Well, well. Things are looking good, but it could have been better.
What improved is, yes, I bailed lesser, I did lesser stupid things, I did focus more, I did more strength training. Rolls are being trained and improved, I can say I improved overall. But the bad thing is, while training today I still did not focus, and still had the JUST DO IT mindset, but luckily my instinct saved me. And I didn't really train my mind to think before stuffs. So more stuffs to work on.
2007 is nearly ending. Its been 9 long months where I've been training this discipline and I very happy I came this far. I don't know what would I be if I didn't train at all. Lucky, lucky. Oh well I guess stupid people will think otherwise. I've yet to do my homework but I hopefully will. As the holidays are ending I will take every opportunity to travel further from Tampines. Jurong, and Bishan. I know I went to Bishan twice but it rained. I know the spots, they are cool but sadly I didn't train due to the wet conditions. Sucks. Jurong is my last aim. I travelled to city, Bedok, Sengkang, Jelapang, Crawford, Simei (lol), Pasir Ris, and abit of Punggol. I think thats all.
Sometimes I feel really stupid to do stupid stuffs. I think I would learn my lesson, learn from my mistakes, and stop doing them again, but no, I repeat them, and I regret and crap and moan, and I said I will stop doing them again, but no, I repeat them, and I regret and crap and moan, and I said I will stop doing them again, but no, I repeat them, and I regret and crap and moan, and I said I will stop doing them again, but no, I repeat them, and I regret AGAIN, and DO the same thing all over AGAIN. ADDICTION? HABIT? Why can't I stop them. This happens in alot of things, in everyday life. This sucks.
And even I said I will stop doing them again, eventually I do them again. And it repeats. Its fucking lame. No self-control. This is retarded.
I recently made a roll video to show the other experienced traceurs hopefully to get good feedback and ways to improve it. Although there are times when I don't feel pain, most of the time there will be pain, and sometimes even stinging pain. Lucky I improved so much more then last time, where every roll is stinging pain. I think my roll is weird, I need alot alot alot more practice to get used to it, to get better in it, to learn how to get up fast, how to not let my collar bone touch the floor, and in overall, and finally to do it from a drop. I also think I lack the meat to cushion my bones, oh well I have to wait till I reach puberty.
I also start to realize my future dreams and ambitions. And I wish to work on to it and achieve it one day. It is to become a good traceur, and to learn lots of different human movements (art of movements), and to become a cameramen and video editor. Its a long-term lifetime goals. I think I made up my mind. Hopefully can live up to it, and live a simple happy life. And I still have lots of time. Again, wishing, hoping and aspiring can take you nowhere, have a goal in mind and WORK towards it, not dream to get it without getting your ass off the chair.
I've learn alot of video editing tricks, figuring out what effects makes a video look good. I really want a camcorder, but I guess it will be until I finish my OLevels then I would start pursuing my ambitions. And its then where I finally get my freedom I longed for. 2 years, just 2 years.
School is reopening, but what the fuck, I don't feel like going back to school and meet the old/new faces. I don't look forward to go to school, I think I will have just a few good friends and don't socialize too much. I don't see the use, I wish to be some kind of loner but not like nerd or something. I will spend more time training instead of socializing and having fun. But then again, its not something I could control.
Strength training is something that I'm doing recently, although I admit I prefer technical training so much more then strength training. But I wish to get my base strength for my whole body before I start training purely technical stuff and gain strength from doing them.
Muscleups. I haven't been training them and this means I kinda will lose them all. No choice, have to re-train for them. I feel like stopping Operation Pull, I lost the whole motivation to train them anymore. I've did 750 pullups, but I swear I did alot more then that but, nevermind. I think I will stop doing them for a moment.
Handbalancing anyone? I wanna get my handstands, but I think muscleups are much more important. Hopefully one day I can do couple of handbalancing stuffs. Handstand press, elbow levers, L-seat, maybe eventually planche? They are really good for core strength and its cool and fun! And tricking? Next year I will start training them alot once I think that my Parkour standard is good enough. I'm also thinking of starting capoeira, but not wanting to go to classes, just learn some basic self-defense and skills, because I think it is the only fun martial arts I know, but oh well, I will see. All this for the arts of movements.
I think I need to train alot of legs for the moment, probably because I think I'm neglecting them. I can see that my precisions ain't really improving, neither do my vertical, and my wallpasses, and SDC distance. I think its time to push my limits a little further carefully and with common sense. I'm shifting house soon, and I found new nearby hotspots for me to train in, including a wall seemingly high, and hopefully I can try to get that.
I think ambidexterity is very important. I hope to have a day to train my weaker, less dominant and unpreferred side. I think my punching off is pretty much equal, both my left and right can jump equally far. Vaults.. pretty much equal. But whatever, I will still drill my weaker side once in awhile, just a new twist. And more balance practice.
All that said, I hope to get alot stronger, better and faster. Its time for a change.
Its time to wake up and stop doing stupid things.
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Saturday, December 15, 2007
Rest.
Bad week. Really.
I really going to take a break from Parkour and training for at least one week.
Probably going to ask why.
Simple. Injuries, wrong approach in training, bad mindsets, bails.
Recently trainings has been worse then ever before. Ok not really the training, the bails and injuries. Thursday at Sculpture Park, I bailed twice, both quite serious. First bail, I tried to semi-armjump a sculpture then I lose my grip, falling backwards, and ramped back first to the ground. Its a 1m drop. Ok I took me awhile to finally lessen the pain. How stupid am I do bail that, its quite high and dangerous.
The second one is the killer bail. From a spotlight thingy, I precision-ed up to the sculpture and then I kinda missed it, and I hit my shin on the edge of the wall, which made a deep cut to my shins. It bleed like fuck. And I hate it.
Apart from that, I got a few joint probelms, wrist and shoulders. My wrist is kinda pain, Not sure why, maybe overused. Same for shoulders, too much pullups with bad form. So with all those injuries, I better stop training and give myself a break.
Now why did I bailed?
Again, simple as. Lose concentration, lose focus, careless, do stupid things, don't know my limits, never think before doing.
I just hate it. My mindset sucks. Before doing things, one movements or in a run, I always just do it. I hate the mindset of "Just Do It" type. Fuck Nike. Maybe got influenced by its slogan. Anyway, before doing something, I never think before doing it. I lose focus easily, not distracted, just lose focus. Don't know why. Its like 50 bails already and I never learn from them. I keep pushing my limits too far too soon. Why? And I can't fucking change and stop it. This sucks. I bail almost everytime I train.
You know what, yesterday I bail a simple two handed vault and I almost fell backwards to a 2.5m drop. WTF am I doing? Lucky my arms are strong enough to stop the fall, or else things can be really bad. I just hate it lah, it just really sucks.
Oh yeah, I keep saying this and I never change. And only talk but no action. Don't know whats wrong with me. I really need to stop this shits.
So, I guess during this last 2 weeks of December, I going to not train and take a break from Parkour for one week, and the last week I'm going to start a new approach to training. This one week break I will do very little things, small stuffs, no upperbody (due to joint probelms), so I'll most probably be doing small lowerbody and abs strength training. I will be buying new shirts and pants suitable for Parkour, going to buy a new shoe in the New Year, new light and thin bag, more weights, and probably some other stuffs. And also taking rests and learn more video editing stuffs.
The last week will consist of a new training approach. I know you will probably had heard before, and how many times I said I will be seriously changing it but well, I will plan a new way of training. So hows the new training going to be like? After I'm fully recovered and rest, I will slowly go back to normal training. I will train myself to think before I do stuffs. Before I do something, I will tell myself three things.
1) Is this right or not?
2) Do not lose focus/concentration and be careful.
3) Don't force yourself to do something.
Simple stuffs, but it does make alot of difference. I will train myself to be focused in everything. So even in runs, I will not hesitate but I will not force myself, and maintain full focus. "Is this right?" would stop my stupidity, recklessness, and pushing my limits to overcome me. Although bails can still happen, it will be greatly lessened. Slowly, I can focus in a short matter of time so I don't need to hesitate especially in runs.
And I will do more strength training. I've not been working on it for a very long time. Oh yeah, I will be buying weights and shifting house soon. I'm buying a pullup bar so I will be training at home. And more balance training and rolls. Once I'm recovered though. I will try to make a new workout routine.
And I hope Operation Pull would be done soon. Before December ends. 700 forces, quite a long way away. Look out for a conditioning video next week, and probably a PKSG Video. My video editing improved alot, thanks to Sony Vegas Pro 8. Yay, videos will be so much nicer.
So then, I will rest till I'm fully recovered and when I know I can start again. I will be listening to my body. Again, let every normal human beings, we want to progress fast, but I'm already fast, and yeah I still want to progress, but in those less impactful stuffs like wall passes, muscle ups, climbups, small stuffs. And I will stop pushing my limits too far too soon. I will train my legs till I have the base strength then I will start doing plyometrics. I still got quite alot of time. So take it easy, no rush. I want to progress gradually, steadily, incrementally, and safely, and have fun in the process.
And I can't wait to finish my O levels. At that time I will be more stronger and better, then I have the time and freedom, more fun, and I will have a camcorder at that time, and I might be travelling overseas. Next year I will still train hard, but I will work, and work, and work, for money to travel overseas and the camcorder. 2 more years! Can't wait. But also, I need to study hard.
Anyway, I really hope I can stop bailing, and start the correct way of training. Train safe and hard.
Bye.
I really going to take a break from Parkour and training for at least one week.
Probably going to ask why.
Simple. Injuries, wrong approach in training, bad mindsets, bails.
Recently trainings has been worse then ever before. Ok not really the training, the bails and injuries. Thursday at Sculpture Park, I bailed twice, both quite serious. First bail, I tried to semi-armjump a sculpture then I lose my grip, falling backwards, and ramped back first to the ground. Its a 1m drop. Ok I took me awhile to finally lessen the pain. How stupid am I do bail that, its quite high and dangerous.
The second one is the killer bail. From a spotlight thingy, I precision-ed up to the sculpture and then I kinda missed it, and I hit my shin on the edge of the wall, which made a deep cut to my shins. It bleed like fuck. And I hate it.
Apart from that, I got a few joint probelms, wrist and shoulders. My wrist is kinda pain, Not sure why, maybe overused. Same for shoulders, too much pullups with bad form. So with all those injuries, I better stop training and give myself a break.
Now why did I bailed?
Again, simple as. Lose concentration, lose focus, careless, do stupid things, don't know my limits, never think before doing.
I just hate it. My mindset sucks. Before doing things, one movements or in a run, I always just do it. I hate the mindset of "Just Do It" type. Fuck Nike. Maybe got influenced by its slogan. Anyway, before doing something, I never think before doing it. I lose focus easily, not distracted, just lose focus. Don't know why. Its like 50 bails already and I never learn from them. I keep pushing my limits too far too soon. Why? And I can't fucking change and stop it. This sucks. I bail almost everytime I train.
You know what, yesterday I bail a simple two handed vault and I almost fell backwards to a 2.5m drop. WTF am I doing? Lucky my arms are strong enough to stop the fall, or else things can be really bad. I just hate it lah, it just really sucks.
