At R2R I was happy to be introduced to Rafe Kelley, a gymnastics coach from Washington State.
He’s also a traceur, martial artist and acrobat.
Rafe travelled to France to train and study Parkour and Free Running. And is involved in the fast growing pursuit in his region.
Most interesting to me was a concept called Le Methode Naturelle:
A discipline that in many ways seems to unite all of my interests within the realm of physical development and my training has become much more productive and complete. This blog is to share a bit of my training and my thoughts for those interested in the natural capacities of human movement.
Read more on Rafe’s blog. From a recent post:
Playful, Methodical, and Fundamental. I believe these three principles are the basis of an effective long term training practice whether it is for Methode Naturelle, Parkour, Martial arts, or really most any discipline of human movement.
Click PLAY to see Rafe and friends practising what they love.
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