Chapter 40 Dressage
There are still two days left in the official competition, and Xiao Peng has really been practicing with 'Yinzi' very seriously in the past two days. And Mengzi took over the logistics.
For Xiao Peng, it is really not difficult to practice equestrianism, from the moment he rode the 'silver', he felt that he had been integrated with the 'silver', needless to say, this is the credit of the 'Noah's ring'. After a lap, Xiao Peng has mastered horse racing, and he is now asking Huang He to teach him the art of 'dressage'. He didn't sign up for eventing, but it would be nice to take the opportunity to learn. But this 'dressage' really gave him a headache for a long time.
Not because he couldn't do those moves, but because he didn't understand the 'dressage' scoring criteria.
Dressage is known as the highest level of riding technology, requiring the jockey and the horse to be one, and at the same time to show power and beauty, with a strong ornamental value. But the scoring criteria are also very strict, but also to see whether the rider horse does the prescribed movements correctly, but also to see whether the coordination between people and horses, the horse must not only be obedient, but also energetic, but also in accordance with the prescribed action route to do the action, seven minutes of competition time, to show 22 prescribed movements, and the soundtrack free interpretation. All in all, just recording these rules made Xiao Peng dizzy.
"Hey, are you going to become a?" Yang Meng threw Xiao Peng a bottle of vitamin drink when Xiao Peng was resting, and teased Xiao Peng.
Xiao Peng pointed out his middle finger at him. Cai Junwei, who was on the side, was puzzled and asked, "Brother Mengzi, why do you say that Brother Peng wants to become a?"
Huang He, who was on the side, explained with a smile: "Because practicing 'dressage' requires a high degree of cooperation between people and horses, which requires more patience, more love, more delicacy and more affection on the part of the jockey. Therefore, among the top ten 'dressage' jockeys in the world, there are few men. And there are not a few men who are not GAY. β
Listening to Huang He's explanation, Di Wei and Cai Junwei collectively took a step back and muttered in a low voice: "Hey, I think we should redefine the way we interact with Huang He, right?"
"I'm worried about it when you say it, otherwise how could he be with that cute cute when he went to play that day?"
"That's not right, if he's really GAY, he should be with Meng Meng that day. Why did he get out?"
"Is it because the cute little Ding Ding is bigger than him?"
The muttering of the two was actually not small, and Huang He could hear it clearly. The expression on his face was about to cry: "Let's talk about it, let's not talk about what happened that nightγγγγγγ β
Di Wei said indifferently: "Don't mention it to outsiders, we don't have outsiders, they are all parties that day, let me tell you, just this story, I can laugh for a year." β
Cai Junwei lowered his voice: "Di Wei, did you tell Pan Peiyu? β
Di Wei replied in a low voice: "Don't worry, I have already instructed him, he is not a fool, he will not say it." β
Huang He couldn't hear the two of them talking, and asked, "What are you two muttering about?"
Di Wei smiled evilly: "Are you sure you want to know?"
"Uh, no. Brother Peng, let's continue to practice this dance step. However, Brother Peng, this 'silver' is a thoroughbred, and he has a natural speed advantage, but he has a defect when jumping obstacles. Huang He changed the subject.
Xiao Peng smiled: "I'm just playing, familiarize myself with the rules." It's nice to have the opportunity to learn dressage? β
Huang He stretched out his thumb: "You are a wise choice, all the equestrian powers in the world are dance powers, without the foundation of dance steps, obstacles cannot go up." β
Di Wei pouted on the side and said, "This foreigner is just tossing around, what's the point of training horses to dance?"
Huang He shook his head: "Well, this matter is actually a misunderstanding, the so-called 'dressage' comes from the English word dressage, which means dance steps, but in fact, this should be a French word, which means horse training, and it first refers to the training of war horses." Personally, it would be more appropriate to translate it as Horse Farm Equestrian. Because it is the basis of equestrian sports. β
After hearing this, Cai Junwei was puzzled and asked: "What does this have to do with the war horse? I think these actions are all for the sake of being handsome and good-looking, right? It has nothing to do with the war horse." β
Huang He explained with a smile: "You are wrong, these actions are actually really related to combat, such as the jump and kick action, which is used to kill a bloody path when a bunch of infantry surrounds you; the rotation of the forelimbs allows you to run back and charge in the opposite direction at the fastest speed; the rotation of the hind limbs is the action of raising a knife to slash the enemy on the side and in the rear." β
"Then the standing salute also has something to do with the war horse?" Cai Junwei expressed his doubts.
