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Être Fort Pour Être Utile

March 3, 2014

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 physical stamina, strength, balance, or agility. Our whole discipline evolved from a desire: Etre fort pour etre utile. “Be strong to be useful.” In parkour we train to overcome obstacles. We train to make the 10…

Martial Arts Vs. Parkour

January 31, 2014

Chad Zwadlo

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 league, I was on a basketball team, I did wrestling for like a week, I went to about four track practices, and I was even on a bowling league. None of this…

Thoughts On Movement and The Creative Process

January 12, 2014

Trevor de Groot

News

For my animation class we were asked to read the following article about the creative process: http://the99percent.com/articles/6695/What-We-Can-Learn-from-Babies-Experimentation-Failure-Creative-Genius When Glei wrote “The theta state is characterized by the ability to shut out the world and deeply concentrate and connect with a task at hand.” This quote really stood out to me because I feel that it relates to how I live my life, since I’ve never stopped playing. I jump around on walls for fun, play at least 7 or 8…

American Ninja Warrior is Back!

January 7, 2014

Chris Kaufhold

News

We just heard from NBC and American Ninja Warrior about the next season. Think you have what it takes to be a ninja warrior? Here are the juicy details: American Ninja Warrior is back for Season 6 and there are some exciting changes: The first being that all episodes will air on NBC only. In addition, we’ve made the application slightly shorter and we’ve cut the previously required video length in half. As always, we are looking for energetic, creative,…

Setting Goals

January 1, 2014

Patrick Witbrod

News

It’s that time of the year again. The time of the year when everyone wants to be a better person than they were last year. If that’s you GREAT. Any reason to start is a great reason. I’m happy that you want to be better. Check out this helpful guide on setting goals.