The first lady of parkour film-making, our own Julie Angel is set to release a brand new DVD collection of her famous short films, called 'En Route'. The new DVD will be launched at our upcoming international training event Rendezvous 5 on August 14/15. The DVD can be pre-ordered by contacting Julie via her website here, or bought directly at Rendezvous. One to pick up...

Next week sees the European Gathering kicking off in Denmark, hosted by our good friends at Streetmovement. The event is based at Gerlev Sports Academy just outside Copenhagen, and as always some of the Parkour Generations team will be teaching throughout alongside Yamakasi founders Williams Belle and Laurent Piemontesi. This year Dom and James will be coaching each day, and Yao and Annty will also be present for some of the event.

Next week we will be working with award-winning production company, Signal TV, on their dating show Cornetto Love Quest, which is being produced in association with HEAT Magazine, FHM Magazine and Kiss-100 Radio. The contestants will be experiencing a parkour class with one of our coaches in London, the results of which will then be utilized in the live show that runs for 12 weeks. Good luck to them both.. ;)

With all the weird and wonderful things that go on at Parkour Generations, it's easy to forget the regular grass roots teaching that goes on every single day of the week, carried out by all of our coaches.

We are pleased to announce yet another guest instructor for Rendezvous 5 in the form of one of the original Yamakasi founders - Sebastien Foucan. Seb will be here for both days of the event to help with the teaching and be involved with all the extra shenanigans, in what should be the best RDV to date... Don't miss it!

Recently we spent a week in Nicaragua on project with Yota Telecommunications, with two days being devoted to running workshops for the local people who had never encountered parkour before. One of the resulting edits by our own Julie Angel is now online, giving an insight into those workshops and the great experience we had meeting the people out there and introducing them to the art. The video can be seen on Julie's YouTube channel by clicking here. Great work from Julie again, and a great memento of an amazing project.

With the annual international gathering in London, RDV5, fast approaching we can now confirm some of the coaches that will be guiding the sessions on both days - present and correct will be Chau Belle, Yann Hnautra and Laurent Piemontesi of the Yamakasi founders; Anoulak from Majestic Force; the Lisses traceurs Stephane Vigroux, Thomas Couetdic and Johann Vigroux; Forrest, Dan and all of the Parkour Generations UK collective; Sticky of the 1000 miles of parkour; Saiyans Cable and Blake; many of the ADAPT affiliate coaches from all

This September we will be running the first ever ADAPT Instructor Qualification course in the United States, following on from this month's highly successful course in Brasil. The Level One course is being hosted by Parkour Horizons and runs from September 3-6 in Columbus, Ohio. The course can only take a limited amount of people so those who are interested should contact Parkour Horizons directly to secure a place.

Tomorrow, Sunday 25th July, we will be running free open workshops for the London 2012 Olympic Challenge, part of the 2012 Open Weekend of challenging activities going on around the country. Sunday's event starts at 10am and will be held at the Hawker Centre in Kingston. All are welcome!

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Our Wednesday and Friday evening Outdoor Classes have now gone up online and are available for booking. Held at various iconic training locations around London, the Outdoor Classes are a great way to get into the discipline and to take it further if you have been training a while. Always run by two instructors, the classes will push you no matter what your level. Click the link above for more details and to book a place.

Following our recent work in Nicaragua for telecoms group Yota, our man with the camera Kiell has posted a few shots from day one of the project on his website - well worth checking out as the images are top-notch as always, you can see the gallery HERE. More photos and video footage of the project will be released soon, so keep checking back ;)

Our hugely successful Monthly 'Off the Wall' Jam will be held at Vauxhall this month on Sunday 25th July from 12.30pm. Always great fun and a superb event to get involved with the community, this month celebrates the infamous Mr Bounce's birthday with a load of weird games, wacky challenges and a dash of parkour training. For more information head over to the Facebook event HERE.

Following a private tuition class a few months back with the ladies from Polestars, Parkour Generations is teaming up with the List of Life group to provide parkour orientated stag and hen party experiences to the public. At the end of the month Forrest will be leading a stag group through the basics of parkour and give the participants a closer look at what it takes to become a traceur.

