@@mrpickle6290 Cheers dude! We wear freet flex by freet footwear, they're a great shoe! We have a deal with them, you get 10%off with the code. Pkj10 - definitely recommend them, we were wearing them long before we got to work with them
Hey Liam, I'm 16 and have been practicing parkour for 2 years now. I find this video so amazing because it just gives me great information that allows me to enjoy doing parkour for as long as I can and to the best of my ability. I'm really glad I found your channel and I will definately be implementing your advice into my training. Thank you for making awesome and insightful videos. Cheers!👍👍
Ah man that's so amazing to hear, great that you're going to implement the advice dude, follow this stuff and you should be all good to train for years! Glad you enjoy the channel buddy ❤️🙏
This is so good man, thank you. I'm a beginner in my early thirties. It's only in the last few years that I've had the maturity for this kind of mindset. I gave myself some injuries training mma that will probably be with me for the rest of my life, training hard rather than training smart. As you say, you are your body, and it has to last you for your whole life. Look after yourselves everyone!
Ah my absolute pleasure man, I'm so glad it's helped! - Awesome that you're getting started on this now buddy, best of luck you're gonna have a great Parkour Journey! Hahah, big love brother
May not be a "classic" parkour journeys but one of the most valuable, if not the most valuable you have done. I am so impressed at your knowledge, it agrees with several of my own beliefs, has confirmed a few conclusions I've been coming to myself and taught me some new things.
I'm 17 and I'm SO glad I watched this. You explained and named a lot of things I'd been thinking about but didn't know the name for. Thanks for making this
Really enjoyed the bit about fear. i think as you said we can all benefit from those things. when you're out of isolation we cant try and bang that tic tac.
I really want to see the mobility video. I actually inured a tendon on my shin last year through not warming up.And at the moment i am trying to Figur out how to train the best but also the savest way
Mate! you are bang on!! i spent 90% of the video nodding in agreement. I have been taking parkour seriously since i was 17 ish.... i am now 34. my body really has been pushed and tested over the years. I am still going strong... but along the way i have been though a lot of pain... ankles ... hips... back...(talking years of recovery) i have had to adapt, training has changed. the way i view my body has changed. i really have had to learn how to look after my body. if i could have had these revelations at 20... no doubt id be far stronger now... being young you heal so quick its hard to take care, mobility and recovery seriously. but at 34 it literally is the difference between weather you are able to train or not. listen up kids! this is important information! if you start doing shit like this now... you could still be doing parkour into your 50s!... just saying ...
Yess Brother! 17-34 that's so fuckin inspiring man! Thanks for sharing man, so awesome that you're still able to train. It's so damn hard to get through to the kids that this stuff needs to be taken seriously, but we'll keep trying ey!
@@LiamEllis Thanks man! that means a lot to me! I always said my PK days are numbered.... but they really aren't I'm pulling off things now i never could could have done before, im still improving! i still struggle with my back from time to time. but its like you said in the video these principles are key to longevity! (i'm still learning) but its true. I think I would have struggled with this side of things too when i was young. my mind set was thinking now! i didn't care about a little pain... for me, it was part of it... but i didn't think of how id feel after 10 years plus... that is the issue with being young ... no one wants to see themselves at 35 haha when it comes to spreading the word... you are doing your bit for sure man! on youtube, this info will spread. those that are taking PK seriously will listen to you. keep making videos, keep inspiring! people need to hear this stuff! Respect brother! 👊🤙👍
@@redwolf1177 so awesome to hear you're at your best now man! You're definitely right, no one imagines themselves a year from now when they're young let alone in their 30s hahah! Thanks so much brother, take care ❤️🙏
@@LiamEllis thanks man! 🙏 Either way age isn't stopping me! Haha Mate! im in Cambridge area. If you're ever training about this way. I'd be honoured if you give me a shout. Take care brother! 🙏👊
Yo Liam, Im 17 now and Ive always struggled with Jumpersknee, Backproblems, elbows, hips, ankles, you name it, Ive had it. I practiced Basketball, Muay Thai (Thaiboxing) and last year I finally understood how important mobility and injury prevention is. It really kills me how many people don't care about it. Espaecially in Muay Thai the adults I trained with started having a drastic drop off as they hit their 30s. I really learned a lot about your Phisiology and keep searching on it. But itll be hard to get rid of my morning coffee. Cheers, mate! I love your informative videos!
What I forgot to add, is how important good posture is. It prevented backpain and it gave me so much more explosive power, as I was finally able to engage my core. This was also a game-changer for me.
Big love for sharing ma man, sorry to hear about your ailments but so amazing that you're taking the time to combat them properly! I'm glad this video could help! Yeah coffee can be a hard one 😂❤️
Thanks so much for this information. I'm 18 and intended to quit parkour at the start of this year because I concluded that it was just inherently bad for my body after a month of back injury. Your style of maintaining the body first is really appealing to me, and I'm feeling hopeful that I'll be able to get back into parkour again once my barefoot shoes arrive!
