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SF Parkour is excited to be able to offer the Bay Area parkour community free movie passes to the screening of District-13 Ultimatum, starring David Belle and Cyril Raffaelli!  The screening is Monday, February 1st at 7:30 PM at the Metreon in San Francisco.  The passes gain you entry on a first come, first served basis so be sure to get there early!  (We are recommending ~1 hour before.)

To find out how to get your free passes, please visit the forum thread at - http://www.sfparkour.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3557

Happy birthday SFPK!  It’s been an awesome 4 years since SFPK was founded in August 2005, with many more to come!

Feel free to post your shout outs, memories and other comments on the community forum at - http://www.sfparkour.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3112

Please give our friend Ozzi from Hawaii Parkour a warm welcome and come out on Thursday to jam around the Bay! Join in for the whole thing or just for parts, all up to you.

11:30AM - Lunch
1-3:30PM - Jam in downtown Embarcadero
4-7+ - Jam at UC Berkeley

For full details please visit the jam organization thread at - http://www.sfparkour.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3048

The next SFPK Beginner’s Class is this Saturday in San Francisco at noon! This class is geared towards first-timers and those just getting started. The structured class will be led by SFPK Admins, Area Reps, and various members of the community, and typically lasts 1.5-2 hours. The class will cover: philosophy of parkour, safety techniques, a vigorous warmup, fundamental movements and vaults. The emphasis will be on safety through controlled progression. Taking photos/videos at this session is discouraged. Check out the sample agenda for details. Remember, classes are always FREE!

Location: Southeast corner of Market St. at Steuart St. (aside Justin Herman Plaza)

Join us for the next SFPK Beginner’s Class is this Saturday, 7/11  at noon on the UC Berkeley campus! These classes are free, and we’ll go over all the basic skills for getting past obstacles. We’ll go over rolls, basic vault variations, safety techniques and conditioning exercises. The class is about an hour and a half or a bit over, and is a great introduction to parkour. More information here. See you this weekend!

A new parkour nonprofit needs donations to get a permanent spot on a site that will draw lots of donors. Tyson Cecka submitted his nonprofit, “Parkour Visions” (formerly the Pacific North West Parkour Association) to GlobalGiving.org. They need to raise a total of $4,000 by the end of June to gain a permanent spot on the website, which will go a LONG way in procuring more funding for their community outreach projects. Most of their projects focus on at-risk children, so this money is going to help people that really need it!

They have about a week now to reach their goal, so we urge you to donate if you can, and if you can’t, just check it out for inspiration. To do either, click the link below:

http://www.globalgiving.com/projects/parkour-for-at-risk-disadvantaged-youth/

SFPK’s 6th monthly “Go Out And Train” (GOAT) Day.  The forum will be closed for posting, as a reminder to all to get offline and go train!  Learn more here.

Come out and enjoy a parkour-packed weekend in the Bay Area!  2 big jams intended to bring traceurs together to share, collaborate, explore new spots, meet new people, make new friends, hang and chill out, and just have fun!

Massive West Coast Jam
Saturday, May 23rd @ 11AM in SF
Organized and hosted by BApk and PKCali.  West Coast traceurs unite!  For more info, please see - http://www.sfparkour.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2573

SFPK May Monthly Jam
Sunday, May 24th @ 10AM in San Jose
Hosted by SJPK.  Part running jam!  For more info, please see - http://www.sfparkour.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2723

Jam soon!

What
SF Parkour is partnering with the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy to give back to one of our favorite hot spots by restoring a popular trail here: the Batteries to Bluffs trail. This is the one that goes down along where we hold our “Bunker” jams. This is a great way for the parkour community to give back at one of the places we use a lot, so let’s all get out there and represent by improving the area. It also happens to be one of the best places around here to jam, so at noon when the trail restoration ends we’ll have a jam there. Bring your friends, bring sunscreen!

Plus, this is good timing because the West Coast Regional Jam will be held here the following week, so it’s our chance to spruce it up a bit first.

So show your community spirit and join us at 9AM at the Bunkers (aka Battery Godfrey).

When
Saturday 5/16, 9AM to noon.

Where
Battery Godfrey at 9AM (that’s where there’s the parking lot and usual meeting location).

