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The Invariable Lightness

Written by Michel Kaplan - March 2006
At the end of last year, I enjoyed reading in one issue of "The Chronicle of the horse", the point of view of an American equestrian official regarding "Classical Dressage Versus Competitive Dressage".

The art of dressage

Written by Dietrich von Hopffgarten  - March 2006
Do differences need to disunite us?
 

Some Thoughts on Lightness

Written by Coralie Smyth - March 2006
True lightness promises the instant response of the horse to the slightest request on the rider's part. It is the proof that the horse is moving with the correct balance and impulsion, and is an expression of self carriage.

About the sitting position

Written by Peteris Klavins - March 2006
Some “equestrian postures”
 

The importance of lightness and clarity

Written by Andrew Mc Lean  - March 2006
In 1998, two of the world’s pre-eminent researchers in equine behaviour, Professor Frank Ödberg and Dr Marie-France Bouissou presented an extended discussion of the alarming wastage statistics in horse training to the Waltham symposium in the UK.

Lightness & pedagogy

Written by Jean Michel Bertrand - March 2006
Knowledge, know how or mannerliness?

A journey towards classicism

Written by Sandy Dunlop - December 2005
On colonel Carde's request during his last clinic in Canada, Sandy gives us here a most interesting personal experience.

Dressage perversely

Written by Revue St Georg  - September 2005
(A translation into english of the article published in the german magazine St Georg).

Self Carriage Principle

Written by Andrew Mc Lean  - July 2005
At first, the concept of self-carriage seems simple enough.

Learned helplessness or pain habituation

Written by Tuire Kaimio - March 2005
An edifying study on the damaging effects of learned helplessness on the horse.