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Even after our hugely successful RDV5 event a few weeks back the team are still running on all engines this week with some of the guys delivering the ADAPT level 1 qualification out in Ohio. Back home we have our annual Edutain Parkour camp finishing today, a small workshop for the Royal Geographic Society and of course our daily indoor/outdoor academy classes. Further down the road we are all excited about the X in the City event and the Swedish Parkour gathering for girls in Uppsala as well as many other workshops, events and classes on the horizon! Friday 3rd September 2010 
Edition 6 of our worldwide SPIKED parkour and action sports magazine is now available to buy online. This edition focuses on inspirational women in sport, with some great coverage of one of our own female athletes - Annty Marais. Alongside all the great regular features such a Global Community, Readers Gallery and Questions, and articles by top practitioners from around the world, we also get an insight into the world of women's Mixed Martial Arts with Rosie Sexton, the leading ambassador for the evolution of women's MMA, and a piece on the undefeated women's world muay thai champ Karen '9mm' Ousey and her transition into MMA. Karen is also looking at parkour as the perfect cross training programme to complement her MMA training, and will be training with us in London. the issue also includes an exciting teaser feature on the THE biggest parkour and action sports event of the year - SPIKED X in the City. To get hold of the magazine, either order via our homepage or from Spiked magazine now. Annual subscription, including delivery, is available for only £15! Monday 30th August 2010 
We've added a few more photos to the gallery of this month's epic Rendezvous V training event in London, so leap on over HERE to have a look. Some great shots, and these ones come from photographer Ben Morse. Monday 30th August 2010 
This coming Monday, August 30th, our regular Indoor Classes at Moberly Sports Centre and Optimal Life Fitness Centre in London will be cancelled due to the centres being closed for the Bank Holiday. Classes resume as normal on Tuesday 31st August. Sunday 29th August 2010 
The third short video of last month's 2 day training seminar we ran in Brasil is now online can be seen on the event's hosts' website HERE. Another great edit put together by Bruno of PKMax, the films capture the vibe and hard work of the event perfectly - well worth a look! Sunday 29th August 2010 
This week has concluded another successful Wesminster Sports Unit Parkour Camp with many of our youth practitioners getting stuck in and giving it their all. Next week will continue with the ever-popular Edutain programme which helps to teach inner-city kids the fundamentals of our discipline. For more information head over to our workshop section HERE. Friday 27th August 2010 
From the 3-6th September we will be running some training sessions in Columbus, Ohio, culminating in the Labor Day Seminar on September 6th. Today is the last day for registration on the Outdoor Classes we will be leading there on September 3rd and 4th, so hop on over to the Parkour Horizons site to register and you may get lucky. We are looking forward to being back in the United States next week to deliver the first ADAPT instructor qualification course in North America, and hope to see many of you at the training sessions. Friday 27th August 2010 
Change of Plans! Off the Wall at Elephant and Castle. Unfortunately, due to unforseen circumstances we are changing the location of both the Weekend Wakeup Class and the Off the Wall Jam to Elephant and Castle. For the class, please be outside the shopping centre exit of E&C tube at 11am. The Jam will start from 1.30pm (also meeting outside the same tube station) after the class. Sorry for the confusion! Thursday 26th August 2010 
Off the Wall - Abbey Road - Sunday. Our monthly 'Off the Wall' Jam this Sunday 29th August will be held at Abbey road from 1.30pm. People who wish to come along should meet outside the Kilburn Park tube station ready to run over to the spot. Otherwise, for any others who know the location of the training area, please feel free to meet at the estate. Note that the Weekend Wakeup class will also be held at the same location, so please also meet outside the Kilburn park tube station from 11am ready to move on to the running tracks in Paddington Rec. A link to the hotspot map which shows the location of the estate is HERE. Tuesday 24th August 2010 
It's a sad day in the parkour community whenever we hear that councils and authorities decide to take action against our discipline in their local areas, but it's with complete shock that today we have to report that 'Parkour' has been banned in the Battery Area and surrounding locale within New York City. Frankly we cannot understand how an authority can seriously try to ban any type of physical activities that encourages health, good living and is very vocal in promoting a respect for all surroundings and environment. An online petition, which Parkour Generations fully stand behind, has gone up online and we encourage all practitioners to take 30 seconds to also show their support by signing. Hit the link HERE to sign the petition. Monday 23rd August 2010 