"Of course!" Huang He smiled: "You can't knock your boss out all at once, right? Now the dance steps are judged by the rules, no matter what the pace, the horse must have momentum and forward attitude, and the rotation of the hind limbs is not to move in place, there must be a contraction step, and you must be able to quickly change to the next action, and you have to hide after cutting people on the battlefield, and you have to go to the next target, right?" So when it comes to dressage, including the narrator, they love to say that people wear costumes and dance steps, and they are right, but dressage competitions are not just born for the sake of good looks. β
Xiao Peng rode the 'silver', and the content of the training was simple, that is, slow walking, fast walking and running. These three steps are the most basic steps of the horse, with standing, forward, stopping, retreating, pace change and direction change, just like driving, nothing more than learning to start, go straight, turn and backward, who will run to the driving school to learn drift and single-row tires forward and change tires in the air?
After continuous training, the cooperation between Xiao Peng and 'Yinzi' has also changed from being dull at the beginning to being chic and free. The speed of progress made everyone stunned.
After running a lap, Xiao Peng returned to everyone, stroked the neck of 'Yinzi' and said: "To be honest, this dressage run is really interesting, I feel that this horse understands his intention and completes the action with himself, which is definitely more refreshing than riding a horse and running a big circle." β
Huang He stretched out his thumb: "That's good, you finally understand my feelings, but then again, Xiao Peng, you are simply an equestrian genius, how long will it take to cooperate with horses to this extent, I suggest you buy a better Dutch warmblood, practice hard, you should be able to produce results." β
Di Wei interjected: "What's the matter, Huang He? Do you mean you're not as good as Brother Peng?"
Huang He sighed: "People are more popular than people, and this talent has to be served." No kidding, Xiao Peng, I'll help you connect with a better Dutch warmblood, how many years can you practice?"
The Dutch Warmblood is probably a new breed of horses, having only been registered in 1958, but it has quickly become a star and is now arguably the most successful and popular equestrian horse in the world. It can be said that horses were bred specifically for equestrianism. Whether it's the most advanced racecourse equestrian and show jumping arenas, or carriage racing, there are Dutch warmblood horses. To this day, many equestrian teams from many countries ride Dutch warmblood horses in the Olympic and World Cup competitions. Among the horses that Hua Tian rode in the competition was the Dutch warmblood.
Xiao Peng laughed and said: "Forget it, I don't want to fix my identity, it's okay to play occasionally, it's not interesting to let me play one thing all the time." β
Huang He looked regretful: "That's a pity, you should think about it." You have this talent. β
Xiao Peng waved his hand: "Let's talk about it." Di Wei, give me some music. β
"Music, what are you going to do?" asked the status, puzzled.
Xiao Peng smiled: "I'm going to dance and play on the 'silver'." I don't understand these prescribed movements, but I can play with the free interpretation of this soundtrack. β
Huang He was speechless: "Xiao Peng, you think of this dressage step too simply, how can it be so easy to interpret it freely?"
Xiao Peng smiled: "Won't you know if you try it? β
Di Wei smiled evilly: "It's just playing, Huang He, what are you nervous about, it's not a competition." Brother Peng, I'll play a song for you. β
Huang He heard Di Wei say this, so he agreed: "Okay, Xiao Peng, you take it easy, you just started playing horses, everything is within your ability." β
Di Wei ran back to Knight XV, opened the car door, and turned up the stereo to the maximum: "Brother Peng, are you ready?"
Xiao Peng stretched out his thumb to Di Wei to signal that he was ready, and Di Wei directly pressed the play button. The prelude was all dumbfounded.
This girl actually played a song "Deuces" sung by Achozen, I'll fuck it, who is playing equestrian with hardcore rap? Who is not classical music, what are you doing here? Let Xiao Peng ride a horse and dance hip-hop?
"Di Wei, what are you messing around?" This music has focused people's eyes here. Huang He felt embarrassed.
Di Wei smiled: "Brother Peng, what are you afraid of when you're so awesome? Come on, it's just playing, isn't it?"
This is also the characteristic of the horse racing festival in Inner Mongolia, the regular competition requires the wearing of jockey uniforms, but here to compete, there are all kinds of clothes, many Mongolian compatriots will wear national costumes to compete, but it also has a unique flavor.
Xiao Peng raised his middle finger at Di Wei. patted the neck of 'Yinzi', wrapped the reins, and really began to beat with the music, only to see that 'Yinzi' under the command of Xiao Peng, with the rhythm of the music, changed running, backward and slow, changed direction, oblique horizontal step, rotated in place and retreatedγγγγγγ In short, Xiao Peng really integrated the various prescribed postures of dressage into the rhythm of the music, and one person and one horse really danced a street dance.
Huang He and the others were dumbfounded, and after the song, Xiao Peng rode the 'silver' and walked up to Di Wei proudly: "You kid, do you still give me a problem? β
When Di Wei opened his mouth wide and didn't know what to say, a voice came from behind Xiao Peng: "This gentleman, can we talk about it?"
Xiao Peng looked back, uh, standing behind him, it was Hua Tian, the current first Chinese equestrian person, what was he doing looking for him?