I attended a MW clinic and the one thing that made a difference, after getting all the correct alignment, lateral and longitudinally, is pushing your stomach towards your hands and sitting very close to the front of the movement. It's vital when riding big moving horses. It then feels like you are riding a pony not a 16.3 warmblood!
Please also remember that some people not like to share knowledge because knowledge is power! This also goes for alot of instructors I have heard teach.
I think Mary Wanless has some very good imagery but why is the lower leg position of the rider's inside leg in all these RWYM videos so far back? It seems too far back on curved lines - to the point of shoulder, hip, stirrup bar(not heel). To bend the horse round the inside leg, shouldn't it be closer to being 'at' the girth with the outside leg slightly back from the girth by about a hand's breadth. The leg surely has to be flexible in its position according to what is required from moment to moment. I don't see any rider from the SRS riding on a circle or in 'Position' with an inside lower leg in the position we see in these videos.
The knowledge how to NOT hurt horses is always given absolutely for free. This lady explains why horses have their limitations. Learn from her. You can't do certain things either. Any fysiotherapist can tell you. And remember the general rule: no metal. No bits, no spurs, no whip, no tie downs or martingales. No pain, no fear, no dominating or forcing. Speak horse bodylanguage and you won't need all that tackle and metal. And forget about the costume and the accessories. It's not a fashion event. Don't jump or race a horse. They don't like dressage either. Anything he resists naturally is not good for him. Don't keep them in stalls away from other horse or you're asking for trouble. A horse is a herd animal. It is also a prey animal and he scares easily. When he spooks, don't yank on his reigns. It only upsets him more. Groundwork is the basis and patience and baby steps is the only way. Build trust. Prove you are the trustworthy leader that keeps him safe, not the dominatrix that really belongs in an S&M club. And I will keep pestering horsepeople until you start respecting a horse as a leaving creature with rights of his own, not a machine with buttons to push. Horses have off days too.
carolineleiden "anything you naturally resist is not good for y u" BAHAHAH. I'm sorry but that is absolutely wrong. You're sick, so you go to the doctors. They give you some medicine. You take it as directed like you were eating foods. It's not good tasting, so you naturally gag, so then you leave it. You get worse. It could've gone- you sucked it up, held your nose, swallowed it and repeat. In a r suit, you got better. Example. You're riding, and you're scared to jump, the trainer and other riding mates believe you're fine and you're on a bombproof horse. You naturally say no. But rI ally, you want to be a show jumper. Haha. No chance of being that now, eh? I'm sure when you were little you naturally said "no, yucky" to some vege. But little do you know it was a capsicum. Extremely good for you. I'm just laughing at your comment, really.
Bit = mor contact with th horse's mouth. Unless you want to reach down and put your finger in it and ride like that. You need to gain control of the horse, if not, it's not going to listen to you and bolt off like a maniac. Whip= extension of the arm or leg. I'm sure your leg can't reach that far back, nor can your arm. Spur = they're just a little "GO!". I'm sur your boots back is soft, smooth, and flat. That's not really strict enough with the horse.
No PAin or fear or dominating? HAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAH that's hilarious! I'm sure you don't know that in the wild and in "fReEdOm" HORZES are all friendly to each other, all running in a big group having tea parties with no emotions? Pft. It's just like life, we were forced to do things we don't like, we can't like everything okay. In the wild horses naturally dominate each other, and they are prey. Fight or flight animals. OFC they're gonna have fear or pain when they fight or run.
Okay so. What were meant to do -be always happy and kind to your horse. Sorry not YOUR horse. You can't own one and keep it in a stall away from its herd. Right so go into the wild and eye a horse. Do lots of groundwork! Oh! But how can we when we don't have anything to control it with? No fashion allowed. Right. So halter? No. Saddle? No. Saddle blanket? PFT NO. Anything? Uhm NO!!! Alright. Tackles it is. Wait but we can't even go near the wild horses because they feel fear. Ah of course..
"IF YOU HAVE THE TALENT GREAT, IF YOU HAVEN'T HARD LUCK!!" Not a nice thing to say, maybe should have said that's something you can work on. Bit bloody harsh, wouldn't want a lesson with this woman, quite rude.
This is a bit of a late response to your comment, but in the video when she says "if you have talent great, if you haven't, hard luck," she's referring to what is most common the the riding community. Right after that she basically says that there needs to be a way where "talent" can be taught in a way everyone can learn/understand and then reproduce (which is what she is striving to do with all these videos). Her statement was not how she thinks it should be or what she believes.
@@mindfulmadnezz5150 Then let her believe that. Someone might watch it and take it that she is only willing to teach those who she thinks has "talent".There is no such thing in ant sphere as talent. Neither is there you have it or not, there is ALWAYS something that can be worked on and therefore can improve. I have been around horses all my life and have a degree in their studies and sciences and I watched part of this video and wouldn't watch anymore of or her other ones. If you want proper constructive criticism then watch someone else who can help you improve, not put you down.
@@fififloyd I'm still not sure why you think she's so rude lol. Literally right after she says what you're referencing she says there needs to be a way EVERYONE can learn how to achieve the skills they are after, no matter your age, body type, goals, or whatever. She's in no way implying she wont teach people who "don't have talent." I've literally watched that part of the video 10 times in a row and still cant see how you'd get that impression.
Umm, you completely missed the point and didn't listen to what she was saying at all. She said that statement as an example of the majority of other trainers' attitudes. The point is that she doesn't approach teaching with that presupposition at all. You are missing out if you are too silly to just get off your high horse and just listen to her for 5 minutes.
