I'm going to set some goals for myself to achieve at some point. The movements are of a high level, and I hope to be able to train my body up to them. I can nearly achieve them, but in order to, I will have to push myself that one step further.
Belconnen: Arm Jump at the Silver Cubes
Civic: Cat Pass to Arm Jump at Toast
Tuggeranong: Wall Run at Car Park of Hyperdome
Woden: Cat Pass to Arm Jump at Black Ramps
I will only have accomplished these if I can do them at least four times during a session.
Saturday, September 29, 2007
Parkour Week Day 7 - Belco Training
Today was day two of the Parkour Long Weekend.
Again there was another small turnout, today we had 4 people turn up.
It was a light session today. Did a bit of drills, but mainly play. Got some good foot-trials, but my foot hurt a bit, i think from hitting the walol too hard. I got a few scratches, and had a few bails. I was lucky enough to be able to catch myself in the bails, and didn't come out too bad. Im guessing my parkour-subconsious has developed to react faster.
Overall the session wasn't too bad. I got to do a few good things. The session lasted for about 4 hours. It was more of a jam than a training session. Which is good though as it develops the comunal aspects that Canberra Parkour is famous for.
I'll have to organise specific training sessions, such as sessions only for the APA Instructors. I hope that these sessions will be performed at a high intensity, developing ourselves physically and mentally. I'd like them to be a lot like the session I had with Conan in Belco last thursday.
Again there was another small turnout, today we had 4 people turn up.
It was a light session today. Did a bit of drills, but mainly play. Got some good foot-trials, but my foot hurt a bit, i think from hitting the walol too hard. I got a few scratches, and had a few bails. I was lucky enough to be able to catch myself in the bails, and didn't come out too bad. Im guessing my parkour-subconsious has developed to react faster.
Overall the session wasn't too bad. I got to do a few good things. The session lasted for about 4 hours. It was more of a jam than a training session. Which is good though as it develops the comunal aspects that Canberra Parkour is famous for.
I'll have to organise specific training sessions, such as sessions only for the APA Instructors. I hope that these sessions will be performed at a high intensity, developing ourselves physically and mentally. I'd like them to be a lot like the session I had with Conan in Belco last thursday.
Friday, September 28, 2007
Parkour Week Day 6 - Woden Training
Today was the start of the Parkour Long Weekend, which will be the finale for my Parkour Week.
There was only a small turn out. Three people including me. I had never met them before, so it was good to meet new traceurs in Canberra.
The session lasted for about two and a half hours. We travelled to a lot of locations around woden. Some that I had never seen before. I worked on a variety of drills, and pulled of a couple of big things.
Overall the session was not a awesome as I hoped it would be, but it was still good.
There was only a small turn out. Three people including me. I had never met them before, so it was good to meet new traceurs in Canberra.
The session lasted for about two and a half hours. We travelled to a lot of locations around woden. Some that I had never seen before. I worked on a variety of drills, and pulled of a couple of big things.
Overall the session was not a awesome as I hoped it would be, but it was still good.
Parkour Week Day 5 - Tuggers Training
Met up with John and Chris today. I already knew John from an APA class he came to, but I met Chris for the first time. They both have a lot of skill and potential. I found out that John has actually been doing parkour for at least a year, as he was at last years NatJam.
Training today was pretty laid back. My body has been getting tired and my abs are killing me. Worked on a few drills and found some new spots aruond tuggers. I got my hand up on the wall, in the carpark, that I had not tried yet. I also got some pretty good laches down, swigining from one bar up to another bar. Height gave me an advantage though.
Overall it was an okay session, got to meet some new people and trained at a moderate level for about an hour and a half.
The parkour long weekend starts tomorrow. I hope that my body is up for it.
Training today was pretty laid back. My body has been getting tired and my abs are killing me. Worked on a few drills and found some new spots aruond tuggers. I got my hand up on the wall, in the carpark, that I had not tried yet. I also got some pretty good laches down, swigining from one bar up to another bar. Height gave me an advantage though.
Overall it was an okay session, got to meet some new people and trained at a moderate level for about an hour and a half.
The parkour long weekend starts tomorrow. I hope that my body is up for it.
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Parkour Week Day 4 - Belco and Gym Training
This post is for yesterday.
The corporate class was cancelled, due to too many participants dropping out because of sickness. Good news is that they want to re-schedule for another time. More people are interested in coming, and they are happy to o it on a weekend.
Started off with some training in Belco with Conan. Did some more intensive training, going through various drills. This mainly involved rolls, cat-passes, arm jumps and cat balance. I also completed the ramp endurance test, which I had never finished before. The session only lasted for about an hour, but it was at a reasonably high intensity, and a lot was accomplished.
