Thats Life

For most of my teenage years I always had a picture of how I seen myself later on. I know that alot of people have done the same thing, Ego its the way we picture ourselves, happy, strong and at ease. It gives our lives reassurances, it motivates us to wanna do good . . . . . . . . . . . . . . or bad . . .

Many can say growing up can be an emotional roller coaster your crying your don't know why, your laughing you don't know why. You make plans you change them, you fall in love, you experiance a sense of disapointment again and again. You fall down, you pick yourself up, you try again. Try harder, be different, you change again. I say it was all an experiance, an experiance worth living; I see myself upset at one point in the past knowing now I may have missed something more important something that was worth the energy other than what I was upset about to begin with.

I have always had dreams of how I wished to be but like all thinks reality changes so does my dreams. I think of ways to better myself, ways to improve, be a better man be stronger and be knowledgable.

I look back on the past and I see the moments of triumpth, I look back and I see the moments of downfall. Funny I should say I wouldnt take it back ever. I look back and smile.

The irony in all this, I use the word ironic like I know what it means :S.

The point no matter what the downfall, the mistakes, the mishaps and the uncertainty my intentions were good willed sometimes very misunderstood by mostly myseld as well as others. All those moments have taken me to this day Today!

Here now the present moment I hold close to my heart knowing that I want something, something I have chosen to be. Something I smile upon knowing that sense of achievement I have come across more than many a time in the last 3 years.

I am also familiar with the term "If you can't live without it you cannot live with it." A saying my dad has said to me many times before. 2010 has been a year where I have watched myself grow, same with 2009 and 2008 right back till 1992. I have aimed high and have set to acheieve my dreams, and slolwy over time I have watched myself grow into the very thing I pictured all those years ago.

My reality changes as so do my dreams. In a way they grow in sync with one another, circumstances change, ideas change, the people you meet change, those you love change like I have. One thing I do find amusing thought is that my achievements have become reality, its just funny how different they become.

There is having a dream and there is living the dream.

Here is one term I shall always live by :) . . .




税关 - Know thy self.

I am proud of what I have become, I am proud of who I am.

One secret to achieiving

I have recently realised through my own experiance I kinda see it as common knowledge. There has been times I sat back to wait for an oppertunity putting into trust that the right time will come when I am to act.

However I have realised you cant always just sit back and wait some oppertuities aint all that easy to come across some require absoulte effort and may require one to go through all hell just get to it.

For me I say the key for me to towards my so called future is there, to gain experiance I have to act now not wait for the "right time" I am not fortune teller I don't know these things.

All I can say is for me to come the slightest bit close with anything I want to achieve.

Heres an example I wanna gain acting experiance fuck sitting down waiting for the oppertunity I'll get my ass up and go to a thearte so I gain the slightest bit of knowledge of where to start.

I wanna improve in screen writing, I feel that I have to practice and practice some more and work on my writing. Starting now. Ideas come and go over time but working at it could help achieve.

Progression in Parkour is simple practice and hard work through that experiance have I realised that the same principle follows with everything else. So my lesson to myself is to achieve my dreams to become the future I have to jump at the resources and start now ! :)

I am ready

Whatever may have been or should have been at this point is irrelevant, this is what is happening I take responsibility if the choices I have made and will make.

I feel ready now and decide I will become professional, I don't know roughly how but I know were to go...

London is where I feel I should go to film and to make the leap forward to becoming professional. Outside my doorstep is where it begins the choices I make, the places I go I honestly feel the time has come and I will go for it accepting whatever comes and whatever happens.

I know what I feel I must do I know what I shouldn't do.

I know I am my own inspiration, I know others play important roles in my personal growth. I continue to remain greatful and keep smart be positive.

As of now its nothing but effort and determination and reminding myself of why I am doing this.

Resources

I always say that the key to progression is the use of resources, it ranges from a couple of rocks, some walls, an experiance indivdual. The list goes on forever, when wanting to achieve something or become someone I sometimes forget about the very surroundings I can take from and use for myself to learn from the simplests of books, college or just going out for a walk that carries some form of benefit.

