When asked how he prepared for a race, Jonathan Sheppard responded,
“Expect the best, but be prepared for the worst.”
Jonathan Sheppard
Category: Conditioners
Thoroughbred Trainers
God’s Plan For Eternity
“If you chase two rabits,
you will catch neither one.”
-Unknown
God’s Dream for You
“How would you describe the current dream(s) God has put in your heart?”
Pastor Jay Hurley
“How are your dreams (which) you are pursuing helping to reach God’s plan for eternity?”
Pastor Jay Hurley
1. Focus on God’s purpose.
2. Focus on God’s perspective.
3. Focus on God’s plan.
4. Focus on God’s prize.
5. Choose one Chair.
The Constant Battle
How a man bars his arrogance from his mannerisms while climbing up this Tower of Babble as an hourly challenge (these days,) is a phenomenal understanding!
Self-discipline
“For the Spirit God gave us
1st Timothy 1:7
does not make us timid,
but gives us
power,
love and
self-discipline.”
Blythe Miller’s Advice
Setting Your Horse Up for Every Next-Jump
Heels: DOWN and OUT in front of you!!!
Blythe Miller
Equine Inactive Side of Infinity
the. “Slow Walk”
The Equine Inactive Side of Infinity
Refers to a stagnant mental process.
Infinity expands perpetually from one point in all directions.
Example of a Horse Stuck in the Inactive Side of Infinity:
A horse who slow-walks off of the track with the intention of being near other horses who are acting-up, therefore, giving them an excuse to act-up as well.
The Horse’s Reason for Doing This:
It Is Three-Pronged
Continue reading “Equine Inactive Side of Infinity”A Leveled-Up Experience
There are moments when an athlete experiences this:
Not “Doing” it:
and learning from it.
… the feeling of floating-
watching it all happen as
from the outside,
looking-in;
(Like watching a movie)
… not doing it,
but watching your body do it
Fighter’s Eye Position
Try This:
Change the, “far-off, distant gaze,” to the, “close-up, directly in front of your face,” precept.
Dakkuan
Leg Day
What Day Is It?
It’s Leg Day.
Dakkuan
Everyday is Leg Day!
Mantra
Realm to Consider:
Concentrate on quick-twitch muscle movements (for power, also to “slow it down”)
Dakkuan
…
That has become the life experience: watching everything- feeling speed, but slowing it down to slow motion.
Spread Happiness
The only way to spread happiness is to feel happiness in the presence of others. If you need to search for it, your practices lack it. This is because it is always there, you simply need to hitch a ride on it.
Chip
Circular Connection
Breathe-In
Moderately-Controlled
Make the aura around you flow of purple water-
Dakkuan
It’s current- Strong,
Revolutionary of itself.
When you notice that your focus has been lost
Breathe-In
Moderately-Controlled
down through your Sacral Chakra,
Circulating the inside of the chakra;
condensing it’s
outer physical membrane.
Chi Force is Earth Force
Power of Chi
“It starts in the earth and moves its way up through your body. It exits through your hands.”
Jupe
Push Past that Stride
The Teaser of Fate
Push those last ten strides,
Chip Van Hassel
but always have your finish line
beyond that.
Give more love and understanding,
yet tease these moments of fate!
Reserved Mantra
“Keeping it Reserved”
“Stillness in Motion”
Jose Sameñego
Wrists broken-over,
Dakkuan
“Praying Mantis hands”-
“Keeping everything re-chambered”
Your “Why?”
Be the beam of Light.
What Is Your, “Why,”?
What Drove You When You Were Younger?
What was your, “why,” when you were in high school?
Dakkuan
Did your, “why,” since then change?
If so, why?
Does your original, “why,” still suit you?
How Legends are Made
“Legends are made from iron and sweat; mind and muscle, blood and vision. …”
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Templar Life
“The fine vocation of the sword and lance,
SOURCE
With the gross aims, and body-bending toil
Of a poor brotherhood, who walk the earth
Pitied.”
Mike Tyson on Fear
“’Cus used to get turned on when I told him that I was afraid and I might be a coward. He loved that. He knew that would feed into my fear base and he worked everything off fear. Cus wanted you to react like a robot so that when he said something, you’d do it on command. Cus showed me the difference between fear and intimidation. Being intimidated prevents you from performing at the highest level you’re capable of. But fear can help you ascend to great heights. ‘Be afraid of your opponent personally but don’t be afraid to hurt him,’ he told me. What people don’t realize is that when controlled properly fear can take you to a level of euphoria where you believe you’re invincible. Very few people can get to that level. But when you do, a weird aberration of nature takes place and you’re sent to a level of invincible proportion.’”
Mike Tyson
YOUR FREQUENCY IS YOUR PROTECTION
“Love overpowers Fear because it is a higher, stronger and more energetic frequency…”
“Your Aura is made up of your dominant thoughts and emotions
If you have a high vibration, your Aura will be made up of Angels which makes it strong and shielded from negative entities
Mindfulness Talk at Google
“Maybe, in, ‘losing your mind,’ you might find it!”
