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Giving AF (Part 3): Environments for Exploration

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Jereme Sanders   Part 1: Trust & Honesty Part 2: Awareness Before Advice   Through building this circle of awareness we can more effectively share discoveries rather than simple techniques. For example, often times in my own life it has been discovering the epiphany of a new technique, a breakthrough in strength/mobility or the overcoming […]

Giving AF (Part 2): Awareness Before Advice

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Jereme Sanders   Part 1: Trust and Honesty   “To give a person an opinion one must first judge well whether that person is of the disposition to receive it or not” – Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Hagakure   The next step, which should be happening concurrently with the first, is that of  our awareness of the […]

Giving AF (Part 1): Trust & Honesty

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Jereme Sanders   [AF in this instance means ‘Actionable Feedback’, but secondary title to this series is “Student Centered Teaching Practices”]   As a teacher we want to make sure we find the right answers for the problems that arise in our students. The answer may not always be the ones we are used to, […]

To Spot or Not Spot

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Stick It

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Facing Fears

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Parkour Game: Jailbreak

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Jereme Sanders     Full fantastic resource can be found at exploreparkour.com Rules   You are a wrongly accused prisoner that finally has a chance at freedom. You have to navigate through a treacherous obstacle course but you’re not alone. You must make it through this course while attached to someone else. You both will […]

Parkour Footwork: Adaptation (Part Four)

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Jereme Sanders   Part One: Step Length & Consistency Part Two: Ambidexterity & Tempo Part Three: Entrance Options General Notes on Entry/Exit   Understand your Nature then Expand your Nature Understanding what movements come naturally to you comes with time, repetition and awareness. To make new movements and thoughts natural takes even more of the […]

Parkour Footwork: Entrance Options (Part Three)

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Jereme Sanders   Part One: Step Length & Consistency Part Two: Ambidexterity & Tempo Mastery of Ambidexterity This will be a recurring theme for flow and it’s just as important here as it was with the steps. You may have a preference for your most powerful movements but for most of what you do, it will […]

Parkour Footwork: Ambidexterity & Tempo (Part Two)

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Jereme Sanders   Part One: Step Length & Consistency   FOR A SINGLE MOVE Switch the Start Foot As long as you are maintaining a consistent step length and starting your run from the same location, you can switch the start foot to change your last step for the movement. This will be helpful for any large […]

Parkour Footwork: Length & Consistency (Part One)

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Jereme Sanders   While you hear the term “flow” thrown around a lot in Parkour, it is an aspect of movement that can be elusive without targeted practice. This series aims to clear up some of the misunderstandings that exist around conservation of momentum and along the way I’ll be giving you some tools that you can […]

Flips & Spins

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Climbing Things

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Jereme Sanders       View this post on Instagram   Some fun moves and concepts I’d like to clean up for a video. Super good vibes with @talha__drms @mortezaahmadi_1 and @mahsarezaie_ this day 🙏🏼 #parkour #exploreparkour #skochy #skochyptiks #novelways #climb #jump #flip #parkouristanbul A post shared by Jereme Sanders (@jeremesanders) on Jul 29, 2020 […]

Environmental Playground

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Jereme Sanders       View this post on Instagram   One of many fun lines from yesterday’s training 🙂 thanks for the energy @selen.indahouse @beerkayfr @e.t.bewild and Can! #parkour #parkouristanbul @parkour.istanbul #swing #tictac #toeshoot #parkourculture #movement #movementculture A post shared by Jereme Sanders (@jeremesanders) on Nov 24, 2019 at 12:43am PST     View […]

The Invisible Obstacle

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Jereme Sanders   Analyzing and Overcoming Fear I’ve devoted my life to progress, to taking paths of resistance whether they exist in the world or in my mind so that I may, through these challenges, better myself. In this journey, I’ve found one obstacle that is nearly always present. This invisible challenge manifests itself in […]