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Posted on February 19, 2019February 19, 2019

Resilience in Motion

Is your own training defeating you?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Growing up in the martial arts, I encountered so many teachers who were broken. Worn out joints, damaged tissue, traumatic…

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Posted on August 4, 2017August 4, 2017

A Philosophy of Coaching

One of the topics we focus on in our education programme, ADAPT, is the importance of analysing and developing your own philosophy of coaching. Coaching…

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Posted on July 23, 2017July 26, 2017

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 lot to get right! I'll…

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Posted on May 1, 2016May 1, 2016

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 of X-treme or X-awesome or…

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Posted on February 15, 2016April 13, 2016

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 means very little unless you…

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Posted on January 23, 2016January 26, 2016

Undoing the Architecture of Fear

Fear is an edifice we build within ourselves. Unless you’re inhuman, you know fear. It’s natural. It’s healthy. It’s a survival mechanism designed to warn…

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Posted on October 12, 2015January 25, 2016

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 are the most natural and…

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Posted on September 24, 2015August 5, 2016

The Art of the Hero

I think a hero is any person really intent on making this a better place for all people. Maya Angelou I was raised on tales…

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Posted on August 1, 2015January 25, 2016

Nature’s Athletes: Adapt or Die

Here’s a truth I want everyone who doubts their physical and mental potential to keep at the forefront of their mind: beneath the shell of…

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Posted on May 19, 2015September 23, 2015

The Natural Born Heroes Tour

Several years ago the world of running experienced a seismic shockwave that was the emergence of barefoot running, which has gone on to spawn the…

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Posted on January 10, 2015October 27, 2015

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’; most recently it has been…

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Posted on November 17, 2013October 1, 2015

The Importance of Exposure

Have you noticed how more and more of your life is managed, and managed by someone or something else? Managed spaces, managed social networks, managed…

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