Divide and Conquer Book 2: Advanced Dressage Techniques

by Francois Lemaire de Ruffieu

Overview

Just as small streams make big rivers, Divide and Conquer Book 1 explains a myriad of details on how to address each of the horse's body parts for training purposes. Divide and Conquer Book 2 regroups these details to show how to accomplish all of the upper level movements and provides several techniques designed to educate riders to achieve their short and long term goals. In a clear and simple method, François Lemaire de Ruffieu describes all the longitudinal and lateral movements including flying changes of lead at close intervals, canter pirouette, piaffe and passage, along with patterns and exercises that develop them.

All techniques for the upper level movements employ the horse's natural reflexes to stimuli at their foundations. The techniques provide a sound basis of training for any level and any discipline.

Dressage is an Art, and as such, can be viewed in many different ways. History shows that some extraordinary riding masters were radically different in their theories: Riders physical characteristics and differences in horse breeding have influenced Riding Masters leaving us a rich history of techniques with which to educate our horses properly. Dressage tends to follow fashion. Nevertheless, the goals of dressage have always remained the same: render the horse agreeable, easy to ride, well-balanced, straight and responding instantaneously to the slightest aids. Dressage is a school of obedience as well as a school of thought.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780933316959
Publisher:	Xenophon Press LLC
Publication date:	02/01/2017
Series:	Divide and Conquer , #2
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	144
File size:	13 MB
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About the Author

François Lemaire de Ruffieu grew up in France. He was first trained by Master Jean Couillaud and graduated in 1967 from the Cadre Noir, one of the oldest and most prestigious riding academies in Europe. During his 6 years in the cavalry at Saumur and Fontainebleau, he studied and showed extensively in dressage, stadium jumping, three day eventing and steeplechase. He taught riding in Paris at the Military School of War. Since 1978, he has given clinic throughout United States of America and Europe. His students have won year-end high-score awards in equitation, hunter classes, stadium jumping, dressage, and combined training. Since 1988, he has been a panel member of the American Riding Instructor Certification Program and in 1996 he was awarded the title of Master Instructor. He currently lives in Florida.

Table of Contents

Preface Introduction Chapter One Longitudinal Exercises Exercises at the Walk Exercises at the Trot Exercises at the Canter Exercises to Lengthen the Trot Exercises to Shorten the Trot Chapter Two Lateral Exercises Two Simple Exercises to Initiate the Horse to Lateral Work Exercise One: On a Circle Exercise Two: On a Straight Line Shoulder-In Goals of the Shoulder-In Rider's Aids for the Right Shoulder-In Shoulder-Fore Two Progressive Methods to Teach the Shoulder-In, tracking right Manège Figures to improve the horse's flexibility in performing the Shoulder-In Suggestions by Great Masters Historical anecdote Chapter Three Half-Pass (Appuyer) Goals of the Half-Pass Rider's Aids for the Half-Pass, traveling to the right Teaching the Horse the Half-Pass, traveling to the right Exercises to Develop and Improve the Half-Pass Complementary Lateral Exercises to Improve Shoulder-In and Half-Pass Haunches-In (Travers) and Haunches-Out (Renvers) Goals for the Haunches-In Rider's Aids for Haunches-In when tracking to the right Teaching the horse Haunches-In when tracking to the right Exercises to improve the Haunches-In when traveling to the right Head to the Wall Goals of the Head to the Wall Exercise Rider's Aids for Head to the Wall Croup to the Wall Goals of the Croup to the Wall Rider's Aids for Croup to the Wall Pirouette and Counter-Pirouette Pirouette Goals of the Pirouette Rider's Aids for a Pirouette Exercises to Develop the Pirouette Pirouette at the Canter Teaching the Horse the Right Canter Pirouette Exercises to Aid in Preparation for the Canter Pirouette Counter Pirouette Goals for the Counter Pirouette Rider's Aids for a Counter Pirouette when tracking to the right Exercises to Develop and Improve the Counter Pirouette Chapter Four Flying Changes of Lead Demanding a Flying Change of Lead Prerequisites for Teaching the Horse the Flying Change Initiating Study of the Flying Change Classical Methods of Teaching the Flying Change Proven Methods to Teach the Flying Changes Teaching the Tempe Changes of Lead Chapter Five The School Trot Piaffe and Passage The Piaffe Rider's Aids for the Piaffe Teaching the Piaffe From the Ground Mounted At the Halt By Slowing the Walk By Slowing the Trot By Slowing the Passage Exercises to Develop the Piaffe The Passage Rider's Aids for the Passage Four Methods to Obtain the Passage Obtaining More Elevation of the Limbs Exercises to Develop the Passage Transition from Piaffe to Passage and Passage to Piaffe Epilogue Equestrian Terms and Expressions Equestrian Tact Halt Half-halt Half-parade Combined Effect Long and Low Deep and Low History of the Third Rein