What Makes a Great Parkour Athlete? - PKUK Pod #27 | Arthur Franks

Arthur Franks recounts his time at the top of the game in Parkour, what it takes to become a great athlete, a great coach, and now his exciting music career! 

 

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CHAPTERS:

0:00 Intro

0:31 How did you get started?

2:05 The early days of London Parkour

4:02 Going from Classes to Casual training

6:55 Going to Camp Woodward

10:00 Hitting his stride with training

12:00 Joining ‘Team Phat’

14:46 How he progressed to a ‘high level’ 

18:12 ‘MattGate’ on the IMAX Kong

22:30 Discovering a Career in Music

27:43 Coming back from 2 years off during Covid

29:25 Making ‘Full Disclosure’

32:54 Lisboom

42:25 What makes a Great Parkour Athlete

48:23 Music Career taking off

58:03 Taking a break from Parkour for Music

1:01:39 Arthur’s Coaching Journey

1:05:11 What Makes a Great Parkour Coach?

1:15:15 Best Transferable life skills from Parkour?

1:18:58 Current Goals

1:20:00 Outro

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