Re: [RC] re: Barbara's diagnonal ? - Barbara McCrary
I took lessons about 25 years ago, just to learn to
change diagonals. Previously, I had always posted on one diagonal
only. I was taught to come down as a front leg came down. So I came
down as the right leg came down, or vice versa. I always thought that as I
came down with the horse's right front leg also coming down, that was the right
diagonal. And I came down with the horse coming down on his inside
front leg. I think that is the same thing you are saying, but you said
rise with the outside shoulder. Am I right, or just confused?
You "rise" with the outside shoulder. Most kids learn the
rhyme, "Rise and fall with the leg on the wall." Meaning if you are
trotting in an arena to the right (clockwise), you would post forward when the
left shoulder rises. Of course, you are REALLY posting off the right
rear, but most people have trouble at first "feeling" that movement. It
has made a huge improvement in my riding, my balance, and my horses'
balance.
