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Julia Thut is a 28 year old rider and horse trainer from Switzerland. At 20 years old, she began her education as a Trainer for Recreational Riding (SVRV C). In 2005 She strained with Nathalie Penquitt, the well known classical rider and trainer. The following year, Julia continued her education in Denmark as a working student for Bent Branderup. Bent Banderup is known across Europe for his clinics on historical academic (classical) riding. It was here that Julia was first introduced to historical sword fencing. In 2007 Julia trained in Northern Germany with Stefanie Staudinger (Co-Trainer of Bent Branderup) to achieve a deeper understanding of historical riding. Over the past four years, Julia has been educating horses and riders. She currently lives in Hamburg and has been giving clinics across Germany, Switzerland, and Northern Europe. Specialties include:
Trainee, Sofie Jubskås from cold, cold Norway and Julia Thut from hot Switzerland together in rainy Hamburg!
Philosophy and Pedagogy: Find your own way… All of my teachers were great role models. I was able to take away what I felt were crucial concepts of riding and training from each of them. I would also like my students to be able to learn and find their way with my guidance. Always moving forward... I have spent a great deal of time exchanging ideas and training with friends, colleagues, and professionals within my areas of interest in riding and fencing. A strong, yet fair leader… How can an animal which is so large and physically superior be persuaded to listen to you and perform for you? Simple: A horse is a herd animal. To be dominated is not necessarily a negative thing to a horse; in fact, quite the opposite. In the wild, horses look to a stronger leader in order to survive. A horse will naturally look to you to be his guide, but you must first make your position clear so that there is no room for discussion. I have incorporated physiological and psychological concepts from my martial arts background into my approach to riding and training education. This does not mean the use of violence, but rather methods of using balance, weight shifts, pressure, and timing to gently, yet definitively achieve the desired results with a larger training partner (the horse). Motivation, technique and timing… No matter what lesson one tries to teach a horse, it must have a good reason to want to do it. Praise should always outweigh punishment. Training needs to be a positive experience.In play, a horse naturally performs all of the motions we seek to teach and train. This means that by working in small steps, using well-timed praise, a horse can be taught to use these motions in lessons. Combination of theory and practice… I adjust my teaching style to each individual customer. When I am working with a very logically thinking rider, I explain the technical aspects of riding in detail. When I am teaching a nervous rider, I will provide them with lots of positive imagery and work with them at a comfortable pace. I seek to make my students into thinking horsemen/women, therefore, I tend to work a great deal of theory into practical training. My students will find that I am constructive and motivating, while providing directed theoretical background. Combining the training of horse and rider… Few people have the pleasure of working with a fabulously pre-trained four-legged teacher, so I typically require that both horse and rider work with me so that they may develop together. Remember that every time you ride, it is a training session for both you and your horse! Flexible and goal oriented … No matter your passion or goals, I will adjust my teaching to meet your needs and the training needs of your horse.
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