Ep. 44 And now that you have your black belt…
Send us your feedback! I recently enjoyed working with a small woman who was a relatively inexperienced rider with a black belt in karate. The parallels between riding skills, and her skill as a marti...
22 Feb 202125min
Ep. 43 - The Half Halt & Collection
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15 Feb 202123min
Ep. 42 - The learning process
Send us your feedback!The learning process, which progressively builds a pyramid out of lots of (initially) disconnected body parts and corrections dots, is like walking in hills, where you might thin...
7 Feb 202124min
Ep. 41 The 3 thirds of the horse
Send us your feedback!The biomechanics term ‘hydraulic amplification’ describes how the muscles get ‘pumped up’ in collection. WE want a half-halt to ‘go through’, but In effect, there can be disconne...
1 Feb 202124min
Ep. 40 What the half halt isn’t.
Send us your feedback!It isn’t riding in ‘mistake prevention mode’ and keeping the horse’s head down by whatever means. But it is the ‘human trump card’ in the ‘got it/lost it’ game that each rider le...
24 Jan 202122min
Ep. 39 Half-halts: the riding enigma
Send us your feedback! Half halts are an emergent property of good biomechanics. The rider. needs firstly to realise that she needs to intervene to ‘lead the dance’ and not just get carried away on th...
18 Jan 202123min
Ep. 38 The tennis ball game.
Send us your feedback! 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 in each throw. We are doing this in a rhythm, and ...
10 Jan 202124min
Ep. 37 Rising Trot - The ‘gold dust’ skill
Send us your feedback!I have been accused of terminal rising trot - but time invested here is so worthwhile - it’s the ‘gold dust’ skill. I offer some strategies to help your hollow back or round bac...
3 Jan 202124min
