 the canter is very much like a wave and it's a three beat gate so one two three one two three one two three one if I wanted to speed him up I would ride with a little more energy into the motion and if I wanted to slow him down I would sit against the motion all the while though I'm keeping this rolling rhythm through my body and that's really important so when I slow him down I don't just quit riding I just ride that wave back back back back back back back back so it's important you keep that canter rhythm and then same thing when I ride him forward I'm keeping the rhythm and I roll it roll it roll it forward forward forward forward so there's a rhythm that I'm doing this with it and then when he's in the canter that I'd like him to be in then I'm going to just maintain and I'm going to harmonize with that so I'm quietly riding that wave in rhythm in unity with him