I am a Certified Professional Life Coach as well as a Parkour Instructor. As a result I tend to frequently use parkour analogies in my coaching practice. Below is a short video clip to help illustrate the topic of this article: persistence. To achieve the outcome we desire, we must be […]
Yearly Archives: 2016
For those who want to know a little about the founder of Learn Parkour Now, here is a brief autobiography. Hi! I’m Vincent (Vinny) Grosso. I was born and raised in Haddam, Connecticut. Having always enjoyed physical activity, I never liked conventional “sports” (ie. baseball, basketball, soccer, etc.) because of all the rules […]
Who is Vinny Grosso?
When I first started parkour and my family would see me randomly jumping out the second floor windows, my mom’s reaction was not much different from the above cartoon. It wasn’t until she saw an article about parkour in the New York Times that she started to believe I was not just […]
What is Parkour?
The objective of Parkour is to use one’s body in such a way as to effectively overcome common barriers and obstacles in order to quickly flee from present danger. Parkour or l’art du déplacement, “the art of moving,” has its roots in France, before World War I, when a French […]