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Setting My Mind To Conquer Fear

by Walter
(Texas, USA)

Hello, my name is Walter.

I live in Texas and recently decided to get into parkour. The thing that's holding me back is my fear of getting hur,t or something going horribly wrong.

How do I 'set' my mind to not worry and to just go for it?

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Jun 22, 2010
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Using Fear...
by: Drew Taylor

Hey Walter,

This seemingly irrational fear is a big part of Parkour. You hear people talking about Parkour helping them in their everyday lives, well this is one technique or method that you can relate to the wider world.

Some fear is good and stops you from jumping off massive stuff and killing yourself, a lot of fear you come across when training is often what you may see as 'irrational'.

The first point I'm gonna make is of starting small. Build your confidence up by starting slow and low. Get the basics right and know your limits. When your frightened of doing a specific movement, you've gotta ask yourself whether you are capable of doing it, then if the answer if yes why are your still scared? It may be a simple case of drilling the movement in a different way to build confidence up and show yourself that you can do this every time no problem.

Developing your own method of overcoming fear is something important that can be learned from Parkour. Everyone handles it differently so tailor your method to suite yourself.

Hope this helps! Drew x

Aug 23, 2010
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by: hey its jake

im new to parkore but i took karate and learned a breathing exsercie that always works for me be for i do a session and thats ho wi lost my fear of the getting hert try different things to find whats most comfortable for you . even tho im new i started big best way to learn is by doing

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