Oh yeah, I keep saying this and I never change. And only talk but no action. Don't know whats wrong with me. I really need to stop this shits.
So, I guess during this last 2 weeks of December, I going to not train and take a break from Parkour for one week, and the last week I'm going to start a new approach to training. This one week break I will do very little things, small stuffs, no upperbody (due to joint probelms), so I'll most probably be doing small lowerbody and abs strength training. I will be buying new shirts and pants suitable for Parkour, going to buy a new shoe in the New Year, new light and thin bag, more weights, and probably some other stuffs. And also taking rests and learn more video editing stuffs.
The last week will consist of a new training approach. I know you will probably had heard before, and how many times I said I will be seriously changing it but well, I will plan a new way of training. So hows the new training going to be like? After I'm fully recovered and rest, I will slowly go back to normal training. I will train myself to think before I do stuffs. Before I do something, I will tell myself three things.
1) Is this right or not?
2) Do not lose focus/concentration and be careful.
3) Don't force yourself to do something.
Simple stuffs, but it does make alot of difference. I will train myself to be focused in everything. So even in runs, I will not hesitate but I will not force myself, and maintain full focus. "Is this right?" would stop my stupidity, recklessness, and pushing my limits to overcome me. Although bails can still happen, it will be greatly lessened. Slowly, I can focus in a short matter of time so I don't need to hesitate especially in runs.
And I will do more strength training. I've not been working on it for a very long time. Oh yeah, I will be buying weights and shifting house soon. I'm buying a pullup bar so I will be training at home. And more balance training and rolls. Once I'm recovered though. I will try to make a new workout routine.
And I hope Operation Pull would be done soon. Before December ends. 700 forces, quite a long way away. Look out for a conditioning video next week, and probably a PKSG Video. My video editing improved alot, thanks to Sony Vegas Pro 8. Yay, videos will be so much nicer.
So then, I will rest till I'm fully recovered and when I know I can start again. I will be listening to my body. Again, let every normal human beings, we want to progress fast, but I'm already fast, and yeah I still want to progress, but in those less impactful stuffs like wall passes, muscle ups, climbups, small stuffs. And I will stop pushing my limits too far too soon. I will train my legs till I have the base strength then I will start doing plyometrics. I still got quite alot of time. So take it easy, no rush. I want to progress gradually, steadily, incrementally, and safely, and have fun in the process.
And I can't wait to finish my O levels. At that time I will be more stronger and better, then I have the time and freedom, more fun, and I will have a camcorder at that time, and I might be travelling overseas. Next year I will still train hard, but I will work, and work, and work, for money to travel overseas and the camcorder. 2 more years! Can't wait. But also, I need to study hard.
Anyway, I really hope I can stop bailing, and start the correct way of training. Train safe and hard.
Bye.
Monday, December 10, 2007
This Week.
These few days are quite fun.
But, I just don't like the weather. Really sucks, it can't be worse. One of the worst thing that could happen, happened to me. Ok it rained for awhile and stopped. I wait for it to dry up, and it did. So I prepared everything and got ready to train. Walk to the hotspot and then it happens. It fucking rained. If anyone have similar experiences which is worse then this, speak out. Because I'm dead sure no one could beat that.
Yesterday was the trip to Bukit Panjang. We know one spot over there which is sheltered and which is quite good, so we took a long trip. Sad thing is the carpark is abit wet. And although the rain had stopped for a fair while, the areas are still wet. But we ventured around the area and found certain hotspots, sheltered and unsheltered. There is this indoor ramp which is pretty good for training especially when it is raining. I even made a mini-training video on it.
I think it is time to train in wet and rainy conditions, because it would help since this is happening everyday right now. It is time where focus, control, carefulness, and everytime must be there or not, bails are expected. Although it sucks when it rains, it is much better then not training at all. I think I'm resting too much (it is actually a good thing), I could have done things on the day I slacked at home doing nothing.
I've learned something, a skill, which is very important. It is something that I've missed out, but it is something that is needed in balance, quadrepedal walking, and in some other stuffs. Body-coordination. We always tried cat crawling, on level ground. The technique we use is to move our hands and feet usually opposite. So its like right hand, left foot, left hand, right foot, continue. But the correct way is to move the same leg and same hand at the same time. I suck at cat crawling backwards. No coordination at all. Sometimes that practice will be needed for improvements.
I wonder, can we improve our reflexes? I think they are really important when we are to bail. And how about air flight form? How to become more relaxed, like not to use so much energy, making every movement more effortless?
So I did travel away from Tampines and found out some hotspots at Bedok, and Bukit Panjang/Jelapang. Sengkang and some of Punggol too last week. Pasir Ris and Simei covered also. So six areas covered. Still have Jurong, Ang Mo Kio, Bishan (not fully covered), Toa Payoh (semi-covered), Hougang, Bugis, Yishun, and more. Need to find areas out of public view and more indoor hotspots. Still alot more areas to explore.
Operation Pull, is not going well. Only 550 forces, not much of an improvement. I hope to reach the 1000 pullups mark at the end of this week. Still not pushing myself that far. Only aim for a certain mark.
I got a nice video editing software, but its just a free trial downloaded from the website. Sony Vegas Pro 8. Cool software, although complex but still I did managed to get the hang of it. The basic stuffs only though. What I need to do now is to learn the more advanced and cooler stuffs, then I would consider buying the full version, probably a cracked or pirated version. Its too expensive although it might be worth.
I think it is time to test out this program is of course make use of a camera. Be sure to see more videos coming out of my youtube profile. This includes more training videos, a mini-documentary, a teaser, PKSG video, strength training video, and maybe more, not forgetting . Of course the purpose of making the videos is not to showoff or what, its because making videos are fun and I like it.
I'm going to start strength training soon. I think I'm buying my shirts, long pants and weights this wednesday. Need to practice my muscleups!
Done.
But, I just don't like the weather. Really sucks, it can't be worse. One of the worst thing that could happen, happened to me. Ok it rained for awhile and stopped. I wait for it to dry up, and it did. So I prepared everything and got ready to train. Walk to the hotspot and then it happens. It fucking rained. If anyone have similar experiences which is worse then this, speak out. Because I'm dead sure no one could beat that.
Yesterday was the trip to Bukit Panjang. We know one spot over there which is sheltered and which is quite good, so we took a long trip. Sad thing is the carpark is abit wet. And although the rain had stopped for a fair while, the areas are still wet. But we ventured around the area and found certain hotspots, sheltered and unsheltered. There is this indoor ramp which is pretty good for training especially when it is raining. I even made a mini-training video on it.
I think it is time to train in wet and rainy conditions, because it would help since this is happening everyday right now. It is time where focus, control, carefulness, and everytime must be there or not, bails are expected. Although it sucks when it rains, it is much better then not training at all. I think I'm resting too much (it is actually a good thing), I could have done things on the day I slacked at home doing nothing.
I've learned something, a skill, which is very important. It is something that I've missed out, but it is something that is needed in balance, quadrepedal walking, and in some other stuffs. Body-coordination. We always tried cat crawling, on level ground. The technique we use is to move our hands and feet usually opposite. So its like right hand, left foot, left hand, right foot, continue. But the correct way is to move the same leg and same hand at the same time. I suck at cat crawling backwards. No coordination at all. Sometimes that practice will be needed for improvements.
I wonder, can we improve our reflexes? I think they are really important when we are to bail. And how about air flight form? How to become more relaxed, like not to use so much energy, making every movement more effortless?
So I did travel away from Tampines and found out some hotspots at Bedok, and Bukit Panjang/Jelapang. Sengkang and some of Punggol too last week. Pasir Ris and Simei covered also. So six areas covered. Still have Jurong, Ang Mo Kio, Bishan (not fully covered), Toa Payoh (semi-covered), Hougang, Bugis, Yishun, and more. Need to find areas out of public view and more indoor hotspots. Still alot more areas to explore.
Operation Pull, is not going well. Only 550 forces, not much of an improvement. I hope to reach the 1000 pullups mark at the end of this week. Still not pushing myself that far. Only aim for a certain mark.
I got a nice video editing software, but its just a free trial downloaded from the website. Sony Vegas Pro 8. Cool software, although complex but still I did managed to get the hang of it. The basic stuffs only though. What I need to do now is to learn the more advanced and cooler stuffs, then I would consider buying the full version, probably a cracked or pirated version. Its too expensive although it might be worth.
I think it is time to test out this program is of course make use of a camera. Be sure to see more videos coming out of my youtube profile. This includes more training videos, a mini-documentary, a teaser, PKSG video, strength training video, and maybe more, not forgetting . Of course the purpose of making the videos is not to showoff or what, its because making videos are fun and I like it.
I'm going to start strength training soon. I think I'm buying my shirts, long pants and weights this wednesday. Need to practice my muscleups!
Done.
Monday, December 3, 2007
Realization.
Yesterday training was good, managed to nail stuffs at NC's hotspot and blah. But it is also a training where I finally realize something.
It is time to change, for real.
I don't know why, although I lost count of the number of times I've mentioned stuffs like these, I still never put them into practice. Yeah, it is all those bullshits you have read in my past posts. Why? Seriously, I don't know why, but I really want to change right now. I hope I really do what I say, and I hope this is last post about it. Mistakes after mistakes after mistakes, yet I ddin't learn from them, even when I got warned. Why...
You are going to read stuffs that I've probably had stated before, but this is just for my own references.
First things first. Listening to my body, a must. If you think you can't do it, If you think you are going to bail, if you are scared, seriously don't do it. I've been pushing myself too far, thats why I'm progressing so fast but with no stability and control. I've been trying to push my limits so far, but with no solid foundation. This is why progressing so fast leads to bad things. Sometimes I don't know why I do stuffs without actually thinking, especially when those stuffs are dangerous. Don't know why I do all those reckless stuffs, which could eventually leads to injuries, or long-term injuries.
And yeah, I'm forcing myself too often, doing movements that are at my maximum level, or even bigger then that. Either I do them and bail/fail, or just make it by a centimeter which of course means a bad landing. I just don't know my limits, which really sucks. And I also have this kind of mindset, where if I can do something before, I must be able to do it again, and if I don't make it, I will keep on doing it until I can make it, usually badly controlled. Either that or bail. Only in rare cases I can do it controlled. I don't know why, but I always succumb to my temptations. Not only in Parkour but in almost everything else, like eating junky food. This is why I must have self-control.
I want to do basic and lower impact stuffs, and stop doing the big, high-impacts, and possibly dangerous movements. So I will do stuffs that are 80% of my maximum and lower, and make them as controlled and (almost) perfect and landing correctly them 99% of the time. That is for my base foundation. Until they are rock solid, then I will slowly increase my level bit by bit. I better stop doing big stuffs, or else I'm going to screw up my knees/shoulders.
Bails and unnecessary injuries and something that I want to get rid of. It is almost inevitable to not bail when I train. Every training session I would get some injury or stupid bail, due to carelessness, recklessness, stupidity, and lack of focus. Heard them before? Don't know how many times I repeated those few words. But I really wish to stop bailing, sometimes it is bound to happen, but not when I'm careful and focused. So I must learn how to clear my mind and focus before attempting something, and stop doing stupid and reckless stuffs.
