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Shaolin Monks in Class

Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:04:46 GMT

For the next couple of weeks 21 monks from the Shaolin Temple in China are in London to perform their stunning live show, Sutra, at Sadlers Wells. The monks got in touch with us upon arrival and expressed a real interest in parkour, leading to some of them attending one of our outdoor classes earlier in the week. We met up with them again today, and they are keen to participate in more training while here. The skills and physical attributes they display are quite incredible, and we are very happy to be forging a relationship with them and the UK Temple. If you get a chance we strongly recommend you to go see the show - click the link above for details.

ADD Academy Wins Award

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:27:06 GMT

Our partners in France, Majestic Force, have just seen their ADD Academy project win a prestigious award, that of best initiative in the �Sport, culture and creativity� category at The Global Sports Forum in Barcelona. On March 9th Yann Hnautra (Yamakasi founder) and Bruno Girard will receive the award in the name of the whole Team from the Jury at a ceremony attended by guests from all over the World. This award will allow Majestic Force to continue to promote the sporting and cultural activities that the ADD Academy offers. The pedagogic programme will be supported for one year on the Global Sports Forum partnership network until the next round, where they will present the results of the year's programme. Well done guys!

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.