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Just the seasoning
Soisci Porchetta learned through deep apprenticeshipâcompetitive jiu-jitsu, Thai boxing, intensive workshops. Now she tells most students not to do what she did. Treat her as a supplement, she says. Go hunt your own meat. But the generalist prescribing breadth is herself the product of exactly the kind of depth she cautions against. The paradox doesn’t…
From the archives: Sandro Widmer
Sandro Widmer brings a philosopher’s rigor to parkour through ParkourONE’s TRUST concept â a framework built on respect, modesty, and courage, visualized through the fingers of a hand. His master’s thesis investigates how a coach’s personal philosophy shapes their teaching, a question that resists easy measurement. The conversation moves between structured systems and simple wisdom,…
The sound of mastery
Josh Nierer spent years chasing power in parkourâbigger jumps, more impressive moves. Then he saw a video of someone moving in near-silence. Sound doesn’t lie: a slap against concrete announces a body that arrived before it was ready. Silence means readiness was already there. Mastery might not look impressive. It might sound like nothing at…
The first meeting
On day twelve of walking the Camino de Santiago, Evelyn Higgins heard a priest describe three meetings every pilgrim encounters. The sequence matters: the meeting with yourself comes first. Not as the prize at the end of transformation, but as the prerequisite for everything that follows. Sustained, unavoidable simplicity surfaces whatever you’ve been avoidingâand clears…
Coaxing readiness
Movement culture celebrates the overrideâpush through, commit, send it. Bane, who trains parkour alone in Belfast, describes the opposite. He coaxes readiness out rather than forcing it, returning to the same challenge across weeks or years until his body and mind genuinely align. Solo training reveals whether your readiness is yours or borrowed. What it…
From the archives: Mandy Lam
Mandy Lam’s journey through movement communities around the world comes back to one constant: the people. In conversation at Ăvry Move, she reflects on the Yamakasi, what makes communities thrive, and the value of solo training as a counterweight to collective energy. She also opens up about a major concussion that reshaped her perspective. For…
Something worth playing for
Sean Hannah can guide anyone through rebuilding an injured bodyâbut he can’t manufacture the reason to bother. The exercises aren’t secret. The protocol isn’t the barrier. The barrier is that remodeling takes months of slow, painful work, and nobody endures that without a spark: something they love doing that’s disappearing. What happens to the people…
When crisis brings clarity
Rodrigo Pimentel woke up from a stroke with double vision, slurred speech, and no motor control. His response surprised even him: radical acceptance. “This is what’s happening” became his anchorânot resignation, but the starting point for everything next. Crisis stripped away the luxury of resistance, revealing who he was capable of becoming when fighting reality…
From the archives: Nick Anastasia
Nick Anastasia explores movement as structured play, designing obstacles and spaces that inspire physical creativity. Built environments offer dense flow opportunities while outdoor spaces encourage adaptability. His approach treats complex movement training as an evolved version of childhood playâhanging out with friends and playing with blocks. Improvisation through games helps practitioners engage their surroundings in…
Remodeling with Sean Hannah
What does it take to stop avoiding pain and instead use it as a guide for rebuilding the body? The same movements that caused injury can heal it when performed slowly, partially, and with intention. “What we try to do is get people to understand that if you have pain, if you have a limitation,…
The myth of more willpower
Chris Garay has watched people try to build movement practices for years. The ones who stick around aren’t the ones with superior willpower. They’re the ones who’ve eliminated most of the resistance entirely. We’ve been asking the wrong question. It was never about having more discipline. It was always about needing less.
Going Full Circle on Chairs
Soisci Porchetta spent years ditching chairs for floor work, developing hip mobility and comfort on the ground. Then at a meditation retreat, sitting in a chair made every joint ache while elderly practitioners sat comfortably for hours. Going full circle means reintegrating what you initially rejectedâbeing able to do both floor and chair comfortably. Real…