I looked back at what I wrote and think I left out a part of the description of
the bump that would make it more clear.


>>> Now, sharply snap your hand back toward yourself, right back to the place
in 'space' where you first observed your hand to be .... so again only a few
inches. (this is the release). This creates a crisp bump that the horse FEELS.
He gets all the energy of that bump and the subsequent complete release. <<<

[moderator's note: brackets point >> INTO << the quoted text.]


I should have said that when you bring your hand back to where it was in
'space', the bump is created because you have taken the slack back out of the
line and you meet the point where there is resistance. The release is the
moment imediately AFTER you hit that point of resistance and release is then
created by slightly pushing your hand/rope back toward the horse again (and then
you are back to a neutral state in the line and set up to execute another bump
if necessary).
1)push hand toward horse (creating neutral state in line),
2) sharply bring hand/rope back to place where hand started/where meets
resistance (creating sharp bump),
3) push hand back toward horse (creating the release and setting up for
subsequent bump, if needed)

<'\___~ Tami McAdams
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