Highlighting the contents of their bags and the shoes they are wearing at that moment in time, we have found it to be quite a revealing inside look into what traceurs/traceuses like to carry around with them from day to day.

Parkour Generations is working in partnership with Join In UK on the golden opportunity to capture the enthusiasm for local sport that the London 2012 Games will generate.

The aim of Join In is for every sports club in the UK to put on a special event or activity on the Join In Weekend

This Friday 29th June Andy and Fizz will be running a session at Kendrick School in Reading for their Olympic day. The idea of the day is to get the school's students trying out sports they may have never had the opportunity of experiencing before. There will also be a visit from an Olympian, although we're not sure which one as yet.

This weekend we will be running workshops at two separate festivals in the UK: Gloucester SportsFest 2012 and London Festival of Architecture's Article 31.1 at Weavers Field in Bethnal Green, London. 

This week the Debrief returns to Pakistan where Aboo Dean trains in Islamabad. Aboo is currently touring the world but can normally be found training hard with his local community.

How long have you been a Traceur?

Its been almost 8 years on and off, I've gone through some issues which hindered my training but I'm back in full swing.

The keen-eyed amongst you will notice that we have added several more sessions to our weekly roster of Academy Classes in and around London, bringing the toal to 19 per week.  

In particular we have opened up a few new classes in the south of the London area, which are all now operating on a weekly basis and are open for you to dive in on, these being:

This year's Roots of Movement event is shaping up to be epic to say the least. If you plan on attending (as anybody within a 5000-mile radius of Scotland should), make sure you get your ticket now as you won't be able to select your t-shirt otherwise.

This week we're starting a brand new competition 'Where's Leon' to hunt for our team-member, Leon, in a photo we've posted on Facebook HERE. All you have to do is share and tag the photo to be in the running to win the tee.

We're very lucky here in London in that we often receive traceur visitors who come to train on our famous spots and meet the local community. Recently we were visited by a member of Parkourwave based in Bergamo, Italy. Marcello Palozzo completed the ADAPT Level 1 here and still found time to train! He easily fitted in with the scene and his training ethic was spot on. His video of the trip has a great feel to it and reflects the London spots and scene very well. Come back soon Marcello!

Our new indoor Youth Academy class begins on Monday 25th June at 6pm in Chessington, South London. It is followed almost immediately by our new Adult Academy at 8pm in the same room at the Devon Way Community Centre. The equipment at the two classes is some of the best we have in London so be prepared for some great routes and challenges!

Today sees the first of two events showcasing sports and activities being held by KissKiss London, a charity encouraging young people to eat healthily and be active.

We are pleased to announce the identity of one of this year's special guests at Rendezvous 2012 - Sebastien Foucan!

In an effort to boost our archive stock of indoor academy photos we had a couple of photographers head down to the Tuesday class this week to capture both students and coaches in training.

The first collection of photos was taken and been uploaded to our Flickr account by team member Andy Pearson.

You can view the photos using our new gallery feature HERE.

At the end of this month we'll be collaborating with play awareness group, Article 31.1, for a day of workshops, fun and play at Weaver's Field,  Viaduct Street, Bethnal Green, London E2 0BH. The public are welcome to come and get involved and it promises to be an interesting day, alongside urban explorers, kite flyers and even a bit of ping-pong ;)

A news article in Westminster's local newspaper, 'Wood and Vale', features a photo of some of our students from our Friday evening Youth Academy. The article highlights the 11th anniversary of the Positive Futures programme with which we have been associated for a large segment of that time.

From this week we will be running a weekly Facebook competition where the winner will be given a free 'Essential's' T-shirt. The competition format will change each week just to keep it a little more interesting, so keep your eyes peeled on our Facebook page for the posts. 

The Debrief this week meets the final third of Team Farang based in Thailand.

We've just released the next episode in our new Parkour 101 tutorial series, starting with the fundamental movements and basic skills to practice when starting out in parkour. 

In this episode, Blane looks at how to begin practising a wall-run, or Passe Muraille in French, starting with a good approach and kick-up to drive up the wall. 

Starting next week (25th June) we will be running a Monday night class for all abilities at our purpose-built Parkour park - LEAP. The new class will be run by Blane and meets at Westminster Academy Sport at 7pm running until 8:30pm.

