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Upcoming SF Parkour monthly sessions for February:

Beginner’s Class
Saturday, February 13, 2010 at 12 noon @ UC Berkeley
http://www.sfparkour.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3596
The Beginner’s Class is geared towards first timers, and lasts 1.5 hours. The emphasis will be on controlled progression and will cover: philosophy of parkour, training, conditioning and safety tips, and basic movements such as vaults, landings and rolls. Taking photos/videos at this session is discouraged. Check out the sample agenda for details. Attendees are also welcome to hang out, continue training or have an open jam after the class ends. Remember, classes are always FREE!

Monthly Jam
February 21, 2010 - 11:30AM @ San Jose
http://www.sfparkour.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3601
Hosted by the San Jose Parkour Team!  Will start early for breakfast and will be roaming all over San Jose with specific checkpoints at certain times if you want to skip some parts and still meet up with the group.  Check the thread for details and contacts.

The Monthly Jam is all about connecting with other traceurs, whether from other areas, cities, or communities around the Bay… and beyond! This is essentially a “National Jam” for the Bay Area. 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 begin with a meet’n'greet and warmup, then end with a clean up time. Participants are encouraged to jam, condition, drill, have parkour-related discussions, get help from others, teach Beginners and just hang out.

Other Info

There are several weekly training sessions led by SFPK community members in San Francisco, Berkeley, Sacramento, Santa Rosa, and elsewhere around the Bay. Check out the Standing Jams and Classes & Instruction forums, as well as the 2010 Schedule for SF Parkour Beginner’s Classes & Monthly Jams for more info!

We need your input! Help shape and grow the SFPK community by contributing ideas to the 2010 Planning thread.

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

Upcoming SF Parkour monthly sessions for January:

Beginner’s Class
Saturday, January 9, 2010 at 12 noon @ San Francisco
http://www.sfparkour.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3528
The Beginner’s Class is geared towards first timers, and lasts 1.5 hours. The emphasis will be on controlled progression and will cover: philosophy of parkour, training, conditioning and safety tips, and basic movements such as vaults, landings and rolls. Taking photos/videos at this session is discouraged. Check out the sample agenda for details. Attendees are also welcome to hang out, continue training or have an open jam after the class ends. Remember, classes are always FREE!

Monthly Jam
Sunday, January 17, 2010 - 12 Noon @ Oak Ridge High School, Sacramento
http://www.sfparkour.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3526
The Monthly Jam is all about connecting with other traceurs, whether from other areas, cities, or communities around the Bay… and beyond! This is essentially a “National Jam” for the Bay Area. 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 begin with a meet’n'greet and warmup, then end with a clean up time. Participants are encouraged to jam, condition, drill, have parkour-related discussions, get help from others, teach Beginners and just hang out.

Other Info

There are several weekly training sessions led by SFPK community members in San Francisco, Berkeley, Sacramento, Santa Rosa, and elsewhere around the Bay. Check out the Standing Jams and Classes & Instruction forums, as well as the 2010 Schedule for SF Parkour Beginner’s Classes & Monthly Jams for more info!

For a recap of 2009 read the SF Parkour Monthly Jams - 2009 Year in Review and SFPK Year in Review 2009 threads.

We need your input!  Help shape and grow the SFPK community by contributing ideas to the 2010 Planning thread.

Happy Holidays to everyone, may your days be merry and filled with cheer!  Share your holiday wishes with the community here.

The SF Parkour Community - SFPK Year in Review 2009

Well, it’s been another great year for the SFPK community! We’ve made a lot of great memories, a lot of friendships, and discovered many new places to jam at. As 2009 draws to a close and we begin to plan for 2010, it’s good to take a look back to where we started last year (point A) and where we finished (point B).

If 2008 was a year of outreach and putting a public face on parkour in the Bay Area, 2009 was the year of strengthening connections between communities. There was a big contingent that traveled by train out to Colorado for the National Jam, and many in the community participated in the Massive West Coast Jam, the Washington State Jam and BEAST Coast Jam. Traceurs from all over the country and beyond came here to jam and stay with us. The SFPK community worked closely with APK to come up with APK’s updated definition of parkour.

All the classes that were around in 2008 were still going strong at the end of 2009, and many new, free instructional sessions have been established all over the region. Through charity work and demos we have reached out beyond the parkour community to make some great connections with parks, gyms, local government and some nonprofits.

Monthlies continue to grow, membership is on the rise, people are starting more projects on their own, and there’s lots of cool stuff on the horizon in 2010. We have a varied and diverse community, full of motivated and creative people bursting with talent and energy. It’s all of you who make the community what it is, and we hope you stop for a moment and reflect back at all the wonderful achievements you were a part of in the past year before looking ahead to what’s in store for 2010.

