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Dressage for the 21st Century

Paul Belasik has already gained a large and appreciative international following in response to the publication of his trilogy, Riding Towards the Light, Exploring Dressage Technique and The Songs of Horses. In these books he proved himself unique amongst equestrian writers in that he has the ability to weave the academic, the artistic, the spiritual and the physical into an enthralling narrative with a universal appeal. Whether the reader was a novice one-horse owner or an international trainer there was something to think about, something to be gained from every page.

Now this charismatic trainer, rider and philosopher has produced a major work which covers all aspects of riding and training and marries a genuine adherence to classical principles with modern thinking. Drawing analogies from a wide range of arts, science and philosophies and firmly grounded in the works of the equestrian masters, this is nevertheless an extremely practical book which takes the reader from early work with the young horse to the airs above the ground. The beautiful photographs demonstrate that not only is Paul Belasik someone who can teach it, he can do it as well.

 

If you intend on buying just one dressage book this year, I really can’t recommend this book more highly.

 

-Wendy Stevenson, for The Kenilworth Press

United Kingdom

 

 

 Paul Belasik’s superb Dressage for the 21st Century is a book to own, not to borrow…Belasik’s intention was to produce a training manual, which could not exist without a consensus of the early studies. Right from the first chapter on longeing and in-hand work, the book describes not only ‘how’ but also ‘why’… All this is so easy to read, as parallels are drawn between other activities to prove the point… As I said before: don’t borrow it, buy it.

 

-Joan Matheson

 New Zealand Horse and Pony

 

 

This book is an instant classic…Beautifully written, it is a masterpiece that belongs in every dressage rider’s library.

 

-Amazon.com reviewer

 FL,USA

 

 

A fantastic book with some magnificent pictures. Extremely educational for the equine world…

 

-Michael Gooding

Canberra, Australia
 

 

This has to be the most complete book on Equitation to the highest levels, ever to be written. It is quite simply, a masterpiece—highly readable, yet totally scholarly, as would be expected from an author such as Paul Belasik, whose previous books have gained him a worldwide, and well-deserved, following.

 

The photographs which lavishly illustrate the book are exemplary in every way—Belasik’s seat is impeccable and the horses look at ease in their work—real harmony between horse and rider.

 

Paul Belasik’s vast knowledge of Classical Equitation is woven effortlessly with his own conclusions, arrived at through the odyssey of research that he undertook, and chronicled in his book Riding Towards the Light.

 

This book is a must for anyone who sees dressage first and foremost as an Art, and only secondarily as a sport.

 

-Heather Moffet

 Devon, United Kingdom

 

 

This is the most technical book that Belasik has published to date, and it provides a visual counterpart to his outstanding audiotape series…Although this book is a more technical treatise than Riding Towards the Light or Songs of Horses, it shows the same poetic voice that makes those books so memorable. In my humble opinion, this book—in combination with the audiotapes—is the best book to educate the rider about the purest principles of riding integrated with the practical means of achieving them.

 

-A Reader

Amazon.com

 
 
Published by: J.A. Allen & Co., Ltd.
1 Lower Grosvenor Place
London SW1W0EL, United Kingdom