Today saw the 2nd and final day of the Brazilian parkour gathering in Belo Horizonte, with Dan, Stephane and Blane leading the teaching alongside the newly qualified ADAPT coaches from all over Brazil. The event was a great success, full of energy and enthusiasm and the Brazilian community displayed huge amounts of strength, skill and commitment. Yesterday saw Blane's 'Hell Night' training session, which 15 or so of the more experienced practitioners saw through to the end, showing real spirit.

Team director, Forrest, was recently interviewed about the upcoming Morzine 2010 camp and has kindly put the questions and answers online in our Articles section here. If you are interested in the Morzine camp then this interview is a must-read to answer any of those questions you may have about the activities and itinerary for the week.

Today was the final day of the ADAPT Level One instructor qualification course being held in Brazil, and all candidates have completed the course and done so very well. We have been very impressed by the level of commitment, dedication and professionalism the new coaches have displayed throughout and how focussed they are on passing on the discipline to those who want to learn. Brazil will no doubt become an important part of the global ADAPT network of instructors, and we look forward to seeing all the new coaches developing over the coming years.

Starting tomorrow, Thursday July 15th, long time academy student and film maker Karen Palmer will be presenting her latest film 'The Way'. Featuring team-members Alli, James and Dom the movie recreates the experience of being a traceur by simulating the journey on multiple screens and audio channels. The exhibition is held at the Westminster Reference Library until the 31st of July. In conjunction with the showing there will also be an open workshop on the 17th July from 7pm until 9pm alongside members of Parkour Generations.

With the third Morzine camp coming up on the 21st to the 28th August team member Chris 'Blane' Rowat has posted up a review of last years camp in the articles section of the website. Click here to have a read! The hugely successful trip has a wide variety of man-made and natural features, mountain fresh air, tranquil atmosphere, high quality accommodation and delicious cuisine. Morzine is the ideal place to learn Parkour.

Moving into the third day of the Brazilian ADAPT qualification the course from all accounts is going well and being well received. Many of the best practitioners from all over Brazil have gathered to become qualified instructors by taking the Level 1 Art Du Deplacement and Parkour Teaching (ADAPT) created by Parkour Generations and Majestic Force. Dan, Stephane and Blane are delivering the week-long course in South America and are expected to finish by the end of the week.

Back in June some of the team decided to have a little bit of fun and put together a teaser trailer to promote our upcoming Rendezvous 5 event. Its a short little 30 second trailer featuring some funky 3D Tracking and CG text combined with snippits around the southbank, London.

In 2009 Yao and Dom participated in filming for a small parkour / football film labeled 'break-in'. Made by Brand New Productions in Coventry you can now see the full film via YouTube by hitting the link HERE. Good job guys!

Following straight off the Yota shoot in Nicaragua, Dan, Stephane and Blane have flown over to Brazil for the first ever south American ADAPT course next week. Alongside PKMAX based in Belo Horizonte, the guys will be delivering the full qualification and then teaching at the Brazilian national parkour Jam '4th Meeting Miner Parkour' on the 17th and 18th of July.

Over the past week Dan, Stephane, Blane, Kiell, Julie and Sticky have been over in Nicaragua doing a video shoot for telecommunications giant, Yota. From all accounts the filming went well and have produced some amazing footage and photography, Hopefully we'll have a gallery up soon for you all to see. Stay tuned!

SPIKED is pleased to announce that the Parkour and Actions Sports lifestyle magazine is now available within ASDA Stores. This is another great acheivement and proof that the SPIKED brand is continuing to grow. The key message around the SPIKED brand is that of inclusion, highlighting that action sports are available to anyone, at any age, at any level Please find a list HERE of all the Asda stores stocking the magazine.

This weekend has seen members of the team down at Crystal Palace to support the London Youth Games 2010. The Balfour Beatty London Youth Games consist of 60 competitions in 30 different sports catering for all Londoners aged between 7 and 17. The team have been providing Parkour workshops to the athletes and supporters between all the competitions and raising awareness about our own discipline. For more information head over to the website here.

Last month Dan Edwardes, One of our directors, gave an interview to BBC Radio 4 for their brand new series labeled 'London Nights' regarding Parkour and our Community. The show will be starting on Monday 5th July at 11pm and we expect Dan's interview to air on the second programme. Click Here for more information about the show and we'll keep you posted on when the BBC online version is available.