Discipline of the Eye
The Templar Knight diverts his eyes from pretty women in the crowd, (and in private).
Dakkuan
The Knight displays his moral example through the look in his eyes.
Monthly Mantra
Hold in-breath for 4 seconds to strengthen.
Dakkuan
Changing of the Advisors
“…Student of the Great Mysteries…”
Over time, people need different types of,… religious consultants to recalibrate their mental journey. In certain locations, the people need a priest or a minister. At other times, in other places, among other groups, a shaman, or medicine man, is sought after. As in ISAIAH 65:1, these people do not directly as for a minister or shaman; however, some student of The Great Mysteries is always eventually discovered amongst the people.
The two factors which separate the shaman, or Deacons, from the rest of the people are two fundamental characteristics:
Middle Emotion
The manic depressive person must stay in the middle.
Dakkuan
The higher they are, the deeper they go.
The lower they are- the higher they go.
Both extremes cause crashes.
Rifleman’s Creed
“We are the masters of our enemy.”
“This is my rifle.
SOURCE
There are many like it,
but this one is mine.
It is my life.
I must master it as I must master my life.
Without me my rifle is useless.
Without my rifle, I am useless.
I must fire my rifle true.
I must shoot straighter than the enemy
who is trying to kill me.
I must shoot him before he shoots me.
I will.
My rifle and I know that what counts in war
is not the rounds we fire,
the noise of our burst,
or the smoke we make.
We know that it is the hits that count.
We will hit.
My rifle is human,
even as I am human,
because it is my life.
Thus, I will learn it as a brother.
I will learn its weaknesses,
its strengths,
its parts,
its accessories,
its sights and its barrel.
I will keep my rifle clean and ready,
even as I am clean and ready.
We will become part of each other.
Before God I swear this creed.
My rifle and I are the defenders of my country.
We are the masters of our enemy.
We are the saviors of my life.
So be it,
until victory is America’s
and there is no enemy.“
Truth
“I know,
Arch Kingsley
When you surround yourself with positive people,
you can rise above any situation.”
“Jewel In the Crown”
1984 Breeders’ Cup Classic
The Quintessential Rolling Back-take
Watch:
Observation
“If you don’t come up with any questions, your not learning anything.”
Wes Carter
Advice From The Master
Electricity
“Watch Your Horse
Jimmy
Take their
First Step
Out
of the
Stall”
What is Dynamic Tension?
“Dynamic Tension is the iron wire of Kung Fu, retaining the flow of Tao, as rocks give way to water, but only over time.”
-Chip Van Hassel
Dynamic Tension is a self-resistance exercise,
(or method,) which pits muscle against muscle.
The practitioner tenses the muscles of a given body part
and then
moves the body part against the tension
as if a heavy weight were being lifted
To Increase Your Power, watch this short clip:
Shaolin Training
“I know very little about kung fu,
Dakkuan
but I can teach you a few breathing techniques that,
after you’ve mastered them,
you will find
your power increases.”
Old-School Horsemen
“The man I’m looking for
Peter Pugh
doesn’t exist.”
Cigar in the 1995 Breeders’ Cup
“…followed by Tinner’s Way and Concern is still last; three furlongs to go. CIGAR!!! Cigar Makes His Move; and he Sweeps to the lead with a dramatic rush!”
Allen Paulson named most of his racehorses after aircraft check points and aviation terms.
“Cigar,” is a mnemonic that refers to a pre-takeoff checklist performed by Untied States Air Force pilots. It stands for:
• Controls
• Instruments
• Gas
• Airplane secure
• Run-up.
It’s A Women’s World
Words of a Master
“It’s always up to the woman.
Patrick Jenkens
It’s Always Up to the Woman.”
Get To Work!
“… So, Shag Ass!”
Woodberry Payne
Neuro-Muscle Memory
Mental processes induce physical processes.
Example:
Being annoyed tenses muscles.
Allowing yourself to stew in annoyance creates muscle memory which becomes physically stressful.
Tear Down That Wall!
Repetitive, Cyclical Thoughts Stand in the way of Liberation.
Chip Van Hassel
Monthly Mantra
“Subdue Arrogance every 9 seconds.
Dakkuan
Heart Beats Coincide with that time-frame:
“-Thump, Thump 11:25(X)”
SEE: Sacral Chakra
Gary Vaynerchuk scrolled past this!
“LEGACY IS GREATER THAN CURRENCY.” -Gary Vaynerchuk
Typical Trainer
Purchases Equipment one day;
Bitches that you are using it the next day!
Dakkuan
Keep Challenging Yourself
…Mental Plateaus…
The worst plateau to reach
as an athlete
is a mental plateau.
It is difficult to
Dig out of a hole
when you do not know
you are in one.
Dakkuan
Harmony
It’s all about vibration.
What is your vibration nullifying?
Dakkuan
Options
“Hey, would you rather grab a rake and,… … Use it?”
Sadie Jenkins
Riders’ Mantra
Concentrate on quick-twitch muscle movements, (for power; also, to “slow it down.”)
