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Wednesday, 07 May 2008 |
Purpose:
A collaboration of 10 members of APK who have shown extraordinary commitment to the discipline and the community. The Alliance initiates many projects to promote parkour and freerunning in their local regions, and on a national level.
Members:
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DOB: 12/19/1987
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Brown
Height: 5' 11"
Training: Martial Art
Freerunning
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Mike "Kipup" Friedman
Mike "Kipup" Friedman has been training Parkour for over three years now and took this passion with him to college where he started the University of Michigan's first and only Parkour club. Today, he uses the club as a venue to teach the art he loves to others of all skill levels.
Mike Friedman's 2007 Sampler
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Travis Noble Graves
Travis discovered parkour in spring 2006 and immediately began training diligently while gathering as much information as possible. Drawn to the idea of parkour as a path of self-improvement and discovery, he wanted to share the discipline with as many people as would listen, and early on co-founded the University of Michigan's parkour club. Having been placed in a teaching role almost as long as he's been training, Travis hopes to continue bringing parkour to others and promote healthy practice of the art.
Travis Graves' 2008 Sampler
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Sam "Disciple" Slater
Having studied the Martial Arts for 15 years, Samuel was drawn to Parkour due to the parallels he found the two arts had in regards to philosophy and training. Sam has been training for 3 years, and he prefers to work less on large moves per se, instead focusing on technique and smooth transfer of motion.
Sam Slater's 2008 Sampler
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John "HCT" Rosenberg
Jesse "HCT" Rosenberg has been training with increased passion and dedication for the past 3.5 years. A leading member of the NY/NJ Parkour community, Jesse strives to emphasize the benefits of natural training and conditioning to all who he teaches.
John Rosenberg "Kinesthesia"
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Zac "Happydud" Cohn
Zachary Cohn has been training since Winter 2006, and splits his time between home in Severna Park, Maryland and school in Rochester, New York. When he isn't training Parkour, he's usually doing Martial Arts, Juggling, Rock Climbing, Waterskiing, or solving Rubik's Cubes.
Zac's Sampler
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Ryan "Cloud" Cousins
Ryan "Cloud" Cousins has been training for 6 and a half years. He has been around since the infancy of the American Parkour scene. His brother "Ando" and him are the founders of the Chicago Parkour scene known as Aero and he uses that site as well as American Parkour to help the community.
Ryan Cousin's 2007 Sampler
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Kevin "Hak" Haack
Kevin has been training Parkour intensively for 3 years even though his passion for movement has been evident from an early age. He remains very persistent in forging his own path within the discipline so that he may be more useful to others looking to do the same. He trains in Chicago and the surrounding suburbs.
Kevin Haack's Sampler
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Max "BNP" Calder
Max Calder discovered Parkour by seeing the video "Speed Air Man" in the summer of '05 and he began his training in October '05. He trains mostly in Decatur, GA and has appeared in a Georgia Lottery commercial and an AT&T Industrial.
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Adrian Francisco Gonzalez
Adrian is a driving force in the Miami scene after a relatively short training career in Parkour and Freerunning. He also has experience in martial arts and fitnessas a boxing instructor and trainer, and often works with law enforcement doing tactical training.
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Ozzi Quintero
Ozzi is the founder of the Hawaiian Parkour scene, and has dedicated his entire Parkour career to teaching others and spreading Parkour any way he can. Ozzi has connected with the local Crossfit community and teaches classes and seminars at Crossfit gyms regularly. He comes from a background of diverse disciplines of motion (Kempo, ninjutsu, and breakance) and now he dedicates his time to the indepth study of parkour in all its forms mentally, physically and spiritually.
Ozzi's Sampler
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