SoCal Parkour: A growing community
I wanted to provide an update of the growing parkour community in Southern California. Before I begin, the following are based solely on my own personal experience.blogImage: read more
View ArticleSimple things
I want to share something with you that makes me smile. Its something that I'm sure most of you will be able to relate to and have experienced yourself at some point. There is a grey, fairly...
View ArticleBack to the Homeland
Back to the Homeland – A brief trip to North Carolina, Virginia, and Washington D.C.blogImage: read more
View ArticleParkour without borders
Most of us take the ability to practice parkour against a relatively stable political background for granted. Though space is often contested in dense urban areas, and training perceived to be...
View ArticleA.D.A.P.T.ed
Over the past 8-weeks, I have been teaching a course at UCLA. There are two sessions per week, 1.5hr each. The course is the first of its kind in America (as far as I am aware). It mainly takes place...
View ArticleA week in Parkour Paradise.
A week in Parkour Paradise: 10 Reasons to make sure that you are at next year’s European Gathering blogImage: blogVideo: read more
View ArticleWhat is Parkour?
If you ever find yourself being interviewed by a reporter from a mainstream media outlet they will often start their interview with the following question: ‘What is Parkour?’ I have answered this...
View ArticleRailings, life and teenage crushes
When I was a teenager I was on telly every Saturday for a couple of years.I will leave it at that so I come across more famous than I am.Appearance is very important to me.You’ll see.During my GCSCs I...
View ArticleThe importance of travel within the parkour experience
So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. -Mark TwainblogImage: read more
View ArticleSo what do we pass on in our training?
It's 2013 and I'm increasingly thinking about what we pass on in our training.Thinking back to how I was introduced to Parkour- there were only a few videos online and all learning was a painstaking...
View ArticleI ♥ London
I've been incredibly fortunate to be living in London when learning Parkour as its a city that suits the discipline well. Over the last decade particularly it has seen Parkour explode and been at the...
View ArticleThe bane that is injury: Rehab through Parkour
2012/2013 has been one of the most challenging years of my Parkour career to date. Anyone who knows me will know that I picked up a shoulder injury in Kickboxing at the end of September last...
View ArticleCompletion not Complacency
I spent the first 3 months of the year in Gambia working on a voluntary media project and whilst there, I discovered great potential for training locations. Most of my spent time was spent working but...
View ArticleAndy's Story
Over the last few years I’ve given numerous talks, run various workshops and taught lots of people about how I work. I’m frequently asked for advice on how to take good parkour photographs. My answers...
View ArticleWith Open Arms
It's a beautiful evening, the sky is clear, the sun is beaming down on the multi cultural city of London and I'm on my way to meet a group of guys who are just as culturally diverse, guys from Italy,...
View ArticleBeasts in the Middle East
I recently moved from London to Abu Dhabi in the UAE and am blown away by my new city. The beach is on my doorstep, it rains about once a year and everybody is so friendly. But enough about the city; I...
View ArticleSpectacle and spirit; parkour needs better sponsors.
My position on energy drinks is not something I've kept quiet about. Before I get started, understand this: if I were a top-level athlete and an energy drink came knocking, I would have a really hard...
View ArticleNight Mission Lessons
This is a guest blog post from regular Parkour Generation's Academy student, Katie Sandford. Katie participated in the last Night Mission Challenge, and wrote the below to summarise her experience....
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