Do you get lost watching videos of people using their bodies in remarkable ways? Is your Instagram feed filled with acrobats, yogis, dancers, skaters, and other athletes? Me too, and guess what? It’s time to put down the screen, and pick up a book. Here are eight titles for people who love human movement: The Story …
Category :Interviews and Reviews
Natural Born Heroes Book Review
A scream stirs you awake. It’s the middle of the night and you open your window to find the neighboring apartment building ablaze. People are in trouble. They need you. Kids need to be carried down the fire escape. A grandmother needs help exiting the building. What do you do? Rush to the rescue, of …
Book Review: Parkour and the Art du Deplacement
I was heavy into karate as a kid. Learning subtle dodges, effective blocks, punches, and spinning kicks — that stuff had me giddy. I loved mastering my body and seeing how I could test myself against opponents in the sparring ring. It brought me into myself and taught me the connection between my body and …
Book Review: The Parkour and Freerunning Handbook
Good parkour training will go some way to helping you reach your true potential and you will come to realize that your limits are far beyond what you could ever imagine. – Dan Edwardes For my second parkour-specific book review, I take a peek at Dan Edwarde’s “The Parkour and Freerunning Handbook.” If you’re unfamiliar with …
Review: The Ultimate Parkour and Freerunning Book
Books about parkour are few and far between. There simply aren’t that many coaches out there who have transitioned from hands-on teaching to written instruction. The ability to convey complex movement with words and photographs often feels like a near impossibility. Yet, it can be done. Many months ago, I received a copy of the …
Thinking about opening a parkour gym? Matt Antis shares his experience.
Do you dream about opening your own parkour gym? Opening one’s own training space is a fantasy many athletes share and in the past few years a handful of entrepreneurial traceurs have successfully made the leap. Matt Antis and his wife Whitney have been the co-owners of Revolution Parkour since 2010, and they definitely know …
5 Questions: The Tim “Livewire” Shieff Interview!
British freerunner Tim “Livewire” Shieff is one of my favorite athletes. Great creativity, impressive strength, and a ton of fun to watch on video. When I hope to move better, I try to think of how Tim would do it. His talent was rewarded in 2009 when he won the Barclaycard World Freerunning Championship, and …
Interview with Rafe Kelley, co-founder of Parkour Visions
I first met Rafe Kelley at the 2012 Seattle Parkour Summit, which was hosted by Parkour Visions. Prior to the event, my buddy Ramman Turner had told me about some of the previous seminars he had taken with him, and had impressed on me what a great instructor he was. Rafe was busy leading a class …
Interview with Thomas Tapp
I know you’ve heard of the Tapp Brothers, so the name Thomas Tapp should already ring a bell. This friendly 23-year old lives in Hollywood and is one half of the team behind the website LearnMoreParkour.com. As a professional parkour athlete he has appeared in multiple TV commercials, trains as a stuntman, and helps to …
Interview with Steve Low, author of ‘Overcoming Gravity’
A few weeks ago I posted a review of Steve Low’s book, Overcoming Gravity. After it was up on this site, I felt compelled to learn more about Steve as an author, and ask him a few questions about the bodyweight training and parkour. He’s a busy guy, working to finish his doctorate in physical …