Jose Mendez of Australia and Reisa in an Interactive Training Session, Training Level Basics

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Channel: Dressage Today · 2010 · Sports

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This is a miniclip of a full feature video which can be seen at DressageTrainingOnline.com. Jose's training videos can be seen exclusively on DTO, to view his biography please go to our website. Jose discusses the importance of understanding how to halt correctly. Jose explains its a take, give, not just a take until they halt. Demonstrates proper hand/arm/elbow movement. Answers questions around whether we should drive our horse into the hand during the halt. Discussion of contact. Different interpretations of different people. Answers the question of whether or not your contact should change when doing a medium walk to a collected walk. He shows a few examples allowing you to see the difference. He answers the question of how to do a half halt. Half pass and shoulder in. Question answered about the inside leg position and seat weighting in the shoulder in. Discussion on different degrees of half pass and questions answered.
Half pass examples.

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