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Author: Jean Luc Cornille

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What is horsemanship’s holy grail, and where do we find it?

February 10, 2020February 14, 2020 Jean Luc Cornille 3622 Views 0 Comments

There is something mysterious, sublime, superior, an absolute lightness and harmony with the horse that is promised in the equestrian literature but not clearly defined and apparently unreachable.

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The US equine industry is showing signs of stability, a survey has indicated.
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New year a time for a new approach to our horses

January 3, 2020January 26, 2020 Jean Luc Cornille 4922 Views 1 Comment

Walking with the horse re-tunes us with reality, honesty, ethics, decency, the reason why we are born.

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Using smart leadership to create a true equine partnership

December 16, 2019December 22, 2019 Jean Luc Cornille 3418 Views 0 Comments

In the face of the horse’s size and power, we have resorted to domination. We have developed riding techniques and training psychologies based on obedience and submission.

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“The horse is already plenty smart, it is our turn to think”

June 21, 2019June 27, 2019 Jean Luc Cornille 3419 Views 0 Comments

Feeling is only a perception and to be useful, the perception needs to be translated in the rider’s mind with a sound understanding of the underlying biomechanics factors.

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Care & Training 

The web of life: How “magic” is understanding nature and the horse

May 23, 2019June 11, 2019 Jean Luc Cornille 3508 Views 0 Comments

When nature is perceived as a web, its vulnerability is obvious; if one thread of the web is pulled, the whole tapestry may unravel.

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American Drum horse Bridget Jones aka “BJ”, working in hand following Science in Motion's in-hand course.
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Inspiration from tradition: The science of training horses in-hand

April 6, 2019April 13, 2019 Jean Luc Cornille 13478 Views 2 Comments

“He chooses to remain by your side because he is not an enemy to be dominated but instead a partner willing to work with you.”

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Care & Training Features 

The Equestrian Art: It’s time to bring it into the 21st century

January 7, 2019January 15, 2019 Jean Luc Cornille 10231 Views 1 Comment

The solution is not integrating new knowledge to old beliefs. The solution is questioning old beliefs in the light of new knowledge.

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Care & Training 

Subtlety in motion: Science brings equestrian art to new level

December 10, 2018December 19, 2018 Jean Luc Cornille 6743 Views 0 Comments

Tensegrity, integrity, elastic energy, force transport, are the new words of the equestrian art.

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Irregular passage. The "Saut de Pie" or "Magpie jump", a not uncommon difficulty.
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From vision to science: The evolution of classic equitation

October 30, 2018November 2, 2018 Jean Luc Cornille 8858 Views 1 Comment

“I believe the true classical masters would embrace this information as a much better explanation of what they felt, but had only the language of their day available to them to use to explain.” 

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Commandant Wattel, Cavalry School, Saumur.
Care & Training 

Crossing the line to a better horse-rider partnership

September 19, 2018September 22, 2018 Jean Luc Cornille 6317 Views 0 Comments

The “aids” are just the vocabulary of a language. They are part of the language, but not the whole language.

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Irregular passage. The "Saut de Pie" or "Magpie jump", a not uncommon difficulty.
Care & Training 

Can you love your horse and still be a winner?

September 4, 2018September 9, 2018 Jean Luc Cornille 24117 Views 0 Comments

I remember a trainer telling me, “You cannot love the horses and win.”

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If one wants to place the saddle behind the trapezius thoracis, they will have to place the saddle a long way back.
Care & Training 

Saddle reflocking: Be aware of what lies beneath

August 14, 2018August 18, 2018 Jean Luc Cornille 7196 Views 0 Comments

The thought of “liberating the shoulders’ is over exploited. Properly placed, the saddle does cover, without nuisance, the caudal part of the trapezius.

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Care & Training 

Horse training: We should know better, do better

August 6, 2018August 14, 2018 Jean Luc Cornille 5216 Views 0 Comments

Equine athletic training and riding techniques need to evolve from making the horse do it to understanding how the horse does it.

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Hermann von Oppeln-Bronikowski on Gimbel, part of Germany's gold medal winning dressage team at the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games.
Care & Training 

Escaping the museum of classical equitation – for the sake of the horse

July 9, 2018July 17, 2018 Jean Luc Cornille 24779 Views 0 Comments

We have the knowledge for a sophisticated dialogue but the practical application of new knowledge demands a fundamental shift.

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Care & Training 

How a high cantle and thigh blocks put your horse in an awkward position

June 18, 2018June 26, 2018 Jean Luc Cornille 22889 Views 1 Comment

Horses are comfortable at a highly sophisticated level of perception. They are annoyed and often pushed to resistance and revolt when their senses are overloaded by the shifts of our body weight and other gestures.

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Care & Training 

Science and the essence of the equestrian arts

May 29, 2018June 3, 2018 Jean Luc Cornille 14611 Views 1 Comment

Elastic energy is the power and the spirit of the equestrian art.

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Care & Training 

Natural ability can get horses only so far in the human world

March 18, 2018March 23, 2018 Jean Luc Cornille 9694 Views 1 Comment

The system traps riders and horse owners into an artificial world where the value is winning at all cost.

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The thought that elongating muscles would enhance the range of motion is a theory of the past.
Care & Training 

Elastic fantastic: How horses get the spring in their step

March 3, 2018March 5, 2018 Jean Luc Cornille 28141 Views 0 Comments

Looking at equine locomotion and performance in terms of dynamics verses kinematics deeply modifies riding and training principles.

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Care & Training 

“Whole horse” approach the key to preventing lameness

February 26, 2018March 5, 2018 Jean Luc Cornille 21262 Views 0 Comments

The principles of riding and training that created the problem cannot be used to resolve the problem. This is the paradigm shift that responsible riders and trainers, as well as horse owners, have to face.

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Care & Training News 

Stretch your imagination, not your horse

February 13, 2018February 16, 2018 Jean Luc Cornille 16855 Views 1 Comment

Concepts of stretching, relaxing and releasing muscles, are simplistic and even, in some instances damaging.

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