PK THEORY

What is this blog about?

Roughly speaking, it's about parkour and all kinds of topics related to parkour. A certain amount of introspection has always been a natural part of my parkour training, and this PkTheory blog is an attempt to put my thoughts on the subject into words. I don't see the articles as finished and final, but rather as an approximation, and that's how they should be read.
 

Why theory?

Sometimes you hear people say, “Theorizing is useless, you just have to train!”
As down-to-earth and pragmatic as this opinion may sound, it is itself already a theory. Namely, that one could simply act without theory, i.e., from a kind of mental vacuum. Nothing could be further from practical reality, if you ask me! I remember several concise “theoretical” insights that fundamentally changed my “practical” training and thus had a probably incalculable influence on my parkour development and my life. So I am convinced that – unless you want to fly on autopilot – there is nothing more practical than grappling with the invisible theoretical foundation that you carry with you and that colors your own actions, whether you know it or not.

Translations

Most of the articles were written in English (because they were originally intended for Instagram) and some in German. For reasons of efficiency, I simply had them translated automatically. That's why the wording sometimes sounds a little strange, but I think everything should be understandable.

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                 - Mat