We hope your path through 2009 was as fun as it was for us who tune the cogs at SFPK, and hope you will help make 2010 the best year yet for SFPK community.

Happy Holidays,

SFPK Admins & Area Reps

P.S. A little housekeeping notice: Any accounts with zero posts that haven’t logged in within the past six months will be deleted, so come and say hi! Become a fan of our Facebook page and a friend of our YouTube channel. Also please contribute to 2010 planning thread – your ideas are important!

SF Parkour would like to share our DIY vault box construction diagrams and instructions with the parkour and freerunning community. Brian “NoSole” Orosco designed the box and YouTube helped build them for the Live! event we did with them. They worked out great! You can see them in action here.

Please download the “Vault Box Construction” pdf at - http://www.sfparkour.com/Vault_Box_Construction_by_SFParkour.pdf
Feel free to share and distribute this link!

We welcome all comments, suggestions, improvements etc. that anyone wants to share. If we incorporate your tips we will add “credits” into the doc. We’d love to get feedback such as cost to build, time to build, build photos at each step and more. Help us improve this “how to” guide for everyone!

Enjoy, and happy vaulting!

AmericanParkour.com has released their new “What is Parkour” definition!

For more details on the official announcement, how this was created, and further discussion, please read the SFPK forum thread.

What is Parkour?

Parkour is the physical discipline of training to overcome any obstacle within one’s path by adapting one’s movements to the environment.

• Parkour requires… consistent, disciplined training with an emphasis on functional strength, physical conditioning, balance, creativity, fluidity, control, precision, spatial awareness, and looking beyond the traditional use of objects.
• Parkour movements typically include… running, jumping, vaulting, climbing, balancing, and quadrupedal movement. Movements from other physical disciplines are often incorporated, but acrobatics or tricking alone do not constitute parkour.
• Parkour training focuses on… safety, longevity, personal responsibility, and self-improvement. It discourages reckless behavior, showing off, and dangerous stunts.
• Parkour practitioners value… community, humility, positive collaboration, sharing of knowledge, and the importance of play in human life, while demonstrating respect for all people, places, and spaces.

Upcoming SF Parkour monthly sessions for October:

Beginner’s Class
Saturday, October 10th, 2009 - 12 Noon @ San Francisco
http://www.sfparkour.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3261
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! Taking photos/videos at this session is discouraged. Check out the sample agenda for details. Remember, classes are always FREE!

Monthly Jam
Sunday, October 18th, 2009 - 12 Noon @ Sacramento
Details coming soon, please check here for details!
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.

Ongoing Weekly Sessions
There are several daily and weekly training sessions led by SFPK community members in San Francisco, Berkeley, Sacramento, Santa Rosa, and elsewhere.  Check out the Upcoming Jams forum and the 2009 Schedule for SF Parkour: Beginner’s Class, Monthly Jam and Weekly Sessions for more info!

Upcoming SF Parkour monthly sessions for September:

Beginner’s Class
Saturday, September 12th, 2009 - 12 Noon @ UC Berkeley
http://www.sfparkour.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3167
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! Taking photos/videos at this session is discouraged. Check out the sample agenda for details. Remember, classes are always FREE!

Monthly Jam
Sunday, September 20th, 2009 - 12 Noon @ UC Santa Cruz
http://www.sfparkour.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3156
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.

Ongoing Weekly Sessions
There are several daily and weekly training sessions led by SFPK community members in San Francisco, Berkeley, Sacramento, Santa Rosa, and elsewhere.  Check out the Upcoming Jams forum and the 2009 Schedule for SF Parkour: Beginner’s Class, Monthly Jam and Weekly Sessions for more info!

SF Parkour is pleased to announce that SFPK is now an American Parkour (APK) Affiliate.  For details on the Affiliate Program, please see the Guidelines here.

SFPK has been carefully considering the pros and cons of becoming an Affiliate, and in the end sees it as a great opportunity to forward our own agenda of creating an open, diverse community that is based on safety, proper training techniques, controlled progression, and collaborating with others.  It also gives us a stronger voice in influencing the national parkour community, and will definitely help create stronger ties with other parkour communities, both Affiliates and otherwise.

Read the official announcement on AmericanParkour.com
http://www.americanparkour.com/content/view/4392/1/

“We are pleased to announce the latest (and greatest!) APK Affiliate… San Francisco Parkour! SFPK is an older and well established community, and they’ve done amazing things since it was started by two guys who wanted to start learning this new thing called Parkour. They’ve done work with Youtube, held major area monthly jams (basically like National Jams for the SF area) for over a year, and established an amazing and supportive community that works hard and trains hard.

Great job, guys, and looking forward to having you aboard!”