Parkour has unlimted resources I find myself in an area that breaks me down, makes me feel like I can't handle the dangers. 15 minutes later and I'm flying across the place like theres no tomorrow, the strange lesson in this being I know a lot more and have gained more in 15 minutes than I would have in 15 days in previous years of my journey.

I know it's natrual to be afraid of a dense area of only railings with drops that range from 2 feet to 10 feet. This far in my Parkour "Journey" I know pretty well that its easily picked up. I may have been slow and unsure when trying new things or progressing say last year but one thing that stayed the same was my persistancy.

It doesn't matter if someone lands a jump first time and takes the other person 10 minutes of small progressional jumps. If anything I feel the person who takes longer may benefit because they gain strength and understanding of their body and themselves. 10 minutes later the once doubtful person is now equal to that of the one who completed the task 10 minutes before them.

What I have learnt this year is time is the root of all progression. It doesn't matter if it takes 1 year or 10 years as long as you made the most of that time during those year of years because once achieved you merely feel priviliaged by those years of bumps, scrapes and cuts.

Right now there is something I could say I couldn't do but if I dedicated an hour of my life to it I can promise by the end of that hour I would have achieved it and if not I would know where I stand, I would know more on solving the equation than I would sitting here guessing.

That pretty much is how I have been progression so much these last 3-4 months I use the time I have. I bless every minute of the time I spend learning and walking the planet. I won't lie I have my fair share of down time moments where I won't be training or doing Parkour I just sit around and recover.

As every passing day goes by I know more and more that all my hopes and dreams will become the reality that I live today because I have the time and I have the resources. I can become the very thing I dream of everyday because I try and I try, I expand and take in.

Moments like now were I sit and do my college work I don't doubt myself for a second because I get excited at the thought of being able to go out and make something of myself like I have for the last 3 years I only wish other people could see things the way I do so they knew that impossible is misunderstood term for difficult which is also misunderstood for "lack the use of resources and time."

A thing called reality

I started my first day of filming and it was alright not amazing, my legs were not up to most of it but I managed to pull it off. However I realised I gotta work my legs get them nice and strong. So I am starting a better leg work out which should improve my vetical jump.

Upperbody is fine but my 180 cats are not that good and its all in the legs. My legs are strong but its a difficult set of muscles to get strong since they are the biggest.

So I plan on going all carbs, protien and fruit for the next couple of weeks plenty of Parkour through the week like I usaully do same old gymnastics.

But lots of leg conditioning starting from well

now :)

Growing up

I start filming tomorrow, I have been training very hard alone, with company and alone some more :P. These days it doesn't make a difference that being said I don't take my friends and other company forgranted this time 2 years ago I surrounded myself by the strangest of people anything was better than nothing at the time.

Anyway I have nearly finished my first year in sports coaching and development in college and it has been fairly quick. I remember starting in September just ending a high on an amazing summer I had just met some great people during that period had a blast with my friends. The same friends I train with now, although the experiance has been quick a lot has happened.

I started out as a some what niave 17 year old who held my ambitions way up high, on top of that I was unsure of the competative surroundings uncertainty within myself. It was just before November that I decided I wanted to be in Urbanfreeflow, so I trained I traveled to Gymnastics alone and tryed hard I sometimes kept to myself.

I never really spoke to the guys at college I kept to myself with my ambitions running crazy in my mind of how I wished to be reminding myself that this will not be forever.

It was shortly after Christmas when I was given a weight vest that I realised how much I wanted things I also got a new camera and shortly after that bought myself a new lens. I filmed a video of my gymnastics in January and posted that on youtube for my friends and parkour associates across the country to see.

That same month I met a really nice girl which has been the first relationship since 2008 :S. Being with her showed me alot of things what it really means to care about someone have feelings and being committed to something. I learnt about balance in life living 2 lives but loving both as much as the other.