Ah dude that's so awesome to hear! It's such a shame people have to stop such a freeing sport because of the lack of information when it comes to taking care of yourself, best of luck brother 👊🤙
I just started the video and it is already very interesting . Mobility is very important . I didn't work on that during a long time and now I hurt my knee . Mobility and workout are two thing that I didn't work on and I regret it because now I have tendinites to my knee
loved your thoughts about meditating and clearing your mind before walking away from a challenge. I have literally done this acting as though I am centering myself for focus and mindfullness. I enjoyed your ideas about warming up and got some clarity from the order of warm up to sessioning to stretching. I will be changing how i do it in future sessions. some sessions i do very little movement but my body feels like i did several hours worth so i hope changing how i train changes how my body feels later. I totally agree with your view point on caffeine. I used to drink venom energy drinks because i love the taste a felt they didn't effect me, but i stopped when i started getting intense adrenaline hits while i wasn't doing much movement. I also loved your thoughts about doing movements that were in our box. When i go into a session with an intended line to do, i only see that line and i don't really open my eyes to other possible challenges or lines that could also be created. I have started going into sessions without a line in mind and without anything specific to do and even without the desire to get anything recorded. those sessions can be the best because i am fully open minded to what i could end up doing which sometimes ables me to produce a better clip then what i originally thought of.
Hell yeah man!! Thanks for sharing, sounds like you've already had some really good ideas, awesome job Gettin off the caffiene everyone's super addicted to that stuff. Amazing that you're meditating aswell. ❤️🙏
Just started following you through Jimmy the Giant :) really enjoyed this video, so brutally honest and factual and you speak with a well educated/read manner. Love it! I nee more movement in my life.
In a world the prizes the video clip over everything these days, it's good to see the more holistic approach to movement as a whole still holds sway. The understanding of physiology and the importance of resilience in strength and flexibility cannot be understated. The idea of not always imposing on one's self a predefined series of movents in a space is a good chord to to strike too. Don't get me wrong, approaching a personal challenge of a certain movement sequence is great and necessary but having sessions where you can warm up in a space and discerning whether or not you feel dynamic that day to express that movement in an explosive manner or if you feel like exploring that space in a very different way is very important for practitioners, particularly on the longer term side of things. Movement changes with age, mindset and simply the level of recovery that particular day. I'm 18 years into this wonderful discipline which really has woven its way into the fabric of my being and things have changed a lot since I stared, but the one thing that remains the same is that preparing one's self for the rigours is absolutely paramount. Enjoying your posts, thanks for the uploads. BANE
Thanks for the concise words brother. 18 years in, that's incredible, I hope I can follow suit 🙏 - where abouts are you based, would be great to meet up and train sometime man ❤️🤙
@@LiamEllis thank you for the motivation the videos you guys and woman shoot! You're right on the way to it man 👌. I'm Belfast NI dude. If we ever get out of this darn pandemic you'd be very welcome. Keep up the good work 💪
Wisdom beyond your years & you've earn't it, thanks some great insights, you maybe saving a lot people from injury with this thread of knowledge, the bioneer is doing great work on this kind of multi integrated approach also. Personally I add some internal marital arts basics into mix with yoga - specifically the standing stance practice for structural alignment mind body connection, especially after heavy impact sessions cooling down with taichi to standing practice (ie progressively less movement) feels like high octane olive oil for ageing joints (I'm 49)
Thankyou brother I really appreciate that. Oh cool I'll check him out! - That sounds like a really good approach, do you have any resources I could check out regarding the standing stance + Taichi? - I'm definitely interested in this cooling down with progressively less movement idea
Heres the links to the Ironshirt Chi Kung book PDF, it was my introduction to stance training & still probably the best ive come across so far. The Bioneer recently did a youtube focused on the understudied body tissue the Fascia which overlaps nicely with some of the physiologicals involved with the Internal Martial Arts explained in the book. Enevitably with any traditional practice it comes with accrued cultural baggage but i tried not to throw the baby out with bathwater so to speak. The cultural treasures of India & China: Yoga & Tai Chi ( & all the Internal Martial Arts ) recognised meditation, breath control & stretching, stance work, breath control & energy flow ] they didn't arrive at these conclusions by accident either theres reasons for the their methodology. I tried it & experienced much of what the classics suggested would happen & its helped with my injuries & my mum reduced here osteoperosis massively too. Theres definately lots of miss-information about these things but thats complex subjects for you. For me ive come to understand that a useful way of looking at it is that the Chakras in Yoga are like the Psyche's nervous system & the Chi in Internal MA is like the Blood, apart from direct experience it can all get a bit meta. Getting a good teacher is best bet, but distilling the principles & basics common to all these arts will help, cutting through all the crap though the tree stance featured below will do alot of work. Like an idiot I tried doing the iconic deep horse stances first, but they are way too much like the external running n jumping stresses i was trying to ameliorate, i got & get much much better results from the standard Embrace the Tree" stance. Stance book PDF : www.bing.com/search?q=mantak+chia+iron+shirt+pdf+riseup&qs=n&form=QBRE&sp=-1&pq=mantak+chia+iron+shirt+pdf+riseup&sc=0-33&sk=&cvid=0E0424B468E544C6BB95E1526BCE7FA3 The Bioneer UA-cam on fascia ua-cam.com/video/d3l_GQesETs/v-deo.html & PDF book "Functional Training" www.coursehero.com/file/65010307/440522184-SuperFunctional-Training-1pdf/ Hope this helps your quest
Addictions are difficult. Like you, I believe Parkour training can help us to conquer them. Good on you for the caffeine kick and I've been enjoying your videos very much. Your tutorials are excellent!🤩
Good work Liam. Some very valuable points in there even for me at 42. I felt a little disappointed when I heard you mention no parkour today, but the information you delivered was a free lesson for anyone doing parkour. So thanks for sharing this knowledge! :-)
Amazing mate, so glad you got some value from it! Awesome that you're practising parkour at 42, love to hear that! My pleasure, hopefully some more parkour next week ❤️🙏
@@LiamEllis 33 here, at it for about 13 and a half now. But still I am guilty of not taking these basic wisdoms to heart. In the end you need to realise that it is about self respect how you treat your body. And every reminder helps, so I found value in this video as well.
