I've been thinking about the things I want to do next year. I can see my progress for this year, just this year alone, its remarkable. If I were to work towards my goals and have a clear mind of what to aim for, probably my progression will be faster, and go the right direction. And since its my OLevel year, I probably can't train as much as I want to, so I would just want to get alot stronger by training in the gym as thats the only place I can train. Thats the main focus of the year (other then studying), is to get alot alot stronger.
So yeah, strength training is my priority. Goals for it - break the 2x BW squats milestone and work up to a OAC (for both arms). Those are the main goals, most important goals. The other goals are subjective, of course I want my lifts to improve, but then I have no specific numbers for it.
Also the second priority next year is working on my flips. I always wanted to flip, but I never trained them seriously. Its like I kept procrastinating when I told myself to work on flips. I don't know why, its either because I lack motivation to train for them, or I'm still not too used to flipping and fear keeps pulling me away. Whatever it is, I want to be able to move in all kinds of way, and flips are one type of movements that I aspire to do. I really don't go out of my comfort zone much, always sticking to pharkcore and SDCs which are my strengths. I need to work on the things I suck at, so as to get better and used to them. I want to at least get the basics into my system. Backflip, frontflip especially, then work my way to the other higher level movement. I hope to just get every opportunity to practice my flip during recess in school. I need to get those flips into my muscle memory, like my parkour movements. And the only way to do that is to keep repeating them.
Other movements that I want to work on and that is out of my comfort zone is handbalancing. I do want to be able to do a good solid handstand, being able to control my handstands whether it is staying still and walking about, and can save it when it is out of balance 95% of the time. Get to do some handstand presses, and be flexible enough on my wrist and hamtrings and strong hip flexors to do l-seats to handstand. I'll also be working on bodyweight strength feats so as to not be just strong with weight. Also, 360 precisions and catleaps. Just get used to twisting and have control in midair too. Of course bar tricks, reverse vault for distance, palmspins, railwork and all this goes.
Now you get my MSN personal message - twisting (360s), invertions (handstands), rotations (flips).
Next year will be the year where I get alot stronger and more better in my flips (or freerunning, whatever it is). I want to keep drilling the moves that I'm weak and scared in, be consistent in the stuffs in my past videos or moves that I can already do. Its not gonna be easy, but I have no choice but to work hard if I want to be able to do stuffs in 2010. And this year I could also rest abit from Parkour and work more on flips, so there will be lesser impacts to my body.
Sadly reading my training diary for the goals I wrote to achieve by the end of this year, I didn't achieve much. 2x BW squats deadlifts, wow I can't believe I was so ambitious. But next year, I really hope I can hit that, as long as my weight stays below 55kg. I got straight armed climbups, but didnt got planche en force or 1/2BW pullups (I actually could but I haven't tried so I wouldn't say I could). Didn't get handstands too. My flips wasnt consistent. But I do know how to do a variety of lifts. The other goals are mostly how I see my training, like stop being regretful after training, to be more sensible and self controlled. I'm not confident enough to say a yes so I think it is a no. This shows how my goals are too ambitious and mostly because I never work hard enough to it. I should start making sensible, realistic goals.
Oh well its like 4 more days away from the reopening of school, and that really really sucks, I can't believe how fast time flies, days goes by like nothing, hais, O levels are coming soon, so I should really work hard in my studies, I don't want to regret in the future. I hope the year ahead would be a wonderful one.
My new years resolution - focus more on studies, focus more on flips, focus more on gyming. And to be a better person overall.
I'm gonna use this blog as a personal blog from now on, I don't really care about the other blog anymore. Anything else out of PK that I want to crap about, it will be here.. this is my life blog.
Monday, December 29, 2008
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Year in Review
I'm gonna write a review of the year 2008, looking back at this year, month by month, and conclude it in the end, discussing about the goods and bads, the obstacles I've been through, achievements and downfalls, not only in PK, but in studies, families, life in a whole. The following craps might sound, like crap to you, but you think I care?
January
Can't remember much for the first few months, but PK wise I've did wisen up alot, expose myself to more stuffs. Also, I can remember I struggled like fuck in my studies, LIKE FUCK. I got 0 for my Amaths test out of 21. Chinese struggled throughout.
February
I think I did about a month of 50 repetitions of my catleaps, precisions, vaults, after that month I felt tremendous improvement. Proved to me repetitions really works, and thinking back, why am I not repeating the stuffs that I'm doing. I think the real reason why my SDC is damn good is because of the number of time I've practiced them. I really can't remember much else, this feels like so long ago but its actually only 10 months..
March
I made a video this month which proved to be something that gotten me some recognition. The video is currently the most viewed video of mine, and the video of the end of this year that I'm gonna make is hopefully gonna crash that. 2010 breakthrough video would own all of my videos combined, thats my goal. Ok this month I felt alot of improvement which can be seen in the video. Practiced alot of runs which was the highlight of the video. All I can say my studies is still crap at this point.
April and May
Training goes on as usual. This few months are probably the most mundane of ALL months.. I don't know anything that happened here, except my exams for May, which I think I did reasonably well.. Let me check my old blog post.. lol.
Ok actually this month I suddenly found my way, and realize I don't practice PK, but L'art du displacement.. And of course the 17th and 18th Jam.. Amazing jam with Qayyim and the other guys, one of the most funnest jam ever.. Bought a training diary. I can't remember much else. Whatever.
June
I went to Vietnam for the first week of my June Holidays, memorable experience, first time on the plane, first time overseas. Came back, I felt very moodless to train, not sure why. My skills are still there definitely, I don't think I'm rusty, but lose motivation. I was planning to make a video, so filmed stuffs throughout the holidays. The holidays was a really quick one, but one crapped happened before July started. I die die wanted to get the wallpass at simei for the video in May July. Fucking hell, I didn't know it was so hard. It took my countless of tries, lefting the camera there to operate for minutes and minutes.. 50 attempts +/- mostly not even close. I gave up in the end, feeling the sore in my knee, which I already felt earlier on, but kept on trying. This ended up for a long time, till November is it totally gone.. I guess. Only bright thing in this month is that I got to meet a couple of new faces to PKSG, Zhiyang, Dblucy, Fred.
July
Was in a total mess, going to the docs, finding doctors, icing it daily, hardly get to train. Rest for two weeks, went back to gym, worsened its condition. I can't even do squats, amazing. And during that time I hardly did anything which is like wtf. I really hate that. This month is one of the most stagnant month since I ever stepped into PK. Knee condition wasn't never OK until September... but thats not anytime soon.
August
I was busy recuperating, only did watched videos everytime I came back from school. Yet again exams are coming, about to. The first obstacle of this month was that I lost my belonging when I went to Clementi with Glen and Ashton and Gab. Really pissed off, my camera, amaths txtbook, ipod, wallet, hp, they went missing. Thinking back, wow, fucking wasted. Hais. But really thanks to Tutu, he helped me got this fucking awesome 2k camcorder, I feel really guilty not treating him even better. I should do so now.. hais. Guilt. I did go back to strength training for abit, movements gotten abit rustier but its a good cause, I stopped Parkour so I won't impact myself, body getting back to business.
September
Finally my knee seems to be working fine, went back to strength training, as to build up my strength before training PK again. They are awesome, feels so good back to training, first real routine, learnt alot throughout. I didn't do much of PK, but helped to filmed Dblucy's sampler.