I remeber being niave and not really knowing anything about relationships and just jumping to an oppertunity letting everything plan itself out.

So as the new year went on I worked harder at what I wanted I got stronger, smarter and a lot more happier. Now it is nearly June and I am filming a video and shall send it off to Urbanfreeflow. My Parkour training and gymnastics the last month or so has been intense and finally after a year of remaining silent infront of the guys in College I decided to show my skills.

I kept myself cool knowing that what I have been doing has been the most amazing experiance of my life so far.

The people I have met in the last 9 months have really opened my eyes to life and I could not have planned any of this. I don't really plan things these days I just hold those who mean the most to me close by and treat them well as for everything else I let the mystery of life unfold in its own strange way :P.

What I want

My training since my last entry has been an experiance. I train mostly alone but occasionally with my friends. I prefer training alone I seem more in sync with myself and its more peaceful.

My leg strength has improved, strength, physique. I do plan on making a sponsership video now that I have premier pro. I feel a slight hit of responsibility now that I want this. Unsure of where I will stand if I achieve this.

I won't get into great detail about what has been going on I know what I have been doing. Everything is progression, but now I stand to say I am done with this.

I am done with those moments I find myself sitting down doing nothing on my laptop, training is all good but thats all I want besides my family and friends. I don't know where I will stand in 3 months time hopefully not here on my laptop though. I don't want to come across extreme but I am done with this small portion of lazyness that dominates my life.

My bedroom is my place to sleep to learn, to practice, to work out doing nothing aint one of them.

Thats all I have to say :)
My video will be out shortly I hope all goes well, then again it aint about hope its about my effort held against my actions ;).

Bye x

The Adventure

Today I started of in Weymouth doing Parkour alone around the church 2 walls, after about 40 minutes of enjoyable training and focus.

Then I was done and started to walk down radipole lake with the sun burning down on me which I ain't complaining about I love the sun. Towards KFC and I deicde at spare of the moment that I am going to poole to do Parkour.

At first in my head I laughed at the idea thinking it may be a tad late but soon I was serious and walked towards the train station. I was going over should I go to Bournemouth which I know better or shall I go Poole which I have only ever been to once very brifly last year.

So I buy my ticket and sit in the train I then wonder if this is a good idea, I don't even know the area I ain't meeting anyone so I have no one to take me for a tour and I could end up being really disappointed.

But once I stepped of the train I remebered one area close by from last year withing 2 minutes I was in the zone and I walked around the town in my head I kept asking which was should I go left, right, that way, down there?

Well I came across a bank checked the rails which were wobbly so I walked past and noticed these strange structured walls. This was the start oof it all, kong to cat, 9ft precision, running precision back the way, cat leap, 180 cat leap back.

The sweat was puring off me but I stop and move on I then come across a building with 2 even level walls a black railing and a lower wall, so I am there for 15odd minutes and I move on. I then come across a building next to a multi story car park which amazed me. A cat leap climb up onto the wall and to my left another cat leap but by this point I'm nearly 2 stories high I was just more concered I could get back down. So I do the second cat leap and climb up and look around the roof tops I was lucky it was 5pm at this point I could have gotten arrested or something :|.

So I make my way down and realise I got to precision onto a thin wall which is high I do it and make my way down. After all that I made my way to the town and on the train home.

I gained something from my little adventure, I like knowing that my level of skill means I can adapt to many types of structures across different towns.

I am up for it again I don't know where yet though I shall see.

Follow up on the last blog entry

I mentioned how I found myself against an obstacle which I questioned and couldn't put myself across how I managed to do it.

This was put to the test yet again I took a 2 day visit to Corby where I soon realised my Parkour abailities and overall strength had took a turn and everything was simply effortless. By the end of the 2nd day I was bored and ready to return to the south which I have realised is my favourite part of Britain for Parkour reason being I live there :P.

However on the way back home I was on the tube and thought about the imax blue walls outside waterloo station. I stepped of the tube and decided I shall try the kong to cat which I find very large and dangerous if done incorrectly the drop is about 12 feet.

