If I recall correctly he stated his method of training piaffe was to put on big spurs and jab the horse in the belly! This is not something that needs to be relayed to the dressage world 
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This is a really good point. Who would write a book giving excruciating detail of failure after failure, even if it allows you to shift the blame onto others? You rightfully point out it should be the other way round: cursory retelling of failures (based, as they are, entirely upon the nefarious actions of others and never your own inadequacies) peppered in among the details of your successes, tips, and methods. But, I guess if one hasn’t any successes that can be detailed and supported with evidence, My Big Book of Failures is it!
PS: I am slowly reading through this old thread and I must say I am white-hot angry at you people. Here I am, 7 years after this thread was created, unable to get “I Got Them Dressage Skillz” out of my head. 
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Wow.
Think about how much he could have done in seven years if he only admitted that we all need instruction.
The amazing things he could have learned. The fun he could have had with horses.
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To my knowledge, there are two places in the United States you can go to learn how to train the airs: the Tempel Lipizzans in IL, and Paul Belasik in PA. AFAIK, Mr. Belasik has not had a horse capable of airs since Excelso passed. In both cases, you have to actually be able to ride in order to get to the point where you will be allowed to assist.
NP worked with neither, so it’s a moot point.
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But now he knows what names to toss around next time he is making a proclamation about his greatness.
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Fortunately, both places document their working students and employees, and would be very happy to disavow him. Having been a lowly working student at Tempel many moons ago, I would be thrilled to let them know if he was claiming their heritage and watching them (very publicly) disavow him. He’s a known operator at this point, not hard to shrug him off, no matter how annoying he gets on SM.
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I was re-reading the Nick thread on the Free Speech Horse Forum. Someone said that Nick tried to set up a clinic in Portugal but failed. Said they have enough genuine dressage masters there already.
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Does anybody still have the infamous passage video? Does it still exist?
Do you mean the piaffe hump-a-thon? Pretty sure it still exists somewhere in here, but he took down his YouTube version.
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Is it kosher to post videos taken from his lessons? Or snippets from his training rides?
Asking for a friend. 
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Oh. Dayum.
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Well sure. They are proof of his great skills and 100% satisfaction rate from his clients, right? He’s always saying people should try a lesson with him to find out for themselves…this way everyone can see just how good a rider / instructor he is.
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That’s just wrong in so many ways. Poor Chevy.
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Nick was so proud that he accomplished this feat of horsemanship bitless.
For which I am sure Chevy was grateful. Being jabbed repeatedly in the mouth while at the same time enduring…that…pounding on his back might have been just a bridge too far for that saint of an Appy.
Whoever added the soundtrack is a comedic treasure.
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From nous: If I recall correctly he stated his method of training piaffe was to put on big spurs and jab the horse in the belly!
Didn’t he add something like “the horse’s hocks hit his belly”?
(no I haven’t mastered the whole quote other posts action 
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From years ago when he thought we were stupid…
Here it is. “Literally a pillar in my community”…
More quotes from Nick Peronace.
No reasonably intelligent person could conclude that COTH had anything to do with Nick Peronace’s issues. Sorry Mr. Peronace, you just can’t blame COTH for exposing your lies.
You put the lies out there and people noticed.
It is not the fault of the people on the COTH forums who notice that you are not qualified to teach, and that you haven’t been successful as a Grand Prix rider or trainer, though you try to sell yourself as such… It is your fault for lying about your credentials and for not trying to work on your riding since you were a teenager.
Your offers to teach “free clinics” were always very suspect, considering your dubious background and lack of credentials .
Many people have made poor decisions at some point in life. However, most people learn from their mistakes. You do not seem to be one of them.
I hope that you will give up on your fantasy of selling yourself as a “Grand Prix” trainer. Many people work hard for their money and they deserve much, much, better than being taken in by someone like you.
Do you remember from school, or perhaps your parents, that honesty is the best policy?
It really is. It brings a piece of mind that you will never have unless you find a proper job to support you family…
As long as you continue to try to make a living “teaching” in a discipline that you are so obviously unqualified for, you continue to exhibit your dishonest manner.
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