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When You Lose It
I don’t particularly like sharing things when I am in the middle of them. I prefer to work them out myself, get an overview and then share the conclusion when I have learned from it.But there is a...
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Talent
I’ve just read a very interesting book.It’s titled ‘Bounce: The Myth of Talent” by Matthew Syed, and was picked up almost entirely on a whim while scrabbling around for something to read on the train....
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Mindful parkour
Have you ever realised you were just racing through your daily activities, rushing from one thing to the next, multitasking, cramming in the tasks of everyday life? Perhaps you were only able to...
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Parkour Intelligence?
Intelligence can be measured in many different ways. For most of the 20th Century, and often still today, this took the form of IQ tests which normally involved analytical exercises. But in the 1970s...
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Work Hard and Be Kind
Work hard and be kind Work hard and be kind is one of few life rules I try to live by.Both move you forward.But when life gets hectic, one of them can fool you into feeling it’s the only force you...
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The Benefits of Risk
Risk, and our society's increasing aversion to it, is becoming a hotly debated topic these days. And rightly so: there is no doubt that knee-jerk reactions of statutory bodies in many countries to the...
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In or Out: The Dangers of Moving Indoors.
It looks like parkour, sounds like parkour, is called parkour... it must be parkour, right?Wrong.blogImage: read more
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Breaking the Jump: The Heart of Parkour
For the last few years one of the workshops I’ve delivered at events and seminars around the world has been entitled Breaking the Jump, which is designed to focus on that aspect of parkour /...
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Fit for Purpose
What’s the point of being fit? Have you ever asked yourself this simple question?Many would say it’s to ensure we have a long, wholesome life; some kind of biological duty to our own bodies, to stay in...
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Perception
It’s often been said that parkour changes the way you look at your surroundings. You might observe features of the environment that would perhaps go unnoticed to the non-traceur: the gap between two...
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The importance of travel within the parkour experience
So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. -Mark TwainblogImage: read more
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Filippo's Thoughts
Filippo Coen from Milan in Italy recently joined us for a few months in London to train and explore the city. He has now returned to Milan and his team the Milan Monkeys and lately has been...
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Deferring Sensation
Here's two scenarios, tell me if they seem familiar to you: 1) You're out running, and you've picked up the pace to try and beat your previous time over a distance. You're running faster than you're...
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Is Hard Work Overrated?
Recently, I’ve been asked on an interview about the relationship between talent versus training. Does one overcome the other? That intrigued me. It’s quite obvious that the Parkour level is growing...
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Parkour: Way of the Pathfinder
I will not die an unlived life. I will not live in fear of falling or catching fire. I choose to inhabit my days, to allow my living to open me, to make me less afraid, more accessible; to loosen my...
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Our Wild Nature
“Moderation?” He leaped on the desk, like an evangelist. “It’s mediocrity, fear, and confusion in disguise. It’s the devil’s reasonable deception. It’s the wobbling compromise that makes no one happy....
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Completion not Complacency
I spent the first 3 months of the year in Gambia working on a voluntary media project and whilst there, I discovered great potential for training locations. Most of my spent time was spent working but...
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The Adventure of Parkour
What is parkour? For me it's simple. It is a warrior's art. It demands your all and makes no apologies. It expects your best and accepts nothing less. It's a personal journey toward self-mastery,...
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