Kula Lunge

KULA LUNGE enhances your horses training under saddle by improving it’s connection from the ground.
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28/07/2024

Rose Air Touch Of Spice - Day #8 training in the Kula Lunge.

Spice hasn’t been worked in about 2 weeks partly due to my health issues as I’m limited on how much I can do and partly because I wanted to give him a little time out to process and just have a rest and be a horse so he is a little Spicey in this training session.

Giving Spice a short break between workouts can actually enhance the training as horses like us get tired & burnt out and even more so at this young age. So the goal isn’t to work him into the ground to make him submit and behave the goal is to get him listening to my commands and carrying himself in a straight, round, uphill connected frame and following my body language.

By lunging Spice in the Kula Lunge we are shaping the frame and teaching him how we want him to carry himself. As he gets stronger, lifts and engages the thoracic sling he will continue to carry himself in a more uphill & engaged frame in the paddock so he will continue to develop the topline muscles himself. This is called muscle memory.

The definition of muscle memory - When a movement is repeated over time, the brain creates a long-term muscle memory for that task, eventually allowing it to be performed with little to no conscious effort.

Rose Air Touch Of Spice is our rising 2 year old Australian pony and this is training session number 8 in the Kula Lunge. Spice is being prepped to do led sh...

25/07/2024

Dressage Today…. “It is still commonly believed that a horse ridden with a high headset is also round across the topline. This is not necessarily so. It is quite possible and all too common to see horses pulled into a high headset while still being hollow in the back. This is physically damaging for the horse. Without a flexed back, he cannot dissipate the forces created by bearing a rider’s weight. In order for him to remain flexed across the topline during collection, he must lower or tilt his pelvis and take more weight on his hindquarters. This allows his forehand to rise slightly and his center of mass to shift toward his haunches. The raising and arching of his head and neck occurs not because of rein action but because it helps to shift his center mass toward his haunches “

https://dressagetoday.com/theory/the-physics-of-flexion-in-the-dressage-horse/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3gi5diefS09q8p20Dc1QK80H6_cV1eZgK0VaAGqsimeLOnjqN9VEg5Bf4_aem_acjY8qVqqAZeGiS3-Vhyng

23/07/2024

https://youtu.be/vDYi3CKotJo?si=kNKRlCRprYgV9NqC

Jiggy is our 7 year old midget pony who is just under 9 hands high. He is clearly too small to be ridden by an me but he is the ideal model to test out our n...

23/07/2024

By engaging and strengthening your horses topline muscles from the ground you make your horse more balanced and easier to ride.

Contact us to discuss how you can incorporate the Kula Lunge into your horses training program for a more comfortable ride.

22/07/2024

Fudge owned & trained by Kayleigh Rossouw from Red Gum Riding working kindly in the Kula Lunge.

So here is another groundwork video with fudge in her Kula Lunge. Last year this time we remember how Fudge kept on putting her head up in the sky.... almost...

21/07/2024

🐎Why a Strong Thoracic Sling is Important for Your Horse🐎

“A strong thoracic sling will improve your horse's performance, health, and well-being as well as enhancing his agility, power and lightness of the forehand. It can also reduce the risk of injury and lameness. A strong thoracic sling will reduce the stress on the back and spine making him better able to cope with the weight of the rider. Essentially, a strong thoracic sling means a happier, healthier horse.”

I incorporate the Kula Lunge into my training process both for breaking in, training of outside horses and bringing my horses back into work because it helps strengthen the thoracic sleeve without the influence of a rider on the horse’s back. Check out my videos on YouTube Kula Lunge Training System and see for yourself!

Link to full article - https://www.horsesinsideout.com/amp/improving-equine-thoracic-sling

21/07/2024

Incorporating the Kula Lunge into your training from the ground engages the hindquarters which in turn lifts & strengthens the thoracic sling.

The thoracic sling is a group of muscles, tendons, ligaments and fascia that connect the forelimbs to the thorax (chest) and supports its weight between the front legs.

The thoracic sling is essential for your horse's balance, stability, and movement so the stronger it is the more balanced & flexible your horse is.

18/07/2024

This is why l do dressage because dressage done correctly improves the biomechanics of the horse and makes it sounder.

Engaging the hindquarters, lifting the thoracic sling which helps stretch the horse’s spine and make it light on the forehand!

I incorporate the Kula Lunge into my training process both for breaking in, training of outside horses and bringing my horses back into work because it does all of the above without the influence of a rider on the horse’s back. Check out my videos on YouTube Kula Lunge Training System and see for yourself!

A prime example is KPH Sir Lancelot who I bought back off a client after they told me he was playing up, kicking up and had his back xrayed for suspected kissing spike which he showed signs off. Lance is competing elementary, training medium and no signs of kissing spine. Reels on social, videos on YouTube. No operation, massage or chiro just correct training and I have a happy horse.

18/07/2024

Improve your horses rhythm, looseness, tempo & balance with the Kula Lunge.

The Kula Lunge gets your horse to engage its hindquarters which relaxes & lifts the back to get it working in a soft, round connected frame.

Check out our videos on our YouTube channel Kula Lunge Training System!

17/07/2024

The importance of the warm up with Ingrid Klimke:
“I always make sure I do a proper warm up. I make sure my horses are really properly stretching and giving their back, and coming from behind. When you trot over the cavalletti, the hind end is active, they are over the back and soft and swinging. Then they give and stretch into your hand, then you can take them up, have them in front, and have good contact, because the whole body of the horse is loosened up.”
https://www.horsemagazine.com/thm/2021/08/a-warm-up-session-with-ingrid-klimke/

11/07/2024

If you are at a point of competing and your horse is putting its tongue over the bit you need to take your training back a stage and teach the horse to submit and accept the contact which is easier done on the lunge with soft flexible side-reins with sliding clips of the Kula Lunge.

