Meet Jono
Jono is the motivator behind Fearless Academy.
Jono has 16 years experience in teaching people how to roll from different positions. He has trained parkour artists, stunt men & women, and circus artists from 2.5 years old all the way up to well into their 70’s.
Jono was the backbone of the the South Australian Circus Centre’s adult circus program from 2015 - 2023, and specialises in making people feel safe and knowing when it is ok to help students push their boundaries.
My Story
During a long career of teaching circus classes to all ages, nothing saddened me more than helping a young person overcome a fear of heights and encourage them to push their boundaries, only to have a parent run into the space and say "Oh no, that's too high for them!!". Then to have the child take a cue from their parent and undo all the progress we had achieved that day.
I remember one day working with 2 brothers aged 7 and 8, and encouraging them to walk up a long beam onto a 2m high platform and jump off onto a stack of mats. They got about half way up the beam and then would have a meltdown, hug the beam and start panicking. I would safely bring them down each time. I asked them, "do you climb trees?" to which they replied "We aren't allowed to climb trees".
At that exact moment, 2 other brothers aged 5 and 6, enthusiastically voiced "We climb trees!" and proceeded to run up the beam unassisted and frontsault from the top onto the mat stack.
It was that moment when Fearless Academy was born.
More than ever, we need to build resilience in ourselves and in our children, both mentally and physically. If we don't have confidence in our own bodies and know that we can handle ourselves when something doesn't go top plan, how can we have confidence in our children that they also have the power to take safe risks?
From working with children, parents adults and older generations, Fearless Academy will build confidence and resilience one person at a time.
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