So I made my way to the ground floor walked there and was over whelemed with excitment and fear. I took a look at it and a local next to me was doing it with ease and was actually attempting to precision from the kong.

So after 5 minutes of back and forth in my mind I knew that I could do it so I went for it. I ran and dived for the kong by the time I was half way over I knew I was gonna make it but still scared thinking "What if I dont" So instead of a cat leap I bear hugged the wall cutting my forearms I clmibed up and looked back thinking. "Ok that was fun I'm trying that again.

So I did and I landed the cat leap just fine. I walked away towards waterloo on my way to Weymouth. What I felt before the kong in a strange way was fear for my own life I honestly felt I could die but deep inside I knew that this moment was soon to come. The question I asked was is such a thing worth it all, in a way it was death is not certain but injury is more than likley its a big drop. However the other option was doing it right and I made it fine.

I was right when I said before I am coming acorss these one chance only obstacles more and more :P its strange how life unfolds in this way. I asked myself what is round the corner well the Imax walls was one of them yet when I looked around I knew that this was a mere small obstacle. I still have alot of growing ahed of me, this was nothing more than the next step to my growth in Parkour. So I looked around at the next possible set of obstacles and I knew what work and effort has to be made to make such things possible.

I smile in excitment that I will return hopefully physciall prepared for it all. I may find myself returning to London on a regular occasion now.

The same night I went to gym and landed an inward wall sideflip which is a first. Again I am excited for what is to come I just make sure I am well prepared mentally and physically because nothing is every really easy. To me I see everything as a form of challenege that appears impossible or highly unlikely but time changes and so does the work that is put into it. Everything eventually becomes questionable, possible and do able. I once trained so that I could conquer the obstacle and become in some form of way enlightened by what I achieved and the feel of acceptance by the people I cared for.

However I never really felt that, everything was thoughts and no action. I felt furstated and unsure of what had to be done.
The last couple of months have changed now I know longer seek to conquer the obstacle I seek to over come my present state of mind, ideas coming to life. My body is the tool to achieveing my dreams, I think for a moment but in time I stand on my two foot and in a way I walk through my life. Moments later I have gone from one side to the other, what was once this is know that what was once a theory is now fact. What was once questioning is now understanding.

I no longer seek to conquer my fears nor the obstacle. I seek to embrace the ever learning journey that my life has become or always has been. I realise now that some things are part of a system that have to be understood such as gravity, power, speed, strength, grip, technique. Apart from that it is all a mix of randomness, coincidence, cause and effect.

I seek the knowledge that surrounds me in people, in walls and in myself. I dare not ask again "What is to come in the near future, what is next in my journey."

The answer is. I don't have a clue but far from nothing I tell you that:).

Expanding

Training hard as I do and I feel a slight repatative routine going on so I focus on my local home area of Portland where I train at the school expanding my Parkour abilities. I suprise myself but I don't stop I work out, strecth and continue you on my progression. I cam across and obstacle which only seemed to happen in my mind but for the first time I decided to actually try it in a way I was joking but became serious shortly afterwards.

A kong precision that is 5 feet down and 7 feet across which is followed by a 7 foot cat leap. Within 4 attempts I had it and to my suprise I stopped to think this is happening more often, a thought is followed by preperation followed by actions followed by achievement. Again I don't stop there I continue on my journey of infinite growth and vision.

What awaits for across the corner ?

How many times will my thoughts lead to action and achievement? Time will tell I often wonder how far I can really go with this :).

Growing

I am now 18 and I notice there is still alot to be learnt now that I have hit adulthood.

One important thing I learnt was prioritising (I should learn to spell :()
Getting the shit done so I can get on with other stuff. I am reffering to stuff that isnt really that enjoyable. Strecthing, college work and eating.

I am very active but as a teenager I was also veyr lazy leaving most things to the last minute. I realise now as a teenager it was almost acceptable but now I am an adult I choose to stop doing this. So now I strecth and condition the moment I get in before having dinner then cleaning up and then prehaps go out for a session or get a shower before sleeping. All those are important and as of now won't be leaving it to the last minute :P.

