The only real difference in riding horses and practicing martial arts is the big horse that is in one of them. The balance, the rhythm, posture, balance, the ‘now-ness’—all of it is the same. With the horses, it is all about feel and knowing what it is when it is *right.* Martial Arts is the same; only the feel and knowing what it is to feel that place, the place where it all seems to go slowly and smoothly and yet it is all still happening at full speed. It is amazing how such different things can have such core foundation things be the same. But they are not so different:
Martial Arts
Equestrian Arts
Both an art.
Both require the same things to be successful and to progress.
Perseverance, training, excellent instruction and the willingness to endure pain.
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