I recently got back from Sydney. It wasn't a parkour trip but I was able to get in some training. I was able to meet up with some of the Sydney guys a couple of times.
One day I met up with Richard to train in the city. A couple more of the Sydney guys joined us as well. One guy was Rob, who had more experience than the other guys. It was good to train with Rob as he was closer towards my skill level. Richard was also pretty good, and he’d only been training for six months. It just comes to show how much you can develop when you train with the right people. Paddy was also in Sydney that day, so he came out to train with us for a bit, until he left to go back to Canberra.
It was good to train in Sydney again, because I got to hit up all the spots that we hit up during NatJam 06. We also trained at some more spots that I didn’t know about. I could also see how my skills had developed over the years.
Another day I met up with Djordje and trained at his local spot, Forestville High. It was a real learning experience for me. I was in a new spot doing new things. I was also able to compare my skill level to the others. Tommer and Rob also happened to be training at the school at the same time that we turned up, so I got to train with them.
I learnt that there are a lot of areas that I need to improve on. Abdexterity in my movements, such as be able to perform movements off both legs from both sides, climb ups and upper body strength, especially with muscle ups, are ones to especially note. I will have to get out and work on these areas. Such as going out and drilling movements, drilling climb ups and pull ups especially. I also plan to go out and have sessions where I only train on my bad sides. It will be just like learning all the basic movements again.
I later found that Chippa was also in Sydney for a few of the days that I was there. The only thing was that I only found out after he left. I’ll eventually get to train with him.
Overall my training in Sydney was really good. The best thing was being able to train in a new area, finding new things that pushed my mental limits.
Tomorrow I leave for Melbourne for work purposes. Hopefully I get weekends off and can get into the city. Lets hope for the best.
Friday, January 18, 2008
Sunday, December 30, 2007
School Traing
I went up to the school today to do some training. I worked on precisions, jump ups, landings and climb ups.
I really need to work on my climb ups.
I really need to work on my climb ups.
Saturday, December 29, 2007
Backyard Training
I did some trsining in my backyard yesterday. I was going to do my normal routine of precisions, landings and jump heights.
I started with the precisions. I started on the bench and concrete slab. The bench was starting to ease and crack a bit. Not wanting to break it, I walked around my backyard looking for somewhere else to practice precisions. After looking aroudn for 10 minutes, I found a start under a tree, jumping from a concrete slab to a wooden log. The distance is about 8 ft. I planned on doing my normal 100, but on the 72nd, my left leg slipped out. I felt a strain in my lower right shin, so I stopped my training there.
Because I didn't do that much training today, I plan on going up to the school to do a more hardcose session. This will hopefully involve the normal precisions, landings and height jumps, but will hopefully also involve climb ups and balancing (if I can find somewhere to practice balance). Let's see how it goes.
I started with the precisions. I started on the bench and concrete slab. The bench was starting to ease and crack a bit. Not wanting to break it, I walked around my backyard looking for somewhere else to practice precisions. After looking aroudn for 10 minutes, I found a start under a tree, jumping from a concrete slab to a wooden log. The distance is about 8 ft. I planned on doing my normal 100, but on the 72nd, my left leg slipped out. I felt a strain in my lower right shin, so I stopped my training there.
Because I didn't do that much training today, I plan on going up to the school to do a more hardcose session. This will hopefully involve the normal precisions, landings and height jumps, but will hopefully also involve climb ups and balancing (if I can find somewhere to practice balance). Let's see how it goes.
Friday, December 28, 2007
Progression vs Sampler
I recently asked the question, what makes a progression video different from a samper.
I asked a few people and have finally come up with a definition, that relates to parkour. Chippa was a major help with this.
Sampler:
A sampler shows the traceur at their peek performance, doing their best moves. It shows other people the skill level that the traceur is currently at, without showing how the traceur got there.
Progression:
A progression video demonstrates the skill of the traceur, while also showing how the traceur got there. It is a training implement for the traceur to use to gain advice from others as well as teach others.
It may show the traceur performing various movements from various angles, so that the traceur can be given the best advice for improvement.
It may also show how the traceur builds up to their current skill level, how they work their way up to bigger moves. That way the traceur can teach others how they train and learn new techniques.
This is the best definitions I can currently think of, I may edit them later in the future.
In regards to these definitions, I've realised that the video that I am making, is more a progression video than a sampler. I will be showing movements from different angles, so that I can be given advice on improvement. It will also show how I build up to bigger movements, like double cat passes and cat pass to arm jumps. It will also have some sampler-like tendencies, such as showing big movements, but I will also be showing how I worked towards achieving these movements.
