Exploring Dressage Technique: Journeys Into the Art of Classical Riding
by Paul Belasik
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This long-awaited sequel to Riding towards the Light is an absorbing biomechanical and philosophical treatise on riding and training dressage horses. Using state-of-the-art findings, it debunks many commonly held dressage myths; it also explores the artistic heritage and antique techniques of classical riding which have stood the test of time. Each chapter offers fascinating discussion on a different aspect of riding/training, with many thought-provoking ideas for today's riders. Chapters show more include: "A fog of walks"; "The hovering trot"; "Rockin' and rollin' in the passage"; "The piaffe"; "Lateral work--in search of the mother load"; "Deep work"; "Confucius and the canter pirouette"; "Resistance and ethics"; "The myths of the outside rein"; and "Riding as a meditation". Basing his theories on a study of biomechanics and rare historic literature, the author begins to point a way through some of the contradictory and confusing tenets that exist in the world of dressage today. In Exploring Dressage Technique, Paul Belasik offers some refreshing new ideas and revives a few forgotten ones.This book will be welcomed by thinking riders everywhere, by those involved in the sport of dressage, and above all, by those who care deeply about horses. show lessTags
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Paul Belasik is a highly respected international rider, trainer, writer, and teacher, and an avowed proponent of classical equestrian ideals. Belasik has sought wisdom from great riding masters such as Dr. HLM van Schaik and Nuno Oliveira, and his wide-ranging studies include the concepts of Zen Buddhism and martial arts. Belasik has authored show more eight books, and he gives clinics, lectures, and demonstrations internationally while training clients at his Pennsylvania Riding Academy at Lost Hollow Farm (www.paulbelasik.com). show less
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