Just started parkour this week practice the basics. This has been great and helpful in getting on the right track! Thank you! Also anyone in miami that I can train with?
This was so bloody awesome! I could agree with everything you have said, I have found all those things to be true in my experience so far, as well. Much love for making this golden video!
Amazing mate glad you got something from this! Yeah absolutely, like I say if you can get Barefoot shoes then all the better so they have proper room for your toes width!
Thank you Liam, this was really helpful. The combating thoughts bit was especially good for me, and the mobility part. Taking a break from challenges I can't do works really well for me as well. The stretching/warmup thing was cool because I usually forget to properly warm up and I just stretch so thank you. Thanks for uploading during quarantine!
Amazing Juliet! Sorry only just seen this comment! - I'm really glad it helped man! I'm excited to see where your training is at when we can all jam again!
Great video! Personally, I'd really be interested in a review video for the barefoot shoes. I'm getting my first true barefoot shoes soon for this summer, both everyday and sports shoe (last summer I used campers) and I'm getting into PK again after two years. Thanks for the tips!
Thanks buddy! - Awesome mate good to hear that! Maybe I'll make something reviewing them soon! Great to hear you're getting back into parkour and starting with a barefoot shoe! Big love mate👊
@@LiamEllis Interesting perspective on the barefoot shoes. I am wearing them for both training and everything else for about 3 years now, but I wasn't quite able to decide if the mentioned benefits outweigh the lack of cushioning. I am totally with you on the whole biodynamics thing, but by the same token the human anatomy was never designed to deal with impacts on surfaces as hard as concrete all the time. So I was pondering switching back to normal shoes for training (only) after all, but in the end they would feel too clunky to bear. Would you elaborate some more why particularly the knees are worse off for the cushioning? I didn't quite follow your thought on the video.
@@LiamEllis yeah man as a fellow 'old man' I have found it really hard to get back into training and it's mostly because of bad habits that I'm still carrying around, been on abit of a self improvement journey myself and these tips have really spoken to me 👌
Thank you so much for this very informative piece. As a dancer, I was trained to have long, lean muscles. Many, many (many!) years later this lead to knee weakness. I learned that I needed to build up my quads. Strengthen all of the muscles around my knees and then, less pain and chance for injury. I love all of the info on mobility training. Loads of important content. Thank you!
My absolute pleasure! I'm so glad you got something from it!🙏 - it's so upsetting when you don't have the proper information and that leads to injuries that lead to not being able to participate in the thing you love the most! Thankfully though if you're committed, the injuries teach you a lot ❤🙏
@@LiamEllis Ah! Unfortunately, it was proper at the time and then dance education evolved to be more realistic and not make all of us into skinny dolls. I am lucky that my father was an athlete and I was cross trained. I did not need surgery on my knee until late in my career. Healed up quickly and got right back in the game. I would have to say that athletes today, like yourself, have really good info to keep them safe and provide longevity to their careers.
@@FirstPositionDA Ah that's such a shame, at least things are different now! Absolutely definitely very lucky, although a lot of people still don't have this information, I'm only learning about it myself this past year! - What kind of knee surgery did you have?
@@LiamEllis Meniscus surgery. He did a great job. I had rotator cuff surgery awhile back (modern dancer, dance on my hands, upside down as often as possible). Both surgeons said the same thing..."Wow! So much worse once I got in there!" Oh hooray! I was super diligent with my PT and both surgeries healed up well. Knee surgery was a walk in the park compared to shoulder thing. All that mobility training and yoga you are doing will really help keep you from getting super unpleasant repetitive strain and overuse injuries. That was really good advice.
@@LiamEllis This is similar to the floorwork that I do only with stretched legs and feet and more variations. If I can think it, I can do it. I'm lucky. ua-cam.com/video/VDLCaLkzuwo/v-deo.html. He's using modern dance and capoiera movement ideas and patterns. Plus it's loads of fun to move in this way. My husband and I both teach modern dance with loads of floor work in the studio.
