About Honza Bláha
The Czech horseman whose work with Gaston opened the Line Free Collection approach: groundwork, riding, and collection built from connection rather than lines.
First horse
Gaston
Together since
1997
Shows and clinics
Europe & USA
Approach
Line Free
Line Free Collection
For Honza, the relationship always comes before the movement. No dressage exercise, jump, or show matters more than the horse's desire to stay connected.
Home
Srbice, Czech Republic
Known for
work at liberty
Focus
trust before performance
Style
Line Free Collection
Beginnings
Honza Bláha was born in a small village in the Czech Republic. He was always fascinated by horses, even more than people. At the age of nine, he began to take riding lessons. Years later, Honza bought his first horse, Gaston.
And so the amazing story began. Gaston changed not only Honza's life, but also the lives of many people around horses all over the world. Honza and Gaston opened a new chapter of riding and relationship between horse and man.
With Gaston he developed groundwork and riding without the use of reins, lead ropes, neck ropes, or even sticks. Most people cannot even imagine such a connection and ask the same question.
How is it possible that the horse never leaves you?
Line Free
Honza studied the work of many famous horsemen, many of whom he met while doing tours and shows all over the world: Equitana, Show Jumping Amsterdam, and the USA Horse Tour.
Honza and Gaston were trailblazers. Together they discovered how to teach collection without using ropes, reins, or strings around the neck. This gave birth to the name Line Free for Honza's style.
This development can be done up to piaffe, passage, flying lead changes, and pirouette using entirely no strings. Honza and Gaston also negotiated an entire international cross-country jump course completely free of any lines or sticks.
No dressage movement, no high jump nor show performance has ever been as important as the horse's desire to be with me.
Line Free Collection
These discoveries have affected Honza's approach to horses and horse people all over the world, and became the basis for a new style of training: Line Free Collection.
Every bit of knowledge gained is merely the next step on the path to more knowledge.