The Minstrel Show (2005) - Little Brother

Little Brother is one of my favourite hip hop groups - such fresh music.
The hip hop trio is made up of Phonte and rapper Big Pooh. 9th Wonder (producer) was part of the group since its beginning but left before recording the Album "Getback"

Preview
1.Welcome to the Minstrel Show
2.Beautiful Morning
3.The Becoming
4.Not Enough
5.Cheatin'
6.Hiding Place
7.Slow it Down
8.Say it Again
9.5th and Fashion
10.Lovin It
11.Diary of a mad Black Daddy
12.All for You
13.Watch me
14.Sincerely Yours
15. Still lives through
16. The Minstrel Show Closing theme
17. We Got Now

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peace out

im lovin' it

loving life, as always :D

trained with great mans. mike,toby,chris. WEEEEEEEE!

General update

Basically Im gonna fully start conditioning as I feel my movements have become more solid and flowy but im lacking strength to do certain things. I'm trying to look at this as a whole thing not a "im going to get muscle ups" but rather as "gain overall strength through conditioning and parkour"

I feel that this strength is definitely something i want to do because it will help a lot with my parkour as well as make me feel good.

I reckon i might have a conditioning session next week so that everyone can come condition and maybe some light parkour

Parkour - is coming along nicely so far after my little fall and im fully back in swing 3 weeks after i broke my nose and damaged my quads.
My nose feels fine and my quads were reealllllyyyy tight but now i can do the heel to ass stretch without being in masses of pain (only minimal stretching pain)
I've also been doing lots of movement and it feels so bloody good to be back fully and training normally. I also nearly did a 180 to crane yesterday that is quite hard because the surface is slippery and the object i want to crane is quite high, nearly did it but I really need to kick hard and try it when im not so tired :P


So yeah life is good atm, probably make a trip up to cambridge to see phil, owen and other tct legends soon :D

Barefoot

Recently I've been doing a lot of barefoot training. It really is awesome. Last sat i spent nearly the whole day barefoot and it was really great to be out in the warm sun training :D

My feet have really toughened up over the last week and I've noticed that my touch has gotten slightly better and my climb ups are much quicker (technique is sorted now yippeeeee)
On saturday I did the 180 at wagzi's barefoot, the smaller running armjump and various precisions etc which i am really happy with because before I didnt have the confidence nor the toughness of my feet. it is so sick

I've also been working on linking movements and full runs barefoot, been working on making dashes efficient and including them into runs. I've also started working on becoming more smooth with my techniques etc and want to improve my runs overall - becoming more creative.

and i really need to sesh at the quad!

Haven't been on here for agesssss - An Update

Life is good, awesome actually. School work is loads better and I have a healthy balance of parkour and other things.

I've been working on flips etc and have now learnt:
Wall Flips
Fullbacks
Gainers
and im still working on gainer dismounts.

I went to decathlon to buy new shoes yesterday, got a normal Kalenji 'Success' and another pair which are the same as Rich's but one size bigger :D. Like they aren't very grippy atm but i'll wear them in and they will be awesome. I wanted to buy a bow and arrow hahaha.

At first my new kalenji's (not success type) needed wearing in and were really squeaky and the grip wasnt very good. But now i've started wearing them in loads and they are awesomeeeee!



training.

Training has been so awesome, the last few days have been so sunny resulting in me training everyday. On Wednesday I trained with Matt and Ben in town (nearly all of sapk..) which was pretty awesome. Did some lovely symmetrical muscle ups, worked on the alban arena running precision and varying movements after the precision. Had loads of fun and the chats on the way home was pretty sick.
At my area I have been working on loads of runs through the trees, got the runs really smooth as well as recovering really well from 3 stupid bails hahahaha
I've been working on my touch too and i've noticed a difference, trying to walk quietly to school at school to my house etc is really good for practising and also I really wanna start more barefoot in town not just my area so that will be safe.


overall, LIFE IS SWEEEEEEEET!

Parkour

I've been thinking a lot over the last week or so about what parkour really is.

I've realized that parkour isn't just efficiency of movement, but also efficiency of the mind. If say a gap is 20 feet far but only 1 foot of the ground and another gap is 400 feet high but 2 foot far.

If I was able to precision that far the thing that would really push my mental capability is the precision so high up, thats real movement. It's all in the mind, you conidition your body and keep going with that but after you've reached a certain level all training is; is a mental struggle for certain things.

The thing that a lot of people do not understand is that parkour isn't just a physical thing but also a mental thing. The reason some traceurs are so very good at movement is because they keep pushing their mental barrier and keep pushing that barrier further and further.

If you know you can do a precision to a tiny rail then why not do it right there on the spot no hesitation? Thats right it's the mental side of you that is stopping you doing the movement. Your mind is saying "What happens if I fall", "What happens if I slip and break an ankle"
It's a matter of overcoming that mental bit that will allow you the freedom to do anything inside your physical ability or even pushing your physical ability further.

So when your sitting in class and not bothered about anything, think is this going to help my parkour? Taking in everything will expand your mind so that you know more and overcome fears more easily. Just use your brain everyday and learn how people react and what emotions are the best and worst etc. Using your mind to solve a maths puzzle is exactly the same as using your mind to solve the problem of overcoming your fear. Maybe the fear is a bit more extensive than a maths puzzle but at least you've had some practice to how to overcome obstacles mentally.
I leave you with a quote that i have been thinking about all week, I made it up.



"It's all in the mind, after you've freed your mind you can do anything to an extent"

Movement in different ways

So today I was training (along with Alex) in my area and at trestle arts base. As you all know, in England the sun goes down at about 4:00 in the winter and it's very dark around my area and trestle arts base.

A lot of people see this different weathers or levels of light an excuse for not training, but in actual fact it's actually making your standard of efficiency and movement much better. An example would be: I was doing a precision in the dark at trestle arts base (quite a big one) and it took quite a while for me to refine my senses and know exactly where to land. In the dry I don't think I would of taken much time to look where I'm going to land and to prepare if something goes wrong.

will post more later just can't be bothered atm