As I started training, exams are around the corner, stress are building up. During this month, something happened to my family, which gotten into serious trouble...
October
Exams starts, really stressful period but yet I continued with strength training, which turns out to be not a hindrance in my studies. I actually scored pretty well compared to May, and some much more imporvement from the start of the year (and the past year). Already gotten past my previous Squats 3RMs and I'm starting to get back to PK training, but light training. Knee cocks up but it heals pretty soon. This month is also the time where I look ahead of my future, plan my statement, train with a goal in mind. My birthday jam was another memorable episode of my life. Probably the best birthday ever. Then soon, its november.
November
I finished my routine with an awesome 76kg 5rm, I get to go out with more of the PKSG traceurs this month, Holidays started, started to train PK more and more, can see the tremendous improvements squats done to my movements. And theres the huge PKSG jam at Bishan. I dont know much of else, just my knee gotten healed pretty good. Enjoyed the time as I'm out of school.
December
This month hadn't finished, but I can say I'm really happy with the standard I'm in now. I'm getting stronger everyday, mentally and physically. Got a couple of awesome jams already, and still waiting for the jam to end the year. Recently I've bailed more than usual, which is retarded and bad, something that I need to fix, yet again. Also, started to film more clips for the video that I'm gonna release soon.
Overall.. I can say this is a pretty good year. Learnt from mistakes, brighten up alittle, seen more of life and the bads. In school, I gotten the meet better friends unlike the past class, quitted NCC, now going to school isn't necessary a misery. Although theres are some fights here and there, rivalry, hatred, I can say theres no trouble amongst friends. Studies, I think I'm coping OK, after awhile to adapt to Sec3 standards. Next year will be my O level year and I expect alot of the stuffs there to be even more stressful and harder, as I prepare to end my Secondary School life... hopefully happily.
Also for my movements, I think this year is the year where I finally get into PK or whatever the name of the thing I'm doing is. I know I'm gonna stick to this till the day I die. Also improved alot, very happy with the standard I'm in, strength training is going damn well too, squats improved so much, get acclimated to gyming. Although theres a big mistake during June, I really learnt my lesson and definitely must listen to my body.
Filming definitely improved and editing too. I wanna make just two movies next year, one documentary, and just an cinematic trailer-like video thingy (not confirmed though). Just get prepared for the video that I'm gonna release, haha.
As I've written alot of craps now, I think I'm gonna stop, and I'm gonna make a New Years Resolution post soon.
January
Can't remember much for the first few months, but PK wise I've did wisen up alot, expose myself to more stuffs. Also, I can remember I struggled like fuck in my studies, LIKE FUCK. I got 0 for my Amaths test out of 21. Chinese struggled throughout.
February
I think I did about a month of 50 repetitions of my catleaps, precisions, vaults, after that month I felt tremendous improvement. Proved to me repetitions really works, and thinking back, why am I not repeating the stuffs that I'm doing. I think the real reason why my SDC is damn good is because of the number of time I've practiced them. I really can't remember much else, this feels like so long ago but its actually only 10 months..
March
I made a video this month which proved to be something that gotten me some recognition. The video is currently the most viewed video of mine, and the video of the end of this year that I'm gonna make is hopefully gonna crash that. 2010 breakthrough video would own all of my videos combined, thats my goal. Ok this month I felt alot of improvement which can be seen in the video. Practiced alot of runs which was the highlight of the video. All I can say my studies is still crap at this point.
April and May
Training goes on as usual. This few months are probably the most mundane of ALL months.. I don't know anything that happened here, except my exams for May, which I think I did reasonably well.. Let me check my old blog post.. lol.
Ok actually this month I suddenly found my way, and realize I don't practice PK, but L'art du displacement.. And of course the 17th and 18th Jam.. Amazing jam with Qayyim and the other guys, one of the most funnest jam ever.. Bought a training diary. I can't remember much else. Whatever.
June
I went to Vietnam for the first week of my June Holidays, memorable experience, first time on the plane, first time overseas. Came back, I felt very moodless to train, not sure why. My skills are still there definitely, I don't think I'm rusty, but lose motivation. I was planning to make a video, so filmed stuffs throughout the holidays. The holidays was a really quick one, but one crapped happened before July started. I die die wanted to get the wallpass at simei for the video in May July. Fucking hell, I didn't know it was so hard. It took my countless of tries, lefting the camera there to operate for minutes and minutes.. 50 attempts +/- mostly not even close. I gave up in the end, feeling the sore in my knee, which I already felt earlier on, but kept on trying. This ended up for a long time, till November is it totally gone.. I guess. Only bright thing in this month is that I got to meet a couple of new faces to PKSG, Zhiyang, Dblucy, Fred.
July
Was in a total mess, going to the docs, finding doctors, icing it daily, hardly get to train. Rest for two weeks, went back to gym, worsened its condition. I can't even do squats, amazing. And during that time I hardly did anything which is like wtf. I really hate that. This month is one of the most stagnant month since I ever stepped into PK. Knee condition wasn't never OK until September... but thats not anytime soon.
August
I was busy recuperating, only did watched videos everytime I came back from school. Yet again exams are coming, about to. The first obstacle of this month was that I lost my belonging when I went to Clementi with Glen and Ashton and Gab. Really pissed off, my camera, amaths txtbook, ipod, wallet, hp, they went missing. Thinking back, wow, fucking wasted. Hais. But really thanks to Tutu, he helped me got this fucking awesome 2k camcorder, I feel really guilty not treating him even better. I should do so now.. hais. Guilt. I did go back to strength training for abit, movements gotten abit rustier but its a good cause, I stopped Parkour so I won't impact myself, body getting back to business.
September
Finally my knee seems to be working fine, went back to strength training, as to build up my strength before training PK again. They are awesome, feels so good back to training, first real routine, learnt alot throughout. I didn't do much of PK, but helped to filmed Dblucy's sampler.
As I started training, exams are around the corner, stress are building up. During this month, something happened to my family, which gotten into serious trouble...
October
Exams starts, really stressful period but yet I continued with strength training, which turns out to be not a hindrance in my studies. I actually scored pretty well compared to May, and some much more imporvement from the start of the year (and the past year). Already gotten past my previous Squats 3RMs and I'm starting to get back to PK training, but light training. Knee cocks up but it heals pretty soon. This month is also the time where I look ahead of my future, plan my statement, train with a goal in mind. My birthday jam was another memorable episode of my life. Probably the best birthday ever. Then soon, its november.
November
I finished my routine with an awesome 76kg 5rm, I get to go out with more of the PKSG traceurs this month, Holidays started, started to train PK more and more, can see the tremendous improvements squats done to my movements. And theres the huge PKSG jam at Bishan. I dont know much of else, just my knee gotten healed pretty good. Enjoyed the time as I'm out of school.
December
This month hadn't finished, but I can say I'm really happy with the standard I'm in now. I'm getting stronger everyday, mentally and physically. Got a couple of awesome jams already, and still waiting for the jam to end the year. Recently I've bailed more than usual, which is retarded and bad, something that I need to fix, yet again. Also, started to film more clips for the video that I'm gonna release soon.
Overall.. I can say this is a pretty good year. Learnt from mistakes, brighten up alittle, seen more of life and the bads. In school, I gotten the meet better friends unlike the past class, quitted NCC, now going to school isn't necessary a misery. Although theres are some fights here and there, rivalry, hatred, I can say theres no trouble amongst friends. Studies, I think I'm coping OK, after awhile to adapt to Sec3 standards. Next year will be my O level year and I expect alot of the stuffs there to be even more stressful and harder, as I prepare to end my Secondary School life... hopefully happily.