Later that night went to Holder gym wioth Travis. Worked on more drills, vaults and precisions mainly. I can finally do double cat-passes. We were doing them to a pretty big distance too. I measured 7 feet between the blocks. Worked on palm spins a bit. I got my one hand reverse palm spins back. I tried to do some reverse cat-passes as well, but couldn't psyche myself up to fully do them.
Overall it was an awesome day involving training to a reasonably high intensity.
The corporate class was cancelled, due to too many participants dropping out because of sickness. Good news is that they want to re-schedule for another time. More people are interested in coming, and they are happy to o it on a weekend.
Started off with some training in Belco with Conan. Did some more intensive training, going through various drills. This mainly involved rolls, cat-passes, arm jumps and cat balance. I also completed the ramp endurance test, which I had never finished before. The session only lasted for about an hour, but it was at a reasonably high intensity, and a lot was accomplished.
Later that night went to Holder gym wioth Travis. Worked on more drills, vaults and precisions mainly. I can finally do double cat-passes. We were doing them to a pretty big distance too. I measured 7 feet between the blocks. Worked on palm spins a bit. I got my one hand reverse palm spins back. I tried to do some reverse cat-passes as well, but couldn't psyche myself up to fully do them.
Overall it was an awesome day involving training to a reasonably high intensity.
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Parkour Week Day 3 - Aranda Training
Did some training at Aranda Oval today. While my little sister was doing some running training, I was looking around at the two schools for parkour potential. The playgrounds have a bit of potential, and I'll have to test them out further.
I found a electrical block thing by the side of the oval, with a row of logs in front of it. The block was about a metre wide and shoulder height. I spent the time drilling different vaults over the block, such as cat-passes and kashes. I also worked on coordinating running launchers from the logs.
The training only lasted for about half an hour, 45 minutes, but i'm now 3 for 3.
I found a electrical block thing by the side of the oval, with a row of logs in front of it. The block was about a metre wide and shoulder height. I spent the time drilling different vaults over the block, such as cat-passes and kashes. I also worked on coordinating running launchers from the logs.
The training only lasted for about half an hour, 45 minutes, but i'm now 3 for 3.
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Parkour Week Day 2 - Civic Training with Conan
Met up with Conan today during his break from uni.
Trained a bit in civic, mainly toast. Found a new cat-pass to arm-jump at toast to wrok up towards. It will require a reasonable amount of distance gained from the cat-pass.
Worked on precisions as well. Working on landing on the balls of my feet, and improving sticking my landings. My distances still need to be worked on. So far I can only get 9 feet. I'm keen to try rail precisions, but only where I can do them safely first. Such as if the raisl were at ground level, so that if I missed, I would land straight on flat ground. Conan said there's a spot that we can do this, I'll have to get him to show me.
Checked out the ramps outside the Canberra Theatre. They weren't as interesting as I thought. The tops of the ledges were really smooth. Found a good block next to it. Was a bit above shoulder height. We were able to drill pop monkey-plants and foot-trials on it.
Conan then showed me the set of ramps near the bus interchange. They looked really good, but it was outside a restaurant, which meant there were a lot of people around. I'll have to check it out on a weekend.
Today was day 2 of my mega parkour week. It hasn't been as "mega" as I planned, as in the sessions have been pretty short, but I have trained 2 for 2 days now. I hope to do at least half an hour of training every day until I go back to uni. Lets see what happens.
Trained a bit in civic, mainly toast. Found a new cat-pass to arm-jump at toast to wrok up towards. It will require a reasonable amount of distance gained from the cat-pass.
Worked on precisions as well. Working on landing on the balls of my feet, and improving sticking my landings. My distances still need to be worked on. So far I can only get 9 feet. I'm keen to try rail precisions, but only where I can do them safely first. Such as if the raisl were at ground level, so that if I missed, I would land straight on flat ground. Conan said there's a spot that we can do this, I'll have to get him to show me.
Checked out the ramps outside the Canberra Theatre. They weren't as interesting as I thought. The tops of the ledges were really smooth. Found a good block next to it. Was a bit above shoulder height. We were able to drill pop monkey-plants and foot-trials on it.
Conan then showed me the set of ramps near the bus interchange. They looked really good, but it was outside a restaurant, which meant there were a lot of people around. I'll have to check it out on a weekend.
Today was day 2 of my mega parkour week. It hasn't been as "mega" as I planned, as in the sessions have been pretty short, but I have trained 2 for 2 days now. I hope to do at least half an hour of training every day until I go back to uni. Lets see what happens.
Monday, September 24, 2007
Parkour Week Day 1 - First of Many to Come
Went out for some solo training today. It felt weird drilling basics by myslef with randoms walking past. The session only lasted for about 45 minutes, with nothing too serious or extensive. I'm slowly building up to the bigger stuff.
