Now I know that you’re thinking that this desired position is only for the talented, but Mr. If your seat is behind the movement (back) your hands are also back, therefore acting in a backwards motion. This led to the realization of the connection between your seat, legs and hands. Putz stressing the importance of riding the hind legs forward into the transition. Even the slightest inclination to lean back in the transition was quickly corrected, with Mr.
In principle it sounds almost easy, but when various riders were asked to perform the trot –to-halt transitions it was obvious how much we tend, without realizing it, to lean our weight back in the halt transition. If you want to collect the horse (achieve more engagement) you should ride the horse forward towards your hand, and should lighten your seat (as if growing taller) to allow the horses back to round underneath you. Conversely, if you sit collapsed or behind the movement, you actually drill into the horse’s back and leave the horse no option but to hold and block (immobilize) their backs in a defensive motion. He explained the principle of weight aids, that if you sit forward the horse will follow your weight forward, thus needing less leg. Putz was very quick to emphasize the importance of sitting in a more forward position. The seat had to be in the center with the riders’ weight directed over their feet, absorbing the movement of the horse through the pelvis. Aids that act in a backwards motion or action are always incorrect! This demonstrated the principle that you must ride your horse towards the bit. Similarly, if the horses’ heads went down the hands also followed. If the horses head went up the hand followed. Putz, studied the riders’ positions and application of the aids, fanatic that the hands stayed forward and even and that the hands never acted in a backwards motion. It reminded me, of being told the same thing while being a guinea pig for Mary Siefred. Putz comment on the need to train the walk, as we do the other gaits. Even in the walk the horse had to be over the back and active, and the riders all spent time in the walk improving the activity and contact. Putz emphasized that the stretching was only successful if you still had an elastic contact with the bit, and the horse’s nose must not go below the point of shoulder or behind the vertical. The riders’ hands were always made to be forward with an elastic contact following the bit. The riders began by warming the horses up, getting the horses active but round and soft over the back in a stretch. And throughout the seminar straightness and impulsion were continually stressed. Similarly, you could not collect if you had no impulsion. For Example, if your horse were not straight, you could not get collection. It was explained continuously throughout the course that each step must not be compromised in order to achieve the next. On our arrival at the seminar we were all given a photocopy outlining the basics of the training covering relaxation, rhythm, regularity, suppleness, contact, impulsion, swing, straightening, and, last but not least, collection. After suffering severe cramp in my right hand from scribbling copious pages of notes, it seemed only fair to share the secrets(obtained from this highly successful seminar) of a true stickler to a system that really works. I should explain that I am neither particularly literate nor the world’s best dressage rider, but I am a very enthusiastic equine lover. The set includes “The Principles of Riding”, “Advanced Techniques of Dressage”, “Horse Management”, “Driving”, “Lunging” and “Working the Horse in Hand”. Putz’s training method, he adheres strictly to the training system that is outlined in the Official Institution Handbooks of the German National Equestrian Federation.
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