I plan to release a video every 6 months or so, that way I can properly document the progression in my training.
I should hopefully have the video done in the next few weeks. I plan on finishing the filming in this coming week, then finish the editing in the two weeks after that.
I asked a few people and have finally come up with a definition, that relates to parkour. Chippa was a major help with this.
Sampler:
A sampler shows the traceur at their peek performance, doing their best moves. It shows other people the skill level that the traceur is currently at, without showing how the traceur got there.
Progression:
A progression video demonstrates the skill of the traceur, while also showing how the traceur got there. It is a training implement for the traceur to use to gain advice from others as well as teach others.
It may show the traceur performing various movements from various angles, so that the traceur can be given the best advice for improvement.
It may also show how the traceur builds up to their current skill level, how they work their way up to bigger moves. That way the traceur can teach others how they train and learn new techniques.
This is the best definitions I can currently think of, I may edit them later in the future.
In regards to these definitions, I've realised that the video that I am making, is more a progression video than a sampler. I will be showing movements from different angles, so that I can be given advice on improvement. It will also show how I build up to bigger movements, like double cat passes and cat pass to arm jumps. It will also have some sampler-like tendencies, such as showing big movements, but I will also be showing how I worked towards achieving these movements.
I plan to release a video every 6 months or so, that way I can properly document the progression in my training.
I should hopefully have the video done in the next few weeks. I plan on finishing the filming in this coming week, then finish the editing in the two weeks after that.
Back from the Coast
I'm back from the coast.
During my trip, I tried to do a bit of training. This mainly involved my new training format, of drilling techniques. This involved precisions, landings and height jumps, but at extreme repetitions.
I head off ot Fiji in 6 days, and in those 6 days, I hope to be able to finish the filming for my progression video. That way I will be able to edit it when I get back from Fiji.
I've also been asking myself the question, of what makes a progression video a "progression" video. As in what sets it apart from a sampler, or what makes it unique. I'll probably need to talk to a few people about it, and then be able to make up my own definition. The reason I am asking this question, is because I don't want to go around saying that my new video is a progression video, when it instead turns out more as a sampler. By knowing the answer to this, I can decide whether my new video will be a progression video, or a sampler.
See what happens.
During my trip, I tried to do a bit of training. This mainly involved my new training format, of drilling techniques. This involved precisions, landings and height jumps, but at extreme repetitions.
I head off ot Fiji in 6 days, and in those 6 days, I hope to be able to finish the filming for my progression video. That way I will be able to edit it when I get back from Fiji.
I've also been asking myself the question, of what makes a progression video a "progression" video. As in what sets it apart from a sampler, or what makes it unique. I'll probably need to talk to a few people about it, and then be able to make up my own definition. The reason I am asking this question, is because I don't want to go around saying that my new video is a progression video, when it instead turns out more as a sampler. By knowing the answer to this, I can decide whether my new video will be a progression video, or a sampler.
See what happens.
Thursday, December 20, 2007
A New Mindset
I recently finished reading Blane's Parkour blog.
An article that should especially be noted is 'When Worlds Collide.'
http://blane-parkour.blogspot.com/2007/11/when-worlds-collide.html
It really got me thinking about the way I train. I've taken a few points from it that I plan on applying to my own training.
A little while back, I made a training program for myself, that focussed around parkour and exercises to improve parkour. Blane spoke about not having any set regimes for parkour training, jsut listen to your body and train in the areas that are not tired. Like if your arms are tired, train things that don't require your arms working hard, like precisions and balancing. I've now decided to not follow any set program, except for Friday Night Conditioning, just go out and do parkour using the body parts that aren't exhausted.
Blane also talked about the best way to improve your parkour, this being drilling movements. For example, to get better at precisions, do precisions, to get better at climb ups, do climb ups. I've been telling people that pull ups and dips are great dexercises to improve your climb ups. Now that I think about it, the best way to improve your climb ups, is to go out and do climb ups. I've now decided to not go to the gym, but to go out and do parkour more regularly.
Blane also talked about how drilling technique si the best way to improve. Nolt drilling as in ten times in a row, but 50 times, 100 TIMES. And also keep focus and concentrating through each movement, even though I'm getting tired in the process.
After reading Blane's blog, I went out to give this drilling idea a go.
I did 100 pecisions between a chair and a concrete landing, 50 each way. My goal was to stick my lanings. As well as landing silently on the concrete landing, and landing on the edge of the chair, without it moving. i focussed on my breathing, and getting height into my precisions.
During APA classes, we get the students to do 50 landings from a small height. This way they will condition their bodies for bigger landings. I now realise that while I've been telling students to do this, I haven't actually been applying it to myself. I thought why not start now, so I did 50 landings from a small height, focussing on silence, technique and breathing.