I have been exercising more and have gotten stronger my Parkour has improved and so has my tricks.

Parkour was amazing today I trained hard like I always do alone and then with company. I suprised myself as well as others but I smile inside knowing the bar has been raised.

With a life of routine and balance I am now becoming an adult and my life ahed of me becomes chaos no plans set in stone just an ever changing enviroment and state of mind.

I visited a Parkour spot I have not gone too since I moved here in 2008 and was shocked at how I moved round the place compared to the way I did 2 years ago. I didn't think to much about it I continued to suprise myself with my PArkour abailities I have built in 2 years.

What is to come in the next 2 years only I can figure that out based on my actions today.

The Future of Parkour of Life . .

Well this blog is aimed at me and my plans for going to Austrailia.

I plan on going in 2 years, on my 20th birthday. Now I have been wanting to go for years now but now I am getting older I am becoming more realistic about it and thinking what needs to be done before hand.

I mentioned how I hit a wall in Parkour where I'm like ok now what, then came to the point where I knew risk factors and all that bollocks doesn't mean anything in Parkour when it comes to the moment itself. Well I was hit with another factor, I am not all that perfect.

Bad days come and go this was in my mind. I took a rest from Parkour for a few days I go gym and mentally I was tired and doubtful. So I make my way to the soft floor where its difficult to land anything it made me realise how much leg strength I can gain. I noticed I can train harder with my ankle weights, weight vest and other equipment. I hit a wall, I climb the wall, I fall down. I train and condition I become physically stronger and gain more mental abilities to over come the wall.

This applies to what I hope to achieve in the future, I am getting better at Parkour and Gymnastics but I can't stop hear this is still the early stages of my development. I am struck with the hard reality.
"I have a fair bit of free time on my hands don't waste it on fucking facebook :P."

The other simple logic applying a little more intensity to my work outs. Also don't back down on the night sessions by the Portland school, little pactice is better than none.

I have achieved a fair bit in the last month or so but I set the bar higher, I am preparing myself for whatever journeys await for me in Austrailia. I may seek commerial work, film, tv who knows it is silly to think at this point I can only really go with what I have now.

Parkour, gymnastics and other stuff like getting a small job to get some more money behind me and into my savers account. I sense how much further I can push with Parkour it's there staring me in the face.

In a way it stares all of us in the face, the ability to become great at what we wish to become. It takes hard training , dedication and time. It takes more things but anyway what I am getting at is tht after gymnastics I went to some party at this club I was there for 10 minutes and looked around I recognise alot of faces, some from college others from around town.

It made me think some of these guys are "dedicated athletes" some of their aims are high but this aint possible if they fuck around in clubs. I wasn't to bothered about what they did I just looked back at myself glad that I came to this club to remind myself what I want.

I already know what I want I noticed the bar has been raised for my expectations. I am learning and transforming into an adult as I know approach 18. It's a strange process. I don't know what else to say except I know what has to be done. :)

I hit a wall

Well my previous post stated that my progression has been good and that I stop to think ok now what ??

Well Sunday had me thinking while training I practice familiar techniques I apply different methods of flow and movement. It works balance, creativity and co-ordination its also a form of exercise that builds several different muscle groups.

So I stop to look at other variations of familiar movements in a familiar area. The only different being the obstacle. The obstacle or obstacles in my case where at a level that has me question my own ability and I question the possibilties.

"If I fall I get hurt and it could be a nasty fall if I am not careful."

I have methods of over coming anxiety or fear I am getting good at it but I am also getting good at analysing risk factors and knowing what I can and cannot do.

The problem however is the emotion, even with my brain ticking off the potential risks if failure where to happen and ticking off the routine of my run, arm movement, timing of my legs, position for the next moevemnt it is the same routine I have under gone for nearly 3 years. It is burned into my mind.

So everything checks out but one thing stops me.