One thing about injuries is, even how serious, I still tend to continue training with the injury, and sometimes never treat the injury with care. Worse still, I still continue to do all the high impact stuffs, with the injury. I guess after 20/30 years down the road, knee injuries and whatever probelms will start coming, but hopefully not. Again all these stuffs need self-control, to be able to control yourself to stop doing movements until you get healed.
Next, strength training. I never been training strength recently. My muscleups still needs alot of practice. I still cant do them at least 50% of the time. So much more practice needed, and I think I need more pulling power. I haven't got weights, but I guess I'm getting them soon. I still need the 2x bodyweight squats and deadlifts, so I won't be doing Blane's method of training yet, so meanwhile I will be doing pistols, duckwalking, quadrupedals, light dynamic movements, and basically strengthening the whole range of motion of my leg. Until I get them, I will start doing plyometrics and dynamic Parkour movements for leg explosiveness. I also need core stability, so I will be working on handstands, L-sits and the like. Sadly I still got those irritating quadriceps and triceps cramps while attempting them, but I can almost do the L-pullup already.
I still need to condition alot though. Also adding to my trainings is to do more shimmying, pullups, static holds, quadrupedals, all for endurance actually. I've reconsidered about Operation Pull, and I decided to continue it like usual, doing as many as I can per day. I think doing this will eventually make me endurant, or maybe gain more power, because doing so little a day will hardly improve anything. I'll make sure I stretch alot everyday so I won't be sore the next day. And hopefully doing more of them can condition my body to the workout so I won't get muscle soreness that often. I'm at 365 forces, hoping to increase to 500 tomorrow.
And for barefoot training, I will do them once or twice a week, to maintain and improve the condition of my feet. Again, the most important thing is to do everything small, and in this case only 50% of my maximum level. And don't do anything stupid. And for my movements training I will practice my rolls as soon as possible (after my lowbackhip area gets healed), and more balance practice, and of course small precisions.
My nutrition improved alot since last time. Through self-control I managed to stop eating the unhealthy and fattening chicken skin, and eat the meat instead. I've been eating more fruits then usual. Eggs, milo(cereal) with milk and breads with peanut butter are becoming my daily food intake, unlike last time. And I'm eating less KFC and unhealthy food already. I'm so happy. But I still need alot more protein and lesser unhealthy stuffs, and veggies? Urghh.
Some changes to trainings. Low, small, basic movements, no more high impacts and big stuffs. Stop being stupid, careless and reckless, and be more careful and clear my mind and focus before attempting stuffs. Stop bailing. Control yourself. Know your limits. Listen to my body. Think before I attempt something. Stop pushing my limits. Progress gradually, incrementally and carefully. Don't force myself to do difficult stuffs. Do stuffs controlled. Train barefooted once/twice a week, slowly. Start more conditioning and strength training soon. Practice muscleups, balance, rolls. Eat better and healthier.
Something out of Parkour right now. I've been messing around poles, lamp posts, bars, rails and stuffs like that, and it is kinda fun! Hopefully one day I can do flag, handstands (on rails), more bar tricks, more pole tricks, and oh yeah tricking. Something that I've haven't been training for a long time. I need to get backflips, frontflips, sideflips, aerial, wallflips, dupla (maybe), some basic twists, and maybe some other basics stuffs, but of course I don't wanna go too far. And I wanna practice wallspins and palmspins for the fun of it. And try out some wall tricks as well.
My shoes is getting suckier, it is not really that durable although the grip is not bad. I wanna buy Nike Dart IV because I heard it is quite good. Although I will still train barefooted. And oh yeah, I wanna get a good long pants and more dri-fit outfit that can absorb sweat pretty well.
Deleted some posts which I find redundant. I'm trying to make some minor changes to the blog soon. And I'm gonna make long weekly posts from now on. I don't wanna make daily long posts which doesn't really state anything. And I'm wasting my time doing that.
Somehow my sleep is getting better. Now I'm sleep more or less the correct timing and wake up not that late anymore. And I don't take long to sleep, which is good. Finally I can sleep better.
Expect more videos in my Youtube Channel. The videos would be nothing out of the ordinary anyway, just normal training videos, because I don't like the concept of doing big stuffs for the camera, but sadly it is something that I'm doing right now. How sad. And yeah, the delayed PKSG video might pop out anytime, and hopefully the video would be a good one.
I think I'm going to travel around Singapore to train very soon. To find quiet, better, unique, new hotspots. Training in front of the public and at the same place everytime sucks. I don't mind needing to spend time and money to go far away from here, but the thing is that the trip is must be good. Haha. Anyone wanna tag along?
It is time to change, for real.
I don't know why, although I lost count of the number of times I've mentioned stuffs like these, I still never put them into practice. Yeah, it is all those bullshits you have read in my past posts. Why? Seriously, I don't know why, but I really want to change right now. I hope I really do what I say, and I hope this is last post about it. Mistakes after mistakes after mistakes, yet I ddin't learn from them, even when I got warned. Why...
You are going to read stuffs that I've probably had stated before, but this is just for my own references.
First things first. Listening to my body, a must. If you think you can't do it, If you think you are going to bail, if you are scared, seriously don't do it. I've been pushing myself too far, thats why I'm progressing so fast but with no stability and control. I've been trying to push my limits so far, but with no solid foundation. This is why progressing so fast leads to bad things. Sometimes I don't know why I do stuffs without actually thinking, especially when those stuffs are dangerous. Don't know why I do all those reckless stuffs, which could eventually leads to injuries, or long-term injuries.
And yeah, I'm forcing myself too often, doing movements that are at my maximum level, or even bigger then that. Either I do them and bail/fail, or just make it by a centimeter which of course means a bad landing. I just don't know my limits, which really sucks. And I also have this kind of mindset, where if I can do something before, I must be able to do it again, and if I don't make it, I will keep on doing it until I can make it, usually badly controlled. Either that or bail. Only in rare cases I can do it controlled. I don't know why, but I always succumb to my temptations. Not only in Parkour but in almost everything else, like eating junky food. This is why I must have self-control.
I want to do basic and lower impact stuffs, and stop doing the big, high-impacts, and possibly dangerous movements. So I will do stuffs that are 80% of my maximum and lower, and make them as controlled and (almost) perfect and landing correctly them 99% of the time. That is for my base foundation. Until they are rock solid, then I will slowly increase my level bit by bit. I better stop doing big stuffs, or else I'm going to screw up my knees/shoulders.
Bails and unnecessary injuries and something that I want to get rid of. It is almost inevitable to not bail when I train. Every training session I would get some injury or stupid bail, due to carelessness, recklessness, stupidity, and lack of focus. Heard them before? Don't know how many times I repeated those few words. But I really wish to stop bailing, sometimes it is bound to happen, but not when I'm careful and focused. So I must learn how to clear my mind and focus before attempting something, and stop doing stupid and reckless stuffs.
One thing about injuries is, even how serious, I still tend to continue training with the injury, and sometimes never treat the injury with care. Worse still, I still continue to do all the high impact stuffs, with the injury. I guess after 20/30 years down the road, knee injuries and whatever probelms will start coming, but hopefully not. Again all these stuffs need self-control, to be able to control yourself to stop doing movements until you get healed.
Next, strength training. I never been training strength recently. My muscleups still needs alot of practice. I still cant do them at least 50% of the time. So much more practice needed, and I think I need more pulling power. I haven't got weights, but I guess I'm getting them soon. I still need the 2x bodyweight squats and deadlifts, so I won't be doing Blane's method of training yet, so meanwhile I will be doing pistols, duckwalking, quadrupedals, light dynamic movements, and basically strengthening the whole range of motion of my leg. Until I get them, I will start doing plyometrics and dynamic Parkour movements for leg explosiveness. I also need core stability, so I will be working on handstands, L-sits and the like. Sadly I still got those irritating quadriceps and triceps cramps while attempting them, but I can almost do the L-pullup already.
I still need to condition alot though. Also adding to my trainings is to do more shimmying, pullups, static holds, quadrupedals, all for endurance actually. I've reconsidered about Operation Pull, and I decided to continue it like usual, doing as many as I can per day. I think doing this will eventually make me endurant, or maybe gain more power, because doing so little a day will hardly improve anything. I'll make sure I stretch alot everyday so I won't be sore the next day. And hopefully doing more of them can condition my body to the workout so I won't get muscle soreness that often. I'm at 365 forces, hoping to increase to 500 tomorrow.
And for barefoot training, I will do them once or twice a week, to maintain and improve the condition of my feet. Again, the most important thing is to do everything small, and in this case only 50% of my maximum level. And don't do anything stupid. And for my movements training I will practice my rolls as soon as possible (after my lowbackhip area gets healed), and more balance practice, and of course small precisions.
My nutrition improved alot since last time. Through self-control I managed to stop eating the unhealthy and fattening chicken skin, and eat the meat instead. I've been eating more fruits then usual. Eggs, milo(cereal) with milk and breads with peanut butter are becoming my daily food intake, unlike last time. And I'm eating less KFC and unhealthy food already. I'm so happy. But I still need alot more protein and lesser unhealthy stuffs, and veggies? Urghh.
Some changes to trainings. Low, small, basic movements, no more high impacts and big stuffs. Stop being stupid, careless and reckless, and be more careful and clear my mind and focus before attempting stuffs. Stop bailing. Control yourself. Know your limits. Listen to my body. Think before I attempt something. Stop pushing my limits. Progress gradually, incrementally and carefully. Don't force myself to do difficult stuffs. Do stuffs controlled. Train barefooted once/twice a week, slowly. Start more conditioning and strength training soon. Practice muscleups, balance, rolls. Eat better and healthier.
Something out of Parkour right now. I've been messing around poles, lamp posts, bars, rails and stuffs like that, and it is kinda fun! Hopefully one day I can do flag, handstands (on rails), more bar tricks, more pole tricks, and oh yeah tricking. Something that I've haven't been training for a long time. I need to get backflips, frontflips, sideflips, aerial, wallflips, dupla (maybe), some basic twists, and maybe some other basics stuffs, but of course I don't wanna go too far. And I wanna practice wallspins and palmspins for the fun of it. And try out some wall tricks as well.
My shoes is getting suckier, it is not really that durable although the grip is not bad. I wanna buy Nike Dart IV because I heard it is quite good. Although I will still train barefooted. And oh yeah, I wanna get a good long pants and more dri-fit outfit that can absorb sweat pretty well.
Deleted some posts which I find redundant. I'm trying to make some minor changes to the blog soon. And I'm gonna make long weekly posts from now on. I don't wanna make daily long posts which doesn't really state anything. And I'm wasting my time doing that.
Somehow my sleep is getting better. Now I'm sleep more or less the correct timing and wake up not that late anymore. And I don't take long to sleep, which is good. Finally I can sleep better.
Expect more videos in my Youtube Channel. The videos would be nothing out of the ordinary anyway, just normal training videos, because I don't like the concept of doing big stuffs for the camera, but sadly it is something that I'm doing right now. How sad. And yeah, the delayed PKSG video might pop out anytime, and hopefully the video would be a good one.
