Topic: New/ Saying Hello from Pa!

[Aaron Hrinda]

Hi Everyone,
 Hrinda from Northeast Pennsylvania here. I am new to this, and the more I read on the site,
the more excited I become.

 A little bit about me, I spent 7 years in the Marines, work in Law Enforcement now, I have a black belt in
Tang Soo Do, and as I spent time getting back into running,
just running wasn't doing it for me.
So I started going over stuff instead of around,
and it led me here.

Thanks for making this site!

[Jake Chess]

Welcome. It seems that you are in good shape then so conditioning probably won't be necessary [Though conditioning should always be part of training, no matter the physical shape a person in.]

Start on landing and rolling techniques. Stay away from heights [which is anything above your feet.]

Also, make sure that you have a firm understanding of what Parkour is and isn't.

I hope we can be of assistance. Welcome to APK Forums.

[Aaron Hrinda]

Thank you for the warm welcome!

And I will most definitely take that advice.
I have spent a lot of time looking around,
and made the choice to move my workout towards
functionality a year or so ago. Parkour seemed the only direction
to move my running.

Thank you again!

[Aaron Hrinda]

Also,
 I do a lot of my running in the woods, actually, since I have access to them.
 Trees are a great obstacle to work with,
 and you would be surprised how you find yourself in a state of flow
while running through the woods. (queue "Last of the Mohicans music)





(watch for low branches)

[keeganjd]

hello,
My name is jd, im also from northeastern pa... im new to parkour but im interested in the sport.. im curently in delaware at school but ill be in pa often i dont know how close you are to wilkes-barre, pa but if you are anywhere near here and we could find a group to train and jam.. i would be interested in getting involved!!!

                                                                                              Thx, Jd

[Aaron Hrinda]

Hey jd,
 I am about 45 minutes from Wilkes-Barre,
but if you get up that way I would definitely be up
for trying to jam sometime (work and upcoming new baby permitting, of course)

 Drop a line sometime

[Jake Chess]

Aww, Bless. Congratulations with the baby.

Woods and forests are absolutely wonderful for training. You must keep a constant flow and have perfect foot placement.