What is Classical
Anyway? 
The Training Scales  
of Horse and Rider
 Collection 
& Its Evasions 
Rollkur
How and Why Not?
Tack
& Auxillary Equipment
Extra 
Misc.Material 
 

Natural & Natural +

 

True Collection

 

False Collection

 

The 1/2-Halt & Positioning

 

Lateral Movements


 

Collection & its Evasions

What is Collection, How do We Achieve It, & Why is It Necessary


Swedes Nissa Gustafsson and Sara Karlsson recently made a study regarding whether jumping trainers and dressage trainers had the same ideas regarding collection, what it is and how to achieve it. It turned out that not only the diciplines were different, but that many trainers of the same dicipline were contradicting each other, and that the concept of Collection is full of confusion in general.

I don't know if any of my ideas and those from the classical texts surfaced in their study, but here is my take on what collection is, how and why to strive for it. Good reading!

/Theresa



Natural & Natural +

 

True Collection

 

False Collection

 

The 1/2-Halt & Positioning

 

Lateral Movements


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