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Parkour Generations Rendezvous 4

Learning to teach. Teaching to learn
by Andy Parkour Generations

How do you truly get better at something? Through human history we have developed a multitude of methods to educate ourselves in whichever disciplines we desire. Obviously there are techniques that work better than others, depending on the personality traits of the individual doing the learning, but personally I have always found that "hands on" training allows me to understand and comprehend concepts much faster than any other method I've tried. That said, I also feel that given enough time I am also able to learn just as well through simple observation and understanding. Clearly this was a mistake.

In 2008 I had been training with Parkour Generations for a few years at the academy and had naively felt comfortable enough in my abilities to believe that I was at a point in my parkour career to be able to pass my experience and knowledge on to others through teaching and coaching. Obviously I had been taught by Forrest and Dan as well as many of the others in the team and seen how they conduct the classes, so I'm sure I have the ability to do it, right? Hmmm....

I remember my first few classes quite vividly. One word. Disasters. I had suddenly entered a whole new realm of parkour and teaching. All of the training that I had done for myself was a fraction of the experience and understanding I needed to be able to teach it. So many questions had instantaneously entered my brain... The most simplest of things had now become the most complex! For instance... A step vault. Can I accurately explain every aspect of the mechanics behind the step vault? Do I know why we do it that way? Why not with the other foot? Other hand? Which foot do we lead with? Which foot do we land with? Where do the hips have to be? How do I teach a ten year old this? How do I capture the attention of a ten year old to be motivated to do this? How do I break this down for someone with little strength and experience? How do I progress, streamline and offer tips on the same technique to veteran traceurs to help them improve? What's the most likely place people will fall? Where do I stand to spot them? How do I get an entire group, of different abilities, to do this? How do I organise this? How do I make sure they all understand the correct way to do this? What must they watch out for? What are common mistakes? How do I deal with someone who just doesn't understand? What the hell is going on!?!?

Oh dear... I know nothing. My respect for the entire team had suddenly been multiplied by a thousand in a matter of about twenty seconds. I now understood the skill and experience it takes to teach an Academy class of fifty people while answering any questions and queries, reacting to different situations, ensuring everyone is safe, gaining maximum potential out of everyone, allowing everyone to have fun and keeping the classes upbeat and enjoyable!

Through the following year, along with the rest of the team, I have, on a daily basis, been put into many different and varied teaching scenarios which have tested all aspects of my parkour and teaching abilities. Some have gone better than others, but all of these situations have taught me more than I had ever hoped about myself, the discipline and my colleagues. Now I am beginning to feel more comfortable with teaching, but know I still have an eternity of learning to do.

The initial fears and frustrations have now faded away but the simple fact is that the more I teach, the more I learn and the more I learn, the more there is to be learnt. Being someone who thrives on knowledge, I guess this is a pretty good situation to be in. I'm just glad that I am in an environment that allows me to learn in the correct way.

There are a million aspects to comprehend and I think it is imperative to have the physical fundamentals, spirit and ethos firmly cemented into your subconscious by spending time with those with the experience to make sure you are on the right path... otherwise, there is just too much that can be skewed, misinterpreted and misunderstood.

Daniel Ilabaca

wow! was said at least 20 times while watching this video

Dvinsk clan and Oleg Vorslav video

14 mins of amazement
Part 1


Part 2

A True Parkour Flip

My Playground Preview

Hey All,
David posted a link to a pretty amazing video preview called my play ground....you just have to watch!

MY PLAYGROUND - PREVIEW from KASPARWORKS on Vimeo.

<3 PARKOUR

Active Communities Champion Program' Award

Hello all,
Let me take this moment to let the members of our community here in halifax know of the recognition we have recieved from the HRM and Active Halifax Communities. I am pleased to inform you that Halifax Parkour has been chosen to receive Active Halifax Communities 'Active Communities Champion Program' award. This award showcases individuals, groups and organizations in HRM that go above and beyond to increase physical activity for youth, family and the community within HRM.

ACTIVE Halifax Communities (AHC) exists for the purpose of increasing the number of physically active children, youth and families in the Halifax Regional Municipality. Through collaborative partnerships, AHC strives to mobilize communities to increase the number of active opportunities available. Key to this initiative is building awareness and advocacy, participation, and building community capacity for active living. Active Halifax is a partnership between HRM, Nova Scotia Health Promotion and Protection, the Halifax Regional School Board, and Capital Health.

Congrats to our community for making parkour for everyone.
Have a great day.

Parkour Unleashed!

This is the best parkour video of all time!
his movements just are so....... natural and....... animalistic!

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Good training vid

Trash Story

Simply Breathtaking

If you do parkour this video is for you!
This video touches the untouchable it explains parkour without words.
it's 25 mins long and is also timeless.



watch full screen in HD!

David Belle Interview Continued

David Belle "The Way"



David Belle speaking on what parkour is to him. This video is worth the watch because it touches on many things that are of importance in your training especially where he talks of parkour as a process for self-development and how to recognize the ego in your training, aswell as comparing yourself to others.
Very good!

Wise Words from David Belle

Trace Elements in Austraila

Amazing video pure parkour! non-stop movement
I especially love the tree work
enjoy

Winter Trainings from Joenkkoe (UK)

You may have seen this video when it first came out two years ago, for a time it was unable to be found on youtube. now here it is online again...and it's still good without sound. Amazing climb ups! whole body movement controlled and relaxed
enjoy!

Silex from MTL

Here's a short and sweet video of Silex a skilled practitioner from MTL, very smooth saut de chat precision
enjoy!

Dimmonk November 08

Here's a video of dim monk from last fall just saw it the other day really liked it.

enjoy!

Tomber or not tomber

Very nice!

Hollie from Leeds Postive Balance vid

Here's a nice video featuring a tracer from across the pond, and put to the sound of Immortal Technique couldn't be better :)


for more of her videos you can find her youtube channel here