All this weekend we will be teaching workshops at the Just So Festival in Staffordshire, UK. The event is a boutique, weekend-long festival of creativity aimed at children, young people and their families, set in the beautiful countryside of Staffordshire and we are looking forward to bringing parkour to the party. Friday 20th August 2010 
Tomorrow the team flies out to Morzine, France, for our third annual summer training camp in the Alpine resort. The event has been a great success, and is again a week-long camp packed with intensive training, fun activities and the beautiful terrain of the French Alps. This year the instructors on site will be Stephane Vigroux and Blane, with Naomi also present to lend a hand. More details can be found HERE. Photos and footage will follow the camp, as last year, and we wish everyone who is going an amazing time. Friday 20th August 2010 
Last month we ran a two-day seminar in Belo Horizonte, Brasil, in conjunction with our good friends at PKMax. The first two video edits of the seminar are now online, created and edited by Bruno Peixoto of PKMax, and can be seen as Part One and Part Two. During the seminar Dan, Stephane and Blane were assisted by a group of Brasilian ADAPT candidates who all did an incredible job of coaching throughout. Thanks to Bruno and all the guys out there for making it such a special event. Now watch the videos! Thursday 19th August 2010 
Night Training at RDV5: Kiell's Photos We were lucky enough to have our renowned photographer Andy 'Kiell' Day attend the Night Training element of our recent Rendezvous 5 event, and he has produced an incredible gallery of images as a result. Jump across to his website HERE! to see the results. Fantastic stuff. Wednesday 18th August 2010 
Today team members Stephane and Alli are shooting a poster and viral video campaign for Harrods, which will be seen on screens in the Harrods store and on the web. The shoot is happening in central London, and we are very happy to be working with excellent photographer Adrian Myers again on this project. Results should be outstanding knowing Adrian's work, and we'll put up links and more details as we have them. Tuesday 17th August 2010 
3D Parkour on the Gadget Show: Tonight Recently we did a shoot for Channel 5's The Gadget Show, filming parkour with a 3D camera for the first time in history. That show, featuring team member Dom Willoughby, airs tonight at 8pm on Channel 5. Well worth tuning into... Monday 16th August 2010 
Rendezvous 5 is now finished, and this year's event was an absolute cracker! Two days of hard training, huge smiles, great energy and endless antics with practitioners and coaches from all over the UK and from around the world. A pleasure as ever to have the Yamakasi founders and Majestic Force in town for the fun, this time Chau, Laurent and Sebastien all bringing their own special energy to the training. Huge thanks go out to everyone who hand a hand in making it the success it has been, and most importantly to all those who took part in the training with such enthusiasm and stuck it out to the end. We couldn't have asked for more! See you all next year.. ;) Monday 16th August 2010 
With Day One of this year's Rendezvous gathering in the bag, we can safely say it is turning out to be one hell of an event. Great energy from everyone involved, a pleasure as always to have the Yamakasi founders and Majestic Force team over, and great commitment from all the participants. Some incredible photos and video footage have been captured today and we'll have some galleries up soon, and a Julie Angel edit will appear once the smoke clears..! We are now getting an early night to prepare for even more action and antics tomorrow, and we advise everyone else to do the same... ;) Sunday 15th August 2010 
So it's here at last again, the annual training extravaganza known as Rendezvous 5 kicks off tomorrow at 9am at the Southbank Centre in central London. The event is more than full now and we can't take any more bookings, and several of the Yamakasi founders are already in town ready to bring their unique spirit, skills and knowledge to the event. With incredibly experienced practitioners and coaches coming from all over the UK and the world to take part, we know this year is going to be at least as much fun as the last one... So come ready, travel light, and bring bags of energy! Rain or shine, it's Rendezvous time... Friday 13th August 2010 
No Friday or Sunday classes this week A little reminder for all students that the Friday outdoor class and the Weekend Wakeup class on Sunday will not be on due to our annualRendezvous 5 event. The Sundy class will continue the following week at Abbey Road from 11am to 1pm. For more details see the website page here. For the Friday outdoor class, check the booking details on the class page here. Thursday 12th August 2010 |
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