Stepping into uncharted territory, stepping out the comfort zone. My emotions don't like this survival instinct kicks in like a crazed man running inside my head. I'm not saying this is the first time it's happened, I'm saying its the first time it's happened without safe practice or progression towards it.

So I take this feeling on board everything checks out but this overall emotional out burst of uncertainty. So now I am thinking now that I have witnessed a small taste of over coming such a thing what must be done to overcome the more dangerous of obstacles when injury is almost certain if I fall.

Well I guess its all down to trusting myself, when I am moving nothing ever seems real except the moment and obstacle itself. It is just me and the obstacle(s) I don't feel fear I feel a sense of connection with myself and my oposing obstacle.

Uncertainty is saying that something cannot be done, applying effort pushing past mental barriars show that such a thing is indeed possible and likely. Before long I notice effect put into place, at that point and look back at the outcome.

I was once there but now I am here and back there being here through that route was not possible yet I have proven that theory obsolete because I am now here at this moment in time.

So what I am trying to say is physically alot of work has to be done but that is common knowlegde to any traceur of freerunner like myself.

What takes some thinking for myself is realising that I know nothing at all but by admitting that I open the door to the fact I can learn everything out their by leaping forward into the uncertainty of my so called fate. The outcome of every calculated guess, precaution and sense of purpose all jumbled together while I am in mid flight in the realm of unknown. At that point everything means nothing and at that point nothing means absolutly everything.

So I may find myself standing infront of an obstacle that I have never attempted before a possible large kong to cat, cat pass precision or large precision bound. I'll stand there and openly admit that I havnt got a clue what may happen, just a familiar mental vision that my brain has created for my own reassurance. So that I know roughly what I want to do, but nothing will ever feel the same as the moment itself.

I know for a fact I will be standing infront of an impossible obstacle soon, I know my brain will be going crazy projecting every bad thought it has to offer. I also know that I will remain completly blank knowing that the realm of possibility is forever changing because I am forever pushing the boundary..

What comes next . . .

These 2 weeks have been great I trained hard like I said I would, I filmed lots of footage and posted some videos on youtube :).

As of now I am in bournemouth and its been wonderful, now I stop to think, what next?

Well right now I feel like doing the same thing as I did the previous 2 weeks, I know the next 2 weeks will be different from the previous 2 weeks.

What I feel is important right now is preperation, and focus. As the weeks go on I will change as my methods of training change, I will never really know how the future turns out, I just keep strong and keep trying and go with what happens.

In 2 weeks time I will be 18, but to be honest thats the last thing on my mind right now. As of now everything sees blank all I can go on is the present moment in time.

Coming to terms

Today I had a night session with the guys. My shoes are on the verge of death but I have ordered two new pairs, I can't seem to wear my k swiss anymore even though they are sweet shoes. I just don't feel anything so I always wear Feiyues which are just average but I feel everything with them on, however they have a lifespan of over a month tops.

Anyway tonights session had me thinking, the realm of possibility like my previous post comes with effort, determination and love. I find myself growing, I find my surroundings change as I do. So I begin to think of life from outside of Parkour, is it what I want?

Parkour can be a strange thing it clouds the past and the future. The future seems to far away to even think about and the past appears to distant to consider looking back on. All that I am aware of is the present moment in time. The only future I consider is the pre planned route that I am about to take the only past I think is the work and effort that has led to this exact moment.

My progression has shown me that there is no hope in setting a plan because no matter how it turns out even if its the way you want it to turn out the outcome will be like nothing you ever imagine. It's like thinking of a colour you have never seen before.

So what am I coming to terms with?

Well I would say that I am coming to terms with that I am futureless up until the present time. There is nothing but now, my actions now will build upto the soon moment in the futre that will soon become the present.

I have come to terms with the fact that nothing is what it ever seems. A thing I have said to myself before on several occasions which seems relevent to say now :P

"There is more that meets the I." :P

Realm of Possibility

The two weeks has began, the weather has been sweet still is today but I'm tired :(.

