Lightness with Miguel Tavora
Light is the opposite of heavy. In Equitation a horse that is heavy in your hand can not be light. The problem is that a horse might not be heavy and yet he is not light... Read Article 1 Comment »
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Light is the opposite of heavy. In Equitation a horse that is heavy in your hand can not be light. The problem is that a horse might not be heavy and yet he is not light... Read Article 1 Comment »
Lorraine Davey Takes A Lesson with… MIGUEL TAVORA
We also used counter canter in the warm up to make the horse straighter, more through. The horse is much stronger now, more mature, which means we can start counter canter earlier on in the working session... Read Article Comments Off on Lorraine Davey Takes A Lesson with… MIGUEL TAVORA
Starting Out, Starting Right – Watching Miguel Tavora teach…
Miguel Tavora, or to give him his full title, Major Miguel Tavora, Master of Equitation, is known world-wide as a brilliant teacher of the higher movements but join me as he works with two youngsters, and you will see that those displays of advanced brilliance are well and truly grounded in a method that […] Read Article Comments Off on Starting Out, Starting Right – Watching Miguel Tavora teach…
Tim Calkin takes a lesson with Miguel Tavora
Descente des mains is more for collection, uberstreichen is more to get the horse to encourage self carriage. With descente des mains, we do just that, lower the hands a little... Read Article Comments Off on Tim Calkin takes a lesson with Miguel Tavora
The Issue of Connection – with Susanne Miesner
Susanne Miesner is highly regarded in Germany as a rider, a trainer, and also as a theoretian, a thinker, a questioner, in this article she looks at the vexing issue of contact... Read Article Comments Off on The Issue of Connection – with Susanne Miesner