Parkour Training: Learning from the Roots
Some weeks ago, I mentioned I was attending a Parkour seminar. Here’s my review.
(Note: All pictures are property of ADD Quebec or SLA Coop.)
The formula was fairly simple: Friday evening and both days of the weekend, totalling around 16 hours of training. Each day included a physical training session with parkour-specific movements, followed by a longer stretch of technical learning and training.
More importantly, the seminar was held by by Chaû Belle, one of the founding members of the widely known group Yamakasi.
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(Chaû is the guy giving a wink at the kid)
Dragonboat: Of Lessons and Evolution
Last week, I wrote a post on Dragonboat, talking about my latest season and what I love about the sport.
This post follows it up. Over the span of time (3 years) I’ve been paddling, I learned many things. Also, some things I would see change or evolve.
Before that, Candy Eye! I highly recommend that you watch this through the end. (Those of you who know the sport may have already seen it… but you’ll watch it through anyway. I know I have!)
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Awesome eh? OK, Now let’s get to business.
Lessons and Discoveries
Dragonboat: Win as a team, Lose as a team
Let’s kick this off with some candy eye. My team, Phoenix, is Boat #3. This is the 200m Final, Division B (A being the highest-ranked), for Quebec Cup, the Provincial Championship and last competition of the season.
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Most of you know I’ve been partaking in the sport with my University’s team for a while. If you don’t, you might want to read this article I wrote a while ago, as a Guest Post on Adam’s site. At that time, I was still a young fool and speaking proudly of feeling trashed. The challenges mentioned remain, though, I just have a different approach to them now. More on that later.
This season has been great. Despite many challenges, despite the fact that we lost a third of our recruits and experienced crew members during the winter season (one of the difficulties of being a University team), and despite a couple of set-backs, we have performed very well. As a team, we have learned a lot, too.
This year, I’ve also had the chance to lead the team as Captain. It was an honor, and also a great deal of learning.
In any case, I’ve been in this sport for 3 years now. I shall share some thoughts with you.
What I Love
Above all: the Team. Of all the team sports I have tried in my life (I have tried quite a good number of them), I have never seen any other for which teamwork, and the team’s spirit, are as important as they are in Dragonboat.
If you don’t work together, you lose.