Try not to think of it in terms of a quick fix ma man, listening to the way your body works is well worth spending the time learning 🙏 developing a proper full squat with back straight and knees behind toes is a great start 😊
@@LiamEllis that's a bit rough 😬. For the first 16 months of my Parkour I had managed to get a bit of cartillage to float around my knee until I had it removed by surgery. It was a strange blessing in disguise as during the injury I found myself training in ways to avoid the pain resulting in the most gentle techniques for my knees coming of it. I don't know if I kept them up😋 but it's just a thought plus it's nice to have something positive to consider from something we see as negative 😊
I started Parkour about a year ago and i think i tried to do to much. To many big jumps to fast my body wasn't strong enough. I have pain in both my knees and my back a little. now my high shins. I know that i just got to stop the big jumps and get on that mobility. Would you say its ok to occasionally do a couple big jumps? Also where can I find those barefoot shoes? I know funny question but do you wear socks with them lol
Sounds Savage man! Classic case of too much too fast! Strengthen those legs in the gym and get the muscles ready for the size of jumps, keep it small and work on technique and landings for now bro, build your strength and flexibility - they're a freet Barefoot. Com and we wear socks yeah hahah
Great video! I was checking out the Fleets and got a bit overwhelmed with the selection. Is there a particular style you can recommend that will hold up for parkour?
Great recommendation. Even in Martial arts circles Peter Ralston is relatively niche but very relevant ( id add Bruce Kumar Frances "Power of internal Martial Arts" & Mantak Chia's "Iron shirt Chi Kung"]. Wow the parkour community is really maturing, the principles of individual progression & open hearted collaboration still amazes me, its great to see a truely rich body of understanding & openness develop. Thanks to the legacy of the pioneering efforts of the Yamakasi who drew on wider learning of related subjects in physical culture. There's definately a progressive journey from external to internal thats getting more recognition - & an integration of west & east, traditional & modern, its very exciting to see & experience. For me because PK is experiential its quite scientific, things work or they dont, having come from a science perspective, i was skeptical about Chi, but intuitively recognized something useful about Tai Chi, but Mantak Chia was able to provide me a western modern physiological perspective on internal energy 'Chi' & for the Standing practice as the missing link in training - that & its opposite the world of dance! I injured my self in a number of ways doing PK with the wrong mentality, its only by adding more internal components to my training have i been able to heal & enjoy the Journey again. Thanks Vojtech for the Ralston reminder, thanks Liam for the inspiration & Jimmy the Giant PK scholar extrordinair for putting me on to your channel.
Icarus comes to mind as far as Parkour training goes. I used to say "Before you can fly, you must learn to land".
Absolutely mate 🙏👌
This is the right mentality. I love you man. So relateble and awesome. I really saw me in you in this video.
Hope this one hits ya guys, excited to share my experience, hopefully something can be of value to you ❤️❤️🙏
I’m fifteen now and I’ve been doing a bit of parkour; I love the sport!
@@urban_freerunner6979 amazing mate! Keep enjoying it!
Hey, what kind of barefoot shoe do you recommend? Great video btw!
@@mrpickle6290 Cheers dude! We wear freet flex by freet footwear, they're a great shoe! We have a deal with them, you get 10%off with the code. Pkj10 - definitely recommend them, we were wearing them long before we got to work with them
Hey Liam, I'm 16 and have been practicing parkour for 2 years now. I find this video so amazing because it just gives me great information that allows me to enjoy doing parkour for as long as I can and to the best of my ability. I'm really glad I found your channel and I will definately be implementing your advice into my training. Thank you for making awesome and insightful videos.
Cheers!👍👍
Ah man that's so amazing to hear, great that you're going to implement the advice dude, follow this stuff and you should be all good to train for years! Glad you enjoy the channel buddy ❤️🙏
This is so good man, thank you.
I'm a beginner in my early thirties. It's only in the last few years that I've had the maturity for this kind of mindset. I gave myself some injuries training mma that will probably be with me for the rest of my life, training hard rather than training smart. As you say, you are your body, and it has to last you for your whole life. Look after yourselves everyone!
Ah my absolute pleasure man, I'm so glad it's helped! - Awesome that you're getting started on this now buddy, best of luck you're gonna have a great Parkour Journey! Hahah, big love brother
May not be a "classic" parkour journeys but one of the most valuable, if not the most valuable you have done. I am so impressed at your knowledge, it agrees with several of my own beliefs, has confirmed a few conclusions I've been coming to myself and taught me some new things.
Ah amazing man, thanks so much, I appreciate that 🙏 I'm really glad you resonated with this ❤️❤️🙏
I'm 17 and I'm SO glad I watched this. You explained and named a lot of things I'd been thinking about but didn't know the name for. Thanks for making this
Ah man, my absolute pleasure, I'm so glad you got what you needed from it ❤️🙏
Really enjoyed the bit about fear. i think as you said we can all benefit from those things. when you're out of isolation we cant try and bang that tic tac.
Awesome dude, glad you got some value you from this, yeah sounds like a plan ma man ❤️🤙
I really want to see the mobility video.