Also for my movements, I think this year is the year where I finally get into PK or whatever the name of the thing I'm doing is. I know I'm gonna stick to this till the day I die. Also improved alot, very happy with the standard I'm in, strength training is going damn well too, squats improved so much, get acclimated to gyming. Although theres a big mistake during June, I really learnt my lesson and definitely must listen to my body.
Filming definitely improved and editing too. I wanna make just two movies next year, one documentary, and just an cinematic trailer-like video thingy (not confirmed though). Just get prepared for the video that I'm gonna release, haha.
As I've written alot of craps now, I think I'm gonna stop, and I'm gonna make a New Years Resolution post soon.
Monday, December 22, 2008
More craps.
Yesterday was the Xmas jam, didn't got much clips from it so I will probably do a video with crap editing and post it on my denester1 account. Did learnt some stuffs from the jam though. First one is my SDC2P at Clarke Quay, got it nailed, which was my goal for this year. Actually I could see my SDC improving quite well. Also, the standard of PKSG traceurs (the new generation ones) are amazing, with Stephen, Zhiyang, Dblucy, Jordan, Fred, they are super good and improving very fast. I'm talking about their skills though, mindset, to some people, I'm not too sure, but its ok. Dblucy is improving incredibly fast, same for Zhiyang and Stephen. Quite amazed by their speed of progression.
Got a couple of bruises from yesterday jam, because of knocking my knee on to the wall in my running crane at ashton's spot and SDC2cats at Clarke Quay. Thats one thing I need to work on right now. My running crane sucks, I wanna be able to land it properly some time later. I think I should really learn how to jump UP, fuck UP, not forward like fuck. Still just can't get it into my system. Also now that I feel I'm into quite a good level with my skills, I wanna start getting more control in my movements. Even if I can go so far with my SDC and shit, without control, it isn't really something to be happy about.
One thing about PhilyDee that I like is, he gets very far in his SDCs and running precisions and all this stuffs, but he got control over them, lands it nicely and silently, rail precisions and good as hell, he is very fast, and has control over his power. Thats what I want to aim for - controlled power, or powerful control. Lulz.
I can feel that my frontflip and my handstands improved, just a slight improvement though, and my backflips are still crap. Flips are something that I will be practicing on alot thats for sure, now that I feel my Pak-cool is up to a satisfactory standard. I should allocate more work on the things I suck at. Also I don't wanna keep pushing my movements so much, its really stressful and like I said I just wanna 'perfect' the things that I'm already capable of and train for control. Especially for my precisions.
Well I think my SDC is still the strongest of all other movements, and I've train it to a point I've nailed all the goals I wanted to nail, so now for SDC there isn't anymore goals (as in goals that I wanna nail soon, there are one day goals for it though). I think the Clarke Quay SDC2P still isn't my furthest or what, its just the fear that held me back alot. But I think I don't wanna keep pushing my SDC for now, just maintain it and getting them consistent. On the other hand, my wallpasses aren't that good yet, and are bloody inconsistent. I wanna nail some walls in my area and get them consistent and good. The rest I just wanna practice them, repeat them, thats all.
Time is passing by really quickly, and everyday seems like a same cycle. Wake up play comp, eat, train, go out, all kinds of same stuffs. School reopens, I can't stand the teachers and the schoolwork I foresee coming. Whats more it is O level year, so much more stressful and work will all get harder. It sucks man, totally. I can say I hate school and all such shits but in the end I still ought to, and HAVE to study and go to school, and face the retarded teachers and retarded education. 2 months fly past us like nothing, like just a few weeks. Next year I'll be have strength training routines, which will make time fly even faster somehow, and then in just awhile, I see myself in the school hall taking the torturous Olevel exam. Its fucking stressful bullshit, that's why I hate Singapore, fucking highly competitive country.
Talking about school, I just remembered that I have yet to completed some of my school holiday homeworks.. fucking lame shit.
I realize one thing about me. I like to ask people how to do this, how to do that. Its not necessarily stupid or a bad thing to do, as we all shouldn't be afraid to ask things that we do not know. Anyway, the thing is, I should instead just try to find information through the web if possible, or just experiment and try out the things I wanna do first, and then ask questions if you are really stucked or something. Also the reason why I feel guilty is that I'm not a newcomer anymore, it just looks stupid to keep asking such questions rather then finding out for myself. 360 precisions, handstands, all those stuffs. Its funny. Whats more, if I were to ask so much question, I should also help people more, which is something I'm not sure whether I'm actually doing. Oh well.. just something that I wanna rant out.
My video, gotten some clips already, almost gonna finish it, just needa get more runs at Tampines and Buangkok, again more timelapse and more artistic angles and stylistic camera movements, more innovative ideas for my videos, and all this shit. Mainly more runs actually, because I already had good amount of one movement clips.
I'm now trying my best to save up as much money as I could but sadly I can't, everytime I spend money eating food outside, also I still have to go to weights gym which will cost 2.50 every time I go in. At times I even had to waste other people's money. Oh well have to stop eating outside that often already. I still have to save up for fisheye lens and travel trips.
As I got nothing else on top of my head right now, I'll end it here, maybe update this post again later.
Got a couple of bruises from yesterday jam, because of knocking my knee on to the wall in my running crane at ashton's spot and SDC2cats at Clarke Quay. Thats one thing I need to work on right now. My running crane sucks, I wanna be able to land it properly some time later. I think I should really learn how to jump UP, fuck UP, not forward like fuck. Still just can't get it into my system. Also now that I feel I'm into quite a good level with my skills, I wanna start getting more control in my movements. Even if I can go so far with my SDC and shit, without control, it isn't really something to be happy about.
One thing about PhilyDee that I like is, he gets very far in his SDCs and running precisions and all this stuffs, but he got control over them, lands it nicely and silently, rail precisions and good as hell, he is very fast, and has control over his power. Thats what I want to aim for - controlled power, or powerful control. Lulz.
I can feel that my frontflip and my handstands improved, just a slight improvement though, and my backflips are still crap. Flips are something that I will be practicing on alot thats for sure, now that I feel my Pak-cool is up to a satisfactory standard. I should allocate more work on the things I suck at. Also I don't wanna keep pushing my movements so much, its really stressful and like I said I just wanna 'perfect' the things that I'm already capable of and train for control. Especially for my precisions.
Well I think my SDC is still the strongest of all other movements, and I've train it to a point I've nailed all the goals I wanted to nail, so now for SDC there isn't anymore goals (as in goals that I wanna nail soon, there are one day goals for it though). I think the Clarke Quay SDC2P still isn't my furthest or what, its just the fear that held me back alot. But I think I don't wanna keep pushing my SDC for now, just maintain it and getting them consistent. On the other hand, my wallpasses aren't that good yet, and are bloody inconsistent. I wanna nail some walls in my area and get them consistent and good. The rest I just wanna practice them, repeat them, thats all.
