DECEMBER 2005 • VOLUME 4 • HORSES For LIFE™ Magazine

What can truly be incredible as we explore the words of different masters of different schools not just the differences but when we really look - for the similarities. The words of Wynmalen, Decarpentry, and Seunig, on flexions, on the mise en main, all contain one central truth that is there for us to find. That correct work can only occur when the horse is truly supple, released that harmony must come from relaxation.

Sometimes we do not look deep enough, we don’t explore thoroughly all of the nuances, the differences as well as the similarities that reside between the different schools. Many if asked to express the key difference between the French and German school might very well say ....