I think I'm going to travel around Singapore to train very soon. To find quiet, better, unique, new hotspots. Training in front of the public and at the same place everytime sucks. I don't mind needing to spend time and money to go far away from here, but the thing is that the trip is must be good. Haha. Anyone wanna tag along?
Sunday, November 25, 2007
Nature.
Ever wondered how peaceful, how rejuvenating, how wonderful could you feel, when you are alone, with little or no one else around, only the nature and the environment. You can hear the cicadas screeching, you can feel the fresh air surrounding you, you can see the nature around you. Only you and yourself.
If only there is such an area for me to train in, just this place, this perfect peaceful environment. No, it doesn't need to be in a forest, it can be anywhere nobody frequents. If only there is this one place where no one can disturb, irritate or distract me. If only it is just me and the environment, if only.
How great can it be?
You are absolutely free, you can do anything you want, without being looked or laughed at. Because this is what we suppose to be, an animal, to be free. Not only that, the peacefulness and quietness of the environment is something really refreshing, something really relaxing. There is more, now with no distractions, you can concentrate more and focus better, with help of clearing your mind and think that there is nothing except you and the environment.
How calming.
Just do whatever you want to, be yourself, be playful, move around your environment in your own way, be free, just keep moving, like a kid in playgrounds, having fun. Pay attention to the environment, and be alert and aware to your surroundings, listen to the nature. Listen to your body too, do what your body tells you to. To move.
To move is something that our bodies are meant to be doing. Since young, we are moving and jumping around because it is our nature. Playing around and having fun at playgrounds, moving like a human should. Until the moment when we are grown up, when we reached an age where we are "mature", then someone says its childish to play again, then we all listen to it, and then we laughed at those "immature kids" that plays at playgrounds again. As I said, what a ruined world.
We are apes, right? We are an animal. No matter what we think, we are still an animal. Some very clever one. But no, we think that we are superior beings, we think that we are not an animal. Stupid people. "Watch the squirrel, watch the puma, watch all non-domesticated wild animals. Think they're of an inferior intelligence? They play, they explore, they live, they survive too, they adapt, they fight for their lives," Thats what an animal, which is what we are, suppose to be. Sadly, no one bothers, and there are such thing as animal cruelty, animal abuse. What a ruined world.
Do we look like an animal anymore? Nope, obviously not. Animal don't play computer, don't shop, don't watch TV, don't buy stuffs and eat. They hunt for food, unlike us lazy beings who buy stuffs and eat them. So much had changed in generations.
Let's get back to topic.
If there is such an environment which exist here in Singapore, how cool would it be. Any remote areas, any rural areas would be good. I would certain want to try out training alone, in a really peaceful area. I don't mind travelling really far, as long as it is satisfiable, I really wouldn't mind, and yeah, I planned to travel around Singapore too.
I also wonder why, I'll ask you something readers.
What do you aim in when you are doing a wall pass? Do you aim to do it quick? Do it fast? Do it without hesistation? Do it fluidly? Do it to get stronger? Do it explosively? Do it for stamina? Do it controlled?
So I ask you, what is a wall pass? A wall pass is to overcome an a high wall by climbing it and getting over it. So whats the objective? Climbing it and getting over it. Thats it.
Yes, when we are new, we always wanted to only reach the top, grab the ledge, and maybe struggle up. We don't aim for anything specific, but once we get better, like knowing that we can climb the wall, we aim to get faster, to get higher, to get fluider. What for? Yes, Parkour is to overcome obstacles efficiently and quickly. But the objective is to get over the wall. If you drill it repeatedly, the speed, control, fluidity, strength, endurance and other attributes will all come naturally as a consequence. Same goes for every other movements, and every other thing.
So next time, clear your mind, focus, and then interact with your environment. Don't think of anything else, and don't let anything distract you. And have fun.
Hebertiste had inspired me alot, and I've borrowed some of his lines from his posts.
Right now, I'm suffering from the pain of something I did, something really foolish and stupid. I regretted doing that, I don't know why I did that, and somemore this ain't the first time I did something stupid. I never learn from my mistakes. How stupid am I. I think this is quite a serious injury, I think I'll listen to my body I give it more rest that it needs. I have already rested for 2 days, I've recovered from my fever, but now something that I did really stupid might just make this resting period longer. I'm urging to go out and train. My lower back-hip area hurts alot, I'll see how it goes tomorrow.
Operation Pull is not going that well. On Thursday I was sore, so I don't want to do pull ups, and also don't want to do strenuous exercise as on Friday I'm doing Hell Night. But Friday I'm sick, so I can't do much either. Today I kinda slacked at home, but I did light training outside, to give some light impact to my bare feet so the next time when it heals, it gets stronger. I think I'm resting tomorrow too, because of my injury. I'll guess I will increase the number of pulling forces on Monday then.
(I hope) Monday would be the start of training again, start of a serious and focused training. Need to condition and strengthen up myself more. Lately hadn't been doing much strength training. I think I'll give it a makeover, same goes for my movements training. Need to get more control, start listening to my body, focus more, be more careful, stop being stupid and reckless, and of course to know my limits. And get stronger.
I think it is a good 3 day rest.
This blog hadn't been a month old but it already got 15 posts. I think posting too many. And posting too long. But it kinda fun and good.
I guess I've talked enough.
"The body adapts naturally. Always. Trust it. Trust your own nature. Go natural." - Hebertiste.
If only there is such an area for me to train in, just this place, this perfect peaceful environment. No, it doesn't need to be in a forest, it can be anywhere nobody frequents. If only there is this one place where no one can disturb, irritate or distract me. If only it is just me and the environment, if only.
How great can it be?
You are absolutely free, you can do anything you want, without being looked or laughed at. Because this is what we suppose to be, an animal, to be free. Not only that, the peacefulness and quietness of the environment is something really refreshing, something really relaxing. There is more, now with no distractions, you can concentrate more and focus better, with help of clearing your mind and think that there is nothing except you and the environment.
How calming.
Just do whatever you want to, be yourself, be playful, move around your environment in your own way, be free, just keep moving, like a kid in playgrounds, having fun. Pay attention to the environment, and be alert and aware to your surroundings, listen to the nature. Listen to your body too, do what your body tells you to. To move.
To move is something that our bodies are meant to be doing. Since young, we are moving and jumping around because it is our nature. Playing around and having fun at playgrounds, moving like a human should. Until the moment when we are grown up, when we reached an age where we are "mature", then someone says its childish to play again, then we all listen to it, and then we laughed at those "immature kids" that plays at playgrounds again. As I said, what a ruined world.
We are apes, right? We are an animal. No matter what we think, we are still an animal. Some very clever one. But no, we think that we are superior beings, we think that we are not an animal. Stupid people. "Watch the squirrel, watch the puma, watch all non-domesticated wild animals. Think they're of an inferior intelligence? They play, they explore, they live, they survive too, they adapt, they fight for their lives," Thats what an animal, which is what we are, suppose to be. Sadly, no one bothers, and there are such thing as animal cruelty, animal abuse. What a ruined world.
Do we look like an animal anymore? Nope, obviously not. Animal don't play computer, don't shop, don't watch TV, don't buy stuffs and eat. They hunt for food, unlike us lazy beings who buy stuffs and eat them. So much had changed in generations.
Let's get back to topic.
If there is such an environment which exist here in Singapore, how cool would it be. Any remote areas, any rural areas would be good. I would certain want to try out training alone, in a really peaceful area. I don't mind travelling really far, as long as it is satisfiable, I really wouldn't mind, and yeah, I planned to travel around Singapore too.
I also wonder why, I'll ask you something readers.
What do you aim in when you are doing a wall pass? Do you aim to do it quick? Do it fast? Do it without hesistation? Do it fluidly? Do it to get stronger? Do it explosively? Do it for stamina? Do it controlled?
So I ask you, what is a wall pass? A wall pass is to overcome an a high wall by climbing it and getting over it. So whats the objective? Climbing it and getting over it. Thats it.
Yes, when we are new, we always wanted to only reach the top, grab the ledge, and maybe struggle up. We don't aim for anything specific, but once we get better, like knowing that we can climb the wall, we aim to get faster, to get higher, to get fluider. What for? Yes, Parkour is to overcome obstacles efficiently and quickly. But the objective is to get over the wall. If you drill it repeatedly, the speed, control, fluidity, strength, endurance and other attributes will all come naturally as a consequence. Same goes for every other movements, and every other thing.
So next time, clear your mind, focus, and then interact with your environment. Don't think of anything else, and don't let anything distract you. And have fun.
Hebertiste had inspired me alot, and I've borrowed some of his lines from his posts.
Right now, I'm suffering from the pain of something I did, something really foolish and stupid. I regretted doing that, I don't know why I did that, and somemore this ain't the first time I did something stupid. I never learn from my mistakes. How stupid am I. I think this is quite a serious injury, I think I'll listen to my body I give it more rest that it needs. I have already rested for 2 days, I've recovered from my fever, but now something that I did really stupid might just make this resting period longer. I'm urging to go out and train. My lower back-hip area hurts alot, I'll see how it goes tomorrow.
Operation Pull is not going that well. On Thursday I was sore, so I don't want to do pull ups, and also don't want to do strenuous exercise as on Friday I'm doing Hell Night. But Friday I'm sick, so I can't do much either. Today I kinda slacked at home, but I did light training outside, to give some light impact to my bare feet so the next time when it heals, it gets stronger. I think I'm resting tomorrow too, because of my injury. I'll guess I will increase the number of pulling forces on Monday then.
(I hope) Monday would be the start of training again, start of a serious and focused training. Need to condition and strengthen up myself more. Lately hadn't been doing much strength training. I think I'll give it a makeover, same goes for my movements training. Need to get more control, start listening to my body, focus more, be more careful, stop being stupid and reckless, and of course to know my limits. And get stronger.
I think it is a good 3 day rest.
This blog hadn't been a month old but it already got 15 posts. I think posting too many. And posting too long. But it kinda fun and good.
I guess I've talked enough.
"The body adapts naturally. Always. Trust it. Trust your own nature. Go natural." - Hebertiste.
Friday, November 23, 2007
Humans.
I'm amazed by how capable and intelligent the human body is.
But sadly, we, the modern average human, doesn't seem to appreciate it.
I want to ask you, anyone who is reading, what are living for?
What do you aim in your life? What do you want to be in your life?
What do you want to do with your life? What do you want to spend your life on?
Obviously the modern average human beings would want to spend their precious life on playing the latest badass computer games, watching TV on your ever-so-comfortable sofa, eat tasty food filled with trans-fat, going out watching movies and shopping with their friends, wanting to having fun and slacking the whole day off, and the rest of the time sleeping. Of course they will go to school if they would have to, and of course slack most of the time too. All this until they graduate from school, they'll find a job, and work.
Is this life?
