I still don't know what this guy is about or this class but I think I will just show up and find out.

- Javier

On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 2:17 PM, Kyle Browne <[address removed]> wrote:

I think I read about this guy before stepping foot in Primal. He has some very logical and beneficial points, so I'm very excited that his teachings are going to get some practical exposure here.

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I think the "net gain" of this type of practice will be--for many traceurs and traceusses--a way of?seeing how?the terms?"flow" and "efficiency"?might be incorporated into?one's movements.

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On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 6:31 PM, Pilou <[address removed]> wrote:

I could hardly say it any better!

I have obtained and read many of his physical education books, and translated the early version that google put online recently. Besides being rightfully credited as a central source of inspiration for the creators of Parkour (for instance he coined the term quadrupedal movement and made it a physical exercise of its own; you can find most vaults described in his books, etc), Georges H?bert spent his life analyzing, practicing and teaching the fundamental modes of human movement.

I find his approach to physical training really interesting, and I think it would provide a great basis of strength and skill for any traceur to build upon. That's why I'm starting a class that is specifically following his method rather than just incorporating bits and pieces in a regular Parkour class (which I do frequently too ;)

I don't know if it will work well, and I expect it won't work for everybody, as it focuses strongly on basic but dependable moves rather than fancy ones. But people interested in "being strong to be useful" might find the skill set and training approach of H?bert's method quite useful.

-Pilou

On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 6:15 PM, Salil Maniktahla <[address removed]> wrote:

Georges Hebert was this guy who kind of predates parkour, but who came up with a theory of "wellness" based on moving the way humans are supposed to move naturally.

He's the one who coined the term "Be strong to be useful."

Read all about him here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_H?bert

He's a pretty fascinating character, and his training methods are being resurrected today by many people, including many traceurs.

The final goal of physical education is to make strong beings. In the purely physical sense, the Natural Method promotes the qualities of organic resistance, muscularity and speed, towards being able to walk, run, jump, move quadrupedally, to climb, to keep balance, to throw, lift, defend yourself and to swim.

In the "virile" or energetic sense, the system consists in having sufficient energy, willpower, courage, coolness, and fermet? ("firmness").

In the moral sense, education, by elevating the emotions, directs or maintains the moral fibre in a useful and beneficial way.

The true Natural Method, in its broadest sense, must be considered as the result of these three particular forces; it is a physical, virile and moral synthesis. It resides not only in the muscles and the breath, but above all in the "energy" which is used, the will which directs it and the feeling which guides it.

On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 4:52 PM, RAIN-RA <[address removed]> wrote:

Please explain more about what this is? I don't know what you mean by natural movement etc... Who is this guy?

On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 2:30 PM, Salil Maniktahla <[address removed]> wrote:

Announcing a new Meetup for Rock Creek Parkour!!

What: Georges Hebert "Natural Movement" class!

When: Friday, March 19, 2010 7:00 PM

Where:
Primal Fitness II
219 M St NW
Washington, DC 20001

From Pilou Bazin, a friend and fellow instructor at Primal:

I am starting a Georges H?bert inspired class held every Friday at Primal Fitness at 7pm!! Join me in exploring the "Natural Method of Physical, Moral and Manly Education" as described in Georges H?bert's treatises built over a lifetime dedicated to applied physical training.

(re)learn and train to walk! run! QM! climb! jump! balance! throw! lift! defend! all in a non-stop one hour session!!

The class is open to all, no Parkour or Crossfit experience necessary. The class is $20 walk-in, $15 for monthly Primal clients or bootcampers, or one punch for Primal punchcarders.

An informal outdoors training session will also complement the class every Sunday in Rock Creek Park at 9am (starting in Dupont Circle; location and activity may change over time).

Learn more here:
http://www.meetup.com/parkour-dc/calendar/12892689/




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