Situational Movement
Parkour is, in truth, an adaptive movement concept; we shape our movement at any given moment to fit a given situation, which leads to infinite variability and endless application.
Author: Dan
Dan is a founder and director of Parkour Generations, the world’s leading and multi-award winning professional parkour organisation with operations in Europe, the Americas and Asia.
An expert in various fighting arts, he is also a Cambridge University Scholar and the author of several books, as well as being the co-creator of the global A.D.A.P.T™ and Parkour Fitness Specialist™ Certifications and a founder of the International Federation, FIADD, and the only national governing body for the discipline, Parkour UK.
Dan regularly presents and teaches at seminars and conferences around the world, and when not training spends his time adventuring, exploring and remembering to breathe.
The Future of Functional Fitness
The future of functional fitness is an evolution into functional movement. We see this already in the explosion of more complex movement practices like parkour happening all over the world and being adopted slowly by the mainstream fitness world. Organisms are not machines, and the era of training them like machines will give way to an age of treating them like organisms, leading to longer healthspans, fewer injuries and even greater potential
Le Parkour – An Overview
We all harbour immense potential for extraordinary activity. We all possess the innate ability to move with the seemingly superhuman attributes that parkour develops. The truth is, of course, that there is nothing superhuman about these activities – and there are no secrets either. Diligent, intelligent practice and focused, regular training will bring about the realisation of this potential.
Risk and Reward
Stretching yourself is vital. Not the yoga kind, though – here I’m referring to stretching your abilities in movement and
Why You Should Take Your Training Outdoors
Complex movement is not just a physical exercise, but a cognitive one.
Industry Leaders Interview
An honour to be featured by The Industry Leaders with this short interview on my own journey and some thoughts on leadership.
Check them out, they have some great people on there who present some solid insights.
A Reminder
More than anything, this past year has been a powerful reminder of the significance of adaptability and the value of the growth mindset.
Make Your Life Your Practice
Every movement you make, every thought you have, every decision you take fires a sequence of neurons which, over time, build movement engrams, the neurological blueprints for complex actions…
Effortlessness Requires Effort
Motivating yourself is easy at the start, or when you are in phases of obvious progress: the process in itself is the reward at such times. But it won’t always be this way. ..
Jumping is not bad for your joints; jumping badly is.
Impact can and should be a positive stressor for the body, promoting bone growth and improved density and creating healthy
The Cardinal Principle of Training
Understand that true mastery can only come from deep immersion within a practice. It has to become part of who you are…
Your Mind is not Always Your Friend
The mind is the most slippery of opponents, and the most cunning, and the most persistent…
Play is Serious Business
Play will help refresh your mental processes, giving your mind a much-needed break from daily routines that can become all too monotonous and repetitive, slowly eating away at your resolve and enthusiasm for life.
A Warrior’s Art
It asks you difficult questions; probes your weak spots; identifies the parts that are broken. Then it demands that you fix them..
Train As An Individual, Not Just An Athlete
the greatest practices humans have yet created are those which train the entire individual, not just the athlete in us.
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