For the first time, the collected writings of Master Nuno Oliveira are now made available to English-speaking readers in one volume. This long-awaited publication is a must for riders and lovers of fine riding and classical equestrian art. This volume contains the following works:

Book 1 Classical Principles of the Art of Training Horses

Book 2 Horses and Their Riders

Book 3a Notes on the Teaching of Nuno Oliveira

Book 3b Notes on Elementary Equitation

Book 4 From an Old Ecuyer to Young Riders

Book 5 Reminiscences of a Portuguese Rider

Appendix: Conference on Descente de main

Formato	Tapa dura
Número de Páginas	246
Lenguaje	Inglés
Editorial	Xenophon Press LLC
Fecha de Publicación	2022-05-01
Dimensiones	8.5" x 11.0" x 0.75" pulgadas
Letra Grande	No
Con Ilustraciones	No

Oliveira, Nuno

Master Nuno Oliveira is considered to be one of the leading figures (if not the leading figure) in the Equestrian Art of the 20th century. He was not only an expert in the discipline and its history but also an outstanding teacher and mentor, an instructor with unusual intelligence and a highly developed equestrian feeling, and an unrivaled artist in the saddle. His great genius consisted of the comprehensive synthesis of the two emerging, but up until then, contrary schools of the Old French riding masters as represented by the teachings of Francois Robichon de la Guérinière (of the 18th century) and Francois Baucher (of the 19th century). What made Oliveira stand out was his unwavering, unprejudiced pragmatism, which let him find the best method from all of the schools for working on a specific goal with a specific horse at a specific moment. He believed that every single horse had to be trained to the highest degree of perfection and shine within the scope of its individual possibilities. He rose above any doctrinal dispute and focused on the task at hand. A rider should not only ride but also observe, study, read and think carefully. He/she should act rationally and calmly, never act brutally or with force; he should have love of the horse and develop great equestrian feeling, the greatest of all equestrian virtues. To achieve this, he taught with the messages of Etienne Beudant and Faverot de Kerbrech: "Ask often, be satisfied with a little, and reward often."