Had a great time chatting to Kie Piccio of Personal Transformation TV for his Athletic Sports Show. We covered a fair amount of ground, ranging from my experience with martial arts; parkour and movement practice; competition in sport and more. At the end of the day, all knowledge is self knowledge. Being aware of this […]
Tag Archives: Parkour
October
25
The Value of Injury
posted by Dan
There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so – Hamlet, William Shakespeare If you’re naive enough to believe you can get the best out of your body (and, therefore, your life) without the risk of injury at some stage, you’re living in a fantasy. Either that or you’re happy to settle […]
September
21
Endurance Junkie Podcast Interview
posted by Dan
Real pleasure talking to Peter Brees at Endurance Junkie Podcast about parkour, holistic movement, training for life and varying movement to help specialised endurance athletes avoid injury. Check it out! http://www.junkiepodcast.com/episodes/58-dan-edwardes/
August
04
A Philosophy of Coaching
posted by Dan
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 is more than just passing on knowledge and information, and it’s far more than just facilitating training sessions or activating participants. Coaching is a high-level human interaction skill, and as […]
July
23
Coaching Cues: The C6
posted by Dan
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 always teach new coaches the C6 rule – and ask them to check their cueing against these 6 simple standards. So when cueing, ask yourself the following six simple questions […]
May
09
The Hero Forge Interview
posted by Dan
Had a great time discussing the transformative practice that is parkour on The Hero Forge Podcast recently. Well worth subscribing. https://www.theheroforge.org/podcast/2017/4/9/episode-009-parkour-as-an-heroic-path
January
16
Move well then move fast and well.
posted by Dan
Arguably the most important element of training for any discipline, goal or task is to be able to carry out the requisite movements with as much efficiency and as little stress on the body as possible. This is known as biomechanical fitness and is the ability of your entire system (bones, fascia, ligaments, tendons, muscles) […]
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