Risk and Reward
Stretching yourself is vital. Not the yoga kind, though – here I’m referring to stretching your abilities in movement and
Tag: training
Why You Should Take Your Training Outdoors
Complex movement is not just a physical exercise, but a cognitive one.
The Cardinal Principle of Training
Understand that true mastery can only come from deep immersion within a practice. It has to become part of who you are…
Your Mind is not Always Your Friend
The mind is the most slippery of opponents, and the most cunning, and the most persistent…
Become a Learning Organism
Too often we are taught to break apart the body and look at it as a series of problems; to fragment it in order to make the complexity of human movement more manageable, and injuries more fixable. But we pay a hidden and enormous price for this…
Longevity in Practice
Your journey will be unique, and no one knows your body and mind better than you, if you take the time to listen and understand. Go at your own pace. Forgive your own errors.
Put in the Groundwork
The floor is a hard, unforgiving taskmaster. But the floor never hits you – you hit the floor: so learn to control the contact and it will soften dramatically.
Programming for Humans
The best training programmes must be tailored for the recipient, and the best coaches will make sure this happens…
The Value of Injury
There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so – Hamlet, William Shakespeare If you’re naive enough
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
The Eye of the Storm: Training in Adverse Weather Conditions
It is often thought that the one true bane of all parkour practitioners is rain. Most, especially beginners, will grimace at
Fire it up! The Importance of a Good Warm-Up
Much has been made of the importance of warming-up before beginning a training session, and yet in general most people underdo