What to Bring
Tools, snacks, and beverages will be provided. Please wear clothes that can get dirty, long pants, close-toed shoes, layers for changing weather, and rain gear if necessary. Also, bring a personal water bottle and sunscreen. Sounds like there’s a waiver we sign there, but TBD how that works as it’s a special group thing they’re organizing for us.
For more details, and to let us know you’re coming, please visit the thread - http://www.sfparkour.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2590

This coming Saturday, May 9th brings several jams around the Bay, including:

SFPK Beginner’s Class
12 Noon @ UC Berkeley
http://www.sfparkour.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2744

Women’s Jam
11AM @ Christopher Park, San Francisco
http://www.sfparkour.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2731

Susan G. Komen “Race for the Cure” charity event
Come join the SFPK Team in the 5K “Race for the Cure” charity run!  Anyone and everyone is welcome to join.  For info on the event or how to donate to the cause, please check the thread at -
http://www.sfparkour.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2413

Also get ready for May’s SFPK Monthly Jam in San Jose, hosted by Matt and SJPK, on 5/24, the day after the big West Coast Jam!

A bit of news from SF Parkour for April:

Friday, April 3rd - GOAT Day!  Go Out And Train, as the forums will be closed (read only, no posting allowed) this Friday.  Learn more here.

Sunday, April 5th - SFPK Group Conditioning Session in Berkeley.
Saturday, April 11th - SFPK Beginner’s Class in SF.
Sunday, April 19th - SFPK Monthly Jam in Santa Rosa.
For more info on these 3 monthly sessions, please check the 2009 Schedule which has links to all these and more.

For other jams, conditioning and training sessions set up by community members all around the Bay, please visit the Upcoming Jams forum.

Also be sure to become a “fan” of our new SF Parkour Facebook page!

Keep training and we’ll jam soon!

Friday, March 6th - GOAT Day

SFPK’s 2nd monthly “Go Out And Train” (GOAT) Day.  The forum will be closed for posting, as a reminder to all to get offline and go train!  Learn more here.

Upcoming Jams

Berkeley Jam - Saturday, March 7th @ 2PM
SFPK Beginner’s Class - Saturday, March 14th in Berkeley @ 12PM
SFPK Monthly Jam - Sunday, March 22nd in Sacramento @ 12PM

Remember to keep an eye on the Upcoming Jams section and the 2009 Monthly Schedule for other jams, training and conditioning sessions, Beginner’s Classes and more going on in your local area!

Brett Robert (aka Beretta), SFPK’s North Bay Area Rep, is leading the charge for an upcoming charity event - the Susan G. Komen “Race for the Cure” 5K run - to increase awareness and earn donations for breast cancer research.  This is a very important topic that is near and dear to quite a few of our member’s hearts, and we would love to have the community’s support!

The Race for the Cure will be held on Saturday, May 9th, 2009 at CalExpo in Sacramento.  SF Parkour will have a team running the race, if you’re interested in participating or sponsoring a runner, here’s how you can help:

1) Join our Team
Click here to join our team, collect donations on your own, and run! Follow the link near the top that says “Join Our Team.” Note to join the team you have to register to enter the race (Adult - Non-Timed) which is $35.

2) Donate to the Team or an Individual
Click here and under “Team Members” at the bottom right you can choose to make your donation through a “General Team Donation” or through one of the team members. Remember all money goes to Susan G. Komen for the Cure, but the team member (runner) you select will be credited with raising that money. Please click on one of the name links to start the donation process.

3) Become a Volunteer
You can be a raceday volunteer. Click here to learn more.

For more information, please read these threads:
- Information on the Race for the Cure and how to get involved.
- General discussion about the Race for the Cure event.
- General charity work discussion.
- Tracking thread for volunteer and charity work by SF Parkour community members.

Every little bit counts, please spread the word and hope to see you on race day!

A quick update on what’s coming up in February for the SF Parkour community:

Friday, February 6th - GOAT Day
SFPK’s 2nd monthly “Go Out And Train” (GOAT) Day.  The forum will be closed for posting, as a reminder to all to get offline and go train!  Learn more here.

Saturday, February 14th @ 12 Noon in SF - Beginner’s Class
After a fantastic class in January in Berkeley, the Beginner’s Class rotates to San Francisco in February.  The Beginner’s Class is geared towards first timers and those just getting started. The structured class will be led by SFPK Admins, Area Reps, and various members of the community, and typically lasts 1.5-2+ hours. The emphasis will be on getting beginners started off on the right foot to begin training safely through controlled progression. The class will cover: philosophy of parkour, training and safety tips, basic skills, fundamental movements and much more!  Remember, classes are always FREE!  Details here.

