Hélène Arianoff: The Classical Riding Aids, Nuno Oliveira, & Modern Dressage Competition | Ep. 6

Hélène Arianoff, a Belgian classical rider with over 60 years experience and longtime student of Nuno Oliveira, shares how to use the classical riding aids, and how she thinks modern dressage could return to classical riding principles.

Having taught all over the world, Hélène Arianoff is dedicated to passing on the principles she learned with Nuno Oliveira, and helping riders achieve the same moments of unity with the horse that she experienced through his training. Having learned with Nuno Oliveira for over 20 years, she has an incredible amount and depth of knowledge in classical riding, and how to adapt the details of training to each horse and rider.

In this episode, she shares:

◼️ How to use the classical aids; the hands, legs, and seat

◼️ How judging and riding in dressage competition has changed

◼️ How to adjust the aids for different horses

◼️ How to use the seat and shoulder-in to collect the horse

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

01:30 Why Classical Riding?

05:20 What Do Riders Misunderstand?

08:41 The Right Position and Seat

17:47 How to use the Seat with Horses on the Forehand

23:12 What Do You See in Modern Dressage Competition?

31:21 How to Collect the Horse with Shoulder-in

38:27 How Do You Collect for the Piaffe?

47:19 How Do You Use the Legs?

53:14 How Do You Use the Hands?

1:04:15 Changing Competition & Justin Verboomen

1:10:07 How did Nuno Oliveira Change Your Riding?

1:13:17 Lessons from Nuno Oliveira

1:18:02 Returning to the Basics

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