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Parkour is a sport that, in many ways, is still in it’s infancy. The practice only began gaining traction in the late 90’s & early 00’s yet, in the short time since, we have [...]

“The tao that can be told is not the eternal tao. The name that can be named is not the eternal name. The nameless is the mother of all things. The named gives rise to the 10,000 [...]

  One of the most common questions I get from people who are interested in taking on the practice of parkour is “Am I too old for this?” Always the answer is no. Natural Movement is is for [...]

The most fundamental benefit of parkour, is the study of our own fear! It is not a practice of becoming fearless. It is a practice of mastering the relationship with fear. It is a way of turning [...]

Parkour and Rock climbing are intimately related as obstacle focused explorations of human locomotive ability, many movements popular in parkour were used by rock climbers before parkour was [...]

Once upon a time a friend of mine, Jeff Schoenhard from the SF bay area, was quoted in a local news account as describing parkour as a combination of dancing and running from the police. I was [...]

Evolve Move Play sees human movement as being more or less derived from fundamental capacities that have always been important to us, at the center the most fundamental movement practices are [...]

Lewie West recently introduced the idea of lateral vs vertical skill development in a podcast with well rounded athlete. The simply idea here is that without increasing the power, strength or [...]

A few days ago we touched on the idea of lateral creativity. The next day this video popped up in my feed, its a collection of phone clips but contains some of the some of the most interesting [...]

Ido Portal released a new video sunday. It’s very worthwhile to watch for movement inspiration. If you have been following the Evolve Move Play blog for awhile you will know the admiration [...]