oder wenn ntig eine gutes, stabiles Gruppenmitglied. Dafr hat sie alle Gene! Aber nicht irgendwelche Gelenke zu benutzen, die sie zwar hat und sogar auch die Muskulatur dazu, aber warum Eleganz, wenn schlichte Fortbewegung reicht! Ich liebe sie !!! Eine tolle Persnlichkeit! Meine tgliche Strkung in einer emanzipierten Frauengruppe. Fotos: Meike Wix
04.01.2022 No Legerete without impulsion and balance Maestoso XXXIII-20 Moha
04.01.2022 ENERGY Finding your horse's natural rhythm is important if you want healthy gymnastic training. Often we hold our horses back aiming to make them 'round' instea...d of letting them go to express their natural movement and become 'round' through their own good balance and posture. When there is a lot of energy - make use of it (ride forward) When there is too much energy - shape it. (eg. circle to regain rhythm) When there is too little energy - forward is the priority. (go straight ahead) A good forward trot in a light seat, and with neck extension, (to lengthen stride and seek the contact) can cure many 'ailments'. From this posture you can raise the base of the neck to ask for balance and collection. Horses were designed to go freely forward, and can become so frustrated when they are not allowed to express their natural paces. Forward Impulsion enables collection. * You cannot collect what is not first energised. * You cannot shorten what is not first long. * As Philippe often says: "Let him do". Notice in the illustration below that the horses nose is in front of the vertical in all positions. Inspiration : Phillipe Karl in my own lessons and extract from the book Twisted Truths of Modern Dressage Philippe Karl
03.01.2022 Noch nicht perfekt unsere Traversalen ..... Für das Pferd besteht die Traversale darin, in Bewegungsrichtung gebogen auf einer geraden Linie auf zwei Hufschläg...en zu folgen und dabei Biegung, Abstellung und Kadenz unbeirrbar beizubehalten. Die Traversale ist die schwierigste Übung auf zwei Hufschlägen. Sie belegt genau den Grad der Gymnastizierung und Versammlung, den das Pferd erreicht hat. Sie ist sowohl Endprodukt als auch Prüfstein. (Von Philippe Karl) See more
03.01.2022 Ein weiterer Lehrgang von Master Teacher Sabine Mosen ist auf dem Hrtsfeldhof bei Bopfingen vorber gegangen, es war ein spannender Kurs: Alexandra Nell und Th...omas Fischer haben erfolgreich die Teilprfung "Longieren und Arbeit an der Hand", Charlotte Wagner und Svenja Pemp die Teilprfung "Fremdreiter" abgelegt. Svenja ist ausserdem ihre Prfungskr geritten, die neben Sabine von Philippe Karl beurteilt wird. Daumen drcken!!! lichen Glckwunsch allen!
03.01.2022 Dancing with the horse. Thank you Claudia Schipper for the in-hand sequence of the Pirouette with my horse Lichterfee.
02.01.2022 Nästa års kurser är redan under planering och vi kan meddela att dessa kurser kommer att hållas av Sylvia Stössel. Sylvia är likt Bea Borelle en av EdL:s Maste...r Teachers. Sylvia är bosatt i Schweiz och hon håller kurser i ett antal olika länder. Hon är en av de första som certifierade sig som EdL instruktör 2007 men redan innan dess arbetade hon som ridinstruktör. När hon sökte efter lätthet och harmoni i ridningen hamnade hon i Portugal där hon utbildade sig under ett par år. När Philippe Karl kom till Schweiz första gången år 2000 var hon en av deltagarna och har sedan dess tränat för Philippe. Sylvias egna ord om EdL (https://www.philippe-karl.com/sylvia-stoessel) For me, the concept of the Ecole de Légèreté is the most natural, fair and healthy one to educate horses. It is easy for the horse, but quite demanding for the rider. My aim is to help my students not only to learn the different techniques and to understand the principles, but also to teach the feeling. Working with horses this way makes us grow and is much more than just riding. The journey is the reward. Vi är nu väldigt glada över att få välkomna henne till Sverige. Vi tar redan emot intresseanmälningar till kurserna för nästa år. Det kommer att hållas två kurser på 4 dagar, torsdag till söndag. Kurserna hålls på Rotbrunna Häst och kursgård i Enköping. 13-16 maj 16-19 september För intresseanmälan och frågor maila [email protected].