Monthly Mantra
Growing the bottom part of the lower stomach chakra.
Dakkuan
Rebuild
“Just because the people before we built the road wrong, that does not mean we have to keep driving on the same fucking road!”
Dakkuan
The “Throat/Root/Triangle” Exercise:
“It is an Art, indeed, for it requires imagination before any physical components by deed arise to fruition.”
The throat//root chakra exercise begins the long-awaited trip
Shaolin Mind-set
“Be Water, my friend.”
“Always On.”
Bruce Lee
Racetrack Commissioners Interfere With Your Personal Life:
holidays are no longer “working days” and won’t be considered “counted” days.
(Copied and edited by Van Hassel Conditioners)
By July 1, 2022 all licensed racetrack personnel are being required to register with HISA.
Ribbons
I saw a girl wearing a red ribbon holding her ponytail, and I said, “Be careful; that bitch kicks!”
Daily mantra
Lower leg squeeze;
Lower Legs ‘down-and-out’ (Blythe Miller)
Pressing Down (as in horse stance) Plus Inward Dynamic Tension”
Dakkuan
Crane
Breath In to open,
expand
open the Crane left side.
Dakkuan
A Day With Diogenes
by: Terry Ballard
Announcer: Good afternoon, Diogenes. In keeping with your
reputation as a non-conformist, I see that you keep your bathtub
outside of your house.
Diogenes: The bathtub is my house.
Announcer: I see. Well there must be some advantage to that.
Diogenes: Certainly. No window can give a view like this, and if
the neighborhood goes bad, I can just walk off with the house.
From the Top
Click
“Here rests in honored glory an American soldier known but to God”
Remain Ordered As Directed.
“Late one half moon night, I heard footsteps.
The sharp click of heels. Silence.
Another click. More silence.
Twenty-one footsteps.
Click.
Twenty-one seconds of silence.
Click.
Twenty-one seconds of silence.
Twenty-one more steps.
With each step, my war is over.”
Ride Free, or Die.
Being Michelle: Deaf and Autistic, Wrongfully Imprisoned!
Deaf and Denied an Interpreter in Florida State Prison
I love Michelle. And I believe her story empowers all of us to recognize our own strengths and innate abilities even when our surrounding culture and systems do not. The systems must change in the United States and globally to support everyone.
BEING MICHELLE follows the astounding journey of a deaf and disabled woman who survived incarceration under unimaginable circumstances by a system that refused to accommodate her needs as a deaf person with autism.
Continue reading “Being Michelle: Deaf and Autistic, Wrongfully Imprisoned!”Black Keys
The Spirit Always Dwells in our Temple. AND when the music begins, Jesus dances on top of His Tomb!
Chip Van Hassel
JAMES 1:2-4
“Let perseverance finish her work so you may be mature and complete.”
Consider it all joy, my brothers, when you encounter various trials, for you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.
And let perseverance be perfect, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
JAMES 1:2-4
Everybody NEEDS One!
“Ain’t no punch in the face like a Good punch in the face!”
Chip Van Hassel
Power is invisible.
Dynamic Tension Apparatus
To Increase Your Power, watch this short clip:
Action In Stillness
Concentrate on quick-twitch muscle movements (for power, also to “slow it down”).
Dakkuan
…
That has become the life experience: watching everything- feeling speed, but slowing it down to slow/guide-by-way-of-control in order to preform focused stiles.
Stillness
Do nothing in the midst of adversity to allow your training and instinct to engage. Watch from the outside; intervene when focus is skewed.
Dakkuan
The Perfect Ride by Gary Stevens
“Don’t Be The Nice Guy.”
“A harmless man is not a good man. A good man is a very, very dangerous man.”
Do Nothing
“Take what is useful; discard what is not.”
Bruce Lee
Squeeze;… Squeeze Harder.
“The three second rule is king. In everything.”
-Dakkuan
Open Fist
“If your mind is like an open hand,
you will adapt quickly.
If your mind is closed like a fist,
you can only punch,
and you cannot climb the cliffs.
Train the mind as you train your fists:
condition them so they are not easily injured upon striking,
however, allow them to be open quickly
in order to grapple your opponent.”
Dakkuan
Reality Check On Your Face
Instinct to Transcend
Our instincts allow us to transcend the words in our head.
Chip Van Hassel
Horse Trainer Pays our Tab
“Good time to get outta here, ’cause they’re comin’ out of their cages!”
Jeremy Gillam
The New Three-Year-Hoax
“A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on it’s shoes.
Mark Twain
Mindfulness Lecture
“Meditation:
It’s not what you think!”
Mindfulness Lecture with Jon Kabat-Zin:
Listen to his calm, soothing voice.
From An Old Notebook
I don’t remember who I wrote this one about:
I remember breathing in my boots
Dakkuan
on your barn floor.
Each suspended moment lasted more and more;
so I use that education to smell and feel right now,
this moment,
more and longer right now more.
In between the beats of a measure of the heart which never ends nor begun.