Time is passing by really quickly, and everyday seems like a same cycle. Wake up play comp, eat, train, go out, all kinds of same stuffs. School reopens, I can't stand the teachers and the schoolwork I foresee coming. Whats more it is O level year, so much more stressful and work will all get harder. It sucks man, totally. I can say I hate school and all such shits but in the end I still ought to, and HAVE to study and go to school, and face the retarded teachers and retarded education. 2 months fly past us like nothing, like just a few weeks. Next year I'll be have strength training routines, which will make time fly even faster somehow, and then in just awhile, I see myself in the school hall taking the torturous Olevel exam. Its fucking stressful bullshit, that's why I hate Singapore, fucking highly competitive country.
Talking about school, I just remembered that I have yet to completed some of my school holiday homeworks.. fucking lame shit.
I realize one thing about me. I like to ask people how to do this, how to do that. Its not necessarily stupid or a bad thing to do, as we all shouldn't be afraid to ask things that we do not know. Anyway, the thing is, I should instead just try to find information through the web if possible, or just experiment and try out the things I wanna do first, and then ask questions if you are really stucked or something. Also the reason why I feel guilty is that I'm not a newcomer anymore, it just looks stupid to keep asking such questions rather then finding out for myself. 360 precisions, handstands, all those stuffs. Its funny. Whats more, if I were to ask so much question, I should also help people more, which is something I'm not sure whether I'm actually doing. Oh well.. just something that I wanna rant out.
My video, gotten some clips already, almost gonna finish it, just needa get more runs at Tampines and Buangkok, again more timelapse and more artistic angles and stylistic camera movements, more innovative ideas for my videos, and all this shit. Mainly more runs actually, because I already had good amount of one movement clips.
I'm now trying my best to save up as much money as I could but sadly I can't, everytime I spend money eating food outside, also I still have to go to weights gym which will cost 2.50 every time I go in. At times I even had to waste other people's money. Oh well have to stop eating outside that often already. I still have to save up for fisheye lens and travel trips.
As I got nothing else on top of my head right now, I'll end it here, maybe update this post again later.
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Thoughts in process.
Jelapang jam was awesome, managed to capture some cool clips from it and made it into one video.. editing was shit, but I guess for such videos it is the movements and vibe that counts. Christmas jam.. I'm gonna be making another video I guess, judging from how it is going to feel, and then another video for the NYE jam.
This post's gonna be long.
I got a few topics to discuss about and hope its not gonna be boring.
First up, training as usual.
I felt that I need more strength in my lower back to cover up for bad landings and of course for strength in my jumps. I think I'll do more lowerback strengthening exercises in the gym especially deadlifts. Sometimes I feel that my landings are crap.. and I keep thinking of possible back pains in the future. I guess need to work on my landings as well.. back to basics. Squat form is weird though, but I guess its fine. I need to get used to all the lifts before I start my routine in January. Should start planning for it soon too.
Flips. I just realize everything new thats a very long time to learn, once you get them well, like at least get technique down, it will be really easier. Backflips are way harder then it sounds. Whats more, theres still another problem - inconsistency. Oh well, I just really need to repeat and repeat my moves. Frontflip is something I could nail since last year, and because of lack of practice, I still can't even get them nailed properly. I really need to start drilling flips, as they are my weakest. 360s, handstands, bar tricks and the like, all takes alot of practice to be done, and even more to be done well. Need to practice alot now. Its just really frustrating to feel your backflips sucks and all.. this is something that is wrong with me. Once frustration takes over you, things will get more and more out of hand. Also for flips, I feel when you are a beginner, if you don't have access to gym, flips will be damn impactful. You know like landing frontflip in a very crouched position, and sometimes bailing your moves.. it just sucks. Without gym, you can't do the moves that you are afraid of, as in, will take a very long time to get over the fear. I have been pushing myself abit for the lache gainer, but then I still can't make myself do it because of the fear. Gosh, its gonna take awhile to get flips and its motion into my system.
Movements. I think my wallpass have been improving. Its still not very consistent as I want it to be, but at least my technique is getting better and better. I'm actually quite happy with it now despite it being one of my weakest of all the other techniques. Whats more my sdcs are improving alot too, which is something good but it just shows that I place too much priority on this movement alone, and thats why it is my strongest (and also my favourite) movement. 180s (cat2pre) are amazingly good too despite not training it much. Bishan is a good spots to train them. I feel that armjumps, one of my weak points is that I do not dare to do a catleap that I might jerk my shoulders. I'm pretty sure I can do them but I hesistate to grab the top for fear that I can't control it. Especially for high ones that I can't reach. All the rest are fine, precisions are still the same though.
Filming alot more now, gotten quite some amount of clips and gonna start editing my sampler already. As much as possible I want to make it have this element of suprise. In terms of editing, filming, and movements. Hahaha, now I need to find some time by myself to film my movements. I'm not very sure when I'm gonna release it, but I guess I'll just take my time. I hope it will be good. Ashton's showreel seems to be postponed, Fred sampler should be finishing soon, with the clips I have on my comp now. I need to film more timelapses, and more stylistic angle and cameramovement.
I just realize, I keep making myself seem like a very good cameraman but in fact I'm just pretty much an substandard videographer. Editing wise maybe I'm quite good at it, but then its just a standard that one can get to in like a few weeks messing with Vegas. Its pretty much no biggie. Also the most important thing that is for a video is the filming part. Bad filming can't be saved with good editing, but good filming can save bad editing. Whats more now I'm holding a HD camera, but I'm not making any good use with it. My hands are still kinda shaky and all, I can't do shit with adobe after effects, I'm just making myself look big holding a HD camcorder and a tripod, and all my seemingly cool video effects. Oh well, at least my passion in filmmaking is still there. Just I have much more to learn. I need to practice them by helping others make videos haha, and editing them too.
By the way, my shoes are dying soon as I've checked my soles. I think I bought them about end of last year, so its only this durable.. Hopefully this can last till March at least, then I will find a different shoe. This shoe rocks though, really like it alot. I guess the reason why my shoes wears this much is because of training at Bishan. Wtf, if people train over there regularly, I think they need to change shoes every 2 months. I listen to my shoes grinding against those unforgiving rough surfaces in my videos, can imagine how much soles I've lost in just one catleap. Imagine I buy a new shoe and do 1000 sdc2cats there, the shoe is only as good for one day. Seriously, Bishan rocks for sure but, wow the surfaces, although grippy, is a shoe killer.
I'm saving up money for a few stuffs now, but mainly a semi-fisheye lens, and travel trips to England, and one day Lisses too. I just want to ask myself why do I wanna travel? Travelling is definitely fun for anyone, but why England and/or Lisses? I've been watching the pk scene in the UK and just really wish to visit those guys over there, and also the brilliant spots at Cambridge and London. Like what I heard Ashton said, England is to go for enjoyment, Lisses for enlightenment. I do wish to meet Daniel Ilabaca, Blane, PhilyDee and those other guys. If I could meet the really experienced traceurs namely Yamakasi, David Belle, those pioneers in this discipline, it would sure be some inspiration. Lisses, the legendary spots of the world, the birthplace of the thing that I'm doing. Yeah, I really wish to go to those places. It will be hella fun.
