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Die akademische Reitkunst war in der höfischen Zeit nicht nur eine Frage der reiterlichen Fähigkeiten, sondern auch eine Frage von Geist und Körperbeherrschung. Bent Branderups Lebensziel ist es, die Lehren und das Wissen der alten Meister zurückzubringen und leichtverständlich zu erklären. In diesem Buch bietet der Autor einen umfassenden Einblick in die Akademische Reitkunst und führt den Leser in diese ein. Aus dem Inhalt Der Sitz des Reiters Ausrüstung von Reiter und Pferd Einreiten junger Pferde Seitengänge, Galopparbeit Lektionen der hohen Schule Schulen über der Erde Arbeit an der Hand Korrekturmethoden Krankengymnastik für Korrekturpferde Kleine Einführung in die Waffenkunde.
The ground work of the Academic Riding Art stands for healthy and horse-friendly training and optimal preparation for riding. In this interactive guide, authors Bent Braderup and Celine Skogan guide you from relationship building to various working positions to ground and lunge work testing. A big plus are the 20 video clips that invite the reader to practice the exercise directly in the riding arena. Not only young horses benefit from the structured and logical way of working, ground work also helps correction horses and rehabilitation patients to achieve more mental and physical balance.ISBN: 978-3-275-02217-5Titel-Nr.: 42217Einband: gebundenSeitenzahl: 208Abbildungen: 150 BilderFormat: 230mm x 265mmErschienen: 02/2023
Die Lehren des klassischen Reitmeisters François Robichon de la Guérinière (1688-1751) sind aktuell wie nie zuvor. Bent Branderup widmet sich hier vor allem der Arbeit Guérinières und überträgt seine Ideen über eine korrekte, geduldige Ausbildung in eine für den heutigen Leser verständliche Sprache. Guérinière lehnte Zwangsmittel ab und setzte bei der Schulung des Pferdes auf das Verständnis seiner körperlichen und mentalen Gegebenheiten. Seine Hinweise reichen vom Anreiten des Pferdes bis zur Erarbeitung von Schulen über der Erde. Erläuterungen zum richtigen Sitz und Erklärungen zur geeigneten Ausrüstung runden das Buch ab.ISBN: 978-3-275-02305-9Titel-Nr.: 42305Einband: gebundenSeitenzahl: 160Abbildungen: 180 BilderFormat: 230mm x 265mmErscheint: voraussichtlich 06/2024
Side passages are part of the foundation of dressage training. The sixth volume of the compendium “Academic Riding” is therefore dedicated to the topic in detail. 13 different trainers carefully collect their practical knowledge from different perspectives. In addition to information about what side courses are and how they are ridden, both beginners and advanced riders will find good tips for refining their work. The latest scientific studies are presented and biomechanics and tensegrity are examined. An exciting book for riders of all levels, which, like its predecessors, is published in two languages. ISBN: 978-3-275-02208-3Titel-Nr.: 42208Einband: gebundenSeitenzahl: 208Abbildungen: 150 BilderFormat: 230mm x 305mmErschienen: 02/2021
How does a horse learn to correctly interpret a rein aid? How does it learn to step under with its inside hind leg? This second of the planned 17 volumes of "Academic Riding" deals with these and many other questions, the answers to which can be found in ground work and the development of a common language between humans and horses. 13 experts provide information about what makes ground work in academic riding so special. Topics discussed include: biomechanics, gymnastics training for humans and horses, and Bent Branderup's personal journey to the art of horsemanship.ISBN: 978-3-275-02122-2Titel-Nr.: 42122Einband: gebundenSeitenzahl: 224Abbildungen: 7 s/w Bilder & 126 Farbbilder & 13 ZeichnungenFormat: 230mm x 305mmErschienen: 02/2023
Volume 3 of the Academic Riding Art deals with lunge work, the second level of the training ladder developed by Bent Branderup. When lunging, the horse learns to react to visual aids as well as to the lunge and whip. 17 experts in academic equestrian art deal with interesting topics relating to the moving dialogue on the circle, which in its perfect form resembles an atmospheric dance. What mistakes and stumbling blocks await the rider when working the horse at a distance? These and other questions as well as numerous practical examples round off the volume. ISBN: 978-3-275-02130-7Titel-Nr.: 42130Einband: gebundenSeitenzahl: 224Abbildungen: 4 s/w Bilder & 153 Farbbilder & 22 ZeichnungenFormat: 230mm x 305mmErschienen: 03/2020
In Band fünf geht es »rund«: Versierte akademische Ausbilder präsentieren 13 spannende Themen über die Arbeit auf dem Zirkel. Die Bewegung auf der Kreislinie fordert ein Pferd mental und körperlich heraus, egal auf welcher Stufe seiner Ausbildung es sich befindet. Das sollte jeder Reiter wissen, denn nur dann kann er dafür sorgen, dass sein Pferd davon wirklich profitiert. Worin besteht der Nutzen beim Reiten des Zirkels? Wie sieht die Arbeit am Boden, an der Longe oder unter dem Sattel aus? Welche physikalischen Kräfte wirken aufs Pferd? Auf diese und viele weitere Fragen hat dieses Buch Antworten. ISBN: 978-3-275-02160-4Titel-Nr.: 42160Einband: gebundenSeitenzahl: 208Abbildungen: 150 BilderFormat: 230mm x 305mmErschienen: 08/2020
