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From the archives: Jamie Holmes
Jamie Holmes explores managing life’s admin tasks by integrating them into daily flow rather than batching them. After a melanoma diagnosis, she chose holistic healing over traditional treatment, trusting her body’s capabilities. She shares insights into running The Circus Fix, balancing artistic passion with business pragmatism. Her hip surgery journey reveals profound challenges—three months of… more →
From the archives: Andrew Foster
Andrew Foster shares his journey from home-schooled beginnings in Ohio through Arabic studies in Jordan and training with Danny Ilabaca in Cairo, to facing the dark challenge of losing everything including his purpose. Starting renewed from his lowest point on a Colorado mountaintop, he found new direction, returning full circle to Ohio to found Akron… more →
From the archives: Andy Taylor
Andy Taylor explores designing parkour gyms that inspire creativity and exploration. When designing a gym, he tries to call to the inner child that makes us want to play. The discussion covers thoughtful design that increases engagement, ensuring safety without stifling creativity, and integrating features that naturally encourage varied movements. Challenges include meeting building codes,… more →
From the archives: Andrew Obenreder
Andrew Obenreder explores how movement obsession shapes personal practices and creative expression. Exploring movement extends beyond physicality into music, art, and mindfulness. He tries to listen to whatever his heart tells him to be doing. more →
From the archives: Nikkie Zanevsky
Nikkie Zanevsky explores how inclusive coaching and empathy improve learning for diverse groups in parkour. After discovering parkour in 2006, she never imagined quitting her day job to start her own movement company. She reflects on coaching approaches, structuring classes, and creating student experiences. Nikkie shares insights on success, inclusivity, gender in parkour, and starting… more →
From the archives: Josh Wit
Josh Wit explores personal growth, resilience, and connection while navigating health conditions and cultural transitions. Diagnosed with diabetes at eighteen, it has simply been a fact of life. He discusses traveling to Germany, training experiences, and why he loves workshops and community. Learning to listen to what his body tells him produces better outcomes even… more →
From the archives: Craig Constantine
Craig Constantine explores what motivates meaningful podcast conversations and how preparation shapes interactions. Recording over one hundred episodes feels like much less when each is unique and valuable. He discusses creating space for authentic conversations, pruning projects, and how reflection integrates into the process. Constantine shares personal reasons for the podcast, why video isn’t on… more →
From the archives: AnnSofie Svensson
AnnSofie Svensson explores how personal experiences and challenges shape approaches to movement practices and training. Exploring the intersection of circus arts, Parkour, and fear-facing techniques reveals unique approaches to movement. She describes rail work as a middle ground, connecting both what she used to do in the air and what she now does on the… more →
From the archives: Maggie Spaloss
Maggie Spaloss explores transitioning between roles—coach, business consultant, relationship coach—and how this shapes perspectives on community, creativity, and fulfillment. Her progression from coaching parkour to coaching relationships felt natural. She discusses parkour’s evolution from mom to coach to business consultant, her Kiskeya Athletics work, and giving back. As a mom, she appreciates how parkour deeply… more →
From the archives: Adam McClellan
Adam McClellan explores Parkour’s lessons about community, personal growth, and resilience. He discusses Parkour Generations Americas, the American parkour community, and his local community. Adam covers his martial arts to parkour transition, goal setting, and self-motivation. He shares inspirational figures and why coaching matters to him. Observing that a rising tide lifts all boats, he… more →
From the archives: Tyson Cecka
Tyson Cecka explores what drives creating and refining parkour spaces and objects, and how personal and communal experiences influence this process. He unpacks his design process for building obstacles, where he finds inspiration, and why he doesn’t consider himself a great artist. Tyson shares experiences with depression and how it’s affected his life. He emphasizes… more →
From the archives: Sean Hannah
Sean Hannah explores adapting Parkour principles to improve seniors’ health, mobility, and confidence. He discusses curriculum development, research methods, games’ importance, and audience-specific design. Sean designed the PK Move Study curriculum with Marymount University and shares coaching advice for adults and seniors. He emphasizes that Single Point—standing on one foot—remains Parkour’s best training tool, seriously… more →