No matter how many times I tell myself that I shouldn't like anyone affect the way I am and the things I do, usually I can't make myself do that, I always felt irritated and feel like fighting back. I know its really stupid for such things to happen, but it will take abit of time to get rid of such thoughts. LBC are a great example. IF they are at castle and I'm training there, I would probably hate the sight of them. I don't know why but what for.. I mean if they were to copy me or what and die or something, its nothing that has to do with me, its them who did the move.. I think I'll like to care less about them and mind my own stuffs. Even if they are around I will just do my thing, I don't really wish to talk to them and all.. just ignore as much as possible. Hais, whatever man, I just fucking can't let those people ruin my day or disrupt my training. Its stupid. Also if people wanna copy the things I do, I won't feel bad or think badly about it... I guess like its just a goal to someone, maybe I'm the trendsetter or something, or the guy with the most creativity and stuffs like that. If I'm the one who first did something doesn't mean I should be so proud and call everyone a copycat when they copy me. Lets just stop all this crap.
Just thought that, my friends.. do I have a real true friend? I can say the reason why I don't really click with the friends in school that well is because I don't like to do the stuffs they do, normally slacking around and shit like this. Like many would agree, people with similar interest will click really well and thats why traceurs do have a really special bonds towards each other. The people I talk to in msn is mostly traceurs, and really rare when a schoolmate of mine talk to me, or I talk to them. But then, one can hardly live alone, I'm not saying to be dependent on someone to live, but to be able to have help when we need it. Also at times where I need to pour out my thoughts and troubles, who will be there to really listen and really help. Ahh, well. I don't know much, I just feel that I'm not that sociable and too much obsessed with training. I wonder whether its a good thing or not.
BUT. Pahcore does really change one person. You know many people like to try different things that appeals to them. I was once a guy who really like soccer, and then for awhile I was into gaming, but then now I tried Pahcour with my poser friends in the past, and this is what I've became to. Actually to be honest, many guys started would be really interested and always wanting to train, thats normal. But sooner or later, they might start to get bored of it and slowly lose interest and drift away OR get more serious it in. I won't say 2 years will be enough to see one guy being serious in Parkaour. I'm talking about 3 years of hardwork and proper training. Its only then it becomes and natural habit to go out and train everyday, and only feel weird if you are not training.
Anyway thats way off topic. Changing ones life doing Pahcor, it really does. Of course Pacor does not appeal to everyone. Only a selected few. Its just change everything, the view on things, the way it affects your life, and your friends.. diet, family, all kinds. Its really a turning point in life, towards to right direction. Do you know something, my grades actually did improve while still training hard, I was training throughout my exams and I ended up 11/195 level position. Not bragging at all but just saying it did somehow made me more discipline even my studies, and just saying you shouldn't give excuses not to train because of schoolwork/exams/shit, and lastly on the contrary, if you train alot, doesn't mean your results will slacken.
Oh well the recent case of PKSG being on stomp and those shit, made me thought of how irritating Singaporeans are. I don't really like the stares from the public especially when its like carried with negative connotations. I really hate those aunties and malay mats.. Oh well, when you are living in a such crappy country, rushing progression in architecture and urbanization when its only 43 yearold+/- .. nevermind, talk about Singapore only angers me.
I wanna find more different kinds of music now, I got ideas for videos (my videos) that I wanna make in the future. Documentary-themed video which I plan to be about 8minutes long, I will be talking about my life and Parkour, telling everybody how I feel and things like that. And another, probably a short epic trailer kind of video, artistic and epic feel to it. To make such videos, I must have good music woohoo.
I used to watch snowboard flicks and try to learn their camera movement. I'm still waiting to download Double Decade and Teenage Love Graffiti from two of my favourite production teams, MDP and Isen7. Because snowboarding is quite similar to film for Peekay, its kinda cool that I could try to learn the way the move their camera for shots. Its easier said than done though.. I just can't wait to see their new movies.
To think about it after some soul-searching, I realize as a person I don't really think I've been a good one, I feel that I'm sometimes pretty irritating and things. I don't really thing I cherish my friends properly, thinking that I'm taking things for granted. Sometimes I couldn't take insults, sometimes I give too much insults. I might always tend or seem to be a little boastful probably subconciously. Then I do contradict myself at times, kinda like hate people because they do things that I actually do as well.. and many more.
Year's almost over and I hope to have a brighter year ahead, especially when this year is OLEVEL YEAR NOOOO!!
I'm gonna write a year in review soon.
This post is filled with crap. Wasting time reading much?
This post's gonna be long.
I got a few topics to discuss about and hope its not gonna be boring.
First up, training as usual.
I felt that I need more strength in my lower back to cover up for bad landings and of course for strength in my jumps. I think I'll do more lowerback strengthening exercises in the gym especially deadlifts. Sometimes I feel that my landings are crap.. and I keep thinking of possible back pains in the future. I guess need to work on my landings as well.. back to basics. Squat form is weird though, but I guess its fine. I need to get used to all the lifts before I start my routine in January. Should start planning for it soon too.
Flips. I just realize everything new thats a very long time to learn, once you get them well, like at least get technique down, it will be really easier. Backflips are way harder then it sounds. Whats more, theres still another problem - inconsistency. Oh well, I just really need to repeat and repeat my moves. Frontflip is something I could nail since last year, and because of lack of practice, I still can't even get them nailed properly. I really need to start drilling flips, as they are my weakest. 360s, handstands, bar tricks and the like, all takes alot of practice to be done, and even more to be done well. Need to practice alot now. Its just really frustrating to feel your backflips sucks and all.. this is something that is wrong with me. Once frustration takes over you, things will get more and more out of hand. Also for flips, I feel when you are a beginner, if you don't have access to gym, flips will be damn impactful. You know like landing frontflip in a very crouched position, and sometimes bailing your moves.. it just sucks. Without gym, you can't do the moves that you are afraid of, as in, will take a very long time to get over the fear. I have been pushing myself abit for the lache gainer, but then I still can't make myself do it because of the fear. Gosh, its gonna take awhile to get flips and its motion into my system.
Movements. I think my wallpass have been improving. Its still not very consistent as I want it to be, but at least my technique is getting better and better. I'm actually quite happy with it now despite it being one of my weakest of all the other techniques. Whats more my sdcs are improving alot too, which is something good but it just shows that I place too much priority on this movement alone, and thats why it is my strongest (and also my favourite) movement. 180s (cat2pre) are amazingly good too despite not training it much. Bishan is a good spots to train them. I feel that armjumps, one of my weak points is that I do not dare to do a catleap that I might jerk my shoulders. I'm pretty sure I can do them but I hesistate to grab the top for fear that I can't control it. Especially for high ones that I can't reach. All the rest are fine, precisions are still the same though.
Filming alot more now, gotten quite some amount of clips and gonna start editing my sampler already. As much as possible I want to make it have this element of suprise. In terms of editing, filming, and movements. Hahaha, now I need to find some time by myself to film my movements. I'm not very sure when I'm gonna release it, but I guess I'll just take my time. I hope it will be good. Ashton's showreel seems to be postponed, Fred sampler should be finishing soon, with the clips I have on my comp now. I need to film more timelapses, and more stylistic angle and cameramovement.
I just realize, I keep making myself seem like a very good cameraman but in fact I'm just pretty much an substandard videographer. Editing wise maybe I'm quite good at it, but then its just a standard that one can get to in like a few weeks messing with Vegas. Its pretty much no biggie. Also the most important thing that is for a video is the filming part. Bad filming can't be saved with good editing, but good filming can save bad editing. Whats more now I'm holding a HD camera, but I'm not making any good use with it. My hands are still kinda shaky and all, I can't do shit with adobe after effects, I'm just making myself look big holding a HD camcorder and a tripod, and all my seemingly cool video effects. Oh well, at least my passion in filmmaking is still there. Just I have much more to learn. I need to practice them by helping others make videos haha, and editing them too.
