Well, full disclosure first...this is one of those blog writings that are written in a slightly uninspired phase, so I had to really think about what I have been up to recently to try to find something to write about. Unfortunately, winter training can be a bit unexciting at times.

Work hard and be kind

Work hard and be kind is one of few life rules I try to live by.

Both move you forward.

But when life gets hectic, one of them can fool you into feeling it’s the only force you should feed.

Be strong to be useful. For sure. For that I have to work hard.

And being useful is many things, one of them being kind.

First of all, go and watch the amazing TED talk attached below.

I’d liked to touch on what I believe is one of the more important aspects of training for athletes. Conditioning. Yes, training your particular sport is equally important!  However, if your body isn’t prepared for the sport, then longevity in the sport is unlikely. You won’t see gains without putting in a little effort! I’ll keep this short, as there is a vast amount of detail that could be introduced and maybe I’ll flesh this out in future posts.

Back at the end of May at American Rendezvous 2, Dan held a module “Breaking Jumps: Psychology of Conquering Fears”. The aim of the module was to have each person attending find a single jump that would bring out the fear. The module was excellent and really illustrated the important of pushing one's comfort zone.

So, most of the information you can find on this website, or any other parkour related website, is obviously about.....parkour, right? Well, yeah that's a no brainer. You want to learn how to jump better, or climb-up faster. Maybe add a few flips into your movement, who knows? But recently, what I've been personally discovering more is how helpful it could be to broaden your mind in the art of movement. So I'm going to be a bit unorthodox and advise you to stop drilling jumps now and then go learn something new.

As I have recently started teaching weekly classes in Southern California, I have received similar questions along the lines of

“How can I get myself to do a jump?”

Hello there. I’m Bruno Rachacuca from Brazil and this is my first blog post on the new Parkour Generations website. I’ve been living and training in London for some months now and I will share with you some of the lessons I’ve been learning with my training peers. Plus, I will be posting in both english and portuguese.

2010, Parkour is known all over the world ! One of my dreams came true... We can see practitioners every where, people are more and more used to see people "jumping around". The discipline is growing quickly, so quickly, and what I am trying to do is to help passing on this art to the future generations...