I actually inured a tendon on my shin last year through not warming up.And at the moment i am trying to Figur out how to train the best but also the savest way
Sorry to hear that ma man, I will get to work on it ❤️🙏
Mate! you are bang on!! i spent 90% of the video nodding in agreement. I have been taking parkour seriously since i was 17 ish.... i am now 34. my body really has been pushed and tested over the years. I am still going strong... but along the way i have been though a lot of pain... ankles ... hips... back...(talking years of recovery) i have had to adapt, training has changed. the way i view my body has changed. i really have had to learn how to look after my body. if i could have had these revelations at 20... no doubt id be far stronger now... being young you heal so quick its hard to take care, mobility and recovery seriously. but at 34 it literally is the difference between weather you are able to train or not.
listen up kids! this is important information! if you start doing shit like this now... you could still be doing parkour into your 50s!... just saying ...
Yess Brother! 17-34 that's so fuckin inspiring man! Thanks for sharing man, so awesome that you're still able to train. It's so damn hard to get through to the kids that this stuff needs to be taken seriously, but we'll keep trying ey!
@@LiamEllis Thanks man! that means a lot to me! I always said my PK days are numbered.... but they really aren't I'm pulling off things now i never could could have done before, im still improving! i still struggle with my back from time to time. but its like you said in the video these principles are key to longevity! (i'm still learning)
but its true. I think I would have struggled with this side of things too when i was young. my mind set was thinking now! i didn't care about a little pain... for me, it was part of it... but i didn't think of how id feel after 10 years plus... that is the issue with being young ... no one wants to see themselves at 35 haha
when it comes to spreading the word... you are doing your bit for sure man! on youtube, this info will spread. those that are taking PK seriously will listen to you. keep making videos, keep inspiring! people need to hear this stuff!
Respect brother! 👊🤙👍
@@redwolf1177 so awesome to hear you're at your best now man! You're definitely right, no one imagines themselves a year from now when they're young let alone in their 30s hahah!
Thanks so much brother, take care ❤️🙏
@@LiamEllis thanks man! 🙏 Either way age isn't stopping me! Haha
Mate! im in Cambridge area. If you're ever training about this way. I'd be honoured if you give me a shout.
Take care brother! 🙏👊
Yo Liam,
Im 17 now and Ive always struggled with Jumpersknee, Backproblems, elbows, hips, ankles, you name it, Ive had it.
I practiced Basketball, Muay Thai (Thaiboxing) and last year I finally understood how important mobility and injury prevention is.
It really kills me how many people don't care about it. Espaecially in Muay Thai the adults I trained with started having a drastic drop off as they hit their 30s.
I really learned a lot about your Phisiology and keep searching on it. But itll be hard to get rid of my morning coffee.
Cheers, mate! I love your informative videos!
What I forgot to add, is how important good posture is. It prevented backpain and it gave me so much more explosive power, as I was finally able to engage my core. This was also a game-changer for me.
Big love for sharing ma man, sorry to hear about your ailments but so amazing that you're taking the time to combat them properly!
I'm glad this video could help! Yeah coffee can be a hard one 😂❤️
@@minionsofdarkness4476 absolutely man, I'm learning more about that at the moment! Reading becoming a supple leopard, have you read it?
Parkour Journeys No, what is it about?
@@minionsofdarkness4476 It's top to bottom mobility and biomechanics, super interesting and well worth checking out!
Thanks so much for this information. I'm 18 and intended to quit parkour at the start of this year because I concluded that it was just inherently bad for my body after a month of back injury. Your style of maintaining the body first is really appealing to me, and I'm feeling hopeful that I'll be able to get back into parkour again once my barefoot shoes arrive!
Ah dude that's so awesome to hear! It's such a shame people have to stop such a freeing sport because of the lack of information when it comes to taking care of yourself, best of luck brother 👊🤙
Dang bro I’ll enjoy my journey too
Hell yeah ❤️🙏
I just started the video and it is already very interesting . Mobility is very important . I didn't work on that during a long time and now I hurt my knee . Mobility and workout are two thing that I didn't work on and I regret it because now I have tendinites to my knee
Yeah man, represent the struggle!
loved your thoughts about meditating and clearing your mind before walking away from a challenge. I have literally done this acting as though I am centering myself for focus and mindfullness. I enjoyed your ideas about warming up and got some clarity from the order of warm up to sessioning to stretching. I will be changing how i do it in future sessions. some sessions i do very little movement but my body feels like i did several hours worth so i hope changing how i train changes how my body feels later. I totally agree with your view point on caffeine. I used to drink venom energy drinks because i love the taste a felt they didn't effect me, but i stopped when i started getting intense adrenaline hits while i wasn't doing much movement. I also loved your thoughts about doing movements that were in our box. When i go into a session with an intended line to do, i only see that line and i don't really open my eyes to other possible challenges or lines that could also be created. I have started going into sessions without a line in mind and without anything specific to do and even without the desire to get anything recorded. those sessions can be the best because i am fully open minded to what i could end up doing which sometimes ables me to produce a better clip then what i originally thought of.
Hell yeah man!! Thanks for sharing, sounds like you've already had some really good ideas, awesome job Gettin off the caffiene everyone's super addicted to that stuff. Amazing that you're meditating aswell. ❤️🙏
Just started following you through Jimmy the Giant :) really enjoyed this video, so brutally honest and factual and you speak with a well educated/read manner. Love it! I nee more movement in my life.
