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 HJN Riding – A Genuine Partnership Between Human and Horse With Hans-Jürgen Neuhauser.
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HJN meets Lipica The fine art of communication between horse and human – an extraordinary educational demonstration at the world-famous Lipizzaner Stud Farm in Slovenia. What happens when a person can communicate clearly to a horse, without reins, a lunge line or any other mechanical connection, where to go, how to move, and at what gait and tempo? And what does it take for a horse to willingly participate in this partnership? HJN meets Lipica brings HJN Body Language to life. At the historic Lipica Stud Farm in Slovenia, Hans-Jürgen Neuhauser works with three Lipizzaner horses he had never met before: a mare, a gelding and a stallion. After only a few short training sessions, he presents his work to a live audience. Rather than performing a rehearsed show, he demonstrates and explains the actual training process, revealing how his body language works and why even the smallest changes in human movement can convey an entirely different message to the horse. Understanding body language – down to the smallest movement At the heart of HJN Body Language lies the conscious coordination of the human body. Hans-Jürgen demonstrates how the feet, knees, shoulders, gaze, body orientation and rhythm of movement work together. Through practical examples, he explains how the horse perceives these movements and responds to them. You will see how, through his own body movements alone, he can:
This is not about memorising individual signals. HJN Body Language is consciously articulated through the coordinated interaction of individual movements within the human body. The importance of this becomes particularly clear when Hans-Jürgen deliberately demonstrates small mistakes – or makes a genuine mistake during the training. An incorrectly positioned foot can block the horse's intended path. A shoulder movement made too quickly can disturb its rhythm. An imprecisely coordinated movement can produce a completely different response from the one intended. Hans-Jürgen explains these situations as they happen. Instead of correcting the horse, he corrects his own movement. This reveals why conscious awareness of one's own body is such an essential foundation of HJN Body Language. Three horses – three different personalities Each of the three Lipizzaners brings its own personality and individual needs to the demonstration. With the mare, Hans-Jürgen introduces the foundations of free communication, precise transitions and the importance of human body orientation. The initially uncertain gelding shows why it is essential to recognise the horse's responses and provide the security it needs. Shoulder positioning, circles, voluntary bending and changes of gait and tempo become particularly clear during this part of the demonstration. With the stallion, the focus also turns to mutual respect, proximity and clear communication about personal space. Hans-Jürgen shows how he responds to the stallion's behaviour, adjusts his own body language and consciously reduces the intensity of a more pronounced bodily statement as soon as it is no longer needed. Not every horse needs the same approach. What matters is recognising what the individual horse is communicating and what it needs at that moment. Training the horse also means training ourselves One central idea runs throughout the entire demonstration: We must learn to perform our own movements consciously and precisely so that the horse can understand us. This also means recognising our mistakes and taking responsibility for them. The horse's response is not a secondary consideration. It tells us how our message has actually been received. This creates an ongoing, two-way movement dialogue between horse and human. Hans-Jürgen also explains why rhythm, relaxation, balance, free self-carriage and physiologically appropriate physical development are so important to him. Body language is not simply a way of moving a horse from one place to another. It enables us to communicate specific movement paths and physical demands with clarity and precision. HJN meets Lipica reveals not only what fine body language can achieve, but above all how it works – and what we need to pay attention to in order to learn it ourselves. 
Watch HJN meets Lipica Online – Video on DemandHJN meets Lipica – English-language film One-time payment · Three calendar months of online access · No subscription. Watch the complete film as often as you wish during your access period. See more through slow motion and selected repetitions Selected slow-motion sequences help viewers recognise subtle changes in human movement and the horses' immediate responses. While Hans-Jürgen's explanations are being interpreted into Slovenian, certain relevant sequences are shown again. Some previously recorded scenes are replayed, while in other moments Hans-Jürgen repeats individual movements or demonstrations live with the horses. These carefully selected repetitions give viewers another opportunity to observe important details and understand how individual movements work together to form a clear bodily statement. A change in foot position, shoulder orientation or the timing of coordinated movements can alter what the horse understands. Being able to observe such moments again, sometimes in slow motion, makes the underlying communication easier to recognise. The film therefore offers more than a record of a live demonstration. It provides opportunities to examine significant moments more closely and understand the precision of HJN Body Language. About the film This recording combines an introduction to the foundations of HJN Riding with an extensive, live-commentated demonstration at the Lipica Stud Farm. Watch the horses at work, listen to the explanations and discover how human movement and the horses' responses are connected. |
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