Yes, yes, ordinary human beings would think this is what we do, what else could we spend life on? How about this, picture our ancestors who live millions of years ago doing stuffs that we do now. Looks retarded, don't they? Because at that time, where they ain't any sophisticated technologies like the TV, the XBOX 360, computer, PSP, handphones, Nintendo Wii, neither are there shopping malls, cinema, KFC, Macdonalds, and even the most essential stuffs which makes our life easier like transport, houses, air-conditioners, cameras, beds, sofas, coffee-shops, nearby mini-marts, electricity, water, light.
Then our nowadays human beings will then comeback, saying, since we now got advanced technologies and better standards of living, why make our life so difficult and live like our ancestors? Why couldn't we just live life fun, no suffering, no hardships, and use our modern technologies?
Stupid way of thinking.
Ok, fine then, live your own way. Be weak, rot and slack at home, playing your computer games, watch your favourite TV series weekly, eat your comforting junk foods and potato chips, have fun with your friends of the same kind, playing PSP, and stay weak and fat, and sleep. Be something what a human animal shouldn't be.
Be all slacky and lazy, but when it comes to NS, you complain so much that it is so tiring, so full of hardwork, so tough, that is after spending about 18 years of your life rotting. Then you realize that how weak you are, how stupid of you being so naive, no suffering, no hardships. Well, we are all humans aren't we. It is until NS which is where at least some men get stronger, endurant, powerful, more fitter then before, noticing the benefits and reasons of being strong instead of being some slacky human playing DOTA, and bragging how good he is in it.
Pretty sad actually.
Out of those average human beings, there are other special breeds. The one that are often laughed at by the "higher class" of teenagers, who are the ones we classify as nerds. The one who doesn't know what life suppose to be either. This time, they spend their life not by socializing, but instead, studying, being weak, always being near their mother, studying, eating, sleeping and studying. Why study so much? Of course, we need our basic levels of knowledge, but way beyond that for? Getting a better job? Go study in an overseas university? Whatever for? Just a normal satisfactory job would do, I don't see the need for such a high-class jobs.
The little things that make life so complicated. One would argue why live life so complicated? If we always would make our life very simple, doing what everyone else are doing, being weak and slacky and stuffs, wanting to have fun, go ahead, but hey, we only live once, we don't we live life to the fullest? Yes, we have goals, aims, wishes, ambitions. We want to learn stuffs, to be good at stuffs, be better in some sports, do something as a hobby. The addition to the life of those human beings.
The world is really screwed.
So those hobbies of those humanoids are those things that makes them at least considerably fitter. Soccer, basketball, badminton, the common ones. And they think they are very fit. Good for those who are indeed very fit, but yeah, they are a small amount. Well why? They always hope and wish to run faster, to run longer, to get better in soccer, to kick further, to pass better, to get better in everything, blah blah. Well what is the use hoping and wishing while you aren't putting any effort which is needed in order to achieve your goals? Only those determined and passionate enough would do so.
In this world, with billions of people living, only a tiny portion of be able to live in the conditions of our origins. The rest wouldn't even last like them for even two days. Think of living in a wilderness, without any of our modern technologies, like how our ancestors did. This means there is no computer games, no TV, no means of communication except talking, no comfortable bed, no electricity, no KFC, etc. To our ancestors in the prehistoric times, they say that in order to survive, you must be strong, but it doesn't really fit right now, well too bad the world changed, to the better?
Now people are so blessed but they don't even seem to realize it. If an ancestor would to live the life of ours now, they would be suprised. They don't have the convenience of a food court like we do now, and they don't have fun like we do now. Our ancestors would laugh at how weak we are and how stupid we are. Pick an average Joe in the streets now and ask them whether could they do a muscle up. Again, only a tiny portion of the popularity could do at least one. Our ancestors would do 5 of them easy, and give them a tree and they will climb it easy.
We don't know what a human animal should be. Our ancestors again, portrayed what it should be; strong, powerful, endurant, agile, quick, cunning, alert, etc. Our ancestors easily outpower us in terms of strength and everything else, like how to survive. All we know now is to playing computer games and "own" others, how to complain and argue, fight and hate, create conflicts and insult others, make fun of others, eat junks, watch TV, magazines, man-made buildings, be egotistic, slack and have fun, the other few things that we are better as compared to our ancestors. Very stupid aren't we?
We have the modern technologies to blame to right? The inventions of face surgery to make one look better, the inventions of steriods and drugs to make one perform better, the creations of mini-mart and food courts for our own convenience, the inventions of computers and consoles to play, the inventions of handphones, TV, radio, shopping malls, houses for our own benefits. All these machines leading to the life we are having now. The advantages of science and technology. Yeah, we are living some life way fortunate then our ancestors, but still, lots of people complain.
Life is not meant to be wasted for something not beneficial, something stupid, something wasteful, something that you can forget, no. The seconds wasted for doing something stupid could be used for something more useful, i.e instead going out with your friends, you go to the fitness corner and train instead. Not saying that socializing with your friends is a bad thing, but just don't do it too often, because life is not always about having fun with your friends and socializing. Well, again human beings will say, if you got no friends, you got no life.
Whatever, if you want to make yourself be affected by other people, other human beings, go ahead, because it is your choice. But I think it is just stupid be so affected and have such a low self-esteem just because some lame people laughed at you. Why do you care about them? Why let them affect you? To make you dull, depressed, sad, when you can be filled with happiness? Why be stupid? And for the others, the one who think you are funny, insulting and mocking at others, why do you want to make life difficult for others? Can't you guys be a little more sensitive, more thoughtful of others? This is the source and creation of conflicts and hate, which leads to wars and terrorism, which is something our ancestors don't experience in their life. Why is this world so ruined?
This is why our world is ruined right now.
Don't you find it tiring, waking up after everyday's good night sleep, repeating things that you usually do? Well, yes, this is life. But we human beings are creative, although sadly we don't know that. Creativity makes things more fun, at least make things less routinal, so you won't get bored that easily, so you won't be repeating whatever you do everyday. The normal breeds or human beings don't realize this, they don't realize how capable and intelligent the human body is.
How sad this world had became. Look around you and you will probably see obese people, weak people, skinny people. Only maybe a small breed of a million of a possible billions are considerably strong, and could survive in the conditions of our ancestors. How sad. And the world are complaining how tough life is, there are suicidal thoughts, depression, when actually the standards of living had improved. Complaints, complaints, complaints. Our ancestors don't complain when they're standards of living really suck, at least when compared to us. But why now we are complaining? Our parents confiscated our handphone, they suck, our parents don't buy this coolest computer games, they suck, how sad. Really.
The world is seriously ruined.
Lets switch this into a parkour point of view.
This technological man-made inventions has made us lost our nature. Look at our modern inventions, shoes, weights (dumbbells, barbells, powerballs). Do you think our ancestors use them? Do you think our ancestors use them to be strong? Do you think our ancestors did pushups, squats, deadlifts, pistols to get stronger? Nope. They lift, they move, they climb, they crawl, they run, they throw, they swim, they survive in their "harsh" conditions everyday. They get stronger using nature, they climb trees to get coconuts, they carry things from one place to another, they travel long distances with no transport like we do today.
They have stronger bodies and joints then us, and they don't have shoes at that time. One thing good about our body is, they are smart and they know when to adapt. We get scratches, cuts, and bruises, after a while our skin harden and get stronger, as they adapt to it. Same for barefoot, at first we feel pain when we train with our bare feet, but after a while our body adapted to it, provided you train incrementally, progressively and gradually. Don't underestimate our body, they are smarter then you.
I think that we are too used in the man-made environment like in urban structures, and we should start training in the rural environment like in jungles and wilderness on trees, ropes, vines, rocks, but well sadly in Singapore we don't have such environments. It is there where it is more natural, more fresh air, the place where our ancestors live to be strong. But it is ok, since there is a lack of rural areas, training at urban environment for an escape would have more chances of happening.
Well I want to end this post saying that I'm not that good yet, I'm still not as strong as our ancestors yet, but I train to be as strong as them. I'm still a typical human being watching TV and playing my X360, and like right now I'm using the modern technology, the genuis' inventions of the computer. I'll try to spend more time training, instead of slacking and playing and having fun. I'll try to spend lesser time on the computer and TV right now. And also, I'll try my bestest to change my diet right now, try to eat healthy, stop eating the unhealthy trans-fat and eat more fruits. I'll eat more protein and lesser junk foods.
I'll listen to my body more often (will elaborate more on this in the next post), stop training when I'm sore, or when I'm tired.
Thats it.
This post might be a long one, but I hope it is a good one. It bears alot of similarity with my "Fight" post, but I found out more things to rant about again. Thanks for reading.
Well I'm sick yesterday and today, not sure why, I think I'm still weak, need to improve my immune system, and my overall body strength. Need to get back to training soon.
I really thanks Hebertiste (from Parkour.net) whose posts inspired me alot, and here's a quote from him.
Be what you are, or what you're supposed to be: a true positive individual.
Done.
But sadly, we, the modern average human, doesn't seem to appreciate it.
I want to ask you, anyone who is reading, what are living for?
What do you aim in your life? What do you want to be in your life?
What do you want to do with your life? What do you want to spend your life on?
Obviously the modern average human beings would want to spend their precious life on playing the latest badass computer games, watching TV on your ever-so-comfortable sofa, eat tasty food filled with trans-fat, going out watching movies and shopping with their friends, wanting to having fun and slacking the whole day off, and the rest of the time sleeping. Of course they will go to school if they would have to, and of course slack most of the time too. All this until they graduate from school, they'll find a job, and work.
Is this life?
Yes, yes, ordinary human beings would think this is what we do, what else could we spend life on? How about this, picture our ancestors who live millions of years ago doing stuffs that we do now. Looks retarded, don't they? Because at that time, where they ain't any sophisticated technologies like the TV, the XBOX 360, computer, PSP, handphones, Nintendo Wii, neither are there shopping malls, cinema, KFC, Macdonalds, and even the most essential stuffs which makes our life easier like transport, houses, air-conditioners, cameras, beds, sofas, coffee-shops, nearby mini-marts, electricity, water, light.
Then our nowadays human beings will then comeback, saying, since we now got advanced technologies and better standards of living, why make our life so difficult and live like our ancestors? Why couldn't we just live life fun, no suffering, no hardships, and use our modern technologies?
Stupid way of thinking.
Ok, fine then, live your own way. Be weak, rot and slack at home, playing your computer games, watch your favourite TV series weekly, eat your comforting junk foods and potato chips, have fun with your friends of the same kind, playing PSP, and stay weak and fat, and sleep. Be something what a human animal shouldn't be.
Be all slacky and lazy, but when it comes to NS, you complain so much that it is so tiring, so full of hardwork, so tough, that is after spending about 18 years of your life rotting. Then you realize that how weak you are, how stupid of you being so naive, no suffering, no hardships. Well, we are all humans aren't we. It is until NS which is where at least some men get stronger, endurant, powerful, more fitter then before, noticing the benefits and reasons of being strong instead of being some slacky human playing DOTA, and bragging how good he is in it.
Pretty sad actually.
