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[Note for readers new to Parkour, or who are just recently getting familiar with the discipline:]

Stephane Vigroux was born and raised in France, learnt Parkour in Lisses with David Belle [arguably the initiator of the discipline as such], beginning in 1998, and has been part of the early growth of the discipline.

He then relocated to London, UK where he co-founded Pakour Generations [arguably the most successful Pakour…

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...and I'm not referring to other mayhem I have addressed previously, or to the fact that you may not be living around the same area (including the Bay's) forever, or you may even -God forbid!- quit Parkour (GASP!). :)

 

I just noticed that our urban surroundings change as much as our natural ones.

If you wait enough, urban planners, speculations, or road and facilities improvements…

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Yesterday, after 4+ years training and volunteering in coordinating parkour sessions, I finally ended up in a verbal altercation with an annoying onlooker, who wouldn't quit complaining about the presumably "inconsiderate" behavior of our group.

 

In the past (and maybe also thanks to my older age and relative experience with life, work and differently opinionated individuals), I did manage…

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Adidas Floater OG, Black, US size 10.5 ("true to size", apparently...)



Value $65, bought them too big a couple of months ago.

:(



Never worn as kicks, just for playing ball indoor.

Used maybe 10 times.



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Are you an competitive athlete who wants to jump higher? You can increase your vertical/horizontal leap a lot faster than you may think and I will show you 2 exercises that help you do just that.

Some people can naturally jump higher than others but both natural jumpers and non-jumpers alike can benefit from a plyometric exercise routine.… Continue

On a recent, brief family vacation I watched some ESPN boxing on TV, which I like doing, but I rarely do.



Randomly, I ended up following a whole 10 rounds match that kept my attention, for a combination of reasons:

- it was competitive female boxing (didn't watch that since the Million Dollar Baby)

- it was for the World Title (albeit juvenile)

- the defending champion was Mexican (and I was in… Continue

...this has been published ages ago on 'another forum' but the content is all mine, and I hear the topic is still interesting, thus I've gladly 'recycled' it.

[advice: gross, but useful content follows...] :)



Calluses and 'Rips':

...so: you finally had your first Parkour-related torn (hand-)callus yesterday?

Hurts like hell, it's more or less bloody/messy as your average torn toe-blister from running, or hand-blister from… Continue

..I'll start with one, and write it down to remind myself of it (and invite everybody else to do the same with their PK -or not- related resolutions...), I may add to the list, at some point:



- BE POSITIVE!

The glass IS half-full !!!

It's going to take me some effort, but, also thanks to pk and the community I belong to, I should be able to make it...

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p.s.: my life-long resolution is: Get it done!...

I consider… Continue

flash back: I banged my left knee pretty bad a month and a half ago and have been recovering slowly, but surely ever since, even if I suffered minor yet painful dings here-and-there, and am probably still about 90%.



fastforward: the day after tomorrow I'll be flying back to the Bay after a two short weeks stay in my motherland (Italy), where I (surprisingly!) managed to train 5… Continue

I was looking forward to my first blog post being something REALLY inspirational, or retrospective, or biographical, but I guess -as ironical as it is, given my screen name- it's going to be about a minor, yet bothering injury; and about it's assessment, treatment and prevention...



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A recent blow to my left knee, which also caused a short, deep cut (treated with… Continue