Resilience in Motion
Is your own training defeating you? Growing up in the martial arts, I encountered so many teachers who were broken.
Category: Parkour
Why Parkour is Perfect for Schools – 21CL Interview
Had a great chat with Michael Boll of 21st Century Learning about why parkour is the perfect antidote to inactivity
The Value of Injury
There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so – Hamlet, William Shakespeare If you’re naive enough
A Philosophy of Coaching
One of the topics we focus on in our education programme, ADAPT, is the importance of analysing and developing your
Coaching Cues: The C6
CUE-JUTSU #6 When it comes to cueing for coaching movement you’ve got to get it right. And there’s a
Move well then move fast and well.
Arguably the most important element of training for any discipline, goal or task is to be able to carry out
Cue-Jutsu: Six Vital Pointers for Cueing as a Movement Coach
The very best coaches understand this simple truth: what you say and how you say it matters. A lot. Good
Why Extreme Sports Aren’t Extreme
It’s a very cool title isn’t it: Extreme Sports! Often seen with a dropped ‘E’ so you get some form
Why You Need To Mind Your Movement
What I have learned over the years of training is that no matter how you evolve your body it really
Spring-Loaded: Why Parkour Jumps Work
One question I’ve been asked countless times over the years by fitness professionals, physiotherapists, sport scientists and general public alike
Stop Deconstructing: Start Moving!
The deconstruction of movement in the fitness industry is rife. I’ve encountered so many ‘experts’ and methods that reduce what
Practical Movement over Functional Fitness
The buzzword ‘functional’ has become so misused that it now means next to nothing, and for effective training I favour practical movement over functional fitness any day of the week.
No Easy Jumps
It is quite common for us as practitioners of parkour, I think, having broken a new jump or mastered a
Move Like a Human: Why You Shouldn’t Exercise.
You ready for this? You need to stop exercising. And you need to start moving instead. What do I mean
Parkour: Primitive Sophistication
Parkour – that explosive visual spectacle of superhuman movement feats you now see in every Hollywood action movie and TV