By the way, my shoes are dying soon as I've checked my soles. I think I bought them about end of last year, so its only this durable.. Hopefully this can last till March at least, then I will find a different shoe. This shoe rocks though, really like it alot. I guess the reason why my shoes wears this much is because of training at Bishan. Wtf, if people train over there regularly, I think they need to change shoes every 2 months. I listen to my shoes grinding against those unforgiving rough surfaces in my videos, can imagine how much soles I've lost in just one catleap. Imagine I buy a new shoe and do 1000 sdc2cats there, the shoe is only as good for one day. Seriously, Bishan rocks for sure but, wow the surfaces, although grippy, is a shoe killer.
I'm saving up money for a few stuffs now, but mainly a semi-fisheye lens, and travel trips to England, and one day Lisses too. I just want to ask myself why do I wanna travel? Travelling is definitely fun for anyone, but why England and/or Lisses? I've been watching the pk scene in the UK and just really wish to visit those guys over there, and also the brilliant spots at Cambridge and London. Like what I heard Ashton said, England is to go for enjoyment, Lisses for enlightenment. I do wish to meet Daniel Ilabaca, Blane, PhilyDee and those other guys. If I could meet the really experienced traceurs namely Yamakasi, David Belle, those pioneers in this discipline, it would sure be some inspiration. Lisses, the legendary spots of the world, the birthplace of the thing that I'm doing. Yeah, I really wish to go to those places. It will be hella fun.
No matter how many times I tell myself that I shouldn't like anyone affect the way I am and the things I do, usually I can't make myself do that, I always felt irritated and feel like fighting back. I know its really stupid for such things to happen, but it will take abit of time to get rid of such thoughts. LBC are a great example. IF they are at castle and I'm training there, I would probably hate the sight of them. I don't know why but what for.. I mean if they were to copy me or what and die or something, its nothing that has to do with me, its them who did the move.. I think I'll like to care less about them and mind my own stuffs. Even if they are around I will just do my thing, I don't really wish to talk to them and all.. just ignore as much as possible. Hais, whatever man, I just fucking can't let those people ruin my day or disrupt my training. Its stupid. Also if people wanna copy the things I do, I won't feel bad or think badly about it... I guess like its just a goal to someone, maybe I'm the trendsetter or something, or the guy with the most creativity and stuffs like that. If I'm the one who first did something doesn't mean I should be so proud and call everyone a copycat when they copy me. Lets just stop all this crap.
Just thought that, my friends.. do I have a real true friend? I can say the reason why I don't really click with the friends in school that well is because I don't like to do the stuffs they do, normally slacking around and shit like this. Like many would agree, people with similar interest will click really well and thats why traceurs do have a really special bonds towards each other. The people I talk to in msn is mostly traceurs, and really rare when a schoolmate of mine talk to me, or I talk to them. But then, one can hardly live alone, I'm not saying to be dependent on someone to live, but to be able to have help when we need it. Also at times where I need to pour out my thoughts and troubles, who will be there to really listen and really help. Ahh, well. I don't know much, I just feel that I'm not that sociable and too much obsessed with training. I wonder whether its a good thing or not.
BUT. Pahcore does really change one person. You know many people like to try different things that appeals to them. I was once a guy who really like soccer, and then for awhile I was into gaming, but then now I tried Pahcour with my poser friends in the past, and this is what I've became to. Actually to be honest, many guys started would be really interested and always wanting to train, thats normal. But sooner or later, they might start to get bored of it and slowly lose interest and drift away OR get more serious it in. I won't say 2 years will be enough to see one guy being serious in Parkaour. I'm talking about 3 years of hardwork and proper training. Its only then it becomes and natural habit to go out and train everyday, and only feel weird if you are not training.
Anyway thats way off topic. Changing ones life doing Pahcor, it really does. Of course Pacor does not appeal to everyone. Only a selected few. Its just change everything, the view on things, the way it affects your life, and your friends.. diet, family, all kinds. Its really a turning point in life, towards to right direction. Do you know something, my grades actually did improve while still training hard, I was training throughout my exams and I ended up 11/195 level position. Not bragging at all but just saying it did somehow made me more discipline even my studies, and just saying you shouldn't give excuses not to train because of schoolwork/exams/shit, and lastly on the contrary, if you train alot, doesn't mean your results will slacken.
Oh well the recent case of PKSG being on stomp and those shit, made me thought of how irritating Singaporeans are. I don't really like the stares from the public especially when its like carried with negative connotations. I really hate those aunties and malay mats.. Oh well, when you are living in a such crappy country, rushing progression in architecture and urbanization when its only 43 yearold+/- .. nevermind, talk about Singapore only angers me.
I wanna find more different kinds of music now, I got ideas for videos (my videos) that I wanna make in the future. Documentary-themed video which I plan to be about 8minutes long, I will be talking about my life and Parkour, telling everybody how I feel and things like that. And another, probably a short epic trailer kind of video, artistic and epic feel to it. To make such videos, I must have good music woohoo.
I used to watch snowboard flicks and try to learn their camera movement. I'm still waiting to download Double Decade and Teenage Love Graffiti from two of my favourite production teams, MDP and Isen7. Because snowboarding is quite similar to film for Peekay, its kinda cool that I could try to learn the way the move their camera for shots. Its easier said than done though.. I just can't wait to see their new movies.
To think about it after some soul-searching, I realize as a person I don't really think I've been a good one, I feel that I'm sometimes pretty irritating and things. I don't really thing I cherish my friends properly, thinking that I'm taking things for granted. Sometimes I couldn't take insults, sometimes I give too much insults. I might always tend or seem to be a little boastful probably subconciously. Then I do contradict myself at times, kinda like hate people because they do things that I actually do as well.. and many more.
Year's almost over and I hope to have a brighter year ahead, especially when this year is OLEVEL YEAR NOOOO!!
I'm gonna write a year in review soon.
This post is filled with crap. Wasting time reading much?
Saturday, December 13, 2008
At the moment.
Super bored right now, almost half of december already flew past.
Fuck I hate school lah seriously, Sec 4, Olevel's burdening me. FUCK, I got no mood to go to school. But I will still train, more on my strength that is.
Ok, I've been training almost everyday and hardly gave my body rest. I think its kinda strenous to my body if I train everyday, and always do high impact stuffs all that.. I should do light movements on alternate days or something like that. Anyway, I don't wanna talk all those stuffs, even I read also bored to death.
Strength training this week was to train for strength, for abit, and today I still could squat 70kg x5, which is not bad considering I didn't use much effort or hype myself up much. 19kg pullups failed one rep, which is ok, because actually its very near my max, 21kg. Benchpress amazingly is quite damn good. This following week will be practicing on form, doing front squats, deadlifts, standing presses, to get used to them as I wanna be able to perform a wide range of lifts. Power cleans are really hard to learn but hopefully I can get them down too. I wanna practice my squats andbe able to do 60kg squats properly and without much struggle. Probably another 5 or 6 more weeks of adaptation in to strength training then I will start on my new routine, about the last week of January next year. I would only do movements once every week (on saturday most probably).
