I wanted to post this before I forgot about it.
I banged my knee earlier this week and it was a rather big bruise but nothing bad, I'm fine now.
During the time of my injury me and my friends found a lot of cool new spots to practice. My friend josh has really deidcated himself to Parkour and other people have joined along our Parkour group which is nice.
However I realised today that although it is nice to have company this is my journey. I am knowing what kind of person I am in Parkour which is mainly independant even in the presance of company.
So I started thinking of the bigger movements I am thinking of trying and it made me smile when I thought back to myself.
"It is possible."
So I have my new areas to practice I am getting stronger but thats all up to me I have decided how much more I wanna take this but understanding that this is something I can only do myself.
My friends will be there to support me but what I wanna accomplish is a more personal decision.
What also triggered this was me being nervous due to new pair of shoes and my recovering knee but then I just said.
"Pike shut up and do it."
And that was it :)
Saturday, 22 August 2009
Sunday, 16 August 2009
Week update
This week has been an intensive one. I have been out training Parkour with my friends 5 hours everyday for 6 days straight.
I feel my hamstrings tightening up blisters on my feet and the aching of the muscles all over my neck and back. I won't be going out tomorrow :P.
This week has been good lots of practcing of movments, bounding, kong precisions, running precisions, rail precisions. Fluidity has been one thing also. I need the rest but today was very good.
I managed to land several nice wallflips on solid concrete on a straight wall, also pulling of a 180 front flip of a small ledge. I was rather pleased with myself :) I shall be filming my 2009 vid which should take place Friday.
I feel my hamstrings tightening up blisters on my feet and the aching of the muscles all over my neck and back. I won't be going out tomorrow :P.
This week has been good lots of practcing of movments, bounding, kong precisions, running precisions, rail precisions. Fluidity has been one thing also. I need the rest but today was very good.
I managed to land several nice wallflips on solid concrete on a straight wall, also pulling of a 180 front flip of a small ledge. I was rather pleased with myself :) I shall be filming my 2009 vid which should take place Friday.
Tuesday, 4 August 2009
Parkour in my early days
Yer I came back to Weymouth due to saving money and the cut on my knee which will take a few days to heal. But I couldn't get my head around the emotions I felt after seeing Ariel so many memories of my 14 year old self who was inspired and look up to him came back to me.
So I decided to post a more detailed example of my Parkour journey between the months of augest and november 2006 not just the Parkour but the events that happened outside of the Parkour which I think it influanced.
So I started Parkour in June and I will admit I had very low confeidence but Parkour then wasn't a full commitment it was a hobbie of mine that become a large part of my life and everything else that followed in my life was like part of my Parkour journey.
So as I started Parkour I become stronger my muscles started to show I became more socially involved with more people as well as girls. Even when with a girl being with them was like them becoming part of my Parkour journey which then was my life. Looking back at my Parkour it was kinda like discovering a super power I was very open about it and I was know to do Parkour all the time it was in my nature. However now although it is something I do alot! and spend time practicing even if it is just working out in my bedroom I am more secretive about it.
If I go to meet up with some friends to have a drink or become involved with someone my Parkour in my mind switches of.
So pretty much my Parkour lifestyle has an on and off button these day depending on my what kind of crowd I am in. I am alot less social now than I was 3 years ago.
Back then when I started year 10 I would go out call on my friends either Clarky or Tulloch and meet up with others up town and we would do Parkour. However even when we went to the connaughty youth club to see our non Parkour friends I would still be in that state of mind. I could be at home playing my xbox and still be in the Parkour state of mind.
During the autum of 2006 I started taking more risks in Parkour, Clarky and the other guys would take it more serious and we found ourselves meeting up with people from different towns learning new things about Parkour new ways to move. I remeber every sunday I would have some form of cuts and bruises to my leg area in which I prayed my knee was ok to move so I could do Parkour during my school break.
As I mentioned before the Parkour state of mind never switched of then I wouldnt warm up it was simply konging over the walls and kong to cats or pop vaults. Now I never do Parkour without warming up for at least 10 minutes.
I remeber I could be at home playing away at my xbox after a Parkour session then Clarky would be knocking on my door asking if I was coming out to train. Even at 1 degrees duirng a cold October night I said sure. Duirng haloween of 2006 after people being round my house because I usally ran what we called "halo jams." which meant 8 people on 2 xboxs playing halo. That night me and clarky knowing the risks that police where about we went out and done Parkour.
I remeber seeing Skelderz near the shops area. Clarky and I listened to him talk indepth about Parkour if I were to see him now I would say to him. that everything he said became true to me later on.
