Mastery Seminar 2 - 'Go,' Aim, Flight Plan, Arena Layout,
Shapes
Nomenclature:
 |
Ordinary vs. Working Gaits |
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Running/Rushing vs. Pulling/Dragging/Dogging along |
What rider does:
| Yellow Arrow from Center shoots forward |
| Water Wheel |
| Crank |
| Jets |
| Traffic Light - red/green/orange |
What rider uses for feedback to know they're doing the effective thing:
| The riders center, while staying situated within the pelvis, carries the
rider's body forward in space. |
What horse does:
| move it's center along the line of the Yellow Arrow |
Aim - The Direction you 'Go' in
Nomenclature:
|
Forward vs. Sideways |
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Sideways vs. Lateral |
What rider does:
| Yellow Arrow from Center shoots forward above Yellow Arrow on Ground, either
matching or not matching horse's Orange Arrow |
| pull-toy |
| walls |
| shuffle board stick |
What rider uses for feedback to know they're doing the effective thing:
| The riders center, while staying situated within the pelvis, carries the
rider's body forward or sideward in space above the yellow arrow on the ground, creating
a yellow arrow in space. The rider's nose is aimed between the horse's
ears, regardless of whether the movement is forward or sideward. |
What horse does:
| The horse moves out with stronger, more determined strides, going either forward
or sideward. |
Flight Plan
| think ahead about 10 feet |
| do only one 'movement' at a time
 | pick one 'speed' |
| pick one shape |
| pick one direction |
|
| when you want to change what you're doing, getting read for the change by
doing the Satori Sequence is a
'movement' |
Exercises:
| forward movement: ( no bend) |
| sideward movement: ( no bend) |
| switching between the two ( no bend) |
Arena Letters and Lines
| Letters: X, A, K, E, H, C, M, B, F |
| Lines: long wall, short wall, center line, quarter line |
Shapes
| lines |
| corners |
| circles: 20m, 10m, 5m |
| figure 8's |
| diagonals |
| tear drops |
| dog bones/bows |
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