After this, I practised jumping up onto my table, which is about 1.5 metres high. I did this 50 times in a row.
At the end of the session, I foudn that Iw as extreemmly tired, but i felt that I was on to something great for my progression.
From now on, I'm going to try to get out and do some parkour training every day, if only for an hour. Toast will be a really go area to practice precisions and arm jumps, the bottom of customs will be a good palce to practice high standing jumps, and the rail at the old bus depot in civic, will be good for practicing balance. There is also a good wall there to practice climb ups. Im going to try to drill techniques at huge amounts, like 50 or 100 times per session, focussing on my technqiue. I can even go out and do this by myself. Solo training hasn't been to appealing to me, so this will just be another test for me. Weekends can then be for training with other people, and applying my training to different environments.
I'm also keen to go out to do some night runs, like follow the leader type sessions.
Im heading to the coast today, and I plan on starting my new training idea while I'm down there.
In summary I plan to train more regularly, doing more drilling in technique, whilst also listening to my body to decide what technique i will train.
An article that should especially be noted is 'When Worlds Collide.'
http://blane-parkour.blogspot.com/2007/11/when-worlds-collide.html
It really got me thinking about the way I train. I've taken a few points from it that I plan on applying to my own training.
A little while back, I made a training program for myself, that focussed around parkour and exercises to improve parkour. Blane spoke about not having any set regimes for parkour training, jsut listen to your body and train in the areas that are not tired. Like if your arms are tired, train things that don't require your arms working hard, like precisions and balancing. I've now decided to not follow any set program, except for Friday Night Conditioning, just go out and do parkour using the body parts that aren't exhausted.
Blane also talked about the best way to improve your parkour, this being drilling movements. For example, to get better at precisions, do precisions, to get better at climb ups, do climb ups. I've been telling people that pull ups and dips are great dexercises to improve your climb ups. Now that I think about it, the best way to improve your climb ups, is to go out and do climb ups. I've now decided to not go to the gym, but to go out and do parkour more regularly.
Blane also talked about how drilling technique si the best way to improve. Nolt drilling as in ten times in a row, but 50 times, 100 TIMES. And also keep focus and concentrating through each movement, even though I'm getting tired in the process.
After reading Blane's blog, I went out to give this drilling idea a go.
I did 100 pecisions between a chair and a concrete landing, 50 each way. My goal was to stick my lanings. As well as landing silently on the concrete landing, and landing on the edge of the chair, without it moving. i focussed on my breathing, and getting height into my precisions.
During APA classes, we get the students to do 50 landings from a small height. This way they will condition their bodies for bigger landings. I now realise that while I've been telling students to do this, I haven't actually been applying it to myself. I thought why not start now, so I did 50 landings from a small height, focussing on silence, technique and breathing.
After this, I practised jumping up onto my table, which is about 1.5 metres high. I did this 50 times in a row.
At the end of the session, I foudn that Iw as extreemmly tired, but i felt that I was on to something great for my progression.
From now on, I'm going to try to get out and do some parkour training every day, if only for an hour. Toast will be a really go area to practice precisions and arm jumps, the bottom of customs will be a good palce to practice high standing jumps, and the rail at the old bus depot in civic, will be good for practicing balance. There is also a good wall there to practice climb ups. Im going to try to drill techniques at huge amounts, like 50 or 100 times per session, focussing on my technqiue. I can even go out and do this by myself. Solo training hasn't been to appealing to me, so this will just be another test for me. Weekends can then be for training with other people, and applying my training to different environments.
I'm also keen to go out to do some night runs, like follow the leader type sessions.
Im heading to the coast today, and I plan on starting my new training idea while I'm down there.
In summary I plan to train more regularly, doing more drilling in technique, whilst also listening to my body to decide what technique i will train.
Saturday, December 15, 2007
APA Basics Class - Belco
Today we had our last APA class for the year. It was run in belco and was pretty wet. Tops to the group of people who showed up, even though it was raining.
We had a games sessions, doing activities that required parkour to be incorporated. One game was fly, which involved lunging increasing distances. The other game was capture the flag.
Both games were a big hit. Maybe we should have games sessions more regularly. Maybe even two months or so.
My hands are still playing up a bit, we'll just have to see how they go.
We had a games sessions, doing activities that required parkour to be incorporated. One game was fly, which involved lunging increasing distances. The other game was capture the flag.
Both games were a big hit. Maybe we should have games sessions more regularly. Maybe even two months or so.
My hands are still playing up a bit, we'll just have to see how they go.
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