Honza Blaha
Have
you
ever
dreamed
of
strength, speed and determination
that is greater that your own? One
way to try it, you may be riding a
horse. On top of that you can get a
great teacher and a loyal friend in
your horse. But horses don´t
speak a human language so we
should learn to communicate differently. The most popular horse
coach is Honza (John) Blaha
in the Czech Republic.
Honza Blaha was born in the
Czech Republic in 1977. He
had always been attracted by
horses but it wasn´t until the age of 9 that he got the chance to learn
riding.
His
first
mounts
were
Shetland ponies. A long time has
passed since then. Honza bought his
first own horse called Gaston. He
studied from many people and after
discovering
the
possibility
of
teaching horses without reins he
challenged his teachers and
went his own way. Honza
found out it was possible to
achieve collection even when
doing piaffe, passage, flying
lead changes as well as
pirouette... using entirely no
strings. This discovery has affected Honza´s approach to the training
of horses as well as people.
He is a horseman who
endeavors
to
link
the
Natural
Horsemanship
together with the equestrian
sport.
You can watch him at many
shows all over Europe. He is based at the Srbice farm near Klatovy
in West Bohemia in the Czech Republic where his horses are boarded
including his famous Gaston.
Gaston is originally a quite
common warmblood horse, not
higher than 150 cm. Despite of
his small size this horse posseses
a great heart and an unbroken
spirit. Honza and Gaston both
have travelled throughout Europe as well as the USA.