Amazing man, welcome to the channel haha! - I'm glad you enjoyed it brother, hell yeah! Grab movement by the fuckin balls.
In a world the prizes the video clip over everything these days, it's good to see the more holistic approach to movement as a whole still holds sway. The understanding of physiology and the importance of resilience in strength and flexibility cannot be understated. The idea of not always imposing on one's self a predefined series of movents in a space is a good chord to to strike too. Don't get me wrong, approaching a personal challenge of a certain movement sequence is great and necessary but having sessions where you can warm up in a space and discerning whether or not you feel dynamic that day to express that movement in an explosive manner or if you feel like exploring that space in a very different way is very important for practitioners, particularly on the longer term side of things. Movement changes with age, mindset and simply the level of recovery that particular day. I'm 18 years into this wonderful discipline which really has woven its way into the fabric of my being and things have changed a lot since I stared, but the one thing that remains the same is that preparing one's self for the rigours is absolutely paramount.
Enjoying your posts, thanks for the uploads.
BANE
Thanks for the concise words brother. 18 years in, that's incredible, I hope I can follow suit 🙏 - where abouts are you based, would be great to meet up and train sometime man ❤️🤙
@@LiamEllis thank you for the motivation the videos you guys and woman shoot! You're right on the way to it man 👌. I'm Belfast NI dude. If we ever get out of this darn pandemic you'd be very welcome. Keep up the good work 💪
@@baneparkour thanks so much for the kind words brother, will definitely visit you at some stage ❤️🙏
shoes are like putting on a thick pair of gloves and trying to make a cup of tea hoping for the best
HAHAH straight up brother - We have a discount code for FREET barefoot shoes if you're interested - PKJ10
Wisdom beyond your years & you've earn't it, thanks some great insights, you maybe saving a lot people from injury with this thread of knowledge, the bioneer is doing great work on this kind of multi integrated approach also. Personally I add some internal marital arts basics into mix with yoga - specifically the standing stance practice for structural alignment mind body connection, especially after heavy impact sessions cooling down with taichi to standing practice (ie progressively less movement) feels like high octane olive oil for ageing joints (I'm 49)
Thankyou brother I really appreciate that. Oh cool I'll check him out! - That sounds like a really good approach, do you have any resources I could check out regarding the standing stance + Taichi? - I'm definitely interested in this cooling down with progressively less movement idea
Heres the links to the Ironshirt Chi Kung book PDF, it was my introduction to stance training & still probably the best ive come across so far. The Bioneer recently did a youtube focused on the understudied body tissue the Fascia which overlaps nicely with some of the physiologicals involved with the Internal Martial Arts explained in the book. Enevitably with any traditional practice it comes with accrued cultural baggage but i tried not to throw the baby out with bathwater so to speak. The cultural treasures of India & China: Yoga & Tai Chi ( & all the Internal Martial Arts ) recognised meditation, breath control & stretching, stance work, breath control & energy flow ] they didn't arrive at these conclusions by accident either theres reasons for the their methodology. I tried it & experienced much of what the classics suggested would happen & its helped with my injuries & my mum reduced here osteoperosis massively too. Theres definately lots of miss-information about these things but thats complex subjects for you. For me ive come to understand that a useful way of looking at it is that the Chakras in Yoga are like the Psyche's nervous system & the Chi in Internal MA is like the Blood, apart from direct experience it can all get a bit meta. Getting a good teacher is best bet, but distilling the principles & basics common to all these arts will help, cutting through all the crap though the tree stance featured below will do alot of work.
Like an idiot I tried doing the iconic deep horse stances first, but they are way too much like the external running n jumping stresses i was trying to ameliorate, i got & get much much better results from the standard Embrace the Tree" stance.
Stance book PDF : www.bing.com/search?q=mantak+chia+iron+shirt+pdf+riseup&qs=n&form=QBRE&sp=-1&pq=mantak+chia+iron+shirt+pdf+riseup&sc=0-33&sk=&cvid=0E0424B468E544C6BB95E1526BCE7FA3
The Bioneer
UA-cam on fascia
ua-cam.com/video/d3l_GQesETs/v-deo.html
& PDF book "Functional Training"
www.coursehero.com/file/65010307/440522184-SuperFunctional-Training-1pdf/
Hope this helps your quest
Addictions are difficult. Like you, I believe Parkour training can help us to conquer them. Good on you for the caffeine kick and I've been enjoying your videos very much. Your tutorials are excellent!🤩
Hell yeah brother 💪Thanks so much man, I'm glad you're enjoying them!🙏
Good work Liam. Some very valuable points in there even for me at 42. I felt a little disappointed when I heard you mention no parkour today, but the information you delivered was a free lesson for anyone doing parkour. So thanks for sharing this knowledge! :-)
Amazing mate, so glad you got some value from it! Awesome that you're practising parkour at 42, love to hear that! My pleasure, hopefully some more parkour next week ❤️🙏
@@LiamEllis 33 here, at it for about 13 and a half now. But still I am guilty of not taking these basic wisdoms to heart. In the end you need to realise that it is about self respect how you treat your body. And every reminder helps, so I found value in this video as well.
