Prince seat
The prince's seat is a half-kneeling position with one leg up. The name suggests that this gesture can be used to express veneration. Ingres describes the situation in the painting The Sword of Henry IV as follows:
One day Don Pedro of Toledo, the Ambassador of Spain to the court of Henri IV, saw in the Louvre the sword of the King in the hands of a young page. Advancing, he knelt on the ground and kissed it, rendering honor, he said, to the most glorious sword in Christendom.
In many Western cultures, there is a tradition of one partner falling on one knee when proposing marriage , presenting the engagement ring and asking for the hand.
In contrast to kneeling , you can jump up quickly from this position, for example when running 100 meters or playing ball boys in tennis. Even in the racing canoe, the canoeists kneel in the prince seat in the boat.
Vaulting
The prince's seat is a freestyle exercise in vaulting .
The prince's seat develops from kneeling with one leg placed forward. This foot can be placed in the handle of the vaulting belt for a better grip . The lower leg of the kneeling leg can be placed diagonally over the horse's back for better balance. The upper body is upright, the arms are stretched out to the side.
The prince's seat is well suited for two and three-man exercises. For example, it can be combined with standing to form a two-man exercise.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ In Pursuit of Perfection: The Art of J.-A.-D. Ingres , Patricia Condon, Marjorie B. Cohn, AgnesMongan, 1983, Louisville: The JB Speed Art Museum, p. 238, ISBN 0-9612276-0-5
- ↑ Promises, Oaths, and Vows: On the Psychology of Promising , Herbert J. Schlesinger, CRC Press, 2008, ISBN 0-203-92735-4 , pp. 18-19.
- ↑ Learn to vault - teach, Ulrike Gast, Britta Rüsing-Brüggemann, Warendorf, FN-Verlag 2001