Out of those average human beings, there are other special breeds. The one that are often laughed at by the "higher class" of teenagers, who are the ones we classify as nerds. The one who doesn't know what life suppose to be either. This time, they spend their life not by socializing, but instead, studying, being weak, always being near their mother, studying, eating, sleeping and studying. Why study so much? Of course, we need our basic levels of knowledge, but way beyond that for? Getting a better job? Go study in an overseas university? Whatever for? Just a normal satisfactory job would do, I don't see the need for such a high-class jobs.
The little things that make life so complicated. One would argue why live life so complicated? If we always would make our life very simple, doing what everyone else are doing, being weak and slacky and stuffs, wanting to have fun, go ahead, but hey, we only live once, we don't we live life to the fullest? Yes, we have goals, aims, wishes, ambitions. We want to learn stuffs, to be good at stuffs, be better in some sports, do something as a hobby. The addition to the life of those human beings.
The world is really screwed.
So those hobbies of those humanoids are those things that makes them at least considerably fitter. Soccer, basketball, badminton, the common ones. And they think they are very fit. Good for those who are indeed very fit, but yeah, they are a small amount. Well why? They always hope and wish to run faster, to run longer, to get better in soccer, to kick further, to pass better, to get better in everything, blah blah. Well what is the use hoping and wishing while you aren't putting any effort which is needed in order to achieve your goals? Only those determined and passionate enough would do so.
In this world, with billions of people living, only a tiny portion of be able to live in the conditions of our origins. The rest wouldn't even last like them for even two days. Think of living in a wilderness, without any of our modern technologies, like how our ancestors did. This means there is no computer games, no TV, no means of communication except talking, no comfortable bed, no electricity, no KFC, etc. To our ancestors in the prehistoric times, they say that in order to survive, you must be strong, but it doesn't really fit right now, well too bad the world changed, to the better?
Now people are so blessed but they don't even seem to realize it. If an ancestor would to live the life of ours now, they would be suprised. They don't have the convenience of a food court like we do now, and they don't have fun like we do now. Our ancestors would laugh at how weak we are and how stupid we are. Pick an average Joe in the streets now and ask them whether could they do a muscle up. Again, only a tiny portion of the popularity could do at least one. Our ancestors would do 5 of them easy, and give them a tree and they will climb it easy.
We don't know what a human animal should be. Our ancestors again, portrayed what it should be; strong, powerful, endurant, agile, quick, cunning, alert, etc. Our ancestors easily outpower us in terms of strength and everything else, like how to survive. All we know now is to playing computer games and "own" others, how to complain and argue, fight and hate, create conflicts and insult others, make fun of others, eat junks, watch TV, magazines, man-made buildings, be egotistic, slack and have fun, the other few things that we are better as compared to our ancestors. Very stupid aren't we?
We have the modern technologies to blame to right? The inventions of face surgery to make one look better, the inventions of steriods and drugs to make one perform better, the creations of mini-mart and food courts for our own convenience, the inventions of computers and consoles to play, the inventions of handphones, TV, radio, shopping malls, houses for our own benefits. All these machines leading to the life we are having now. The advantages of science and technology. Yeah, we are living some life way fortunate then our ancestors, but still, lots of people complain.
Life is not meant to be wasted for something not beneficial, something stupid, something wasteful, something that you can forget, no. The seconds wasted for doing something stupid could be used for something more useful, i.e instead going out with your friends, you go to the fitness corner and train instead. Not saying that socializing with your friends is a bad thing, but just don't do it too often, because life is not always about having fun with your friends and socializing. Well, again human beings will say, if you got no friends, you got no life.
Whatever, if you want to make yourself be affected by other people, other human beings, go ahead, because it is your choice. But I think it is just stupid be so affected and have such a low self-esteem just because some lame people laughed at you. Why do you care about them? Why let them affect you? To make you dull, depressed, sad, when you can be filled with happiness? Why be stupid? And for the others, the one who think you are funny, insulting and mocking at others, why do you want to make life difficult for others? Can't you guys be a little more sensitive, more thoughtful of others? This is the source and creation of conflicts and hate, which leads to wars and terrorism, which is something our ancestors don't experience in their life. Why is this world so ruined?
This is why our world is ruined right now.
Don't you find it tiring, waking up after everyday's good night sleep, repeating things that you usually do? Well, yes, this is life. But we human beings are creative, although sadly we don't know that. Creativity makes things more fun, at least make things less routinal, so you won't get bored that easily, so you won't be repeating whatever you do everyday. The normal breeds or human beings don't realize this, they don't realize how capable and intelligent the human body is.
How sad this world had became. Look around you and you will probably see obese people, weak people, skinny people. Only maybe a small breed of a million of a possible billions are considerably strong, and could survive in the conditions of our ancestors. How sad. And the world are complaining how tough life is, there are suicidal thoughts, depression, when actually the standards of living had improved. Complaints, complaints, complaints. Our ancestors don't complain when they're standards of living really suck, at least when compared to us. But why now we are complaining? Our parents confiscated our handphone, they suck, our parents don't buy this coolest computer games, they suck, how sad. Really.
The world is seriously ruined.
Lets switch this into a parkour point of view.
This technological man-made inventions has made us lost our nature. Look at our modern inventions, shoes, weights (dumbbells, barbells, powerballs). Do you think our ancestors use them? Do you think our ancestors use them to be strong? Do you think our ancestors did pushups, squats, deadlifts, pistols to get stronger? Nope. They lift, they move, they climb, they crawl, they run, they throw, they swim, they survive in their "harsh" conditions everyday. They get stronger using nature, they climb trees to get coconuts, they carry things from one place to another, they travel long distances with no transport like we do today.
They have stronger bodies and joints then us, and they don't have shoes at that time. One thing good about our body is, they are smart and they know when to adapt. We get scratches, cuts, and bruises, after a while our skin harden and get stronger, as they adapt to it. Same for barefoot, at first we feel pain when we train with our bare feet, but after a while our body adapted to it, provided you train incrementally, progressively and gradually. Don't underestimate our body, they are smarter then you.
I think that we are too used in the man-made environment like in urban structures, and we should start training in the rural environment like in jungles and wilderness on trees, ropes, vines, rocks, but well sadly in Singapore we don't have such environments. It is there where it is more natural, more fresh air, the place where our ancestors live to be strong. But it is ok, since there is a lack of rural areas, training at urban environment for an escape would have more chances of happening.
Well I want to end this post saying that I'm not that good yet, I'm still not as strong as our ancestors yet, but I train to be as strong as them. I'm still a typical human being watching TV and playing my X360, and like right now I'm using the modern technology, the genuis' inventions of the computer. I'll try to spend more time training, instead of slacking and playing and having fun. I'll try to spend lesser time on the computer and TV right now. And also, I'll try my bestest to change my diet right now, try to eat healthy, stop eating the unhealthy trans-fat and eat more fruits. I'll eat more protein and lesser junk foods.
I'll listen to my body more often (will elaborate more on this in the next post), stop training when I'm sore, or when I'm tired.
Thats it.
This post might be a long one, but I hope it is a good one. It bears alot of similarity with my "Fight" post, but I found out more things to rant about again. Thanks for reading.
Well I'm sick yesterday and today, not sure why, I think I'm still weak, need to improve my immune system, and my overall body strength. Need to get back to training soon.
I really thanks Hebertiste (from Parkour.net) whose posts inspired me alot, and here's a quote from him.
Be what you are, or what you're supposed to be: a true positive individual.
Done.
Monday, November 19, 2007
Fight.
This world is becoming worser and worser each day. Not the world, I mean the people in the world, anyway it is the people in the world that makes the world worser. The people in the world make the world worser because they become worse everyday. As those people get worse everyday, the world get worser, and worser.
Why?
Millions of years ago, the aborigines of the world, they don't use to sleep in soft mattresses with air-con, fan, and blanket. They don't have television, radio, computer, or PSP. They don't have KFC, Macdonalds, Fried food, Burger King. They don't have much food and water. They don't even have much shelter, they sleep in the open, under the trees, in the wilderness. They don't have the comfort and pamperedness we people have now.
Everything they do is manual labour. They have to lift things, walk distances, cook. They have to fish, build shelters, start a fire, get food and water, find wood. Do we do them now? Nope, we have the wok, the gas, everything we need to cook. We have processed food, canned food, instant noodles. We have water coming from our taps everyday, and we have electricity and fans for wind. We don't need fire, or if we need them, we got the lighter. If we have money, we can almost have anything we want. Everything is there for us.
Why?
Look at how much the world change. OUR ancestors suffer so much to survive, they aren't as slack as us. They fight to survive, but who hardly need to fight at all to survive. People are arguing so much not being allowed to use the computer for even one week. They complained alot whether their handphones are confiscated. Now everyone is all happy go lucky, yet they say their life sucks and some even go to the extend of slitting wrists. How fucking retarded.
But lets not switch topics, now we are living our life very fortunate and lucky, we all have clothes to wear, beds to sleep, computers to play, and yet we complain on every little thing that comes into our way. We complain that we don't have enough money, when at that time it is so hard to earn money, and even 1 cent is so precious. We complain that life is so tiring, working is so tiring, when millions years ago life was a burden and you don't even earn money. We complain so much.
Why?
The harsh reality is, that how much you whine, you yak, you cry, you should still cherish and admit the fact that we are living life way fortunate then our ancestors, we are in fact, living life way pampered then even our grandparents. A generation does changes alot. But hear we are having people complaining that we want a PSP, and there we have someone whining about how lousy their handphone is. And another one hating someone and insulting them like bitches.
If we were to live life without handphone, without computers, no Macdonalds, or just simply put, just live in the wilderness like how our ancestors did, hardly anyone will survive. Some people think that life is to have fun, always have fun, no hard work, no troubles, no stress, and those not sticking to the status quo will be deemed as some weird guy, and said you are wasting your life doing this, having a sad life, or the similar.
Why?
Those people that follows other people like sheeps always want to have fun, go out with friends, be like them, copy them, and one stupid remark like saying, "Why you wear like that one ah, people now already change already you still so slow, lagging ah?", will make him/her super embarassed or be more self-conscious about themselves.
I would like to tell everyone that, you shouldn't be copy anyone, you shouldn't be trying to be like someone, be yourself, and don't care about derogatory remarks from your friends, because you will be laughing, you should be original, why care about some retards? Ehhh, fuck? Why be the same and get laughed at those are original? And soon the original will be copied and the fucking cycle continues.
Why?
TYPICAL HUMANOIDS.
Life is like fucking retarded right now, and yeah you should have guessed it, I talked so much and the point is this.
THE POINT IS THIS,
Life is so much better, but retards screw it up and makes things worst, again and again. Retards complain so much again and again. Retards will always make life worst for themselves and everyone else. And retards again we think life hard and life sucks.
BUT,
The truth is, we are already SO SO SOOOOOOOOOOOOO lucky to be in this generation.
So I really hope the world could KNOW, why, in the fucking hell, should we hate, start wars between countries, fight, make life fucking difficult, and create conflicts.
Then the typical humanoids around, laugh at how stupid this person is to train in situations to escape, to survive, learn how to fight, self-defense, when he can just slack and have fun, play computer games, go out with friends.
