Dan is a founding member and CEO of Parkour Generations, the world’s leading and multi-award winning professional organisation for the dynamic movement discipline of parkour / freerunning.
Dan has studied practical movement and physical fitness his entire life, with an elite background in fighting arts before he discovered parkour in 2002. In addition to establishing the world’s largest professional organisation for the discipline, Parkour Generations, Dan also created the A.D.A.P.T® parkour coaching certifications which are now the official government approved education for parkour in the UK and many other countries, as well as the groundbreaking Parkour Programs®, now the recognised certifications for fitness professionals to access parkour movement and fitness knowledge.
His programmes have been accredited by YMCA Awards, 1st4Sports, ACE, NASM, FIT and more, as well as being the centrepiece for events such as IDEAFIT and Paleof(X) in the USA, Fitpro Live and Leisure Industry Week in the UK, Asian Fitness Convention, IFEX and more.
Following degrees in history and Japanese at Cambridge University, Dan embarked on a lifelong journey into practical skills, heroic philosophies and movement training, and has delivered courses, workshops and presentations to tens of thousands of people in more than 30 countries, helping many go on to become certified parkour or fitness professionals themselves through his programmes.
Dan has appeared in numerous high-profile media projects as an a performer and choreographer for movies, TV commercials, live shows and public displays. He has also produced a considerable body of literature on parkour which has been translated into several languages and published across various media, including the Handbook of Parkour and Freerunning.
Dan travels extensively helping others learn how to coach and to move, and regularly gives keynotes, presentations and seminars around the world with a particular interest in encouraging a holistic approach to living and training through integrated paradigms that engender flow and mindfulness.