My last few days of training have made me realise that all is possible when you try it I know that might seem like commen knowledge but I feel deep in my mind. It makes sense that with the right attitude, love, determination, respect I can achieve anything.

Before hand I always seen it as if something was not do able I would work out or condition till I was strong enough to do it which did wor but there was more too it than just that. I soon relaised there is also the technique it self that must be practiced but again still something was missing.

Only recently I have realised it is the feeling the love the passion for what I do. When I move I am not thinking that I won't make this or that this cannot be done. Instead I think this is everything I have ever wanted, this is my personal goal, everything I have ever achieved in my life has led to this moment in time, I take a moment to breathe and a second to smile :).

I work out because a high level of stength on all different types of muscle groups are required, I eat healthy because it contains vitiamins and minerals that my body needs to use to rebuild my muscles. I do Parkour because I love to move, I love to grow and watch the world change as I do. Parkour is a form of getting from A to B for a purpose, that purpose is the reason why we train as hard as we do. Parkour for me gets me from A to B, the A is the day I was born the B is the day I die. Between that is all those people I will meet, the locations I travel too, the things I learn. The time I learn more and more about my very existance. :)

Plan ahed

Well in College we have 2 weeks work experiance, i managed to contact a friend so I working at the local trampoline club I used to go to last year, and I smile at the thought I am doing 3 hours a day for 3 days a week. I have myself alot of freetime and I also get to bounce for free ;).

One reason I stopped going was because I owed money I didn't feel I owed. So I have myself alot of freetime over the next 2 weeks. It is going to be March not the most amazing of months but better than the last 3 monts lol.

So yeah I'll be training during that precious 2 week break. I'll push it abit I suppose, I tend to do that every session now. I set myself a goal or work the repetition to maintain skill level.

One skill I feel to work is the most basic of skills, running jump from 1 foot on flat surface. I'll explain in detail ;).

I suck when it comes to jumping of 1 foot on a flat surface I actually do a 2 foot jump from standing or walk in. With the 1 foot I find it of balance and strange, with a step up no problem what so ever. Yehh so working on this will make me happy applying more strength the muscles located round the calfs and hamstrings that can improve running cat leaps, running 1 foot precisions. Help me towards though huge gaps I came across in Derby.

Most importantly its for the balance and skill. I see people jump 1 footed from a flat surface and have great position when going over a wall , (maintaining the balance between hight and distance :P.) It will come with practice.

I also worked on techniques like rolling of a high surface so that I land on ground level on my feet I seen Daniel Ilabaca do it in a vid and tried it out for myself, it looks cool it certainly feels cool :P.

I did a double kong on 2 rails, which was the first for me I feel my upperbody improve so I plan to take it up a notch with them with bigger ones during the 2 weeks. I havnt been to the 180 cat location in sometime either since the autum. I plan to return to that as there is something I wanna try which I never had the balls for when I was last there. (180 cat precision) landing on a wall with 5-6 foot drop either side.

Anyway yehh thats the plan I have also been filming so I shall film this lot too I pray for dry weather :)

x

Half term training

Well it has been half term and the weather has been amazing on more than one occasion, one day I found myself training topless at one point :|.

The kong to handstand I mentioned in a previous blog I manage to land the other day also I have done some double kongs outside and worked on other chain movements. Can't really get into detail I'll just film it. This week I had my first taste of summer like weather and my training in the wet weather has only made me on focused on attempting the more difficult.

As for gymnastics its really good now, I wanna move on to some more difficult moves namly palm flip, gainer, 2 step wallflip and cork screw.

Hope the weather improves now we approach March, not that it really matters I can train fine either way just the rain holds me back abit when trying the more technichal movements that require a dry surface :P.

Valentines day training

Valentines day was sunny and warm I was training in a short sleeved shirt most of the day. I have progressed alot and I wish I had filmed most of todays session.

June is less than 5 months away and I am seriously thinking of going 100% for this sponsership. I have suprised myself on every turn. As for my gymnastics I have slacked a little bit my expectations are getting way to high and I am not going to reach my goals if I don't make the time in the gym as well :P.

