I woke up with a passion...

Why do you do Parkour? (or anything else for that matter)

Honestly, I do Parkour because it relaxes me (kahit nakakapagod). 

But why do we continue to do it? To Progress

Why do we do our best to progress?  To know our limits

What are the limits? I ask you what are the limits. 

Parkour is about breaking the limits, but what exactly are the limits that you want to break? You wanna break gravity, get ready to bail. Gravity IS a limit, a limit we cannot break no matter what, it's universal. 

Parkour is about being yourself, do things your way. But, rolling incorrectly will kill you, that's why we have a set way on how to do our rolls. So, the way we roll is not ours?

With those two in mind think about this; If there is a limit then there is a will be a time when you can no longer PROGRESS and that you will be THE BEST YOU. 

Then the question; "When am I the best me?" comes in. When I still did Kendo, I always sought the answer of "when do I become stronger?" I never found the answer while physically training. I always sought physical power, I did not satisfy the mind and the soul, I never became stronger. I remember one sparring match with a friend, I knew I was going to beat him, I was physically stronger, faster, but in the end I still lost. This made me ask myself, "Why did I loose?" He was obviously weaker than me, and slower. This was the first time I went "soul searching" in my entire life. Until I realized my faults, I headed into battle a little to headstrong, only going for the "bloodlust". I restarted my Kendo training here from the start, now feeding my mind and soul as well. 

A few months passed by, and I ask myself, "when is my Kendo at it's best?" I found the answer, " MY KENDO [AND THE SWORD IN GENERAL] IS AT ITS BEST WHEN THEY ARE NOT ON YOUR HANDS, YET YOU CAN STILL DO KENDO [OR USE THE SWORD]." Kendo is the art of the sword, yet I do it without the sword. It sound like I'm crazy but it is my realization. When I hold the sword my Kendo is not at it's best, but when I put my sword down and apply what I learned in Kendo at something else, I know I'm using the full potential of Kendo. 

Same for Parkour, we can apply it to something else, maybe dancing or martial arts, be creative. This is when, I think, we truly break the limits, when we do something which is "out of the box", not when we do a big jump or go up a "no climbing" wall (trespassing na yun). 

So in that sense, I applied what I learned in Kendo to Parkour, so when I do Parkour I am doing my Kendo at it's best. 

Now you know the thought "Something is at it's best when applied to something else" apply it, progress, and have fun

Peace out people