Typical humanoids are sooooo happy, pampered, fortunate, lucky, and typical. Of course, we can have fun, we can make life good for our ownself, but now when there is people fighting for survival, at least our ancestors, at least in the countries without food, at least in the countries which suffered a natural disaster days ago, we can spare our time having fun, for time helping others, saving others, do something useful.
We can also learn and prepare ourselves for something which could and might happen. Learn how to survive, how to save others, how to fight in the form of self-defense, how to escape, etc. At least get your butts off the computer and learn some stuffs, get stronger and fitter, something constructive, something useful, something not for the pure reason of fun, or hobby, or for money.
Not saying you can't learn soccer, you can't learn how to play the guitar. The most important thing is to LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLEST, do not waste any time on it, and also make your life USEFUL. Instead of getting eye-bags playing your DOTA, or having fun, going shopping with your friends, do something and learn something. Something useful, something constructive, as said earlier.
Stop complaining.
I myself, agree that I'm a typical humanoid still, but I'm trying to learn things, useful stuffs. Life is good, life have meaning. I know I do still complain, but I'm now trying to change, trying to learn how to accept things as life. This is life.
I still use the computer, and watch the TV, and have a comfy bed to sleep on, but I really wonder, could I survive without them? Sure I could, but could I survive in the wilderness? Could I survive if my country is being wrecked by a tsunami? Could I still survive when my country is in war?
This is why, I want to learn the skills of survival, self-defense, saving others, helping others and escape technique, and all these are a part and parcel of being a traceur. My mission of becoming a real traceur awaits.
SURVIVAL. We must learn how to survive in any condition, and in any state. Like I said, can I survive in the wilderness? What if I am in a wilderness, alone? Can I climb a tree and get food, coconuts? Can I fish for food, and get purified water? Can I start a fire with equipments from the wilderness alone? Can I cook food? Can I build a shelter? Things I need to learn to become a good survivalist.
SELF-DEFENSE. Also another aspect of survivalism, let's say to survive a fight? What if you end up in a situation, maybe after a escape but end up in a dead end, and with no choice, the only means of survival is to fight. Can you survive? Can you fight? Can you withstand the blows? Can I win the fight? Can I end up not losing blood?
SAVING OTHERS. In a event when you are in a building engulfed in flames, and there is someone inside too, someone you might not know, would you save them? Would you use your survival skills and escape techniques into good use here? Can you save them? Can you save them and yourself?
ESCAPE TECHNIQUES. Again, another aspect of survivalism. To survive, you must also learn how to escape in a bad situations. Can you escape when you are in a carrying a bag? Can you escape while carrying someone? Can you escape in almost any situation, anywhere? Can you escape when you are injured? Can you escape when it is raining? Blah blah blah.
The list goes on.
And this is what I think what makes a good traceur. A traceur who can survive in any situation. Parkour practitioners might think a tracuer is someone who can ESCAPE in any situation. For me, nope. A traceur is one who can survive in any situation, any obstacles, and one who can save others and is alturistic, strong, and useful.
I hope one day, I will be able to answer yes to all of the question above.
Fight for survival, fight to live, fight for justice, fight for your rights, fight to be strong, fight hardships, fight for life, FIGHT.
Laugh all you want, typical humanoids, but guess who will have the last laugh.
Why?
Millions of years ago, the aborigines of the world, they don't use to sleep in soft mattresses with air-con, fan, and blanket. They don't have television, radio, computer, or PSP. They don't have KFC, Macdonalds, Fried food, Burger King. They don't have much food and water. They don't even have much shelter, they sleep in the open, under the trees, in the wilderness. They don't have the comfort and pamperedness we people have now.
Everything they do is manual labour. They have to lift things, walk distances, cook. They have to fish, build shelters, start a fire, get food and water, find wood. Do we do them now? Nope, we have the wok, the gas, everything we need to cook. We have processed food, canned food, instant noodles. We have water coming from our taps everyday, and we have electricity and fans for wind. We don't need fire, or if we need them, we got the lighter. If we have money, we can almost have anything we want. Everything is there for us.
Why?
Look at how much the world change. OUR ancestors suffer so much to survive, they aren't as slack as us. They fight to survive, but who hardly need to fight at all to survive. People are arguing so much not being allowed to use the computer for even one week. They complained alot whether their handphones are confiscated. Now everyone is all happy go lucky, yet they say their life sucks and some even go to the extend of slitting wrists. How fucking retarded.
But lets not switch topics, now we are living our life very fortunate and lucky, we all have clothes to wear, beds to sleep, computers to play, and yet we complain on every little thing that comes into our way. We complain that we don't have enough money, when at that time it is so hard to earn money, and even 1 cent is so precious. We complain that life is so tiring, working is so tiring, when millions years ago life was a burden and you don't even earn money. We complain so much.
Why?
The harsh reality is, that how much you whine, you yak, you cry, you should still cherish and admit the fact that we are living life way fortunate then our ancestors, we are in fact, living life way pampered then even our grandparents. A generation does changes alot. But hear we are having people complaining that we want a PSP, and there we have someone whining about how lousy their handphone is. And another one hating someone and insulting them like bitches.
If we were to live life without handphone, without computers, no Macdonalds, or just simply put, just live in the wilderness like how our ancestors did, hardly anyone will survive. Some people think that life is to have fun, always have fun, no hard work, no troubles, no stress, and those not sticking to the status quo will be deemed as some weird guy, and said you are wasting your life doing this, having a sad life, or the similar.
Why?
Those people that follows other people like sheeps always want to have fun, go out with friends, be like them, copy them, and one stupid remark like saying, "Why you wear like that one ah, people now already change already you still so slow, lagging ah?", will make him/her super embarassed or be more self-conscious about themselves.
I would like to tell everyone that, you shouldn't be copy anyone, you shouldn't be trying to be like someone, be yourself, and don't care about derogatory remarks from your friends, because you will be laughing, you should be original, why care about some retards? Ehhh, fuck? Why be the same and get laughed at those are original? And soon the original will be copied and the fucking cycle continues.
Why?
TYPICAL HUMANOIDS.
Life is like fucking retarded right now, and yeah you should have guessed it, I talked so much and the point is this.
THE POINT IS THIS,
Life is so much better, but retards screw it up and makes things worst, again and again. Retards complain so much again and again. Retards will always make life worst for themselves and everyone else. And retards again we think life hard and life sucks.
BUT,
The truth is, we are already SO SO SOOOOOOOOOOOOO lucky to be in this generation.
So I really hope the world could KNOW, why, in the fucking hell, should we hate, start wars between countries, fight, make life fucking difficult, and create conflicts.
Then the typical humanoids around, laugh at how stupid this person is to train in situations to escape, to survive, learn how to fight, self-defense, when he can just slack and have fun, play computer games, go out with friends.
Typical humanoids are sooooo happy, pampered, fortunate, lucky, and typical. Of course, we can have fun, we can make life good for our ownself, but now when there is people fighting for survival, at least our ancestors, at least in the countries without food, at least in the countries which suffered a natural disaster days ago, we can spare our time having fun, for time helping others, saving others, do something useful.
We can also learn and prepare ourselves for something which could and might happen. Learn how to survive, how to save others, how to fight in the form of self-defense, how to escape, etc. At least get your butts off the computer and learn some stuffs, get stronger and fitter, something constructive, something useful, something not for the pure reason of fun, or hobby, or for money.
Not saying you can't learn soccer, you can't learn how to play the guitar. The most important thing is to LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLEST, do not waste any time on it, and also make your life USEFUL. Instead of getting eye-bags playing your DOTA, or having fun, going shopping with your friends, do something and learn something. Something useful, something constructive, as said earlier.
Stop complaining.
I myself, agree that I'm a typical humanoid still, but I'm trying to learn things, useful stuffs. Life is good, life have meaning. I know I do still complain, but I'm now trying to change, trying to learn how to accept things as life. This is life.
I still use the computer, and watch the TV, and have a comfy bed to sleep on, but I really wonder, could I survive without them? Sure I could, but could I survive in the wilderness? Could I survive if my country is being wrecked by a tsunami? Could I still survive when my country is in war?
This is why, I want to learn the skills of survival, self-defense, saving others, helping others and escape technique, and all these are a part and parcel of being a traceur. My mission of becoming a real traceur awaits.
SURVIVAL. We must learn how to survive in any condition, and in any state. Like I said, can I survive in the wilderness? What if I am in a wilderness, alone? Can I climb a tree and get food, coconuts? Can I fish for food, and get purified water? Can I start a fire with equipments from the wilderness alone? Can I cook food? Can I build a shelter? Things I need to learn to become a good survivalist.
SELF-DEFENSE. Also another aspect of survivalism, let's say to survive a fight? What if you end up in a situation, maybe after a escape but end up in a dead end, and with no choice, the only means of survival is to fight. Can you survive? Can you fight? Can you withstand the blows? Can I win the fight? Can I end up not losing blood?
SAVING OTHERS. In a event when you are in a building engulfed in flames, and there is someone inside too, someone you might not know, would you save them? Would you use your survival skills and escape techniques into good use here? Can you save them? Can you save them and yourself?
ESCAPE TECHNIQUES. Again, another aspect of survivalism. To survive, you must also learn how to escape in a bad situations. Can you escape when you are in a carrying a bag? Can you escape while carrying someone? Can you escape in almost any situation, anywhere? Can you escape when you are injured? Can you escape when it is raining? Blah blah blah.
The list goes on.
And this is what I think what makes a good traceur. A traceur who can survive in any situation. Parkour practitioners might think a tracuer is someone who can ESCAPE in any situation. For me, nope. A traceur is one who can survive in any situation, any obstacles, and one who can save others and is alturistic, strong, and useful.
I hope one day, I will be able to answer yes to all of the question above.
Fight for survival, fight to live, fight for justice, fight for your rights, fight to be strong, fight hardships, fight for life, FIGHT.
Laugh all you want, typical humanoids, but guess who will have the last laugh.
Monday, November 12, 2007
My History and Why.
7 months+ of trainings and so much had changed.
22 March 2007. I remember that day, the first day where I and Farhan went to Fort (now known as Castle). We decided to meet up and Parkour, just playing and jumping around like we always do. I did jumps from heights, and record them with my handphone. I thought I was like "pro" and I did brag that I'm better than my friends.
We started Parkour after watching Yamakasi the movie, than we tried to act like them. Never we knew that we would get so interested in Parkour in the end.
Then it was just me, Farhan and Malek, who regularly go out together, and in this case, Parkour together. We like to go to Fort after school and play Parkour catching. I was actually the noob and Farhan is the pro. Suddenly it became the new fad in our class, unintentionally. Well I don't know how but it spreaded to our classmates and they decided to joined us.
We used to play blindmice at Fort and slack over there for hours, and then go home. It's fun, the whole class is there and trying out the cat leaps, climbing the wall, learning how to vault and just plainly having fun. Its like a whole group of fucking newbies.
And then on one Sunday me and Farhan made a mini-movie, "Till the End", we thought that the video is going to rock. The first video that we made, and shockingly the whole class liked it. Then we continued to meet up and and make more videos, and formed a group called Phantokour, which consisted the original three of us.
