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A person should be strong →

Published January 28, 2015  ·  All posts on Jan 28  ·  ,

This entry is part 11 of 72 in the series My Journey

It suggests that a person should aim to be strong, but not just in a physical sense. They should aim to be resilient, free thinking, confident and yet remain humble. They should learn to be self-sufficient and useful to their loved ones and they should be aiming to always progress in some way.

~ Chris Rowat, from «http://www.parkourgenerations.com/node/9399»

Written to have 5 parts, plus the introduction, he’s only completed two parts so far. But if parkour/art d’déplacement/free running you love, read this you must.

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True friendship →

Published January 14, 2015  ·  All posts on Jan 14  ·  

True friendship develops not as a result of money or power, but on the basis of genuine human affection.

~ Dalai Lama

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This tweet appeared the day I returned from training at the Académie Québécoise d’Art du Déplacement. Clearly I’m becoming a softie in my middling years, but I felt a real connection to the many people I had the privilege of training with. They were strong, humble, joyful, welcoming, and so much more.

On commence ensemble; On finit ensemble.
Art du Deplacement – Force, Dignite, Partage

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What’s the constant? →

Published January 13, 2015  ·  All posts on Jan 13  ·  ,

This entry is part 10 of 72 in the series My Journey

This change really seperates people. It’s not going to be like it used to be. You can’t ‘go back to training’ as you once did. That one Jam that you remember is a small part of your whole experience that you remember fondly. It’s one highlight in a long journey, which isn’t just highlights. What’s the constant in these memories?

It’s Parkour.

~ Chris Grant, from Change

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Pennsylvania Parkour →

Published January 8, 2015  ·  All posts on Jan 8  ·  ,

Our host Julia rep’ing Pennsylvania Parkour. Two hour en Francais; Vincent chewed us up. I’m stealing all his QM warmups.

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Quebec on Thursday! →

Published January 5, 2015  ·  All posts on Jan 5  ·  

Is there a word for: “excited to meet new people, train in a new place, and freeze to death, all at the same time.” That’s how I feel.

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5 things about kids →

Published January 3, 2015  ·  All posts on Jan 3  ·  

My coaching style was akin to playing a game of “whack-a-mole” at an arcade, quickly reacting to every behavior deviation I was unswervingly causing due to my lack of experience.

~ Brett Klika from, «http://brettklika.com/5-things-about-kids/»

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History of physical fitness →

Published December 23, 2014  ·  All posts on Dec 23  ·  

Fitness, as we know it today, seems to be a relatively modern invention – something that started vaguely in the 70s with jogging and Jazzercise. But physical exercise obviously goes back much further than that, to a time where people wouldn’t have thought of it as working out, but rather a way of life. Centuries and millennia ago, they did not have all the machines and weights and gyms that we have today, and yet they were in better shape than we are. To understand why this is, how we got to our modern fitness culture, and what we have lost along the way, it’s helpful to take a look at the history of exercise.

~ Erwan Le Corre from, The History of Physical Fitness

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Preemptive: About the movie Tracers →

Published December 14, 2014  ·  All posts on Dec 14  ·  

Preemptive: To all my friends. Yes, I know about the movie “Tracers”. No, I have nothing nice to say about it. Imagine Hollywood used a generic formula to paste your favorite thing onto the big screen; Do you think you would enjoy it? Right. It pretty much highlights all the negative aspects of Parkour, and casts Parkour in a bad light. (That’s just my opinion of course.)

History of Parkour →

Published December 3, 2014  ·  All posts on Dec 3  ·  

Truth is, there is no consensus on this. And – which really hefts a giant spanner into the works – you can’t just go and ask the founding father because this great movement is pretty damn far from being a nuclear family, 2.4 kids and all the rest. No. This child has had a whole host of surrogate step-parents influencing its development down through the years, the centuries, indeed even through the millennia. It has drawn on many sources, supped on inspiration from all over, and drunk from a hundred different cups as it has evolved – and by no means is this process over.

~ From, History of ADD / Parkour / Freerunning

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I’ve heard a mind-boggling number or ridiculous things about Parkour. If you EVER have the opportunity to talk about Parkour, please go read this. If this doesn’t fit with your view of history… great! Now you know.

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Coaches must possess character →

Published October 7, 2014  ·  All posts on Oct 7  ·  , ,

One of the great myths in America is that sports build character. They can and they should. Indeed, sports may be the perfect venue in which to build character. But sports don’t build character unless a coach possesses character and intentionally teaches it.

~ Joe Ehrmann from, Joe Ehrmann – Wikipedia

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