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?
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,
The Importance of Exposure
Have you noticed how more and more of your life is managed, and managed by someone or something else? Managed
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
On Coaching: The Feedback Loop
Coaching is a hard thing to do well. That’s something we’ve learned over the last decade or so of passing
The Fat Burning Man Interview – Chatting to Abel James
Recently I had the distinct pleasure of chatting to Abel James for his number 1 health and fitness podcast show
Learning the Language of Movement
Movement is like language: to be able to utilise it you must understand the alphabet, know how to organise letters
On Functional Movement: A Review of the Idea World Fitness Convention
This past week has seen us introducing parkour in various ways to one of the world’s largest annual professional fitness
The Business of Parkour: A Question of Principle (or How to Resist the Red-Bullion)
It was the final Q&A session following a talk I’d given to a corporate group of a few hundred people
Parkour and the Development of Human Potential
For as long as records have existed, people have found ways to improve their movement abilities. Indeed, the human drive
Stealth: The Art of Making Silence
How often have you stopped simply to listen to the world around you? Indeed, how often have you actually listened to
Dan Edwardes 