Paula Kierkegaard: The idea behind such mobile work (in hand) starts far before this (with the education of the mouth to rein effects)...so this vid may perhaps be out of context (however, it does not show the balance that should have come from previous work.
For sure, mobile turns on the forehand and particularly reverse pirouette are very useful IF used tactfully/correctly (for me there are too many short comings here: too small figure/too shortened/lack of individual use of the bits/lack of finesse/etc). Further, in this there is NO address to proper rein holds (a la fillis) for purpose here, just grabbing of both bits/broken neck/etc.
Personally, I am not a fan of teaching the 'goat on the mountain top' postures in halt, I think it straightens the hind legs (in the name of getting them 'engaged' and hence onto the forelegs). And imho rein back should be pure, not truncate the gait (it is however better in the second set).
Pity he did not get the education from his dad (who said that the fillis process is said to 'take too long' and has been forgotten). (He is the only one of three kids who rides at all, and was working at something totally different when he decided to bring his dad over.) Waste of a great source with Ivan!
The russians of his time period including Ivan Kalita, Viktor Ugryumov, and Sergei Filatov (and right beyond with Yelena Petushkova) were wonderfully light. Pity no one has written of them, and that their effects have been lost.
(I would love to know what he is saying.)
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