Often we do not like what we encounter in daily life. We rather look forward to the weekend or the next vacation. This tedious task that health issue that rude person. All of those are annoyances, pet-peeves at best and…
Whenever you watch “daredevil” and “stunts” or in other words parkour and freerunning videos on YouTube you might be tempted to read the comments below. Big mistake! It’s not just trolls though. Among the many who express their awe and…
In case you don’t know who Andy Day aka Kiell is I can’t blame you. He’s a modest down-to-earth kind of guy not a celebrity on Instagram or something. Yet in case you have seen some good parkour/freerunning photos in…
Most people live life habitually. What does it mean? It means people in the “civilized” or western world perform the same tasks every day. Westerners walk the same paths and see the same things day in day out. It’s not…
Move and the way will open – Zen Proverb When I was younger I sometimes wished to live at the ocean or in the mountains. I envied those who could surf or snowboard all the time. At the same time…
Until the age of 25 the youthful body grows. We can eat a lot and we won’t get fat until we overindulge and stay on the couch all the time. We move for fun and moving actually is fun because…
Reading the bio’s of many well known parkour practitioners or freerunners you start wondering whether they were simply born for this and you weren’t. Freerunners seem to have some superior genetic predisposition for scaling walls and jumping off roofs. They…
* Fear is ever present in our modern society. Most people in rich countries live in the midst of civilization so that there is no thirst or hunger. We don’t face predators that could kill us. Even the risk to…
You grow physically and mentally with the obstacles you overcome. You become stronger and more resilient. The more you improve the more unique your path while training and in real life will be. Most of us have been raised to…