02.01.2022 Hooray, its the weekend - time to saddle up with a friend and get out there! To inspire you, heres a nice picture of Kate Sandel and a friend in the West Highlands, in the UK. Do you have a similar picture to inspire us? If so, please leave it in the comments.
02.01.2022 A proud walk Because walk is a slow gait without a lot of energy and no moment of suspension - I think it can be the most difficult gait for the horse to real...ly carry himself proudly in. I recently wrote an article about the importance of the horse’s muscle sling at the front end, which attaches the front legs. I think you really need that muscle sling really activated ‘up’ to result in the lift of the forehand that gives you the poise that is the hallmark of a good walk. In other, faster gaits you can get other elements which can make the gait look good such as energy, flashy movement and long strides. It’s a bit easier to get the horse zooming along in trot or canter to help with pizazz and lift. But speed or even activity can’t be relied upon to get a good walk. If a rider requests too much energy, the horse will jig-jog and the walk is lost. If a rider tries too hard to keep the horse round at walk (particularly with the low, blocking hands which are a feature of other schools of riding) there is a risk that the hand will limit the movement of the horse’s neck in the worst-case scenario, this can dampen the oscillations of the back. Instead of each leg getting enough time to step out properly in its sequence, the hind takes shorter strides, while the fore on the same side takes longer strides. This means this lateral pair start getting too close together. This decreases the diagonal moment in the walk, and accentuates a lateral aspect - the horse starts to pace the walk is lost! The walk is the most sensitive gait to interference from the hand, and unyielding, low hands can be especially disastrous. I’ve collected some nice pictures of riders of the Ecole de Légèreté showing off a walk which I think is nicely lifted in the forehand. If you have a picture that you think shows this lift in front, please add it to the comments.
01.01.2022 WORK IN HAND When Im limited by time, or cant use the arena... theres usually somewhere to practice a little work in-hand. I think its nice to do a short easy session like this, and we always learn something about each other.
01.01.2022 It’s the journey Recently I was driving to a place that I hadn’t been to very often, and realised that I had driven past the turn I was supposed to take. So I ...had to do a U turn to go back and turn where I should have. I made a mistake! Although mildly annoyed, I shrugged it off, knowing that next time I was almost guaranteed to make the correct turn, exactly because of my mistake. And this got me thinking about how often learning is about making mistakes you go too far, and then know not to do this next time. Or, you don’t go far enough. Either way, if you take the mistakes in the right spirit, you make it more likely that you’ll make the correct choices next time. Multiple times when I work with a horse I discover what strength of aid is too much, because the horse overreacts. I know to do it with less strength next time especially since I’m always looking to minimise my aids. In the Ecole de Légèreté, this is true of how we set the horse up to learn, as well. Of course you don’t deliberately set up the horse to fail. But part of working towards the horse being in self carriage, and light to the hand and leg, is that we try not the ‘hold’ the horse into position. What that means is that we work to create the horse being in a good balance. However, once we get there the ideal is to then lighten our aids, rather than trying to hold the horse there. In a way, this is an open invitation for the horse to ‘fall’ out of that balance. For example, a horse that has a tendency to lean on the contact might respond to the lightened rein contact by starting to lower the head, which pulls them out of their nice balance and onto the forehand. This is the horse making a mistake. However, the rider doesn’t make a fuss about it but simply works again to correct the horse’s balance. So, in this situation it might be to do a light demi-arrêt (an upwards vibration on the rein) to ask the horse to not lean, and to raise the head a bit. The rider works to correct the balance. And once they get there the ideal is to lighten the aids again. (If the horse is really struggling to maintain the balance, you might continue to help them to keep a more sustained balance. But the ideal we are striving for is to one day have such light aids that the horse is in good balance without further input.) So anyway, this is a way of setting the horse up to discover, by trail and error, to maintain his own balance. The rider doesn’t punish the mistakes, but quietly corrects them as they occur, and seeks to re-establish the nice balance. This is a way of defining for the horse where we’d like him to be: he learns what is too much, and what is not enough. It credits him with having a brain, and he isn’t discouraged by the rider essentially telling him No, no, no - you got it wrong! Or even worse, the rider micromanaging them every step of the way, saying Don’t to ANYTHING, apart from what I tell you! I think the canter is a gait which really benefits from a riding approach where you don’t try to hold the horse in balance, but rather, set him up in the right conditions for balance to occur. Here are some pictures of riders of the Ecole de Légèreté in a canter, where I think you can see that the horse is maintaining his own balance and is not held there with iron fists. Do you have a nice picture of the same? If so, please leave it in the comments.
