American Parkour

They are asking about the APK certification. Check out the post here: http://www.reddit.com/r/ParkourTeachers/comments/19o3wl/hey_anybody_got_a_clue_about_certification/

P.S. We are still looking for an APK certified instructor to represent the APK community on /r/ParkourTeachers. Send a message to the subreddit mods if you're interested.

Any APK Certified Redditors out there? We at www.reddit.com/r/ParkourTeachers are in need of some representation for the APK Certification.

Requirements:

• APK Certified Instructor

Bonuses:

• Redditor for at least three months
• Skills with HTML and CSS
• Active on these forums

If you want to apply, send an application via Moderator Mail to /r/ParkourTeachers, and include the following:

• Your real name
• Your official standing with APK (full certification title)
• Your display name on these forums
• Experience you may have with HTML/CSS
• Any other skills/attributes you have that would help improve /r/ParkourTeachers

Here are a few things that I've learned over the years about talking to people about parkour and freerunning.

I hope you all find something that will make explaining the discipline a little easier.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54u10xRM8ls" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54u10xRM8ls</a>

She just released it! This is part of her doctoral dissertation. This is the first dissertation of its kind, and will become the first truly legitimate academic resource to find information about Parkour.

Amazon Link: http://www.amazon.com/Cine-Parkour-theoretical-contribution-understanding/dp/0956971717/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1322117518&sr=8-1

Book Title: Cine Parkour: a cinematic and theoretical contribution to the understanding of the practice of parkour (Volume 1)

Book Description: "Ciné Parkour is a cinematic and theoretical contribution to the understanding of the practice of parkour. It is the result of Julie Angel’s six-year PhD film and research adventures into the exciting, challenging, fascinating and at times contradictory world of parkour. Its aim is to understand the essence of the everyday of parkour as experienced by those who were involved in creating it."

American Rendezvous Carpool Thread for Pennsylvania

Here you can add your information here and look for people to carpool with to the American Rendezvous 2! Please reply to this topic if you would like to add your name to the Carpool. I'll edit the original post as interested parties reply.

Please add your name to the pool only if you've already registered for the Rendezvous here: http://www.parkourhorizons.org/AR2_signup/

Events Schedule: http://parkourhorizons.org/?page_id=963

-------Carpool Participants----------

Name: John George
Hometown: Hershey
Able to: Ride or Drive
Space required/available: I have three seats available if everyone travels light (one bag). *2 seats left*
Departure: I'll most likely be leaving early May 27th. I am not taking the ADAPT course.
Return: I'd like to return in the afternoon/night on the 30th (after the last module).
Comments: I am willing to drive an hour out of my way in any direction to pick people up.

On July 24th, 2010, thousands of people from all over the world filmed their daily lives. The content ranged from the mundane to the extreme.

This project is called "Life in a Day" - It is hosted by YouTube in partnership with Hollywood directors Ridley Scott, and Kevin MacDonald, and film editor Joe Walker.

More than 4,500 hours of film from 140 nations was submitted to this project, and the Life in a Day team edited it into a 90-minute documentary that will be streamed live on YouTube today from the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. It will be streamed on Life in a Day's official YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/lifeinaday. The streaming will begin at 8PM Eastern Standard Time.

Fifteen films were chosen as "finalists", and their videographers were invited to Utah to attend the festival. Two Traceurs from Russia, Alexander and Renat, were chosen as finalists. Their "Meet The Filmmakers" segment can be seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwhqNaWCOcc.

Congratulations to both of them!

For about a month now, I have had some sort of weakness in my patellar tendon where it is attached to the tibia. I literally just woke up one day and noticed it was mildly inflamed and mildly painful to the touch (at the tibia). I am not certain what caused this.

The pain is acute. I can walk normally with zero pain. I can squat with a very small amount of pain. Running is painless as well. I only feel the effects of my activity at the end of the day. Whenever I have a somewhat physically active day, the area feels aggravated at night. I have had no previous injury in that knee. Some nights I feel no aggravation at all.

I always feel a mild discomfort when I massage it.

The symptoms have not gotten any better or any worse over the past month.

Overall pain scale... 1 out of 5 (Where 5 hurts worst *super frown*)

Possible Cause:
The only thing I have been doing differently is rolling correctly. I changed my roll technique about three weeks before the pain in my knee began. I did a test roll today and found that my knee's point of contact on the ground at the end of the roll is EXACTLY where the aggravation is.

My Questions:
Is running okay? I have no pain while running. The aggravation happens at night and into the morning.

Is stretching advised? I stretch at night. I noticed that stretching the area results in some mild aggravation the next morning.

What can I do to rehab it? This is assuming that it is only a weakness/small tear.

What can I do to rehab it? Assuming this time that it actually is the overuse injury that I fear.

What is the safest thing I can do? I don't know for sure what the problem is.

RICE?

I will be seeing a doctor over holiday break.

Hey all! I was inspired by these training logs! I enjoyed paging through some of them and watching years of progress fly by in a few clicks. I enjoyed it so much I am going to start my own!

I've had 5 years of mental training in Parkour. But when I take into account the actual physical training, that number dwindles down to about 2 years. I plan to change that.

I'm a busy student with $%^t tons of responsibilities, so I'm going to keep my daily workout routines simple and short. And I'll do them when I am able to, which is the night.

10/14/2010

Push-up position plank - 2m30s
Squat position - 2m00s
Last 6 Inches - 2m00s

A nice core workout to start off my log!