Just now trained movements abit too at the night with Glen, practiced my runs, my climbs, anyway I think I'm getting used to my straight armed climbup already. I bailed at the end just now, slipping off a rail precision, my foot failing to make proper contact. Sucks man. I hate bailing, it makes you feel totally fucked up. Even after a good session, if you bailed, it will ruin your whole mood. I got so many cuts and bruises on my shin thanks to the countless amount of times I've bailed. Needa focus more on my movements to reduce bails from now on. Sucks man, its just kind of like a natural thing to happen if you practice pahcore. You WILL bail at times, usually lack of focus (carelessness) or pushing yourself too much (the latter being the stupid one).
Rage Froobling. I wanna make a video on that, but then I wouldn't wanna screw them up, like I'm not sure whats REALLY Rage Froobling, is like what the UFF did to Parkour if I were to make a video that have no link to RF. Anyway I still wanna make a video that shows at least in some way similar to Teghead's video. I've been practicing runs and climbs, including a simulation of a human opposition. I decided to make two videos. One is my cinematography/pk reel, which will be release early Jan, and another one just a compilation of clips I've gathered throughout December (clips are not worthy of my showreel). I'm gonna include some Rage Froobling things into both videos maybe.
I'm gonna needa film alot more now, as there are limited time. Need more time lapses, more movements too, and more artistic shots (fancy angles and camera movements). Have troubles trying to find places for silhouette shots. Also, other videos that I may be working on is the PKSG 2008 video, the new years eve jam video (PKSG JAM), Thai's traceur jam video, Fred sampler, Ashton showreel. Next year I'm gonna work on a couple of people's videos too. All I actually wanna do is to really collect many clips. Haha.
I thought of stuffs today. If I really wanna travel to England some day, I must start earning and saving up money for the plane tickets and the trip. I'm trying to save up to 3k, start working after the end of my Olevels, and hopefully by mid-2010 I've saved up the 3k that I need to travel. I hope to have someone to accompany me too, and I would probably be staying there for a week. Also I want to make a steadicam for my camera soon, I just don't know where to find the parts and tools to make it, I don't know any DIY/Hardware store. I also wanna save up for a fisheye lens. Everything else won't be much. Now I should really start saving up.
Training this week might be good but then I feel that theres much improvement that I need to put in so I won't always go back with that regretted mind. All I can say trainings this month were better then the older days but then I still want to stop doing stupid things and stuffs. Its amazing many things I say, can't be put into proper actions. My goals for 2008 for my way of training doubtfully have been achieved. Theres only about 16 days left in 2008, so I wonder whether in this 2 weeks+ I can be happy with the things I do.
Tomorrow will be having a Jelapang Jam, and then I would like to make a Christmas jam, then new years eve Jam. Loads of jam lined up, means fun and more filming coming my way.
WOOHOO!
Fuck I hate school lah seriously, Sec 4, Olevel's burdening me. FUCK, I got no mood to go to school. But I will still train, more on my strength that is.
Ok, I've been training almost everyday and hardly gave my body rest. I think its kinda strenous to my body if I train everyday, and always do high impact stuffs all that.. I should do light movements on alternate days or something like that. Anyway, I don't wanna talk all those stuffs, even I read also bored to death.
Strength training this week was to train for strength, for abit, and today I still could squat 70kg x5, which is not bad considering I didn't use much effort or hype myself up much. 19kg pullups failed one rep, which is ok, because actually its very near my max, 21kg. Benchpress amazingly is quite damn good. This following week will be practicing on form, doing front squats, deadlifts, standing presses, to get used to them as I wanna be able to perform a wide range of lifts. Power cleans are really hard to learn but hopefully I can get them down too. I wanna practice my squats andbe able to do 60kg squats properly and without much struggle. Probably another 5 or 6 more weeks of adaptation in to strength training then I will start on my new routine, about the last week of January next year. I would only do movements once every week (on saturday most probably).
Just now trained movements abit too at the night with Glen, practiced my runs, my climbs, anyway I think I'm getting used to my straight armed climbup already. I bailed at the end just now, slipping off a rail precision, my foot failing to make proper contact. Sucks man. I hate bailing, it makes you feel totally fucked up. Even after a good session, if you bailed, it will ruin your whole mood. I got so many cuts and bruises on my shin thanks to the countless amount of times I've bailed. Needa focus more on my movements to reduce bails from now on. Sucks man, its just kind of like a natural thing to happen if you practice pahcore. You WILL bail at times, usually lack of focus (carelessness) or pushing yourself too much (the latter being the stupid one).
Rage Froobling. I wanna make a video on that, but then I wouldn't wanna screw them up, like I'm not sure whats REALLY Rage Froobling, is like what the UFF did to Parkour if I were to make a video that have no link to RF. Anyway I still wanna make a video that shows at least in some way similar to Teghead's video. I've been practicing runs and climbs, including a simulation of a human opposition. I decided to make two videos. One is my cinematography/pk reel, which will be release early Jan, and another one just a compilation of clips I've gathered throughout December (clips are not worthy of my showreel). I'm gonna include some Rage Froobling things into both videos maybe.
I'm gonna needa film alot more now, as there are limited time. Need more time lapses, more movements too, and more artistic shots (fancy angles and camera movements). Have troubles trying to find places for silhouette shots. Also, other videos that I may be working on is the PKSG 2008 video, the new years eve jam video (PKSG JAM), Thai's traceur jam video, Fred sampler, Ashton showreel. Next year I'm gonna work on a couple of people's videos too. All I actually wanna do is to really collect many clips. Haha.
I thought of stuffs today. If I really wanna travel to England some day, I must start earning and saving up money for the plane tickets and the trip. I'm trying to save up to 3k, start working after the end of my Olevels, and hopefully by mid-2010 I've saved up the 3k that I need to travel. I hope to have someone to accompany me too, and I would probably be staying there for a week. Also I want to make a steadicam for my camera soon, I just don't know where to find the parts and tools to make it, I don't know any DIY/Hardware store. I also wanna save up for a fisheye lens. Everything else won't be much. Now I should really start saving up.
Training this week might be good but then I feel that theres much improvement that I need to put in so I won't always go back with that regretted mind. All I can say trainings this month were better then the older days but then I still want to stop doing stupid things and stuffs. Its amazing many things I say, can't be put into proper actions. My goals for 2008 for my way of training doubtfully have been achieved. Theres only about 16 days left in 2008, so I wonder whether in this 2 weeks+ I can be happy with the things I do.
Tomorrow will be having a Jelapang Jam, and then I would like to make a Christmas jam, then new years eve Jam. Loads of jam lined up, means fun and more filming coming my way.
WOOHOO!
Saturday, December 6, 2008
One day goals.
Felt that I'm more and more serious in my trainings than ever right now.
I'm starting see the effect from my strength training into my movements now. Jumping power increased and I've done more and more bigger jumps right now. My wallpass technique is getting better although its not very consistent yet. My SDC seem to more relax now but when it comes to far distances (that I can cover), my landing is poorly controlled. I need to practice more in control in my SDCs. Precision are good, which I'm quite happy. Armjumps, height wise are getting amazing, kinda like a testament in my transition of strength from my strength training routine, but I wanna learn how to land control for far armjumps. I need some work on balancing and rail precisions at the moment. Other movements are still OK..
Flips still sucks pretty much. I wanna be able to land nice flips, good height, landing not in bent knees or such, good control in landing, etc. It seems like my tucking, timing and transferring of forward momentum to height, and also understanding of the physics of flips (in my body) is the reason why my reason in sloppy. Bar tricks still really need adaptation, I'm still very scared of my 'leg swing thing' and the other movements are inconsistent too.