Thank you so much everything you addressed is so true and thanks to you I can see myself doing this long term
My pleasure! Glad you got some good stuff out of it!
Great breakdown of all the things you learned last year! And I totally agree with you: Mobility is so important!
Thanks so much! Absolutely man, 100% one of the most important things in our lives!👊👊
Just started parkour this week practice the basics. This has been great and helpful in getting on the right track! Thank you! Also anyone in miami that I can train with?
Amazing man! Glad its helped you! ❤️🙏
@@LiamEllis yes this tips are gold!
This was so bloody awesome! I could agree with everything you have said, I have found all those things to be true in my experience so far, as well. Much love for making this golden video!
Ah mate I'm so glad ❤️🙏my pleasure dude 🙏
Your so underrated❤️❤️❤️
Ah Thankyou, really appreciate that ❤️🙏
Great video Liam nice a chilled
Cheers mate ❤️🙏
Great topics and discussions, love the video bro - brings back mems
Ah cheers ma man! Ohh you know it, our classic under the gym mat life meetings 😂❤️
I really enjoyed this video! Planning to get new shoes next week or so, now I know to go for something as light soled as possible...
Amazing mate glad you got something from this! Yeah absolutely, like I say if you can get Barefoot shoes then all the better so they have proper room for your toes width!
Great video man! Such great advice that you explain so well- will definitely be taking it on board! ❤️
Thanks my girl ❤️🙏
Thank you Liam, this was really helpful. The combating thoughts bit was especially good for me, and the mobility part. Taking a break from challenges I can't do works really well for me as well. The stretching/warmup thing was cool because I usually forget to properly warm up and I just stretch so thank you. Thanks for uploading during quarantine!
Amazing Juliet! Sorry only just seen this comment! - I'm really glad it helped man! I'm excited to see where your training is at when we can all jam again!
SO MUCH VALUE
Thanks man! Glad you got some good stuff from this!
Yes man! I love this! I'm a true believer and think everyone should give this a watch, even if they don't do parkour.
Ah thanks so much dude! ❤️❤️🙏
Great video!
Personally, I'd really be interested in a review video for the barefoot shoes.
I'm getting my first true barefoot shoes soon for this summer, both everyday and sports shoe (last summer I used campers) and I'm getting into PK again after two years.
Thanks for the tips!
Thanks buddy! - Awesome mate good to hear that! Maybe I'll make something reviewing them soon! Great to hear you're getting back into parkour and starting with a barefoot shoe! Big love mate👊
@@LiamEllis Interesting perspective on the barefoot shoes. I am wearing them for both training and everything else for about 3 years now, but I wasn't quite able to decide if the mentioned benefits outweigh the lack of cushioning. I am totally with you on the whole biodynamics thing, but by the same token the human anatomy was never designed to deal with impacts on surfaces as hard as concrete all the time. So I was pondering switching back to normal shoes for training (only) after all, but in the end they would feel too clunky to bear. Would you elaborate some more why particularly the knees are worse off for the cushioning? I didn't quite follow your thought on the video.
really good stuff, thank you. I think I'l get back into regular yoga now ;)
Awesome! You're more than welcome
Btw I’ll take all this info into mind I think it could really help me
Amazing man I really hope it does 🙏🙏
Liam thanks for your tips its really helpful.😊
My absolute pleasure! I'm greatful it helped
Hey Liam I’m working on the clip now I did it with my drone hopefully you will like it I’ll send it to you soon
Oh dude that'll be sik 🔥🤙
Loved it dude!
Cheers brother ❤️🙏
Really connected with this video man ! Appreciate all of the info 👍
Amazing dude! So glad you got something from this ❤️🙏my pleasure
@@LiamEllis yeah man as a fellow 'old man' I have found it really hard to get back into training and it's mostly because of bad habits that I'm still carrying around, been on abit of a self improvement journey myself and these tips have really spoken to me 👌
@@davidmorton7861 big love brother, awesome to hear you're on the journey, you are your body ma man, keep at it ❤️🙏
Thank you so much for this very informative piece. As a dancer, I was trained to have long, lean muscles. Many, many (many!) years later this lead to knee weakness. I learned that I needed to build up my quads. Strengthen all of the muscles around my knees and then, less pain and chance for injury. I love all of the info on mobility training. Loads of important content. Thank you!
My absolute pleasure! I'm so glad you got something from it!🙏 - it's so upsetting when you don't have the proper information and that leads to injuries that lead to not being able to participate in the thing you love the most! Thankfully though if you're committed, the injuries teach you a lot ❤🙏
@@LiamEllis Ah! Unfortunately, it was proper at the time and then dance education evolved to be more realistic and not make all of us into skinny dolls. I am lucky that my father was an athlete and I was cross trained. I did not need surgery on my knee until late in my career. Healed up quickly and got right back in the game. I would have to say that athletes today, like yourself, have really good info to keep them safe and provide longevity to their careers.
