00:00Hi, I'm Marcus from Man of Many.
00:01We're here at One Playground in Haymarket today
00:04with the Dom T. Tomasso.
00:07The Dom Tomato.
00:08Yeah, Dom Tomato.
00:10And today, what are we doing?
00:11We're here for the Red Bull Zero Excuses Strava Challenge.
00:15What are we going to do today, Dom?
00:16We're going to be taking ourselves through an intro to parkour.
00:20Can I stop you for a second?
00:20Can I have a Red Bull 2, please?
00:23There you go, matching.
00:24Cheers.
00:25We'll be taking ourselves through an intro to parkour session,
00:28really just getting ourselves familiar with our body,
00:32how it moves, the coordination involved.
00:34And the challenge is making parkour accessible
00:37because it seems so scary when you see it on the internet,
00:40but really, fundamentally, it's just a bunch of fun.
00:43So what we're going to be focusing on today is jumping and landing.
00:46That's our first thing.
00:47We usually jump and land.
00:49Often we have like a heavy foot when we land, nice and flat.
00:52Yeah.
00:53And that means that we're shocking the body, loading the joints.
00:55And what we want to be doing is landing nice and soft.
00:57So on the balls of the feet, feet just a little bit, you know, close apart.
01:03Close apart?
01:04Close together?
01:05I knew what you meant.
01:06Close together.
01:06Yep.
01:07And we're going to be squatting down and just finding our balance point here.
01:11Somewhere here, you want to activate the glutes.
01:14Make sure you're in a good position.
01:15I kind of think of it like riding a little motorbike.
01:17Yeah, right.
01:17Like hiking the jump, landing motorbike.
01:20Like Tron.
01:21Yeah.
01:21Are your legs shaking or is it just mine?
01:24Yeah, I mean, that's where the stability factor is huge in parkour.
01:27You really want to be making sure that everything's in alignment.
01:30And the more symmetrical you are, the more solid your base is.
01:33When was, did you do a kind of Forrest Gump thing where, you know, in that movie, he just
01:37starts running?
01:39Like when was the first time you were like, oh, I can jump far or I can jump high?
01:43Like, what was that?
01:44Do you have that defining moment?
01:46I was just 15 and I saw it on the internet and was like, I can go and do that.
01:49And started jumping over like the tables at school, just getting myself acquainted with
01:53it.
01:54Like anything, it's kind of dorky when you start, right?
01:56Yeah.
01:56You know, you look kind of awkward.
01:58Yeah, you look clumsy.
01:58Yeah.
01:59But then as you get into it further and further, you start to unlock the things you're good
02:02at and understand the base techniques a bit better.
02:05And that way you can amplify them by going to each individual spot around the world and doing
02:09the maximum that you can with that spot.
02:10All right, so now we're going to try and jump and land in that position.
02:14Nice and soft.
02:15Get that nice base underneath us.
02:19So that's one of the things in parkour is it's not just maximum power.
02:23It's really about that precision landing on the other side, dialing it in, having control
02:27as you come in.
02:28So we need them all the way up and then getting the nice shape going.
02:32Good.
02:34Yeah, nice.
02:36Okay, so that's one-on-one jumping landing.
02:39Precision landings make our sport completely individual to other sports because it's always
02:43a different surface.
02:44Whatever the architecture is, could be a slope, could be a pole, could be a number of different
02:48things.
02:49And so with that landing technique, you can take it across numerous variety of things,
02:53integrate it into all of your parkour.
02:56Random question.
02:57Do you have a New Year's resolution for this year?
02:59Besides drink more Red Bull?
03:00I mean, my resolution is always the same, just get better, keep progressing, trying
03:07to push myself in different ways.
03:09Trying to be more of an adult recently.
03:11That one's tough.
03:12Nah, never do that.
03:13Yeah, exactly.
03:14Why would you do that?
03:15Right, so this one's a little bit trickier.
03:17This one's called a Kong and this is probably the most traditional parkour vault.
03:22We're going to place our hands on the block and then our feet and knees are going to come
03:26through where our hands were.
03:27So here's a full version.
03:31What we're going to do first is just putting our hands on the block.
03:34I'm going to hold it for you so it's nice and stable.
03:36Yep.
03:36I'm going to try and put our feet where our hands were.
03:40Okay.
