by Patrick Witbrod | Apr 7, 2014 | Articles, News
Parkour is often associated with fear and for good reason. Fear affects many aspects of parkour. It can keep you safe but it can also keep you from improving or even getting started. The first kind of fear is the protective fear. This is the fear that keeps you from...
by Trevor de Groot | Apr 3, 2014 | Articles, News
Recently I took a trip to California to hangout with some friends, get out of the snow and to check out the Tempest Pro Takeover. Overall, the trip was a fantastic experience that allowed me to learn a lot about parkour, see new teaching styles and experience other...
by Patrick Witbrod | Mar 3, 2014 | Articles, News
Usefulness. Everyone wants to be useful don’t they? A fairer statement may be that no one wants to be useless. What is useful? Different people have different definitions of the word useful. A traceur should have one definition, helpful in any situation that requires...
by Chad Zwadlo | Jan 31, 2014 | Articles, News
Parkour is often considered a discipline and compared to martial arts in it’s training. I have my own personal thoughts on this…and I figured I’d share. My Background in Martial Arts As a young kid, I tried a bunch of traditional American sports. I was in a softball...
by Travis Graves | Jan 9, 2014 | Articles, Workouts
A thorough warm-up is essential for both effective strength-training and efficient intraday recovery. Light exercise is the best tool for improved recovery in-between hard workouts. Light jogging, hiking, swimming, or easy Parkour followed by a thorough stretching...
by Patrick Witbrod | Jan 1, 2014 | Articles
Setting goals can be difficult. Setting parkour specific goals can even harder. Where do you begin? What should you measure? What are good goals? Does it even matter? We hope to help you answer those questions with this article. Does goal-setting matter? Goals are...
