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 …
Category :Strength and Conditioning
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 …
Parkour Injuries: 2012 Survey Results
Active people get hurt. It’s a fact of life, and it’s something that we all must confront sooner or later. Some of us can escape our training with relatively few injuries, while others seem to collect wounds and broken bones like a bad habit. Injuries often seem unavoidable. Yet, when you know what the most …
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 …