| Classical Training Quotes "Anything forced and misunderstood can never be beautiful." Xenephon "Brutality begins where knowledge ends. Ignorance and compulsion appear simultaneously." Charles De Kunffy “Brutality begins where skill ends.” Egon Von Neindorff "Riding forward is the essence of correct training." Alois Podhajsky “Ride your horse forward and straight.” Gustave Steinbrecht “Ride with an aggressive navel.” Nuno Oliveira "A man should not sit upon a horse as though he were on a chair but as though he were standing upright with his legs apart." Xenephon "To be an equestrian in the classical sense is not just to be a rider. It is a position in life." Charles de Kunffy "If the art were not so difficult we would have plenty of good riders and excellently ridden horses, but as it , the art requires, in addition to everything else, character traits that are not combined in everyone: inexhaustible patience, firm perseverance under stress, courage combined with quiet alertness. If the seed is present only a true, deep love for the horse can develop these character traits to the height that alone will lead to the goal." Gustave Steinbrecht |