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
Category: Parkour
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
Finding Flow: Parkour, Risk and Optimal Experience
Athletes call it ‘the zone’; Maslow named it ‘peak experience’; the martial arts of Japan dubbed it mushin or ‘no-mind’;
Why I Love Parkour
I made that jump to find out who I was. And in that process of self-discovery there is growth, there is improvement, there is transformation. I know now that the person who landed was different – subtly, but significantly – from the person who took off. I had gained something, understood something about myself on an experiential level.
ADAPT: Earning the Right to Teach
Occasionally we get asked why the ADAPT Qualifications are so physically demanding, when in principle they are only coaching qualifications?
Parkour & the Play Paradigm
1. States Parties recognise the right of the child to rest and leisure, to engage in play and recreational activities
Building an Academy: Parkour in Process
For the last two months the PKGen UK team has been ensconced in East London at a mysterious location, hammering,
On Coaching: Be What You Teach
We live in a strange world. If you want to be a doctor, or a lawyer, or a shaper of