Sunday, February 22nd @ 12 Noon at UCSC - Monthly Jam
The Monthly Jam is all about connecting with other traceurs, whether from other areas, cities, or communities around the Bay… and beyond! There are always regulars, as well as new faces. Beginners are always welcome. Jams typically last 3-4+ hours, and while unstructured and open will still include a warmup, cooldown and clean up time. Participants are encouraged to jam, condition, drill, have parkour-related discussions, get help from others, teach Beginners and just hang out.  Details here.

Plus there are many other jams and training sessions going on all over the Bay Area, including Davis, Berkeley, San Francisco, Sacramento, San Mateo and more!  Check out the Upcoming Jams forum, as well as the 2009 Schedule for Monthly SFPK Sessions: Group Conditioning, Beginners, Monthly Jams.

Jam soon!

The SFPK Community Forum is CLOSED today.  On the first Friday of each month, the forum will be read-only and closed to posting.  This “Log Off and Jam On” Day should serve as a reminder to all - the online community is awesome, but the reason we are all here is because we love to be out there practicing parkour!  We highly encourage everyone to take this time to log off, get offline, and go outside and train.  Train alone or in small groups with others from your local area - it doesn’t matter, just get out and jam!

Read more here, and we’ll see you online Saturday!

This Sunday 12/21 at 10AM (rain cancels) we are doing a volunteer beach cleanup with the Surfrider Foundation and then an Ocean Beach jam afterwards. Everyone, traceur or not, is encouraged to join us! It will start at Stairway 17, right across from the Beach Chalet on the North end of Ocean Beach. Bags will be provided, so just show up and show your support for the environment!

More info here: http://www.sfparkour.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1959

Dan from Parkour Generations in the UK visited us recently and took us through one of their warm-ups and jams, and did a Q&A for us about what his organization is about and a bit about the history of parkour. It’s a good watch, and very informative. He talks about training techniques, where parkour has come from and where it’s going, including what Parkour Generations is doing these days. He touches on several controversial topics too.

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tEexuDN83k
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBe5Zv1WhMI
Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMnuBZGG7d4
Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzOxZGiNoMw

Enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/SanFranciscoParkour

Check out SFPK’s parkour and freerunning demo from the recent YouTube Live! event, now available online at SF Parkour’s YouTube channel.  Please note that these are experienced traceurs and freerunners who train constantly to refine their skills!  For info on how to get started, please visit our Community Forum.

http://www.youtube.com/live

On Saturday, November 22nd, SFPK traceurs and freerunners will be taking over the YouTube Live event PreShow area.  Starting at 2PM, look for Meatlad, ANDREY, GC_4845, Ascent, palu, Ninja and Tyson Cecka (a great, experienced traceur visiting from Seattle) and hopefully Lauren Stokes roaming around the grounds, performing parkour and freerunning movements on any and all obstacles!  With Corndogg stupervising and answering questions.  There will be a dedicated demo segment at 3:45PM, definitely come on by!

Then at 5PM for the Main Event, watch a short demo by lethalbeef, Dan Edwardes (from Parkour Generations), Austin and NoSole!

See you there… Live!

http://www.youtube.com/live

November SFPK Monthly Jam

Details on our 11th Monthly Jam have been posted.  This month traceurs from all over the Bay will make the trek to Santa Cruz for a jam on the UCSC campus.  See you there at 12 noon on Sunday, November 16th!  Beginners always welcome.

New Beginner’s Parkour Class at the Athletic Playground Gym in Emeryville

SFPK has teamed up with Athletic Playground to offer our first official Parkour Class.  Classes are Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7:30 - 8:30PM at the Athletic Playground gym in Emeryville.  Learn from Brian aka NoSole, Austin and others in a controlled, padded environment, with the class covering conditioning, proper form of the basic movements, and more.

There are still several standing practices around the Bay, as well as private instruction available.  Please check the forum for more info.

YouTube “Live” Event

A group of 9 traceurs and freerunners from around the Bay have been brought together for a demo during YouTube’s “Live” event on November 22nd.  Check out www.youtube.com/live for details, and the forum for more info.  Be sure to catch this demo live!

For those interested in participating in various opportunities through SFPK, be sure to fill out a Traceur Bio.

