Joshua Waters, also known as “Coach Josh,” has been working with Free Flow Academy since September 2015. It has been a pleasure and a privilege to serve as an employer for Josh. He came to Free Flow Academy, first as a student, then as an apprentice. After 3 months of apprenticing, Josh became a Junior Parkour and Tumbling Instructor, and then more recently, was promoted to Senior Parkour Instructor, and Head Tumbling Instructor. Josh’s experiences as a competitive gymnast gives him a very unique perspective in our industry. Josh is committed to excellence, and is quite possibly, the most thorough person I have ever met. He understands truly, how important it is to understand fundamentals of movement, and to strengthen the mind body connection. He breaks things down,forward and backward for his students. He is astute in his observations, and is highly analytical. I believe because of his nature, he will be able to accomplish and perform extremely complex and difficult tasks. I have no doubt, that if it is within his ambition, he will continue to do important things. Honestly, If I were in position to do so, I would recommend he join the CIA, or some special forces unit to help our country take out ISIS and other Terrorist Groups. Because he is the kind of person that could probably figure out how to do that.
Josh has taught well over a hundred students, in the last 2 years. He developed and organized our current Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced Tumbling skill sheets, which are published online via the Academy blog, and is a document that aids all enrolled students at our Academy, who choose to pursue the discipline of Tumbling. Josh’s work will help hundreds, even thousands of students who are looking for an organized, standardized, and structured approach to their training.
Josh shares a belief and attitude that I truly admire. He believes things can always be done better. His attitude is that of leadership with humility. He understands how things can be improved upon, but he is also patient and generous with his time and energy in making improvements. He has a big heart, and volunteers himself for tasks that are difficult to complete. He is always up for the challenge. He is tenacious and brings others around him to a higher standard. He is not driven by monetary gain, he is driven by contribution to the greater community. I find this to be one of his greatest qualities. Josh has the courage to live each day with integrity, and to stand by his beliefs and values. He is a shining example to others, and is indeed a special person who will serve multitudes of people in a variety of capacities.
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