Topic: I also just moved here

[joefrommaine]

Hello,

I just moved to DC from the twin cities to do brain research at the NIH. I have a few months of self-directed experience with parkour, but now that I'm in such a great parkour city I'm looking to find some people to learn from and practice with. So if anyone has planned any practice sessions and wouldn't mind me tagging along, I would love to know when and where.

Thanks a bunch,

-joe

[Rob Wolcheski]

Hey Joe,

Welcome to DC!  Where in Maine are you from?  As it turns out, my sister lives in Portland.

Anyhow, I would recommend cross-posting your thread in the Mid-Atlantic section of the forums.  Most DC-VA-MD traceurs and free runners tend to communicate, post jams and socialize in that neck of the woods.

Also, check out Primal Fitness (www.primal-fitness.com)... America's first parkour gym, owned and operated by Mark "M2" Toorock.  Stop by for a Saturday session... like crack dealing, the first time is always free.

Anyhow, I hope to meet and train with you soon.  Perhaps a "welcome" jam should be scheduled for all the new folks in town. 

[Phytolith]

Outta curiosity, what kind of brain research?  Do you work with the folks who developed MIPAV? 

[Logan H.]

Stop by for a Saturday session... like crack dealing, the first time is always free.

Yeah, and just like crack, the training there is just as addictive. 
But it is very fun and I would recommend it.

[joefrommaine]

Thanks for the info. I'll stop by primal fitness. And it's good to know that the first time is free--something about paying for parkour just doesn't feel right. But I have heard good things about primal fitness elsewhere, so I'll give it a shot.

Anyhow, I grew up in Bar Harbor. I study reward processing and social cognition in evolutionary/functional perspective. It's pretty cool stuff. Gets at the basis of economics, ethics, etc. But I don't know much about MIPAV. But I'm new here so I'll probably here more about it as I go on.

hope to train with you guys sometime soon,

-joe