All that I am thinking of now is really making better use of my time. The winter was cold but I still got through it, now that the spring is coming in I realise how much more time I have to work with everything.

I stopped to think how good things are in my life emotionally, I am happy with the friends and family I have but I am happy with what I have achieved myself. There is still so much out there I wish to achieve but I smile knowing that I all that can be done I just gotta remind myself of all that.

The last 5 months have been intresting but I feel overwhelmed with excitment of what is to come. What I wish to accomplish in my life.

New things I have came across

Well leg is all good and I been doing Parkour with friends and alone. I was out today on my own I went to Morrisons subway which was fun same stuff really but just testing how everything is working plus I was wearing my feyiues so I couldn't do any major big stuff otherwise they would get destroyed.

Then I went to the chursh two walls. I got a sense for progression when I landed the kong precision first time unlike in the past when it takes 4-5 attempts. After that I went for the kong to handstand but just didn't have the strength to support my whole weight which made me smile and think ok work out more on those arms ;).

Recently I have felt myself more at ease with the bigger stuff I am getting stronger I am getting faster I have an eye for improvment if I am not satisfied with what I am doing. I was in Derby last week and I must say that was good fun I kinda stopped after about 3 hours then my hands got cold :(.

That being said it was a good session but only made me wanna try harder and give me a rough idea of what I wanna achieve in the near future :).

Well I keep on trying and I will get there with practice the spring is coming and I look forward to it also I shall be 18 in 2 months :P.

Anyway I'm gonna work out now I ain't training tomorrow so I wont worry about how hard I push myself :).

Recovery

The back of my right leg has been hurting since mid January. It is like a burning sensaton running down my hamstring, I havn't properly rested it until now. I havn't done any Parkour since Monday and now it's Thursday I can feel it go away these things just take time.

However I still be working out to keep my legs nice and strong :P.

Anyway hopefully these goes away soon. :)

My Inspiration

We are all inspired by others, those more experianced than ourselves those who appear in control and those more knowledgable than ourselfes.

I follow those who I see as the above, I train similar to them however I get so into my own way I forget to keep myself open to all the other methods.

Daniel Ilabaca is a good example I see his videos and I am always taken away by it, he is still human but he is a fantastic human being. I watch his Parkour I never met the guy so I can only assume alongside my own training.

I know myself pretty well in terms of my training I know what works, I know what can help me more, watching Daniel Ilabca gives me the extra push to help myself more to become more experiances, knowledgable and in control.

Training is well but I see what can be improved, what can be worked on, what can be better. Its a forever routine that dominates my life that I live by.

To put it simple I want to to find put aside the equations. Rather than be like hmm I should condition more simply go for it anyway whilst changing methods of training ect.

I developed a more unique and better method of working out but I think its also important that I get out there with my Parkour and put aside the "possibilities and what ifs."

Daniel Ilabaca being one of the insiprations has shown me that theres more to it than lots of training and conditioning you simply have to challenge the unlikely and make it possible. I know myself I know what I want to achieve I know roughly what I can do for that to be achieved just gotta do it :)

My ambition

I been thinking of stuff mostly the previous year and what it has meant to me. 2009 has been an important year and a very intresting year, I met people who I never though I would see again, I met old friends and made new friends.

That being said the new friend I made last year was me, I became my own friend I forgave the mistakes I made in the past and simply got on with it, I worked my way through progression. Finding new ways to improve my Parkour, gymnastics and my perception on life.

What I can say is my life is wonderful and I have seen some truly wonderful things, my life is one big inspirtation. I sometimes think of people like myself 100 years ago those who went for walks by the sea and those who pushed themselves to achieve there dreams.

Well I cannot waste this time there is so many things I wish to achieve, it takes the effort.

Return of the volgs

I filmed day 5 which went good the new wide angle lens works brilliant.

Anyway Ive been working out hard but need to work harder :P

Well I'll update :)