Please note: you will not be required to take a LEAP induction as there will be a qualified coach supervising each session.

A sunny day in London and Day Two of the current ADAPT 1st4Sport Level 2 Coaching Qualification for Parkour / Freerunning is now complete, with Sebastien Foucan, Kush Hasimi, Joe Read and Mitch Lee giving everything they have and showing great spirit and ability throughout what is a very long and demanding set of assessments.

Further evidence that parkour is more and more becoming part of the educational norm in the UK, the latest issue of School Sport Magazine features a double page spread on our work in schools and Parkour UK's work with the Matalan Sporting Initiative which has reached 3,500 schools already. 

This month's Off the Wall jam will be held on Sunday 24th June. Meet at Archway station on the Northern line at 12 midday or head straight to the 'Archway Park' spot as shown on our spot map. 

There were a lot of great videos that were doing the rounds in the Parkour community last week but the video that really stands out is 'Jusqu'ici tout va bien' by Alex Yde. It's an artistic video which combines with some great Parkour and really impresses.

Tomorrow sees the start of the 2nd round of Level 2 ADAPT coaching qualification assessments for 2012, running for three consecutive days in London. 

This particular round of assessments has one of the founders of the discipline - Sebastien Foucan - taking part in order to become a fully qualified coach. Seb has been training hard for the assessments and is in great shape, as always. 

Next month we'll be sending Team Members Pete McKee and Chris Keighley to teach over the week of the European gathering at Denmark's gerlev sports academy - hosted by our good friends at StreetMovement. 

At the end of this month we'll be at Gloucester SportsFest 2012, running over the weekend of June 30th - July 1st.

Today saw the second annual UK ADAPT Level 2 parkour coaching qualification course come to an end, leaving this group of candidates two months to prepare for their assessments in August. 

The first of our two new adult south London academy classes begins tomorrow at Latchmere Leisure Centre in Battersea at 8:30pm. Latchmere is a large, well-equipped leisure centre and is a short walk from Clapham Junction overland station.

Highlighting the contents of their bags and the shoes they are wearing at that moment in time, we have found it to be quite a revealing inside look into what traceurs/traceuses like to carry around with them from day to day.

We have just uploaded a new short documentary entitled 'Concrete Jungle' to our YouTube channel.

On Saturday 23rd June we will be running Parkour workshops at 'the Big Shout' event being held at Chelsea FC's Stamford Bridge. The event is hosted by three London boroughs and is aimed at offering young people the chance to have their say on how youth services are run as well as experience new sports and arts. 

Back in May we took part in a photoshoot for the Royal Institute of British Architects hosted by Parkour photography master Andy 'Kiell' Day. Prior to the shoot, Andy ran a workshop on Parkour photography at the RIBA archives and the themes explored in the workshop are now due to be discussed via public panel at University College London on Friday 15th June at 2pm.

Sanki King is Traceur currently based in Karachi, Pakistan. He dabbles in other street 'arts' such as graffiti and Breaking.

How long have you been a Traceur?

Since 2006

What movements are you currently working on?

Im doing balance training these days and high dive rolls.

Don't forget that next month we'll be running one of the best Parkour camps to get that huge boost in your training, abilities and strength at the lovely village of Morzine in the fantastic French Alps. Not only will you be training for a whole week with some of the world's leading Parkour instructors, you'll also be doing it to the backdrop of some of the most beautiful forests, streams and mountains to be training in.

Note that If you have already paid your deposit you can now make the rest of the payment via the paypal link at the bottom of the Morzine page.

Zaggora Magazine has published an introductory article on parkour by Dan, following a recent collaboration between us and Zaggora for a new fitness music video which featured Team Member Shirley Darlington. 

Since we released news about this year's Rendezvous, tickets have been selling like some very hot cakes. There are still a few available through the Rendezvous page, so if you want to reserve a space dive in now before we sell out. 

Developing Athlete team member Jolade Olusanya recently featured in a video for poetry website Winning Words. As Jolade is well known for his own way with words (see his YouTube account for more Jay-El) he fitted right in and the final piece can be seen here.

We'd like to welcome two new rising stars to the Developing Athlete Program - Haroon Hanafi and Sergey Gharibyan. Both are talented traceurs with plenty of promise and we look forward to seeing some epic content from them in the future.

