We even played at the THREE Ps: piaffe, passage, and pirouette. The piaffe is pretty good, we have ideas to continue to develop the passage, and the pirouette is in there it is a matter of me learning to ride it in such a way as to allow the horse to accomplish it.
Not yet perfect, but I certainly have a clue about how to school and even continue to develop the pirouette, piaffe, and passage.
Learning the piaffe:
Learning the pirouette:
Videography credit: Stacey Smith of Bridge Equestrian
4 comments:
Marlene Caldwell: Carrie can you elaborate a bit more on the zero maintenance leg?
Carrie Chaffin: Marlene, concerning not using any "maintenance leg"-- in the piaffe my leg hangs quietly with no driving, kicking or spur; the cue for piaffe is my body tone: that is bringing my belly button toward my spine and thinking "ta da!" to get exuberance. In pirouette my leg also hangs quietly; no desperate nagging or clutching or grinding with a clinging leg aid. If I have to I can give him one single kick at a time (or tap of the whip), but then back to zero leg. This is so that the power or "giddyup-ness" or energy is generated by the beastie himself, NOT from desperate maintenance clutching from my leg or seat aids.
Nancy Fenimore: Wow!
Lisa Goodman: Oh Carrie, I'm so happy for you!! That was just GREAT. He recovered so nicely in the second video. What a lovely horse he is!
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