Straightening a riding horse is the top priority for maintaining its health. This inevitably leads every rider to Volume 7 of the “Academic Riding” series. Bent Branderup and 15 Knighthood authors examine the topic from various perspectives. What is the difference between riding straight and straightening? What opportunities and lessons are there? How does the horse benefit from this? What is the goal and what is the process? The volume “Straightening” brings together the thematic complexes of the previous volumes “Circles” and “Sideways” . The reader can look forward to an exciting book between theory and practice. ISBN: 978-3-275-02236-6Titel-Nr.: 42236Einband: gebundenSeitenzahl: 224Abbildungen: 150 BilderFormat: 230mm x 305mmErschienen: 09/2022
With “Academic Riding”, the Danish instructor Bent Branderup has brought a multi-faceted method from the past of equestrian art back to life. This 17-stage training concept emphasizes gentle and well-thought-out training that does not involve a competitive mentality or pressure. 15 members of the "Knighthood of Academic Riding" will make their knowledge available in the future anthologies as experts in communication, hoof health, osteopathy, gymnastics, body language, bitless horsemanship, psychology and much more - from relationship management to high school.ISBN: 978-3-275-02095-9Titel-Nr.: 42095Einband: gebundenSeitenzahl: 192Abbildungen: 7 s/w Bilder & 128 Farbbilder & 5 ZeichnungenFormat: 230 mm x 305mmErschienen: 10/2023
The horse has developed a trusting relationship with its human and has learned and deepened the secondary aids in ground and lunge work. Now it is time for the rider to take a new leadership position. In this next step, the horse learns to tolerate a person on its back and to accept first aid from the rider. What the bodies of young horses can do, where caution is required or how to mentally prepare the horse for its new task as a riding horse - these are all topics in Volume 4. All books in this series are published bilingually, German-English.ISBN: 978-3-275-02149-9Titel-Nr.: 42149Einband: gebundenSeitenzahl: 224Abbildungen: 150 BilderFormat: 230mm x 305mmErschienen: 04/2019
Explore the knowledge and teachings of the old masters in this well-illustrated and easy-to-understand riding bookBased on the knowledge of the old riding masters, such as Xenophon, Pluvinel, and Steinbrecht, the Academic Art of Riding is rooted in the belief that one must train one’s horse not only physically, but also mentally, according to the motto: “Two spirits who want to do what two bodies can.” Fine communication with the horse as a partner is not only the way to accomplish this, but also the result. The described gymnastic exercises are made to build up the horse and keep it healthy. Starting with the horse’s basic training and work in hand, the reader also gets insight into lateral movements, piaffe, and airs above the ground. Furthermore, methods for training and physiotherapy for horses in need of correction, as well the correct seat of the rider, are described. Also included is a checklist which allows the rider to assess their horse.Bent Branderup is the author of many books and instructional films about equestrianism. He is dedicated to reviving academic equestrianism. Early in his career, he visited and studied the masters who were keeping academic equestrianism alive. These included Don Javier, instructor at Escuela Andaluza del Arte Ecuestre (Royal Andalusian School of Equestrian Art) in Spain, Nuno Oliveira in Portugal and Egon von Neindorff in Karlsruhe, Germany. Furthermore, he studies the writings of the old masters and participates in international study projects, particularly concerning equine biomechanics. Bent Branderup and his licensed trainers/mentees train ambitious leisure riders in academic equestrianism worldwide.Excerpt:"Collection is the ability to bring weight to the hind legs by bending of the haunches. The horse is collected when he brings his hind leg forward under the point of weight, shortening up the thrust. The opposite movement of shortening away the forward step, would make the horse be slow, but not collected. A short, compressed neck does not contribute to collection. Actually, it prevents collection since it compresses the spine and this ruins the schwung and prevents the hind legs from swinging in under the point of weight, or at least makes that movement more difficult. This is how you can tell a bad rider from a good one: the good rider can ride his horse with a long neck and much bending in the haunches. The bad rider does not cause his horse to bend in the haunches, and only creates a short neck."The piaffe itself should not be the goal of collection, but rather the power and skills that the horse will develop from it, as well as the better understanding of refined aids and the possibility of activating the carrying capacity of the hindquarter in any phase of the training." Copyright 2024 Xenophon Press"There are eleven varieties of piaffe: the right-bent piaffe; versal, traversal, renversal, in pirouette, and bent straight, and the left-bent; versal, traversal, renversal, in pirouette, and bent straight. The eleventh variety is the straight-straight piaffe. You should first practice the first ten varieties, and the eleventh will be the end product of your training. There are trainers who first train the piaffe fully to one side, before training it on the other hand. I do not recommend this approach since you cannot know how long it will take you to develop the piaffe to this side, and while training it you will train your horse to become asymmetrical. That is why I can only recommend you to train the piaffe to both sides in all variations right from the beginning, and to emphasize the bad side a bit more than the good side, since it is not the piaffe, but the proper training of your horse that is the goal." Copyright 2024 Xenophon Press