This video of a clinic with Nuno Oliveira, instructing Hélène Arianoff is the perfect way to start the weekend!
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And, let's follow it up by fast-forwarding today at a clinic with Hélène Arianoff.
What did you enjoy or disagree with?
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I've been riding since I was 9, and in love with horses from the day I was born. Living in Washington with my horse and 5 dogs.
For as long as I can remember I have worshipped horses. One of my earliest memories is of cantering my imaginary horse around a field while my mother had her riding lesson. I was four…
Circular, that is time. We live in a world dominated by linear functions, our calendar reads left to right, start to finish. There is little left of the cycles we once relied upon as a species to guide our functions from day to day, week to week, month to month, season to season, year to year. Instead we rely upon days, minutes, hours… seconds, to remind us of the time we have lost or wasted, or perhaps the time we have saved.
In a perfect world the horse is connected to us through the reins, meaning that the contact we’ve established on the reins serves as the ultimate communication tool. There is no tension, simply touch and with it the power to execute energy through the horse at a moments notice.
I have a lovely 13-year-old student who is much more mature than those years. She is gifted, committed and built to sit on a horse. She has been in a saddle since she was six. To each…
If you push the people [horse], down deep inside, you really do not know which way they’ll go or what they’re really thinking. But if you can lead them and get them to follow you, then you have the skill everyone should have, which is to be a leader.
What I found fascinating in particular was the history lesson on the Lusitano breed, how it came to be developed in the manner it has (with bulls, etc) as well as how he contrasts their speed/flexibility to other breeds and what that means in their training and handling.
It seemed for me that the horse was a bit unsound from behind.
I love the first video! Iberian horses move differently, so the canter isn’t as “powerful” or “bounding” as we’re used to – but the ease and correctness is what we’re lacking on the current world stage. And it looks fun to boot! Loved the canter pirouettes.
My main issue with the second video is the rider seems a bit too busy with hands and heels, sometimes creating issues in how the horse goes … but so relatively minor when you look at the wrestling and hanging that we see too often!
Really nice inspiration – thanks for sharing!
I agree re the busy-ness of the second video, was interesting to note when the rider came close it appeared as though she was constantly see-sawing the reins, albeit very subtly. You can see it in the movement of the horse’s head side-to-side when he’s moving towards the camera.