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
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
Well Rounded Athlete Interview
My good friend and colleague at Parkour Generations, Chris ‘Blane’ Rowat, and I had the pleasure of being grilled by
Elite Training Programs Interview
This was a great discussion with Wes Kennedy of Elite Training Programs, a USA based strength and conditioning group of
Stop Chasing Pain Interview
It was a real pleasure to be interviewed by the hugely knowledgeable and downright likeable Dr Perry Nickelston of StopChasingPain.com
The Jack Butler Interview
Talking to Jack Butler for his fantastic ‘Agents of Conscious Change’ website was special not only because of the great
SpartanUp! Podcast
One of my favourite chats so far has been with the team behind the phenomenon that is the Spartan Race,
Parkour: Primitive Sophistication
Parkour – that explosive visual spectacle of superhuman movement feats you now see in every Hollywood action movie and TV
The Barefoot Athlete: Movement from the Ground Up
The human foot is a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art – Leonardo Da Vinci I recently had
The Incomparable Chainstore Gym
When the manager of our still-new London training facility, the Chainstore, asked me to write a retrospective piece for the
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’;
Confidence in Movement – The Mental Edge
Having confidence in our skills and abilities is vital in the practice of parkour, and yet this is certainly one
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?
