Author: Tom Locke
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Mechanical versus feel
Every action we make in developing a skill or an art starts out as a mechanical action. Bruce Lee once said: “Before I learned martial arts, a punch was just a punch, and a kick was just a kick. When I studied martial arts, a punch was no longer just a punch and a kick was no longer just a kick. But now that I…
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The horse whisperer
Who exactly is “the horse whisperer”? Is there, or perhaps more correctly, was there only ever one horse whisperer? Depends a lot on who you talk to and how big their ego is. Monty Roberts laid claim to being the horse whisperer of the movie (“The Horse Whisperer”) fame. However, that notion was counter-punched by…
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Pull Harder
Seems that with some folks their go-to solution for a horse not moving is pull harder (from the ground). For the horse pulling is a whole new experience, they are a prey animal, not a predator, pulling is not a normal part of any horse’s daily routine, but they can get very good at it…