New Resources and other Latest News

SFPK Area Reps - We are proud to announce the newly launched “Area Rep Program”!  This is a partnership with leaders in various parkour communitiesin the Bay Area to help grow and further connect those local communities, as well as create more stakeholders to provide more input on the direction of SFPK .  Area Reps also act as the main contact for newcomers to answer questions, and quickly connect them with local and Bay Area-wide parkour jams and training sessions.  For more info, please seehttp://www.sfparkour.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1746 .

SFPK Biz Cards - The SFPK Biz Cards, or mini-flyers, are now available in the Store.  Check out pics and learn more about them in the forum thread.  These essentially were created so that traceurs could hand them out to interested people, and connect them to learn more about parkour and the Bay Area community.  There’s space on the back to write your name and a personal note as well.

SFPK Gmail Accounts - We now offer SFPK Gmail accounts to community members.  Get yourname@sfparkour.com today!  To request a free sfparkour.com gmail account, sign up in the forum thread.

How to Stay Up to Date

Staying up to date with SFPK and parkour happenings is easy!  We have a main website, community forum, news blog (with RSS Feeds) and YouTube channel.  The forum is the main hub for connecting and organizing with others, and always has the latest jam, training, news and other info.  Come and say hi!

SFPK has teamed up with the Athletic Playground gym to offer the first SFPK sanctioned gym class in the Bay Area!  The class will be taught by our very own NoSole, with support from Austin and others.  The class will be pure parkour instruction, though freerunning classes may be established in the future.  Come check it out, and get started in parkour in a safe, padded environment!

Introduction to Parkour

“The Athletic Playground now offers the only San Francisco Parkour officially sanctioned class in the in the Bay Area! With the experience of veteran traceurs to guide you through, you’ll be sure to gather the technical knowledge of all the basic vaults and maneuvers to get you ready to hit the streets. We’ll also get you geared up with workouts and conditioning exercises to help you reach your top form. The best part is, now you can practice in the safety of an indoor studio to help build your confidence! Open to all levels of experience!”

All Ages: Tue, Thu 7:30-8:30 PM

Athletic Playground
http://theathleticplayground.com/
4770 San Pablo Ave, Unit E
Emeryville, CA 94608
(510) 355-1626

 Class Schedule - http://clients.mindbodyonline.com/ws.asp?studioid=4796&stype=-7

Local SF traceur ANDREY has a short video being featured at Clif Bar’s “Wild & Scenic Environmental Film Festival” in Berkeley, hosted by the Save The Waves Coalition.  Congrats Andrey!

Exhibit - Multimedia | October 23 | 5-9:30 p.m. | Clif BarHeadquarters
Location: 1610 5th Street, Berkeley, CA 94710

For more details, ticket info and more please check out the “Save the Waves - Film Festival featuring video by Andrey” thread on the community forum.

SFPK member and local Bay Area traceur Austin is featured in the “Cine Parkour II” cinematic program in The International Experimental Cinema Exposition.

Read more in the Official Program for TIE 2008 in Paonia, Colorado, and check out the TIE website at http://www.experimentalcinema.org/

Nice job Austin!

http://www.youtube.com/live

SFPK and invited traceurs are teaming up with YouTube to participate in the upcoming YouTube Live event on November 22nd, 2008 @ 5PM PST.  Check out the promo vid above, at 0:27 in the “Underground Athletes” section the classic NoSole and Andrey vid was used.

SFPK continues to build a solid relationship with YouTube, with this being our 3rd event.  Look for more YouTube promo vids featuring SFPK coming soon!  At the event, NoSole (SFPK, APK, Tempest, 5.10) will be doing a live streaming demo, followed by traceurs from the SFPK community - NoSole, lethalbeef, Austin, ANDREY, GC_4845, StreetRat, FLip, Ascent, Ninja and palu - performing on a custom built obstacle course.  Corndogg and meatlad will be there conducting free classes and answering questions as well.  It’ll be a rockin time!

If you can’t make it to the actual event (signups are here - http://services.google.com/events/yt_live2008) be sure to watch it “Live” on YouTube!

http://www.youtube.com/live

Jam soon

- SFPK

SFPK was invited down to youtube again to perform alongside dance, art and other groups, giving a nice parkour and freerunner demo for a large crowd.

Read the recap of the event on the community forum.