Sébastien has written a book about the art of Freerunning. "Freerunning: Find Your Way" In the book Sébastien talks about his philosophies and how they can be applied in your life. Read more for the synopsis from Amazon.co.uk. As soon as we can we'll be gettting our hands on a copy and doing a review!
This week we'll have Tribe members from across the country all collected in one place as members of the Tribe and APK Alliance will be in New York for the NYPK jam, then heading to Primal Fitness for some Parkour training. If you're in the DC area - this is the week to come to Primal Fitness' Parkour Classes - as you'll be training shoulder to shoulder with members of the Tribe as they lead intense workout sessions in the world's first and only Parkour Gym. After that we're all heading out to Chicago for the Chicago Jam.
The winners of the contest form the K-SWISS Parkour Tour are at Primal Fitness this weekend. Raphny and John are training dilligently with members of the Tribe. They've been provided with a bunch of free gear from American Parkour and K-SWISS and are in for the workout of their lives :) We'll send update as their training progresses.
B-14 is in preproduction - we'll have more info on it including the open casting call (In France) tomorrow. Here's what we have so far, very roughly translated from David Belle's official Parkour Blog :
Casting open to the confirmed traceurs, practitioner Parkour. (Opened with all the tracers of the world)
Place of return:
48 Rue Auger 93500 Pantin
From 9:30 (amndt)
(Attention turning is envisaged between July and October 2008)
This weekend 19 women from across the country descended on Primal Fitness for a Parkour training seminar. Lead by Amanda Henry, the coaches included Janine Cundy, Alissa Bratz, Laurie Jennifer with assistance from Brittany Rouin. The women went through some very tough conditioning sessions and many of the basic techniques, premises, and history of Parkour. Click the image for full size, read more to find out more about the session.
After
just three classes each and everyone of the Parkour Boot camp students
are managing to very quickly gain great control over their body
movements.
In yesterdays class, after a warm up that involved some
balance drills, jumps and PK landings, Ozzi and Pete lead the group to
vaulting introduction, having them all experiment with a variety of
techniques to mount on to and over come simple obstacles that may be on
their path. This is only their third class and they are progressing
very rapidly. Watch out Oahu!!!! A new breed of super humans is being
created, right here at crossfit.
Here are the pics from yesterdays class for you all to look at.
Parkour.net is closed. Jerome was contacted by Jean-François Belle today and asked to remove references to David, the Belles and the term Parkour. Translation of the message on the website can be found in the read more.
The Pittsburgh City Paper has just put up an article on Parkour thats bursting with goodness! It mainly follows Pittsburgh traceurs Drew "PKFR" Obenreder and a few of his friends. It starts with the reporter at the Ohio PK Generations meeting, devles into what parkour is, and discusses what we do when we jam and train. They overview the basic movements and point out that no gear is nevessary. It gives you a real good feel as to what Parkour is all about. Please take a few minutes out of your day to read this well written article and give props to those who helped it happen :)
The torch has been passed on from Chicago for this years Midwest Jam - it is being hosted in Madison, WI by Madison Parkour! With about a month left to go, it seemed like a good time to post a reminder. It's being organized by the great community there and lead by Muse_of_Fire ! She's put a lot of work into organizing what looks to be a big bundle of fun :) Please read more if you plan on going or if you just want to see what's in store! For more information, contact madparkour(at)gmail.com !
