Slowly but Surely

Slowly but surely has long been my credo for training, as my friend m1l3s put it so well "you always have another day, but you only have one body". I see lots of people pushing Parkour in lots of different directions and I just wanted to express my goals, my mentality, my direction and my methodology.
Slowly but surely doesn't mean that you shouldn't be training as hard as you can, because I absolutely think that you should be pushing yourself as much as you can towards your goals. It's more an agreement with yourself to build a strong foundation and to continue to build on it through your training. If you only do things that make you stronger you don't need to worry about many problems that seem to plague the Parkour community.
Now I've had my fair share of injuries, and while I wouldn't attribute any of them to my training they are relevant to it. Treating your body with respect after an injury seems to be something that a lot of people have a problem with, starting over, doing lots of rehabilitation and prehab to help make sure whatever happened doesn't happen again. With parkour that means giving your body ample time before getting back to the level you were at something, because while you may still be physically able to perform, you no longer have the foundation necessary to do so without further injury to yourself.
I see a lot of people with the mentality, especially at jams, to do the biggest thing they are capable of, regardless of experience or their level of conditioning. These same people will make passing comments about their health, say that their joints hurt, but make no correlation of this with their actions. I think that any time you encounter joint pain or muscular discomfort you need to take a step back and reevaluate your training. Responsibly and correctly putting more emphasis on becoming stronger and better conditioned for Parkour will translate not only to fewer Parkour related overuse injuries but will help phenomenally in your mastery of the art.
When I train Parkour I train for kinesthetic awareness, I train for repetition, I train for life. I train for small movements done perfectly, and as my skill and conditioning level increases, so too does the size, the speed, the accuracy, the power, and the control of the movements I am capable of.