Duties, teachers and students
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Only the rider that is perfectly skilled in riding far in the countryside can hope to successfully begin studying the Academic Equitation. He should therefore be guided by a highly skilled teacher providing well educated horses. The teacher should put all his energy to demonstrate all the common points existing between all types of horse riding and the differences in the application of those different types of riding to the countryside riding from one hand and the more refined, more delicate requisites of School Riding on the other hand. Such teachers are definitely hard to find (in France) as well as horses educated beyond the basic knowledge necessary for a day to day use. The students have thus to alleviate the lack of direct oral education by studying in the books written by the Old Masters. Furthermore they have to educate themselves in synchrony with their horses without having learnt how to ride a perfectly educated horse. This is considerably increasing the difficulties of an education that is already complicated enough. This suffices to explain the perplexity of the students facing opinions of different authors that seems to be contradictory but that they are obliged to read. Is also explained their hesitation towards the choice of the means to reach their aims, their fears about the efficacy of means of which they never experienced personally the results and their uncertainty about the nature and the form that those results should have albeit those results are the aim of their work.
General Decarpentry
This is to be thought about. We are not learnt to teach what we do not know…
Teachers have duties so have the students…
Vincent, the lack of good instructors and school horses are present, everywhere you go....It really is a shame. To learn on a well schooled and correctly schooled horse is a precious time...............there are not many out there. To be taught by one that really can explain "feel" is not very easy either.
To learn, yes, you must investigate all avenues of riding; Reading, videos and lessons. Unfortunately, the easiest and hardest path of learning, is the horse. The horse will tell you if you are correct or not..........he does not lie with the way he reacts to an aid. It is up to the rider to learn what the horse is asking for, rebelling too, and trying to be "submissive" with his actions.
It takes 3 things to make a perfect riding lesson..........A good student (one that shuts up and rides) a good minded horse that will forgive when given a wrong aid and a teacher that can “ride that particular horse through the student”…………………
Hi Sandy and Gigi,
Thanks for participating to this brand new forum. You're the "pioneers"! I hope many people will join!
The 3 things for a perfect riding lesson... Are those conditions possible altogether? :-)
To try to sort out the lack of well educated horses and especially for people working alone, the best alternative I found is to try what you want to on different horses. If you're asking wrongly none of the horses will perform well. I know it is not the best solution, but at least it gives information to the rider.
Allège Ideal
Dear Vincent,
A good topic.The absolute 'hallmark' of a good teacher,whether it be an Old or Modern Master,is to academically stimulate his student to such an extent that the student will teach themselves correct Academic Equitation,by a process of Practice and Research on their own,in the immediate abscence of a teacher.That is the commitment and duty the student must make to him or herself.Anything less will be insufficient.
With regards,
Sandy Dunlop.