Like the subject says, a lot of good things are happening in the Washington State area, but they could always use help and maybe you can do something to help!
check this link out to see if you can help!
6.09.2009
5.22.2009
Spring 09
The past couple months saw a bunch of friends from across the nation come to good old texas, Here are the highlights!
Blam
Blam
5.01.2009
Blog for the Park we're building in SA!
So you guys can keep up with everything thats going on with the project!
http://www.youtube.com/texasparkourpark
http://www.texasparkourpark.blogspot.com
http://www.youtube.com/texasparkourpark
http://www.texasparkourpark.blogspot.com
4.14.2009
Big Things in SA
Things have been going well as far as productivity in SA and I just thought I would do a small update about it.
We currently have Parkour classes every sunday at 3pm at Rivercity gymnastics, this has been going for a couple months now and while the turnout isn't huge it has been getting progressively better, and should just keep on moving up. we've also been coming together and spent pretty close to no money on materials (other than screws and the like) and have proceeded to make 4 precision trainers, one vault box shell, a vaulting table that needs supports and we still have a lot of material left over for a bunch of other things.
Also in the works are Parkour classes with TXPK at Body Armor fitness, which will hopefully be happening within the next couple months. The owner seems seriously gung ho about getting these classes off the ground I think it will be an amazing opportunity to get Parkour even more out there.
Also in related news UTSA, the university I was going to is interested in implementing a Parkour program there, hopefully more news to follow eventually.
Peace guys!
We currently have Parkour classes every sunday at 3pm at Rivercity gymnastics, this has been going for a couple months now and while the turnout isn't huge it has been getting progressively better, and should just keep on moving up. we've also been coming together and spent pretty close to no money on materials (other than screws and the like) and have proceeded to make 4 precision trainers, one vault box shell, a vaulting table that needs supports and we still have a lot of material left over for a bunch of other things.
Also in the works are Parkour classes with TXPK at Body Armor fitness, which will hopefully be happening within the next couple months. The owner seems seriously gung ho about getting these classes off the ground I think it will be an amazing opportunity to get Parkour even more out there.
Also in related news UTSA, the university I was going to is interested in implementing a Parkour program there, hopefully more news to follow eventually.
Peace guys!
4.03.2009
2.24.2009
Texas Parkour: Winter 2009
1.27.2009
Ft Worth Workshop at Fighting Method University
This past Saturday saw Matthew Willis and I leading a workshop at the Fighting Method University in Ft. Worth, Texas. We had a great turn out of about 38 people ready to learn a little about the conditioning we go through for Parkour.
The Day started pretty cold, as we were setting up how the workshop would run as well as just staying warm we didn't initially see a great turn out of actual locals which at first was kind of a let down, but it was still early so we were hopeful. The time came around to officially get started with the workshop so we rounded everyone there up (which was about 20 at the time) and started with a bit of running to warm up. We ran forwards, backwards, Grapevine, Side shuffles, hops and then led into a couple different forms of quadrupedal. We went over forward, backward, side monkeys, the galloping planet of the apes style as well as a couple others that elude me. It was about this time I'd say about 15 more people showed up out of nowhere for the workshop so while we kept the warm up going they went to get signed in and started as well.
We then worked into some joint rotations and then straight into diving monkeys and the progressions to it, side plank and all that kind of thing, was pretty intense for my shoulder but was, as usual, a great deal of fun and really sucked at the same time. After those we did a great deal of technical work just doing repetitions of precisions on the ground and then roll technique work.
After the technical stuff we had a short water break and used whatever obstacle we could muster, which ended up being a couple of piled up tires and striking pads and an obi and soft bo. Main focus of the drill was creativity and fluidity moving however you wanted first to just get a feel of your body and what you could do with it. After a bit of this we actually worked a couple basic vaulting and passing techniques and finished it up afterwards.
When the workshop finished we did a bit of messing about for this photographer behind and around the university, hopefully some good pictures will ensue.
Overall it was a really great experience I feel as it actually got a good deal of the North Texas guys out to an event, which had been quite a task before, and hopefully with this short term boost of community we can have regular trainings and a more tight knit community in the North Texas Scene.
The Day started pretty cold, as we were setting up how the workshop would run as well as just staying warm we didn't initially see a great turn out of actual locals which at first was kind of a let down, but it was still early so we were hopeful. The time came around to officially get started with the workshop so we rounded everyone there up (which was about 20 at the time) and started with a bit of running to warm up. We ran forwards, backwards, Grapevine, Side shuffles, hops and then led into a couple different forms of quadrupedal. We went over forward, backward, side monkeys, the galloping planet of the apes style as well as a couple others that elude me. It was about this time I'd say about 15 more people showed up out of nowhere for the workshop so while we kept the warm up going they went to get signed in and started as well.
We then worked into some joint rotations and then straight into diving monkeys and the progressions to it, side plank and all that kind of thing, was pretty intense for my shoulder but was, as usual, a great deal of fun and really sucked at the same time. After those we did a great deal of technical work just doing repetitions of precisions on the ground and then roll technique work.
After the technical stuff we had a short water break and used whatever obstacle we could muster, which ended up being a couple of piled up tires and striking pads and an obi and soft bo. Main focus of the drill was creativity and fluidity moving however you wanted first to just get a feel of your body and what you could do with it. After a bit of this we actually worked a couple basic vaulting and passing techniques and finished it up afterwards.
When the workshop finished we did a bit of messing about for this photographer behind and around the university, hopefully some good pictures will ensue.
Overall it was a really great experience I feel as it actually got a good deal of the North Texas guys out to an event, which had been quite a task before, and hopefully with this short term boost of community we can have regular trainings and a more tight knit community in the North Texas Scene.
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