It had been more than a year since I'd twisted or sprained an ankle. On Saturday while filming a Parkour shot I was practicing a simple lazy vault over a railing and didn't look at the surface I was landing on. It was slow and low to the ground so I wasn't worried. But as it turns out the sidewalk had an inch drop between it and a small dirt patch. It was just enough for me to land half a foot on and roll it as I put my weight down. This reminded me of two very important principles that I try and follow always: look at and test (if possible), surfaces that you're about the train on, and two, always be training support strength right along with the big muscle groups. It's often easy to forget to strengthen such things as ankles, wrists, shoulders especially those of us that have weaker joints naturally.

Train safe and don't forget the joints

;-)

Morgan