So the reason I wrote this is I notice after seeing Ariel and my Parkour performances in the past 2 months how much I have grown in my journey as well as a human being. It's strange having memories of me being a 14 year old who went about doing Parkour not knowing any of the physical aspects to it like I do now. It's strange how I had all these older more experianced tracures like Ariel and Skelderz telling me there perspective from there journey only being able to relate to it now. Everything back then was so different but so nice :).
So I decided to post a more detailed example of my Parkour journey between the months of augest and november 2006 not just the Parkour but the events that happened outside of the Parkour which I think it influanced.
So I started Parkour in June and I will admit I had very low confeidence but Parkour then wasn't a full commitment it was a hobbie of mine that become a large part of my life and everything else that followed in my life was like part of my Parkour journey.
So as I started Parkour I become stronger my muscles started to show I became more socially involved with more people as well as girls. Even when with a girl being with them was like them becoming part of my Parkour journey which then was my life. Looking back at my Parkour it was kinda like discovering a super power I was very open about it and I was know to do Parkour all the time it was in my nature. However now although it is something I do alot! and spend time practicing even if it is just working out in my bedroom I am more secretive about it.
If I go to meet up with some friends to have a drink or become involved with someone my Parkour in my mind switches of.
So pretty much my Parkour lifestyle has an on and off button these day depending on my what kind of crowd I am in. I am alot less social now than I was 3 years ago.
Back then when I started year 10 I would go out call on my friends either Clarky or Tulloch and meet up with others up town and we would do Parkour. However even when we went to the connaughty youth club to see our non Parkour friends I would still be in that state of mind. I could be at home playing my xbox and still be in the Parkour state of mind.
During the autum of 2006 I started taking more risks in Parkour, Clarky and the other guys would take it more serious and we found ourselves meeting up with people from different towns learning new things about Parkour new ways to move. I remeber every sunday I would have some form of cuts and bruises to my leg area in which I prayed my knee was ok to move so I could do Parkour during my school break.
As I mentioned before the Parkour state of mind never switched of then I wouldnt warm up it was simply konging over the walls and kong to cats or pop vaults. Now I never do Parkour without warming up for at least 10 minutes.
I remeber I could be at home playing away at my xbox after a Parkour session then Clarky would be knocking on my door asking if I was coming out to train. Even at 1 degrees duirng a cold October night I said sure. Duirng haloween of 2006 after people being round my house because I usally ran what we called "halo jams." which meant 8 people on 2 xboxs playing halo. That night me and clarky knowing the risks that police where about we went out and done Parkour.
I remeber seeing Skelderz near the shops area. Clarky and I listened to him talk indepth about Parkour if I were to see him now I would say to him. that everything he said became true to me later on.
So the reason I wrote this is I notice after seeing Ariel and my Parkour performances in the past 2 months how much I have grown in my journey as well as a human being. It's strange having memories of me being a 14 year old who went about doing Parkour not knowing any of the physical aspects to it like I do now. It's strange how I had all these older more experianced tracures like Ariel and Skelderz telling me there perspective from there journey only being able to relate to it now. Everything back then was so different but so nice :).
Monday, 3 August 2009
Parkour, travelling, injuries, reunions and looking back
Well in the last few weeks I have gone to Aberdeen which was ok :) no as good as I imagined but still very good then I spent a week in Weymouth doing alot of Parkour trainig both with friends and on my own with good progression.
I then went back to Corby to see my old friends and since being in Corby I have seen man of my old friends.
I also bumped into Ariel whilst I was training and to my shock he could still pull of his flips it was very good to see him again. Each time I see im it reminds of when I was younger around 14 years old looking up to him and others.
Now I follow my own journey with many inspirations but I become my own inspiration as I suprise myself round every corner of my journey.
Sadley even though I'm progression well overcoming obstacles and performing movements that suprise me evrytime but somehow appear natrual to me I did injure my knee earlier today.
I was doing a fairly large kong to cat which I manage to do several times which then I continued onto another obstacle keeping the movement going I banged my knee of the first wall whilst doing the kong to cat again thinking I had it under control. The cut along my knee isn't bad but it will take 2 or so days to heal.
I learnt my lesson ^_^
I then went back to Corby to see my old friends and since being in Corby I have seen man of my old friends.
I also bumped into Ariel whilst I was training and to my shock he could still pull of his flips it was very good to see him again. Each time I see im it reminds of when I was younger around 14 years old looking up to him and others.
Now I follow my own journey with many inspirations but I become my own inspiration as I suprise myself round every corner of my journey.
Sadley even though I'm progression well overcoming obstacles and performing movements that suprise me evrytime but somehow appear natrual to me I did injure my knee earlier today.
I was doing a fairly large kong to cat which I manage to do several times which then I continued onto another obstacle keeping the movement going I banged my knee of the first wall whilst doing the kong to cat again thinking I had it under control. The cut along my knee isn't bad but it will take 2 or so days to heal.
I learnt my lesson ^_^
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