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Wales Workshop: 11th March

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:56:05 GMT

This Thursday we will be running a day of workshops at the Lewis Pengam School in Wales, just outside Cardiff. The workshop is being supported by Caerphilly County Borough Council. There is a swelling of interest in the discipline in Wales at the moment, which is great to see, and we are very happy to be able to encourage it and help it maintain momentum with the schools and local authorities.

FREE D: School Training Facilities

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:01:35 GMT

The new Free D training facilities, designed in conjunction with our partners - UK-based company ESP Ltd - and endorsed by both afPE and Parkour UK, have now been installed in 4 schools in northern England. The official launch took place at St. Leonard�s Primary School in Padiham which is a current case study for the Trust Schools Strategy. It was an outstanding success with support from Burnley Football players Clarke Carlisle and Chris Eagles who were there to back the concept. The community-based project has already had a huge impact in the Burnley area, with the resource currently being used by our team in conjunction with the local police force to train young people to take the ADAPT Level 1 Certificate in Coaching Parkour. Having a permanent outdoor facility like this in schools is perfect for young people to learn the fundamentals of movement upon, and we look forward to seeing it in use across the country soon.

Gymbox Partnership: Outdoor Classes

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:31:55 GMT

Starting in April we will be providing weekly outdoor parkour classes in central London for health and fitness group, Gymbox. The initial classes will run out of the Covent Garden location, HERE, where we will meet the class and then head out to a local outdoor training hotspot. The classes will be 1.5 hours in length and full of the usual fun and frolics one would expect from any of our Academy Classes.. Moreover, these new Gymbox classe are also open to the general public - you don't have to be a Gymbox member to join the class, just meet our instructor at the Covent Garden Gymbox centre for 6.30pm on Tuesday April 6th and join in!

NEW: The Parkour Partnership

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:09:27 GMT

Parkour Generations and Carbon Media have entered into a collaboration that unites two of the most experienced companies in the world of parkour to create a singular source of talent and production services for TV, film, advertising and events: The Parkour Partnership. The award winning production company Carbon Media is home of director Mike Christie and producer Mike Smith who made the seminal Channel 4 documentaries Jump London and Jump Britain in the early noughties which brought the discipline to a truly global audience. Our two companies have worked closely together since 2006 and are now able to offer a complete and professional �one stop shop� for production and talent needs to advertisers, agencies and producers. The Partnership has already worked on the action sequences for UK hit movie 'St Trinians 2: the Legend of Fritton's Gold' and a unique POV television commercial for Alpella. Details of the Partnership and contact information can be found on the Parkour Partnership Website, and we are very happy to have Carbon Media as an official partner.

Prince of Parkour/Persia...

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:54:48 GMT

Walt Disney Studios has premiered the new trailer for producer Jerry Bruckheimer's parkour-influenced Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, opening in theatres on May 28. Directed by Mike Newell, the video game adaptation stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Ben Kingsley, Gemma Arterton, Alfred Molina and Toby Kebbell. The movie had parkour's own David Belle providing the action sequence stunt-doubling and from this trailer it's clear that the film will involve a lot of the trademark parkour sequences from the original console game. Click the link above to watch the new trailer.

Parkour Powered: NJIRC 2010

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:03:12 GMT

16th March this year will again see us providing a day of workshops for the National Junior Indoor Rowing Competition, taking place in Battersea Evolution, Battersea Park, London. NJIRC is the world's largest indoor rowing championships, organised annually in London by London Youth Rowing, and is always a high-energy and highly popular day. We will be there all day, from 9.30am-5.00pm delivering workshops for the thousands of people who attend the event. Come on down if you can!

South East London Academy Opens Today

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 10:50:47 GMT

The first class of the new South East London Academy begins tonight at the Optimal Life Fitness Training Centre in Hither Green (South East London), a few minutes by train from London Bridge. It's a classic training space, filled with kettle-bells, free weights, mixed martial arts and a purpose-built scaffolding for us to boot... Blane will be running the class from 7.30pm-9.00pm and it is open to anyone from complete beginners to veteran practitioners. The first class is totally free, so come along and try it out.

Affiliate Coaches Scheme

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:35:03 GMT

Following the recent launch of the official ADAPT instructor qualifications in the UK and Euope, we are now happy to announce a new scheme that will create the first network of qualified instructors - the Affiliate Coaches. These are individuals who have achieved an ADAPT qualification and are affiliated with Parkour Generations as instructors. The scheme is open for any ADAPT qualified individual to apply to join, and these coaches will be found working alongside our own team of instructors at events, classes, workshops and seminars. The first 6 instructors are already listed on the Affiliate Coaches page, and we are looking forward to seeing this network grow and grow in the months to come following the launch of ADAPT.

Sticky Ready to Run...

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:59:37 GMT

Very soon veteran practitioner Johnny 'Sticky' Budden will be embarking on his 1000 Miles of Parkour run in aid of Motor Neurone Disease from the northern tip of the UK all the way to the birthplace of the art in Paris, France. This unique journey will involve him running over a marathon a day for about a month, using parkour to overcome any obstacle in his path, and hooking up with traceurs in various cities to join him for a spell before he moves on. If you haven't already, PLEASE head over to his blog by clicking the link above and donate in support of this very worthy cause. He needs all the help he can get (it's a long way...) and we are behind him 100%.

Boom! SPIKED Magazine...

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:10:13 GMT

Copies of February's SPIKED Magazine arrived on the shelves across the UK and in the post today at PKGen, and we are very happy with how this initial half-and-half issue has turned out. Looks fantastic. The new partnership between SPIKED & Parkour Generations will see the action sports publication develop over the coming issues into a full-blown Parkour magazine, the first in-print Parkour magazine in the world. This edition includes a 25-page official dedicated section on Parkour as a lead-up to the launch of the full magazine soon. This edition is packed with features including Parkour - ethos and way of life, how to train safely, how to get involved, training spots, techniques, plus articles on the global Parkour community. The aim of the magazine is to be the voice of the community, so we will be regularly requesting submissions of articles, photos and the like from you all to put into the magazine. Order your copy now from our homepage if you haven't already!