An article regarding JP written by Michel Henriquet:

The inventor of the EndotappingTM Method, Jean Philippe (JP) Giacomini, a French ecuyer living in the USA, was in France in March 2014 to present the results of his research on the education and the biomechanics of the horse.

JP gave a 3 day clinic at “La Panetiere” in Autouillet near Paris, the stables of 2013 French Dressage Champion Catherine and her husband and coach Michel Henriquet. Mr. Henriquet, a famed equestrian scholar and author, dressage trainer and premier disciple of Master Nuno Oliveira, gives us his impressions of this innovative training method used to prepare horses for classical dressage and practically any other equestrian sport. JP Giacomini provides us with details of its technical background. by JP Leon, riding instructeur, sport professor & organizer of the clinic.

I noticed Jean Philippe because of his sharp curiosity, obvious intelligence and great determination. I directed him toward the Master in Portugal where he spent a few years, first with Oliveira himself and later with Dom Jose Athayde [Founding Head Rider of the Portuguese School] at the National Stud of Alter [where the horses of the School are raised]. After a stay in England where he trained international sport horses with great success, he settled finally in the USA.

He is a man that studies the writings of ancient masters as well as modern science in Michel Henriquet: 

"I have known Jean Philippe Giacomini for about 50 years. He first visited me at my stables in Bailly with his mentor Georges Caubet, recently departed. He assured me that it was on that occasion that he started his quest for a horsemanship marked by balance, impulsion and lightness which he has pursued his entire career. This happened a few years after my discovery of the existence and talent of Master Nuno Oliveira. A number of the young riders who came by my riding arena after 1965 were looking for a path between the vacuum of French dressage and the heaviness of the German style."