21/06/2024
This!
THE BALANCE VS MOVEMENT DEBATE
Balance first, then movement?
Movement first, then balance?
The reason we don’t have a simple answer to this, is because, like anything with horses, it depends.
Balance is, by nature, dynamic, and requires movement.
But I think we can all agree that trying to balance a horse who is mentally and physically locked down in a dysfunctional movement pattern is a lesson in futility.
Our theoretical debates, similarly, spin their wheels, and need interrupted.
With practical application, it’s becomes apparent to me, we can’t separate balance and movement.
With classical studying, it’s becomes apparent to me, no one was asking us to in the first place.
No one said, perfect balance must be maintained at all times.
They said… Balance, Movement, Rebalance.
I call it a $&@ # sandwich.
Yeah, things might go to $&@ # when we take our carefully composed balance into movement, but that’s the only way to, no pun intended, move forward.
The important thing, as in life, is that we realize, in the long run, we get what we accept.
Don’t get pulled into chaos trying to fix something you can’t.
Balance, transition up, when it turns into a hot mess, transition down, and come back to balance, and try again.
This is, “Decomposer la force et le movement.”
De-composition of the force and the movement.
Eventually, we stay in the movement…
“In later instruction resistances, especially if only slight, should be overcome while in motion, using the same procedure as when standing still, with increased tact and finesse.”
- Kerbrech
Whether we’re rebalancing down, or rebalancing in movement, we also have to remember that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results…
Maybe it’s a communication issue.
Maybe it’s a coordination issue. That includes our own.
Maybe our horse is simply not strong enough yet.
Sometimes, it will be even deeper.
Listen.