And they we made more videos, the "47 seconds parkour" video, "phantokour compilation", more and more. But one video made a big hit, the "vaultees" video, which is a revised version of the first ever video, which sucks alot. And then we make the "best of phantokour" video. And then there was the new phantokour and turboduo.
That period I was notorious for bailing alot, making me the source of laughter for the class, and we started to do gate vaults which was everyone favourite. Everyone like Farhan and they thought that he was the best amongst all of us, which is true at that time.
After that, of course they had no more interest in Parkour, and they when on to steal bikes and find other hobbies.
There was alot more, until 8th July 2007, the first PKSG jam that I that attended. It was fun, and I learnt alot more about Parkour and then I also learnt how to do more things. And I continued attending jams.
The second PKSG jam I attended was super fun, I think it was the best jam ever. So many people came, lets see. Khai (long fringe), Khai, Wesley, Me, Zahid, Adil, Hayat, Nazri, Isham, Hao Jie, Rahman, Tim, Germaine, Don, Ridhwan, Hidayat, Aliph, Nazir, and alot more guys are there invading Castle (which was formerly known as Fort). Nazir teached the technique for wall pass and saut de chats, and until now it helped me alot.
And I still continued attending jams, everyday after school meeting Wes and co. They really helped me alot. And then one day I met GPJ, Zahid's friend.
GPJ inspired me alot, to train more on strength, to train for the muscle up on wall, to inspire me to get the muscle up, to change my diet and eat healthier, and he taught me alot about strength training. If not for him I wouldn't be as strong as I am right now. I will still be doing purely movements and not condition myself.
I had to thank the PKSG guys alot, they inspired and motivated me to get right here right now. I also wish to specifically thank Wes as he inspired alot and he was the one over there at Dino, waiting for me to finally get that stupid SDC to precision, and I was training with him almost everyday before his O Levels starts.
Nazir inspired in my method of training and in my perception of Parkour too, although sometimes he can be quite bastardy, but really, he helped me alot in terms of techniques and Parkour itself.
Parkour.net made me realize what is Parkour and that place is where I've also been to when I'm on the internet because it is the best place to get information from.
And lastly everyone that I've been training with, thanks for the company and motivation.
I still remember the time when I couldn't even do one pull up, the time before I practiced Parkour. I still remember the time when I can hardly climb up that wall. I still remember that time when I couldn't even the do the "monkey vault". I still remember that time went I couldn't do the "cat leap" at castle. I still remember that time when I was so noobish to jump down from heights. I still remember how retarded I was making fucking noobish videos and post it on youtube for whatever reasons. I still remember how retarded I was to be with all those posers last time.
Now I'm really into Parkour. I will dedicate my life to Parkour and keep on training. I don't care what others are gonna say, those retarded guys who think that I'm super stupid to waste a lifetime training. I guess they are even more stupider than me. For the others, hmmm, what are you? Spending a lifetime doing what? Playing computer games? Going out with friends? Eat shits? Have fun? Ok, I don't mind. But if you think I'm a stupid Parkour boy then, whatever, you guys just fucking jealous. I mean what? How about you? Rot at home and do nothing but wanting to have fun and being a weak piece of shit? Ehhh, your probelm, just don't try to think that what I'm doing is stupid or retarded or whatever lame bullshits, because If you think that way, you are probably is more stupid, because it wouldn't help if you slack at home and stay fat and/or insult others. Continue laughing and mocking, because in years to come you will regret, and I wouldn't care either. It just goes to show how immature and retarded you are. HAHA! Ok go play your computer games.
And yeah, sometimes I really wish that those posers in Youtube and at castle can go learn what parkour is, because if they think it is all about gate vaults, fancy moves and big drops, you can go fuck yourself, because really, you are retarded. Stop spoiling the image of Parkour.
I don't know why everyone that don't know parkour, the public in general, thinks that it is all about high risk, dangerous stunts, and it is all about fancy moves and flips, and crazy difficult stuffs, and also full of big drops. My parents are one example. They think it is all about that - Stupid stuffs and dangerous stunts. Jump jump. Jump here jump there. Very typical Singaporeans. Thinking it is a nuisance to the public. Whats wrong with them? Stupid bullshits. Nevermind.
Back on topic..
Its only a mere 7 months. So much had changed. I've become more stronger, and become much more better. I progressed so quickly, something which is good but can be detrimental too. Parkour had changed my life, and will be a part of my life. I wonder next year, how much more would I change? I wonder when I'm Sec 4, what am I? I wonder when I get to poly, what will happen to me? It is nice to know, but scary to find out.
Hmmm, why Parkour mean so much to me? It is a hard question. It is like something I really like, because it is fun, and it just shows how capable the human body is. Maybe to be stronger, to keep fit, to be more agile. And we can become what we was 65 million years ago, monkeys. And it gives you alot of freedom of movement. The human body is not restricted to just being able to walk, but stupid humanoids nowadays make it a norm to just walk. And yes, Parkour might be useful in times where I need to escape, or to get somewhere quickly.
It feels so nice to move again. Like I said on my title, I thank god for the ability to move.
This is why I will never stop training.
22 March 2007. I remember that day, the first day where I and Farhan went to Fort (now known as Castle). We decided to meet up and Parkour, just playing and jumping around like we always do. I did jumps from heights, and record them with my handphone. I thought I was like "pro" and I did brag that I'm better than my friends.
We started Parkour after watching Yamakasi the movie, than we tried to act like them. Never we knew that we would get so interested in Parkour in the end.
Then it was just me, Farhan and Malek, who regularly go out together, and in this case, Parkour together. We like to go to Fort after school and play Parkour catching. I was actually the noob and Farhan is the pro. Suddenly it became the new fad in our class, unintentionally. Well I don't know how but it spreaded to our classmates and they decided to joined us.
We used to play blindmice at Fort and slack over there for hours, and then go home. It's fun, the whole class is there and trying out the cat leaps, climbing the wall, learning how to vault and just plainly having fun. Its like a whole group of fucking newbies.
And then on one Sunday me and Farhan made a mini-movie, "Till the End", we thought that the video is going to rock. The first video that we made, and shockingly the whole class liked it. Then we continued to meet up and and make more videos, and formed a group called Phantokour, which consisted the original three of us.
And they we made more videos, the "47 seconds parkour" video, "phantokour compilation", more and more. But one video made a big hit, the "vaultees" video, which is a revised version of the first ever video, which sucks alot. And then we make the "best of phantokour" video. And then there was the new phantokour and turboduo.
That period I was notorious for bailing alot, making me the source of laughter for the class, and we started to do gate vaults which was everyone favourite. Everyone like Farhan and they thought that he was the best amongst all of us, which is true at that time.
After that, of course they had no more interest in Parkour, and they when on to steal bikes and find other hobbies.
There was alot more, until 8th July 2007, the first PKSG jam that I that attended. It was fun, and I learnt alot more about Parkour and then I also learnt how to do more things. And I continued attending jams.
The second PKSG jam I attended was super fun, I think it was the best jam ever. So many people came, lets see. Khai (long fringe), Khai, Wesley, Me, Zahid, Adil, Hayat, Nazri, Isham, Hao Jie, Rahman, Tim, Germaine, Don, Ridhwan, Hidayat, Aliph, Nazir, and alot more guys are there invading Castle (which was formerly known as Fort). Nazir teached the technique for wall pass and saut de chats, and until now it helped me alot.
And I still continued attending jams, everyday after school meeting Wes and co. They really helped me alot. And then one day I met GPJ, Zahid's friend.
GPJ inspired me alot, to train more on strength, to train for the muscle up on wall, to inspire me to get the muscle up, to change my diet and eat healthier, and he taught me alot about strength training. If not for him I wouldn't be as strong as I am right now. I will still be doing purely movements and not condition myself.
I had to thank the PKSG guys alot, they inspired and motivated me to get right here right now. I also wish to specifically thank Wes as he inspired alot and he was the one over there at Dino, waiting for me to finally get that stupid SDC to precision, and I was training with him almost everyday before his O Levels starts.
Nazir inspired in my method of training and in my perception of Parkour too, although sometimes he can be quite bastardy, but really, he helped me alot in terms of techniques and Parkour itself.
Parkour.net made me realize what is Parkour and that place is where I've also been to when I'm on the internet because it is the best place to get information from.
And lastly everyone that I've been training with, thanks for the company and motivation.
I still remember the time when I couldn't even do one pull up, the time before I practiced Parkour. I still remember the time when I can hardly climb up that wall. I still remember that time when I couldn't even the do the "monkey vault". I still remember that time went I couldn't do the "cat leap" at castle. I still remember that time when I was so noobish to jump down from heights. I still remember how retarded I was making fucking noobish videos and post it on youtube for whatever reasons. I still remember how retarded I was to be with all those posers last time.
Now I'm really into Parkour. I will dedicate my life to Parkour and keep on training. I don't care what others are gonna say, those retarded guys who think that I'm super stupid to waste a lifetime training. I guess they are even more stupider than me. For the others, hmmm, what are you? Spending a lifetime doing what? Playing computer games? Going out with friends? Eat shits? Have fun? Ok, I don't mind. But if you think I'm a stupid Parkour boy then, whatever, you guys just fucking jealous. I mean what? How about you? Rot at home and do nothing but wanting to have fun and being a weak piece of shit? Ehhh, your probelm, just don't try to think that what I'm doing is stupid or retarded or whatever lame bullshits, because If you think that way, you are probably is more stupid, because it wouldn't help if you slack at home and stay fat and/or insult others. Continue laughing and mocking, because in years to come you will regret, and I wouldn't care either. It just goes to show how immature and retarded you are. HAHA! Ok go play your computer games.
And yeah, sometimes I really wish that those posers in Youtube and at castle can go learn what parkour is, because if they think it is all about gate vaults, fancy moves and big drops, you can go fuck yourself, because really, you are retarded. Stop spoiling the image of Parkour.
I don't know why everyone that don't know parkour, the public in general, thinks that it is all about high risk, dangerous stunts, and it is all about fancy moves and flips, and crazy difficult stuffs, and also full of big drops. My parents are one example. They think it is all about that - Stupid stuffs and dangerous stunts. Jump jump. Jump here jump there. Very typical Singaporeans. Thinking it is a nuisance to the public. Whats wrong with them? Stupid bullshits. Nevermind.
Back on topic..
Its only a mere 7 months. So much had changed. I've become more stronger, and become much more better. I progressed so quickly, something which is good but can be detrimental too. Parkour had changed my life, and will be a part of my life. I wonder next year, how much more would I change? I wonder when I'm Sec 4, what am I? I wonder when I get to poly, what will happen to me? It is nice to know, but scary to find out.
Hmmm, why Parkour mean so much to me? It is a hard question. It is like something I really like, because it is fun, and it just shows how capable the human body is. Maybe to be stronger, to keep fit, to be more agile. And we can become what we was 65 million years ago, monkeys. And it gives you alot of freedom of movement. The human body is not restricted to just being able to walk, but stupid humanoids nowadays make it a norm to just walk. And yes, Parkour might be useful in times where I need to escape, or to get somewhere quickly.
It feels so nice to move again. Like I said on my title, I thank god for the ability to move.
This is why I will never stop training.
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