01.01.2022 The Power of Forwards The first year I trained with Philippe Karl the main focus was getting our horses really forwards. I remember this coming as something... of a shock as, a) I thought my horses were forwards and b) well, what about piaffe? There was one particular session riding my friend Nikkis huge moving warmblood, while she was riding her utterly ridiculous WB x Lusitano, with both of us flying around the arena hysterical with laugher (about 3 strides would get you from one end of the arena to the other) with Philippe shouting, This still isnt his best trot! In retrospect, what I think he was actually doing in those early clinics was checking that the riders were really, really happy about turning loose and going forwards. Would our brain and bodies allow those horses to fly? Because without this capacity in us, and the desire in our horse to Go, Go, Go, everything else was going to be a struggle. Ultimately, what Philippe is looking for is impulsion not speed. We may have used the speed to get all of us freed up, but what we are actually seeking is impulsion a desire to go even in the slowest of walks. I sometimes meet riders thumping horses along out of rhythm, on the shoulders, believing this is forward when in reality, theyre just out of balance. Impulsion is about a mental release in horse and rider - which you can feel even in halt A majority of the issues I notice for horse and rider combinations are a symptom of a lack of this desire to really go. I saw Leslie Desmond talking about this, describing the main mistake people make when starting a young horse is dampening down their natural desire to go forwards. We want to impose control from very early on, so we try to slow their legs down. We think that by getting stop installed we will be safe, but actually having forward readily available is much, much more helpful. When a horse bucks, its because his front feet stopped going forwards, when he rears its because the hinds got stuck. When he naps, you lost forwards all together. This is an interesting conundrum. You will be far safer with a horse that always and easily moves forwards from the very lightest aids, but the controlling part of our brain finds that hard to believe. I have had my own struggles with this my Lusitano Des can be extremely, er, fizzy, and the desire in me to dampen him down has sometimes been strong. However, after many years of acting as a test tube for my teaching, it is absolutely clear that allowing him to go Legs without Hands is THE best thing for both of us when the proverbial hits the fan. And interestingly, (or not to those of you in the know) , the more I let him go, the calmer he has become. There may be some life lesson in there for us mightnt there? The thing with getting a horse to really free up and go is that its never going to be possible unless youre happy to free up too. The leg aids are only a symptom of how you feel about releasing and going. If there is a little bit of you on the inside that doesnt want to experience all of your horses power, then your horses response to the leg aid is always going to reflect that. Youre both going to have your mental handbrakes on. If you know in your heart of hearts that you dont really, really want your horse to go forwards then it might be worth having a little dig around in that. Could you get someone with a really solid horse to help? I know there are great people like Karl Greenwood who offer cantering courses, getting you incrementally upping the speed in considered situations on sensible minded horses. Could you have a go at visualising what it would feel like to gallop down a beach, grinning and laughing, enjoying all of that amazing forwards? Could you get some help from a good therapist to help turn that fear into joy? And importantly, have you got a horse whose level of speed and energy you think you actually enjoy? A good friend of mine bravely decided to sell a horse whos size and power did not suit her, and in his place has a steed whos stature and speed bring her only happiness. This has been a most excellent choice to make. Because once you have ridden a horse whos mental handbrake is completely off even in the slowest of walks its something that you will become addicted to.
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