#33 - Rafe Kelley

Rafe is the founder of Evolve Move Play, a natural movement teaching method, rooted in his dozen years of parkour training, 25 plus years of martial arts and various years of dance, gymnastics, and strength and conditioning training. In addition it is deeply rooted in his study of human evolution, ethnography, anthropology, play research and complex systems. Evolve Move Play is recognized worldwide as leading voice in natural movement and broader movement culture. Prior to forming evolve move play, he co-founded Parkour Visions, the first parkour gym on the west coast and acted as lead instructor there for 4 years. In this conversation, Rafe discusses his philosophy of natural movement and a generalist practice. He shares about his approach to strength training, and what should be the "meat and potatoes." He also talks about the need to build better problem solvers, and dives into his thoughts on spirituality.