If you horse is unable or unwilling to submit to the contact of side-reins it is not going to submit to the contact of reins with the added weight of a rider on it’s back.

Also take into consideration if you have a well fitting bit on your horse that suits the shape of its mouth and there are no sharp points on the teeth.

10/07/2024

Christopher Bartle Defines Collection:What is collection? To decide this, we must look at the question in general terms and then in physical terms. The dressage rule book, in outlining the object of dressage, talks of the horse becoming confident, attentive and keen. When one looks at the outline of the horse in genuine collection, the raised and arched neck combined with the engaged hindquarters give the appearance of the horse being ‘at attention’, proud, ready to react, light on his feet, and lively and energetic, without being stiff with nerves and tension. Isabell Werth and Wendy illustrate…
https://www.horsemagazine.com/thm/2017/02/introducing-collection-with-christopher-bartle-part-one/

09/07/2024

Improve your horses rhythm, tempo & balance with the Kula Lunge.

The Kula Lunge gets your horse to engage its hindquarters and relax it's back to work in a soft, round connected frame.

Check out our videos on our YouTube channel!

08/07/2024

🐎Rose Air Touch Of Spice – Training Session #7 the highlights🐎

The goal for training a young horse is always to get them going forward and in today’s session Spice started to go forward much more freely and voluntarily popped into canter multiple times which is a huge step forward with his training.

He is much more balanced than he has been in previous sessions which is why he found it easier to canter and pick up the correct canter lead on multiple occasions.

I concentrated today on guiding Spice around on a larger circle and staying in line or just behind his shoulder, then I let him work the rest out for himself. I find both on the lunge and under saddle that once you set them up by getting them working balanced and straight then they eventually go forward into canter quite easily and without a fuss. Then that canter continues to develop as they learn to maintain it.

As the training process goes on I will want him to stay in the pace I put him in but at this stage because like any young horse he has been struggling with the canter when he was offering it I allowed him to pop into canter when he wanted to. After he popped into canter he let me encourage him to stay in the canter today when he looked like he was going to drop back into trot without overreacting and taking off.

Rose Air Touch Of Spice – Training Session #7 the highlights

The goal for training a young horse is always to get them going forward and in today’s session Spice started to go forward much more freely and voluntarily p...

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Developing the collected work on the long reins is easier for the horse as it doesn’t have the added influence of carrying a riders weight on its back. These paces then continue to develop into under saddle work. The Kula Lunge side-reins maintain a consistent contact on the horses mouth while the hindquarter sling engages the hindquarters and encourages to encourage the horse to bend it’s hocks & shift it’s weight back off the fore-hand. For more information on the Kula Lunge & how it can benefit your horses training please go to our website kulalunge.com or check out our youtube channel.

Get your horse engaged & working in a round connected frame with the Kula Lunge. Kulalunge.com

Rose Air Touch Of Spice - a small snippet of training session #8!

Lunging with the @kulalunge helps to stretch and develop the topline muscles whilst engaging the hindquarters🐎Engaging the hindquarters encourages the horse to step under more from behind which allows more freedom through the shoulder and more ground cover🐴

🐎Prepare your pony for the show ring with the Kula Lunge. 🐎Kula Lunge improves your ponies top line muscles by engaging the hindquarters and working into a contact. 🐎Let us help you get your pony connected!

🐴🐎Lunge your horse to add value to your training not just “tire it out” so you can ride it.🐎🐴 Lunging with the Kula Lunge helps to stretch and develop the topline muscles whilst engaging the hindquarters. It also helps to balance and straighten your horse which improves your horses balance under saddle. The Kula Lunge has elasticated inserts in the side-reins to allow further freedom of movement. The clips that attach to the bit slide on the side reins so the horse is not locked into a frame but rather encouraged to work forward into an even steady contact and is able to stretch down into a long & low position to further stretch it's topline muscles. The hindquarter sling has anti-rotate sliders that allow the system to rotate to support & encourage the horse from poll to tail to follow the line that it is travelling on whilst engaging the hindquarters so the horse tracks up. Drop us a comment or Pm to discuss how to incorporate the Kula Lunge into your training program.

KPH Sir Lancelot putting his best hoof forward for our virtual winter woollies hack workout 🐎 Lance has had minimal work in the last 3 months due to my stringent treatment regimen leaving me with a major lack of energy. I think this is our first ride in at least a month so I’m super happy with his consistent rhythm & connection.I have kept Lance in light work with the Kula Lunge both lunging and long-reining to maintain some level of fitness and to ensure that when I do get back in the saddle Lance will still be working in a consistent uphill connected frame.

🐴 Lunging with the Kula Lunge your horse is straight, engaged from behind and working in an even connected uphill frame with a soft contact. When your horse is on the bit it is developing it's topline muscles and is more comfortable to ride. 🐴 Lunging without the Kula Lunge your horse is unbalanced, above the bit & falling in and out on the circle. This is not adding value to your training and puts more strain on your horses legs. Incorporate Kula Lunge into your training program to add value!

Lunging the horse your shoulders should face the horse so your body language is open and encouraging. When you want the horse to slow down turn your body slighty towards the hindquarters and when you want the horse to go more forward turn your shoulders towards the head.

When your horse stops responding to slowing voice commands, continue using the commands and decrease the size of the circle til the horse responds ands slows. . . . . . . #lungetip #horsetrainers #horsetrainertips #dressagetraining #trainyourhorse

🐴Training your horse in a balanced connected frame with an even rhythm and tempo from the ground helps develop your horses strength, hindquarter engagement and topline muscles. 🐴 This makes it easier for the horse to work in a correct balanced, connected frame whilst carrying you on its back!