My cold has been heaps annoying, with coughing fits and getting tired quickly.
I did some more training back at home. This mainly focused on rolls and precisions.
I even tried some rolls on concrete. This was the first time I had ever tried this, as I have always been scared that they would hurt heaps. I now know that there wasn't that much to worry about. Sure they hurt a bit, but they weren't as painful as I thought they would be. They're also help in directly teaching me on where my rolls need to be improved, as in which parts of my roll I need yo change. This was done through the areas that hurt being the ones I need to change.
My precisions are getting better than what they used to be. Im reaching a distance of 9 of my feet, from a slightly elevated height. I can already feel the DOMS building up in my abs. Im also sticking my precisions better. I slipped out on the last one but managed to catch myself before falling.
We've been approached by a corporation who want us to run a private class for them on thursday. Of course we accepted. It looks like it might only be Conan and me teaching, as Josh works full time, but I'll have to check with him.
Parkour has really had a boom since it was shown on 60 minutes. The segment by 60 minutes wasn't that great, but it did help in bringing Australia to the awareness of Parkour. There has been a largew influx of noobs. So far I've only experienced it on the forums, but I heard that the last Melbourne class had 95 people attend, as opposed to the usual 25. I wonder if the same will be for us for our class on monday.
My cold has been heaps annoying, with coughing fits and getting tired quickly.
I did some more training back at home. This mainly focused on rolls and precisions.
I even tried some rolls on concrete. This was the first time I had ever tried this, as I have always been scared that they would hurt heaps. I now know that there wasn't that much to worry about. Sure they hurt a bit, but they weren't as painful as I thought they would be. They're also help in directly teaching me on where my rolls need to be improved, as in which parts of my roll I need yo change. This was done through the areas that hurt being the ones I need to change.
My precisions are getting better than what they used to be. Im reaching a distance of 9 of my feet, from a slightly elevated height. I can already feel the DOMS building up in my abs. Im also sticking my precisions better. I slipped out on the last one but managed to catch myself before falling.
We've been approached by a corporation who want us to run a private class for them on thursday. Of course we accepted. It looks like it might only be Conan and me teaching, as Josh works full time, but I'll have to check with him.
Parkour has really had a boom since it was shown on 60 minutes. The segment by 60 minutes wasn't that great, but it did help in bringing Australia to the awareness of Parkour. There has been a largew influx of noobs. So far I've only experienced it on the forums, but I heard that the last Melbourne class had 95 people attend, as opposed to the usual 25. I wonder if the same will be for us for our class on monday.
Sunday, September 16, 2007
First Class
Today I taught class at Belco. It was the first class that I could participate in, through giving demonstrations and such. We had a much bigger turn out than usual, 8 people! 5 of them were new to the classes, which was really good. We also had the first girl to come, and another guy who seemed to be in his early 40s late 30s. It just comes to show that people from all ages are interested in parkour.
While demonstrating rolls, I found that my rolls have improved since 8 months ago. I have holidays next week, and I hope to train every day. I will start with drilling the basics, so as to restrat my life as a traceur properly. From the bottom to the top.
While demonstrating rolls, I found that my rolls have improved since 8 months ago. I have holidays next week, and I hope to train every day. I will start with drilling the basics, so as to restrat my life as a traceur properly. From the bottom to the top.
Monday, September 10, 2007
Born Again Traceur
I finally gained permission to train parkour again. I haven't performed any parkour for about 9 months now, due to work related restrictions. This then means that i probably have lost a reasonable about of skill, as well as body conditioning, so I have made a plan.
When I first started parkour back in 2004, I went straight to the big stuff and didn't care much about the philosophy. This took a toll on my body, especially my knees.
I know that I've had a big break from parkour, and that my body won't be able to handle getting straight abck into the big stuff, so I'm going to start fresh. Born again traceur. I'm going to start small, like any other noob, and slowly build back up to the bigger and better things. Hopefully this will properly condition my body for parkour training, as I want to be able to stay in this game for a while.
This is going to be my blog detailing my training as a born again traceur. It will only contain parkour related training, as my other training is work related.
When I first started parkour back in 2004, I went straight to the big stuff and didn't care much about the philosophy. This took a toll on my body, especially my knees.
I know that I've had a big break from parkour, and that my body won't be able to handle getting straight abck into the big stuff, so I'm going to start fresh. Born again traceur. I'm going to start small, like any other noob, and slowly build back up to the bigger and better things. Hopefully this will properly condition my body for parkour training, as I want to be able to stay in this game for a while.
This is going to be my blog detailing my training as a born again traceur. It will only contain parkour related training, as my other training is work related.
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