Stirrup

In Marie de France's "Bisclavret", the werewolf is more man than animal because of the deep-level of understanding between Bisclavret as a werewolf and the townspeople and the application of humanistic traits and actions rather than using appearance to describe the werewolf. A defining feature of all species is their use of speech to communicate with each other. In Bisclavret, when he is turned into a werewolf for good, there is no mention of him verbally making any noises-speech, growling, or…

Under the control of Genghis Khan, a remarkably brilliant military leader whose strict diplomatics are indeed remembered to this day, a nomadic clan consisting of skilled fighters rose from the ashes to the throne. Blood was shed and the whispers spread through everyone’s core like wildfire by the sole rumored actions of these soldiers. They were otherwise known as the ferocious Mongols, who conquered every steppe tribe from across Asia. Thus, creating the largest reinforced empire in history! I…

The Battle of the Wilderness The Battle of the Wilderness took place May 5-7 1864. This was the first battle that Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's 1864 Virginia Overland Campaign against Gen. Robert E. Lee. There was no definite winner or loser of this battle. The battle took place in Spotsylvania and orange, Virginia. The Union had 102,000 people and the Confederate had 61,000. The Union army had 18,400 casualties while the Confederate army had only 11,400. All of the battle was close…

Ancient Chinese inventors have made many things we still use today. Some of those things are paper, silk, the wheelbarrow, rubber, and many more. The most important thing they have made is gunpowder. They used gunpowder in the wars just like we do today. We don’t use gunpowder as much as the Chinese did. Another one of china’s inventions were fireworks. They were first used for entertainment but then they started to use them to scare their enemies. Those were the most popular thing the chinese…

Natural equine behavior has very little to do with the things people ask of them, and it falls on the rider to learn enough horsemanship to ride safely (for horse and rider) and intelligently. Horses can't intuit the reasons for bits, reins and stirrups: it's when horse and rider work together that they construct a language for communicating. Training your horse is important if you want to work together to achieve anything—whether it's basic riding or more complicated activities such as eventing…

Tacking up a horse western style can be an intimidating task, especially if you are unfamiliar with horses. However, using a step-by-step approach makes the task less complicated and lessens the chances to make mistakes. Below I will outline the steps I take when tacking up my horse, Rowdy. The first step I take when tacking up my horse is to gather all of my equipment together in one place. The equipment required includes the saddle, the cinch, and a saddle pad. The proper use of these…

Western saddles also have what are called swells. The swell is designed to keep the cowboy’s body in the saddle. English saddles do not have the extra back cinch as well. English saddles have stirrup leathers and irons while western saddle have a wider finder and a wider stirrup. English saddle come in different styles depending on the discipline the horse is in. Western saddles come in different varieties as well. There are many different events in both English and western equitation…

It was a crisp January day and I was on my way to go ride a new horse named Zeke that I found online. I had been looking for a new horse for months. I had become very impatient and lost the hope of finding the perfect horse. To be honest, I did not want to go see Zeke at all. To me he didn't look that great or special, but I was forced by my Meme to go see him. After an hour of driving from Flower mound to Decatur, Texas we finally pulled up in the driveway. We hopped out of the Truck to…

Pratt, C.E. 2016. The Rise and Fall of the Transport Stirrup Jar in the Late Bronze Age Aegean. American Journal of Archaeology, vol.120, no.1, pp.27-66. Pratt in this article implies through the evidence of pottery in both Crete and Mycenae, that both civilisations had a particularly close trade relationship…

Wednesday after school I observed our school athletic trainer for approximately an hour. During the hour he was not working much because winter sport season were ending so he helped any athletes who had injury that needed to be observed. While I was there, I saw a dancer get her big toe taped because she had turf toe, a hyperextension of the Hallicus. Before practice, two girl basketball players got their ankles taped because they recently rolled or sprained them. That day in sports medicine we…