Welcome to the team guys!

This week we want you to get mad. 'Critical' is a great concept video by Spain's Galazian Urban Project who are already well known for their excellent videos. It's hectic, topical and engaging and will inspire you to train harder!

We are pleased to announce the launch of our first ever parkour tutorial video series, Parkour 101.

We've given a lot of thought to tutorials over the years, beginning with the classic Behind The Jump series of videos which simply gave an insight into elements of training. 

This week sees the UK's 2nd annual Level 2 ADAPT Coaching Qualification Course happening in London, run on behalf of NGB Parkour UK. And it's gonna be a doozy...

We recently collaborated with film-maker Sunny Midha to create this new short music video for women's fitness clothing group Zaggora. Team Member Shirley Darlington donned the green clothing and Zaggora Hotpants for the shoot, and you can see the finished edit at the link. We think Sunny did a great job with the edit, doing well to show the dynamism, speed and power of these four athletes. 

Tickets for the epic Parkour event that is Roots of Movement has just been released as the event runs on the 4th and 5th of August this year. Glasgow's Kelvinhall Sports Centre will once again host the event and a five-strong group of Parkour Generations athletes will form part of the experienced coaching team. The event last year was a huge success and snippets of the action can be seen in the attached video.

This week's Parkour UK Level 1 ADAPT parkour coaching qualifcation course in London is now complete with all candidates doing a great job throughout.

Our Wednesday evening London Metropolitan University academy has always needed a booking prior to the class, but not any longer! If you wish to attend, please just turn up in reception at the university tower building just before the class begins at 6:30pm and join the group of traceurs! Every participant is signed in to the building just before the class starts when we head up to the gym.

We are pleased to announce two new adult indoor academy classes and a new Youth Academy indoor class beginning in South London this month.

This week's Debrief is aimed at Chris Grant from Glasgow Parkour. Chris is a dedicated and skilled Traceur who has been instrumental in developing the PK scene in Glasgow and Scotland in general.  

How long have you been a Traceur?

7 years.

The team have just finished a busy two weeks in the United States and Canada, running ADAPT coaching qualification courses and training seminars for the Stateside communities. 

Dan, Blane, Chris, Dom, Annty, Forrest, Ozzi, Joseph and Thomas were joined by Chau Belle, Ben Odoyer and Tony Thich of the ADD Academy in France, and accompanied by legendary film-maker and photographer Julie Angel and Andy 'Kiell' Day. 

Hi ladies,

Happy summertime!  Finally!  Whoop.  Hope you've been having a glorious time in the sun and are enjoying a fabulous jubilee long weekend.

Starting from Thursday next week (7th June) the Discovery class will begin exploring new London spots that are unlikely to be known well by many of London's Traceurs. The first of these is Highbury and Islington, so if you are intending to join us meet at Highbury and Islington tube station (Victoria line) at 8pm on Thursday for some exploration, routes and challenges!

This week's video is another short one but is full of gigantic precisions and huge combos. Dylan Baker is part of Apex Movement based in Colorado, USA and has helped to create the (deserved) buzz they are currently enjoying.

An interesting article on the spread of Parkour in Pakistan has been published on the website Gulfnews.com today. It's great to hear that the discipline is growing well in Karachi and Islamabad and we look forward to hearing further news from the Pakistani scene in the future.

In September we'll be coaching in Sweden at the Uppsala Girls Gathering: Team Members Blane and Shirley Darlington will be leading the event on both days, this being the third year the gathering has taken place. 

Due to the double bank holiday next week, there will be no classes on Monday (4th) or Tuesday (5th). This includes the advanced class which normally runs on Tuesday evening. 

Classes return to normal on Wednesday (6th June).

We've just released this exclusive glimpse behind the scenes into a recent project that saw us choreographing and performing for 6 days of high profile shows for global construction giant JCB in Paris at the annual Intermat convention. 

This month of June we will be running two ADAPT courses in the UK - a Level 1 Assistant Coach course from June 5-8 at Moberly Sports Centre in London, which is now fully booked, and a Level 2 Coach course from June 11-15 in central London. The courses are manged by Parkour UK, the NGB for the country.