Free Longeing (aka Liberty Training) is a system of ground work where a horse is controlled by the body positions of the trainer. Jim developed this technique as a teaching tool in 1970 while he was at the University of Maryland. It begins by turning the horse loose in the round pen and the trainer takes control of the horse by the position of his body in relationship to the horse.

Word quickly spread about this unique system of longeing horses and magazines like EQUUS and Practical Horseman arrived on campus document this innovative training system.

Soon Jim and I were crisscrossing the United States giving clinics on The Language of the Horse, The Art of Free Longeing and Tackless Training.

Dancing in Space was published in a California horse magazine after we did a demonstration during the Bank of America's Horse Expo in Fresno, CA. At that point, we decided to develop a series of articles explaining Free Longeing. Horse and Rider originally published this series. We hope it will help you to further understand the horse. Free Longeing: Creating Movement, The Turn, Come To Me, Stop, Back and Rollbacks, From the Ground to the Back.

A video Clip showing the basic elements of Free Longeing  is available.