03:41Alani, could you hold the other side of this for me?
03:43What was your name, mate?
03:44Lonnie.
03:44Lonnie, Marcus.
03:45Alani was on Physical Asia on Netflix with me and we've been training buddies ever since.
03:50So here, push, lands.
03:53Okay.
03:54You're going to smash it.
03:57Push.
03:57Oh, come on.
03:59He's a natural.
04:01Super smooth.
04:02Am I going to be quitting my job today?
04:04All right.
04:04So now we've got jumping, we've got vaulting, but the most fun part I think of doing parkour
04:11is the sensation of flipping.
04:14Question.
04:14When was the first time you were like, I want to do a backflip?
04:17And was it before you kind of, before you were 15 going, oh, that'd be cool?
04:21I think before I could even remember, I was always trying to chuck flips onto mats and
04:25flip over myself.
04:28But distinctively, I remember when I was nine years old, there was a guy who used to do
04:33gymnastics and slam dunk shows in the halftime shows with the mini trampette.
04:37And he came to the ice rink and he did a backflip down four stairs, a running gainer down four
04:43stairs.
04:44I just remember being like, that's the coolest thing in the world.
04:46You mentioned the kind of, there's a mental and a physical aspect to what you kind of
04:53do.
04:54Absolutely.
04:54And I remember like when I was 15, 16, I could easily just backflip into a pool and
04:58there was no fear.
04:59Yes.
05:00But then I suppose responsibilities and adulthood and all that kind of thing crept in and the
05:05fear crept in.
05:06I haven't tried it since.
05:08So like, what is it that, like maybe you've mastered it, but for someone like me or someone
05:12who wants to learn how to do a backflip?
05:15I see fear as a skill.
05:16It's something that you need to practice.
05:17What I like to do is kind of instill myself with little bits of fear that I'm in a very
05:22high control state of.
05:24But landing a good front flip is actually very hard compared to a backflip.
05:27So it's this kind of duality where the physical skill is one aspect that you need to practice,
05:33get control of, get comfortable with.
05:36And then the mental aspect is its own beast where you need to like practice that fear.
05:40Can you do a backflip now?
05:41Right now.
05:41Yep.
05:46It's a very good party trick.
05:48That's the goal, right?
05:49I'd love to just play.
05:50I want to go back to the office or I want to go home and go, oh, hey, guess what
05:53I just
05:53learned.
05:54All right.
05:54So this here is my Parkall 101 designed backflip harness.
05:58It does feel secure.
06:00Yeah.
06:00Surprisingly, right?
06:01It's a nice time it works, dude.
06:02Yeah.
06:02So first thing is just a nice big jump.
06:04Swinging down like you did before.
06:06Arms coming up to the ears, trying to touch the roof.
06:09Give us a jump.
06:10Look at that.
06:11It's flying.
06:12He's Superman.
06:13That is fun.
06:13And so part of this Red Bull Zero's use campaign is challenging yourself.
06:17So we're going to overcome that fear right now.
06:19Push you into a backflip.
06:20Let's do it.
06:20You ready?
06:21All right.
06:21So jumping up.
06:22And we're going to drive with the hips and knees overhead.
06:25That's the biggest note.
06:27Ready when you are.
06:29Woo.
06:30Look at that.
06:31Easy money.
06:32Oh, it is.
06:33It is an odd experience.
06:35Yeah.
06:35There's that period of time between like here and here where you're like, I don't know where
06:39I'm going.
06:40Yeah, exactly.
06:41That's probably the best part about the backflip is from this part, I can see my landing.
06:47So it's completely controlled where I'm going to be.
06:49I think my problem was I closed my eyes.
06:52Close your eyes.
06:53Hold your breath.
06:54Pray for dear life.
06:55No, let's do it again.
06:56All right.
06:56So big jump up.
06:57Yep.
06:58Really big arm swing.
06:59Open it up.
07:00And then flipping over.
07:02No fear.
07:02No fear.
07:03Zero excuses.
07:04Zero excuses.
07:04Go.
07:05There we go.
07:06Boom.
07:07Perfect.
07:08Excellent.
07:08Thank you, sir.
07:08Look at that.
07:09You're very welcome, man.
07:10Well done.
07:12Yeah, news resolutions are a real thing.
07:14Do them.
07:14Thanks, Marcus Manamini.
