Hawaii Parkour Works With The Marines

Saturday the 2nd of October, Ozzi had the priviledge of working with a great group of Marines from the 2nd BN - 3rd Mar - Echo Company, 2nd Platoon 3rd Squad (Goon Sqd)
The boys;
1st FireTeam:
Lcpl Nick Jacobson (aka Grape Ape)
Lcpl Glen Chapa (aka MonkeyBone)
Lcpl Elias Martinez (aka Timon)
Lcpl Dereck Fangman (aka Sid the Sloth)

2nd FireTeam:
Lcpl Matt Kain (aka Tiger)
Lcpl Jeremiah Crites (aka Red Mist)
Lcpl Ricky Sisneroz (aka Po)
Lcpl Ricardo Hernandez-Gomez (aka Pumba)

For a little over 3 hrs these Marines had to endure the best of Ozzi's conditioning and drills. Crawling and leaping up and down a huge fly of stairs, press ups and upper body drills only known to make even the strongest drop. Climbing and precision jumping like real modern ninjas. Balancing and landing with stealthiness. Movement and fun all in one go.

We got pictures and even a video being worked on. It will be released soon. In the mean time, read what the Squad Leader Sgt Joe Perez (aka Rafiki ) has to say about the session.

"To all personnel that need a little push for fun and excitement. Start getting into Parkour and what it can really do for you and your life. Everyone all wants to live free and die hard. How about putting your body through the test. Parkour pushes your limits especially when you think you got it all handled, you don't. I'm an Infantryman by trade through the United States Marine Corps. I've been to Iraq twice, doing Operation Phantom Fury and 24th Marine Expenditionary Unit, and I've also been to Afghanistan. I had always put my body through many changes through my career. I'm always looking for new things to do in order to improve my conditioning and the conditioning of my Marines. I'm a Squad Leader for 2nd BN 3rd Mar. And I asked Ozzi to help me improve the physical and mental conditioning before we head out on our deployment back to Afghanistan. We know certain things but as Marines we learn it on the move. This time I'm preventing that before we go to country. As infantryman, we patrol through every terrain known to man. And we also go through or bypass obstacles. Now with this training under our belts, obstacles are no match for our minds. Of course there is more training to go through but now we will have the basics down packed. As people always say "Practice makes perfect". Well for us as Marines " Slow is Smooth, Smooth is Fast", meaning you alway crawl before you walk and you walk before you run. If you are in the military, especially as grunts, start putting yourself through the training of parkour as well as crossfit. Parkour will definitely help you go over obstacles such as walled compounds, waddies, and house to house movement. This is definitely approved by U.S. Marine Corps Grunts."

"ONE MIND, ANY WEAPON"