Friday, September 22, 2017

horses as weapons of war

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q61JiPhVAtw
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7 comments:

Sam Huntington said...

Beautiful ... of course, the truly efficient horses of war were those upon which men placed the stirrup. Did you know that the number-one cause of death among old west cowboys was from falling off their horses?

September 23, 2017 at 10:40 AM
christian soldier said...

yep= and i HAVE fallen off a few times my self

September 23, 2017 at 12:33 PM
Mustang said...

My daughter fell off a horse a few months back; she walked away but with a very sore back. I don't think she's interested in riding any more ... the thought of going through the rest of her life in a wheelchair (or worse) scared her.

September 24, 2017 at 6:19 AM
Kid said...

Sam, Interesting.

I only rode a horse once at a commercial venue. I mounted the horse (first time) as did several of my friends on their respective horses. The horses walked about 1/10 mile then rounded a corner and faced a straight line path to the other side of a field of sorts. They apparently knew the drill. As soon as they got around the corner, it was 2-35 mph in about 2 seconds. It gets your attention and I'd say you really needed to be on your game to be galloping and doing other things like fighting at the same time.

September 24, 2017 at 3:37 PM
christian soldier said...

M-sorry about your daughter--
having lost a radial head -rt arm--many falls onto the hips- et al--we horse people have a mantra --'you come off- get back on " BTW- I almost climbed back on when the radial shattered -= my friend ( a Doctor's wife) - heard it snap and insisted that she take me to him--good thing she did --
however - the worst injuries I have experienced was fall on a restaurant floor--wish I could have found good attorney --I had grounds to sue

Have a great day - my Patriot friend

September 25, 2017 at 10:49 AM
christian soldier said...

K- like galloping and jumping fences--as I did :-)
the Spanish Riding School still carries out the -'using the horse's natural movements for war--and yes- horses do rear and walk on their hind legs- --mine does--to 'groom ' the trees in the ring --I 'll re post some links to the SRS - so you can see how natural movements were used for war--

very few people then or today want to 'mess' with horses :-)

September 25, 2017 at 11:44 AM
Kid said...

C-CS, Maybe if I'm in that environment again. What the hey. Life is for livin. Swimming with sharks? That's another story.

September 25, 2017 at 6:18 PM

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