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Review Of Kunffy's Ethics And Passions Of Dressage

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Finally, to paraphrase something Christina Keim had mentioned in her ANSC 402 lab classical is called classical for a reason, it not only works but works well and has lasted for many centuries because it works. In Charles De Kunffy’s book the Ethics and Passions of Dressage even though he does not use the term Rollkur he does say “the horse cannot be engaged through the hands. This is not because I think it is wrong but because it is physiologically impossible. This is not just a matter of style, emphasis, method or taste. It is fact of objective physiological data” (De Kunffy, 1993 p. 85). He goes on to explain for eight pages on how the horse must be ridden to be engaged and how just pulling on the bit counter acts everything a person
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