Greetings,
My name is Oisin Fogarty Graveson, I came into this world on the 12th of November 1993 and live in St Albans, Hertfordshire.
I take a great interest in philosophy and literature/writing, you can check out some of my writings on this blog! I have always been a very creative child, beginning my education at home, travelling frequently and constantly having my creativity sparked on by a very supporting and loving family.
Parkour became known to me when my mum mentioned a documentary that had been shown on television that she had taped, Jump Britain - of course. I watched it obsessively for days, I remember how it would start with an old recording of Michael Jackson's balcony scene then a figure would burst onto the screen with a whirl of static and white noise. I then created what some may call the stereotypically 'noob' parkour clan, St Urban, looking back on it now, I laugh. We were young, reckless and had the complete wrong approach towards parkour, but hey, boys will be boys. The clan, all but me, quit in about 2005 leaving me begging to get back out there, but not knowing of any scenes around St Albans. Suddenly, one lonely training session I saw two guys jumping on railings in the center of town with the words SA:PK on their shirts.
This was my first introduction to St Albans Parkour, and therefore, Herts Parkour. Since 2006 I have been training seriously and with a better attitude towards parkour/freerunning and life in general.
Looking back now though, it seems like Parkour sort of accidentally tripped into my life, I sometimes think why I decided to follow such a unique movement...
This is something I've been thinking over thoroughly and I've come to answer that I never chose what I do. Parkour runs through my veins and always has. It's in all of us. We're are born and we play, we jump, we run. This is what we do, what we are able to do.
The only difference is that our generation and the generation before us has given it a name, developed the movements into something.
It will keep you fit, both mentally and physically. It empties your mind of worries, troubles.
Some say we are running away, we are. But we are also reaching out for new heights. We do not think that if we run we will leave our problems behind. We do it so that we will be wiser towards how to solve them.
Parkour is never complete, it is never a finished art, a perfected discipline. It is always growing, always evolving. It's human nature. If we see an obstacle we will say...cat-pass it. But that isn't the end. We will go back and do it again, or try a different movement, we even link on from the cat-pass, to arm-jumps or precisions. Then we run on and it continues. This is why parkour. Because it is ever growing. It will never cease to amaze. It will never grow boring because there is always something to do. It's always enjoyable.
So why parkour?
Why not?
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