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3 new VHS cassettes
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UNE NOUVELLE ÉQUITATION
(New Horsemanship)
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A
VHS cassette presenting Jean-Marc Imbert and his methods of
horsemanship based on communication with the horse. We discover
new techniques that allow us to acheive many different exercises
with a horse, without any constraint.
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FROM
THE TECHNIQUE TO THE ART
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In
this new cassette, Jean-Marc Imbert simply explains how to listen
to you horse, to observe and understand the animal in order
to teach him all the codes of natural riding. |
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ON STAGE
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In
this film, Jean-Marc Imbert brings you both on stage and back-stage
of his shows throughout Europe.
During the voyage, you will witness in entirety his two main
numbers, the Indian and the Banjo.
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| The cassette is available from Jean-Marc Imbert. |
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Jean-Marc Imbert and Nikito
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In France and in Europe, Jean-Marc
Imbert and Nikito, a 16 year-old Criollo gelding, present a show
rich in emotions: The Indian.
It is the occasion to appreciate
a different kind of horsemanship, without any constraint, based
on communication with the horse. Jean-Marc and Nikito seem to communicate
by telepathy. In fact, Jean-Marc rides without bridle or saddle!
He manages to control the horse without his hands, thanks to his
posture, his legs and his voice.
A whisperer in his way
Of course, Jean-Marc heard about
the new masters, Pat Parelli, Klaus-Ferdinand Hempfling or Linda
Tellington-Jones, who try to initiate a new, natural way of riding.
However, he doesn't pretend to
be part of that circle and found his methods alone. He explains
his exceptional complicity with horses...
I'm very rigorous in my work and
I always want the horse to give me what I want of its own free will.
I refuse to extract it and reach my goals by force.
If Jean-Marc Imbert is not one
of these new masters we talk so much about, his method certainly
deserves our admiration.
Nikito's weak point
With Nikito, everything went
well from the beginning. Of course, it hasn't always been easy,
because his highness didn't always want to work... But Nikito has
a little weakness that always makes him easy: gluttony !
He only thinks about eating.
At night when the horses come in from the paddock to go to their
box, they are usually calm. Except him; he is in such a hurry to
eat that he would probably step on me if I didn't watch out! He
would do anything for a carot... I use that to make him work while
I'm on foot; because in that moment, I don't have any power over
him and he can do whatever he wants to. So, I must appeal to more
traditional training methods than usual !
A perfect complicity
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impossible. Nevertheless... |
A
horse that has a bit in his mouth only worries about the metal
bar that bothers him. If we take it off, he's more attentive
to the rider's legs. And when we only have the legs to control,
we learn to give much more subtle orders. Each contact has
a meaning...
For instance, to make
Nikito start, I squeeze my legs relaxing the pressure from
time to time in small movements. Whereas, to stop him, I press
my legs constantly. And to make him go forward, I use a new,
stronger pressure.
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Now, we are no longer surprised when
we see Jean-Marc riding backwards...
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However, it's a lot of work.
The aids are inverted, the legs are not exactly in the same
position any more... Once more, you have to learn everything.
But there's no secret, you have to work.
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Every day, Jean-Marc and his horses practice for almost
two hours.
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In the beginning, I thought
I was very lucky to have found a horse that accepted being
ridden without a bridle. Later, I was able to do the same
things I had achived with Nikito with other horses. I understood
then that I had invented a new way of communicating with them.
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| Jean-Marc, a bit of a dreamer,
adds : |
Everyday I learn something new, and at the
same time I realize how much I still have to learn and how
many possibilities exist with this way of horse riding. It
gives me many ideas for my shows.
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Adapted from the video cassette of
Jean-Marc Imbert
and Cheval Star magazine, Stéphanie Frank.
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