Strength training, I think my squats are OK, nothing bad about the form, I think I'm just overanxious at times. I'm gonna start trying to regain strength for abit, for this week, and from the other weeks onwards is just perfecting technique and form and rotating exercises. Adapting to new lifts and brushing up on stuffs that I need work in.
I still find them I push myself too much in trainings, although this week is a far better week. I bailed quite alot of times this week though.. some really careless, some just stupid. I think I'm pushing myself too much. I think one of the reason why this is so is that I thought I felt progression, and I think I am now able to do this or that. Well I should really stop trying to aim to nail harder movements or what, but rather just drill on the stuffs that I could already do and make it consistent. Since I already got the 'power' in this case, I should get it controlled. There is no point that you nail a bigger movement and hurt your joints and shit. Need to focus more on control and fast movements, and I want to get include more runs in to my training now.
I'm still thinking, it feels funny that we are actually do what we are doing. I mean, why would want to try to do a run up followed by a jump, in such placing your hand on a wall and tucking your legs through your arms, getting you up and over the wall and gaining enough momemtum to bring you to another ledge, landing it in a controlled manner. Or just another other thing that is considered 'Parkour' to people. I find it weird that we actually don't understand alot of things we do, that includes life. Humans just either hunt for food for the instincts, satisfying their want for fun by, having fun. I mean, everything we do now, is just what we want to do, we don't have a specific reason for everything. Ok I'm not making much sense, don't know whether its understandable at all.
Right now I think Pahcore, or more accurately movements, is like a really big part of me. I can tell you that I think I'm closer to my friends I train with as compared to my classmates or other friends. I don't know why, but then traceurs or people who practice such stuffs shares a bigger bond than most other people. Everyday now I'm training, training and training. I hardly even go out with my classmates or old friends anymore, even after school I go home straight and is kinda like, training-obsessed. I think we all should know how to draw a line whether you are training so much that you start to neglect your good friends, and your seriousness in your discipline. Oh well, its not really much a matter as I don't actually have much 'real' friends from school or anywhere else (other then through PeeKay). I need to socialize more.
Anyway, theres a reason why the post is titled such. Yes, one day goals. I will be able to do this stuffs one day. Most of this goals are purposely written in a way no one can properly understand, but only to me. I'm just writing this down and see whether they are actually being done and filmed in my 2010 video (doesn't matter whether I do them anot by then, but at least I will nail them one day).
-Slide castle catleap
-Top castle precision
-Kash2cat
-DDL Precision
-Dgainer
-FCL
-GCL
-Nazir wall
-Treegarden level sdc2p.
-Reverse2cat Bishan
-SDC2P NCspot 2nd ledge
(I will update this list when I need to, this list is not exhaustive)
This movements are probably the outcome of hard training, only numerous training and hard work put in can result to the strength and control needed for those intricate movements. That's what the whole purpose of myself training. I want to tell myself that I've only come so far due to the very reason that I've put so much effort in improving myself. That is why next year I'm gonna spend alot of time strength training in the gym, and also for getting flips and everything else down into my system.
Whats more, next year is the year where I hope to get my OAC and 2x BW squats. I'm gonna seriously work on my strength! And Olevels will be over next year, so 2010 will be SHIOK!
I'm starting see the effect from my strength training into my movements now. Jumping power increased and I've done more and more bigger jumps right now. My wallpass technique is getting better although its not very consistent yet. My SDC seem to more relax now but when it comes to far distances (that I can cover), my landing is poorly controlled. I need to practice more in control in my SDCs. Precision are good, which I'm quite happy. Armjumps, height wise are getting amazing, kinda like a testament in my transition of strength from my strength training routine, but I wanna learn how to land control for far armjumps. I need some work on balancing and rail precisions at the moment. Other movements are still OK..
Flips still sucks pretty much. I wanna be able to land nice flips, good height, landing not in bent knees or such, good control in landing, etc. It seems like my tucking, timing and transferring of forward momentum to height, and also understanding of the physics of flips (in my body) is the reason why my reason in sloppy. Bar tricks still really need adaptation, I'm still very scared of my 'leg swing thing' and the other movements are inconsistent too.
Strength training, I think my squats are OK, nothing bad about the form, I think I'm just overanxious at times. I'm gonna start trying to regain strength for abit, for this week, and from the other weeks onwards is just perfecting technique and form and rotating exercises. Adapting to new lifts and brushing up on stuffs that I need work in.
I still find them I push myself too much in trainings, although this week is a far better week. I bailed quite alot of times this week though.. some really careless, some just stupid. I think I'm pushing myself too much. I think one of the reason why this is so is that I thought I felt progression, and I think I am now able to do this or that. Well I should really stop trying to aim to nail harder movements or what, but rather just drill on the stuffs that I could already do and make it consistent. Since I already got the 'power' in this case, I should get it controlled. There is no point that you nail a bigger movement and hurt your joints and shit. Need to focus more on control and fast movements, and I want to get include more runs in to my training now.
I'm still thinking, it feels funny that we are actually do what we are doing. I mean, why would want to try to do a run up followed by a jump, in such placing your hand on a wall and tucking your legs through your arms, getting you up and over the wall and gaining enough momemtum to bring you to another ledge, landing it in a controlled manner. Or just another other thing that is considered 'Parkour' to people. I find it weird that we actually don't understand alot of things we do, that includes life. Humans just either hunt for food for the instincts, satisfying their want for fun by, having fun. I mean, everything we do now, is just what we want to do, we don't have a specific reason for everything. Ok I'm not making much sense, don't know whether its understandable at all.
Right now I think Pahcore, or more accurately movements, is like a really big part of me. I can tell you that I think I'm closer to my friends I train with as compared to my classmates or other friends. I don't know why, but then traceurs or people who practice such stuffs shares a bigger bond than most other people. Everyday now I'm training, training and training. I hardly even go out with my classmates or old friends anymore, even after school I go home straight and is kinda like, training-obsessed. I think we all should know how to draw a line whether you are training so much that you start to neglect your good friends, and your seriousness in your discipline. Oh well, its not really much a matter as I don't actually have much 'real' friends from school or anywhere else (other then through PeeKay). I need to socialize more.
Anyway, theres a reason why the post is titled such. Yes, one day goals. I will be able to do this stuffs one day. Most of this goals are purposely written in a way no one can properly understand, but only to me. I'm just writing this down and see whether they are actually being done and filmed in my 2010 video (doesn't matter whether I do them anot by then, but at least I will nail them one day).
-Slide castle catleap
-Top castle precision
-Kash2cat
-DDL Precision
-Dgainer
-FCL
-GCL
-Nazir wall
-Treegarden level sdc2p.
-Reverse2cat Bishan
-SDC2P NCspot 2nd ledge
(I will update this list when I need to, this list is not exhaustive)
This movements are probably the outcome of hard training, only numerous training and hard work put in can result to the strength and control needed for those intricate movements. That's what the whole purpose of myself training. I want to tell myself that I've only come so far due to the very reason that I've put so much effort in improving myself. That is why next year I'm gonna spend alot of time strength training in the gym, and also for getting flips and everything else down into my system.
Whats more, next year is the year where I hope to get my OAC and 2x BW squats. I'm gonna seriously work on my strength! And Olevels will be over next year, so 2010 will be SHIOK!
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