@@FirstPositionDA Ah that's such a shame, at least things are different now! Absolutely definitely very lucky, although a lot of people still don't have this information, I'm only learning about it myself this past year! - What kind of knee surgery did you have?
@@LiamEllis Meniscus surgery. He did a great job. I had rotator cuff surgery awhile back (modern dancer, dance on my hands, upside down as often as possible). Both surgeons said the same thing..."Wow! So much worse once I got in there!" Oh hooray! I was super diligent with my PT and both surgeries healed up well. Knee surgery was a walk in the park compared to shoulder thing. All that mobility training and yoga you are doing will really help keep you from getting super unpleasant repetitive strain and overuse injuries. That was really good advice.
@@LiamEllis This is similar to the floorwork that I do only with stretched legs and feet and more variations. If I can think it, I can do it. I'm lucky. ua-cam.com/video/VDLCaLkzuwo/v-deo.html. He's using modern dance and capoiera movement ideas and patterns. Plus it's loads of fun to move in this way. My husband and I both teach modern dance with loads of floor work in the studio.
This was so helpful and inspiring thank you so much!! 🙏
My pleasure man! Glad you got some value from it ❤️🙏
dope vid !
Thanks man! Really appreciate it
Do you have any quick excersises for mobility?
Try not to think of it in terms of a quick fix ma man, listening to the way your body works is well worth spending the time learning 🙏 developing a proper full squat with back straight and knees behind toes is a great start 😊
Nice video 👌 Is patellar tendinitis something that causes pain during training?
Thanks dude, yeah during and after and before if you're unlucky hahah
@@LiamEllis that's a bit rough 😬. For the first 16 months of my Parkour I had managed to get a bit of cartillage to float around my knee until I had it removed by surgery. It was a strange blessing in disguise as during the injury I found myself training in ways to avoid the pain resulting in the most gentle techniques for my knees coming of it. I don't know if I kept them up😋 but it's just a thought plus it's nice to have something positive to consider from something we see as negative 😊
I started Parkour about a year ago and i think i tried to do to much. To many big jumps to fast my body wasn't strong enough. I have pain in both my knees and my back a little. now my high shins. I know that i just got to stop the big jumps and get on that mobility. Would you say its ok to occasionally do a couple big jumps? Also where can I find those barefoot shoes? I know funny question but do you wear socks with them lol
Sounds Savage man! Classic case of too much too fast! Strengthen those legs in the gym and get the muscles ready for the size of jumps, keep it small and work on technique and landings for now bro, build your strength and flexibility - they're a freet Barefoot. Com and we wear socks yeah hahah
@@LiamEllis K thanks i found the shoes. I will do that.
Great video! I was checking out the Fleets and got a bit overwhelmed with the selection. Is there a particular style you can recommend that will hold up for parkour?
Ah thanks man! Glad you're gettin on it! - We use the Freet Flex
@@LiamEllis Those were the ones I was eyeing up. Thanks!
@@Ryskill Awesome mate! No problem, tell em we sent you! :D
I think you'd really like the book 'Zen Body-Being' by P.Ralston
I'll check it out ma man 🙏
Great recommendation. Even in Martial arts circles Peter Ralston is relatively niche but very relevant ( id add Bruce Kumar Frances "Power of internal Martial Arts" & Mantak Chia's "Iron shirt Chi Kung"]. Wow the parkour community is really maturing, the principles of individual progression & open hearted collaboration still amazes me, its great to see a truely rich body of understanding & openness develop. Thanks to the legacy of the pioneering efforts of the Yamakasi who drew on wider learning of related subjects in physical culture. There's definately a progressive journey from external to internal thats getting more recognition - & an integration of west & east, traditional & modern, its very exciting to see & experience. For me because PK is experiential its quite scientific, things work or they dont, having come from a science perspective, i was skeptical about Chi, but intuitively recognized something useful about Tai Chi, but Mantak Chia was able to provide me a western modern physiological perspective on internal energy 'Chi' & for the Standing practice as the missing link in training - that & its opposite the world of dance!
I injured my self in a number of ways doing PK with the wrong mentality, its only by adding more internal components to my training have i been able to heal & enjoy the Journey again.
Thanks Vojtech for the Ralston reminder, thanks Liam for the inspiration & Jimmy the Giant PK scholar extrordinair for putting me on to your channel.
I agree totally with whot you are saying. 😊 But surely this applies to any age group.🤔
Yeah for sure! I say through the video about all ages! 100% applies to everyone 🙏
How long did it take for you to do big jumps with barefoot shoes?
Go check the barefoot shoe video! :D
@@LiamEllis i will
Hi man, i didn't catch the brand of shoes. Can you shere link to their shop or somethink? Thanks :-)
Hey Buddy - They're Freet Flex freetbarefoot.com/
@@LiamEllis Thanx :-)
I cant really do parkour at the moment considering I got hit by a car😑
That's Savage man, what's the damage?
@@LiamEllis surprisingly no breaks but I do have swelling and stuff on my leg and elbow
your video is so long try to keep it fast and give us just the important
Appreciate the feedback mate, I think a lot of people enjoy more in-depth discussions though :)