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Saturday, February 28, 2009
4:48 AM

How to be good at Parkour

Don't be mistaken
I still have a long way to go and I'm insatiable when it comes to my abilities
It's all about goals, and you have to be willing to achieve that goal no matter what, you need to have the drive, determination, and discipline to make something out of yourself.If you want to become good in Parkour your sole reason can't be to "be good", "be better than people" or "Get stronger". You need to make Parkour your life if you intend to be good at it, almost to the point where you hold it's importance above all others. Of course this doesn't mean hold this above your friends, family or any one you may care for. I don't mean this in a physical sense only at all, not by a long shot. To progress, the ideas and mindset of Parkour need to be engraved in your soul. You can get strong, you can get fast, you can learn and make yourself agile enough to move over obstacles, but if you have no direction, if you have no mindset, if you have no goal, what are you running for? You must find a direction, and go for it with every fiber of your being. Sure there will be times in training that you don't train hard, maybe not train at all, but just know that even though you may not be moving physically, or conditioning that you don't need to move your body to train your mind.On the physical side when you do train though do it SAFELY, SMART, and as hard as you can, as often as you can. Don't be in a rush, it only leads to injury. Listen to your body there is a thin line between progressing and destroying your body, but you must learn to know the difference, know when the only thing keeping your from a movement is your rational and irrational fear, you can train your body to achieve amazing things but it takes time. Showing discipline and staying healthy is more important than making due with an injury. Try and Emphasize these things in your training; Silence, sound is a byproduct of wasted energy, less sound, less wasted energy; Control, not just in your body but in ALL things; Precision, think what your body is doing in EVERYTHING, master your body, train to make it do what you want as often as possible, reach for perfection.
Train often but listen to your body, not resting does more harm than good to your body.
There may be a time when you will be sore and you may have to use what you train though so make your training thorough, you will not always have the luxury of being at the top of your present abilities if you have to use what you've learned, train yourself in bad circumstances, STAY SAFE, but train them to be ready.
Awareness is also very important, try and be aware of your surroundings as often as possible, people, places, etc. TAKE CARE OF YOUR BODY.
More than anything you must show discipline, you may have the ability to do any number of things but that doesn't mean you always should.
Discretion and Courtesy show mastery of emotions, this is important.
You can't just focus on the physical manifestation of Parkour, to truly excel you must make it a part of you, make it a part of your mind, body and soul.
Achieving this, making yourself as whole as possible, as able as possible, for not only yourself but for OTHERS. Love, Hope, Discipline...this is what drives me.
This is a constant road, a hard road, one you most likely will never find the end to but thats the beauty of it.

Adapted from Jereme Sanders

Pain is temporal

How to be good at Parkour

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