Many thanks to all the supporters and active members of the SFPK and APK  communities for making this possible!

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

We are happy to announce that Matt aka Mattastic, founder and lead of San Jose Parkour (SJPK), has accepted the SFPK Area Rep role for the South Bay (San Jose area)!  Matt has been a positive force in the scene for a long time, and it’s great to have him involved in continuing to grow the community in and around San Jose.

Matt will be the main SFPK contact point for new and current traceurs in the San Jose area.  You can contact him through the forum, check out his profile here.  Hit him up to get plugged in quickly!

For more info on the SFPK Area Rep Program, visit the thread at - http://www.sfparkour.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1746

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/

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!

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!

Want to learn more about parkour and give it a shot?  Come join the free SFPK Beginner’s Class this Saturday, April 11th at the Embarcadero in San Francisco at 12 noon!  Anyone and everyone is welcome to attend.  The class is taught by members of the SFPK community, and will cover the background and intent of parkour, guidelines on safety and proper training, basic movements and more.

For more info and details, please visit the forum thread here.

You can also check out the full 2009 Schedule here.

Jam soon!

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!

For all you Facebook fanatics, you can now become a “Fan” of the official SF Parkour Facebook Page at - http://www.facebook.com/pages/San-Francisco-CA/SF-Parkour/73882386553

Updates on jams and the latest news will be posted to Facebook Page, although the SFPK Community Forum, News Blog and YouTube Channel will still be the primary sources of info.  Jam soon!

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!

The San Jose Parkour Team (SJPK) celebrates their 5th year anniversary this year.  Big congrats and thanks to SJPK and their founder Matthew Trinidade (aka Mattastic) for paving the way in the Bay Area, and for consistently upholding the ideals of proper, dedicated training and the spirit of parkour.

To read more on the background of SJPK and their anniversary, please check out Matt’s forum thread.  If you’re in the San Jose area, definitely try and connect with these guys!

Head over to APK (http://www.americanparkour.com) and cast your vote in their “Picture of the Year - 2008″ contest!  You can view all the entries at - http://www.americanparkour.com/gallery2/v/POTW/2008/POTY/

SFPK won last year’s competition with Azat Hojadov’s (aka Volfgan on the SFPK Forum) photo of ANDREY titled “Escape”.  This year, the SFPK community is represented again with another photo in the running:

“NoSole - Superman” of Brian Orosco aka NoSole, taken by Mark Madeo.

Be sure to vote for your favorite photo!  You can discuss this on the SFPK Forum at - http://www.sfparkour.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2341.  Good luck to all entrants!

SFPK’s first monthly Beginner’s Class of the year will be led by the SFPK Area Reps! 

The Beginner’s Class is geared towards first timers and those just getting started. The structured class will be led by various members of the SFPK 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! Taking photos/videos at this session is discouraged, we encourage participation instead.  Remember, classes are always FREE!

For full details, please read - http://www.sfparkour.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2264  Post to let us know you’re coming!

For the full 2009 schedule of SFPK sessions, check out the “2009 Schedule for Monthly SFPK Sessions: Group Conditioning, Beginners, Monthly Jams” thread.

See you there!

Whew, what a year!  2008 was another GREAT year for SFPK, thanks to you all - the community members!  On this New Years Eve, we’d like to take a moment to reflect and look back on all the fun things that went on in 2008, as well as share a sneak peek of just some of the things planned for 2009. 

SFPK Year in Review 2008

Check out the “SFPK Year in Review 2008″ thread for a recap of some forum stats, new SFPK offerings in 2008, jam highlights, media projects, random tidbits, and comments from the community.

A few highlights from the thread:
- Added well over 550+ new forum members, with 150-175+ active members.
- New “Area Reps” established in major cities around the Bay to help others get quickly connected to their local scene.
- Info on SFPK’s “Learn - Train - Connect - Jam” approach along with helpful resources and references.
- A review of all 2008 Monthly Jams, summary of media appearances by SFPK community members, recaps of jams with visiting guests, and more.
- Other offerings like T-Shirts and Biz Cards in the SFPK Store, and free yourname@sfparkour.com Gmail accounts.

2009 Preview and Planning

Be sure to contribute your Suggestions, Recommendations, and help with SFPK Planning for 2009, and share your ideas with the community!  Also learn more about the many things SFPK has planned for 2009, like the monthly “Log Off and Jam On” Day and the monthly Group Conditioning and Training Sessions, Beginner’s Classes, and Monthly Jams.

Thanks again for a great year, and we’re looking forward to an even better new year in 2009.  To wrap things up, here’s some personal notes from all the Reps:

Brian aka NoSole
“Well, just as I’m sure everyone can appreciate, our community hasn’t just grown, but solidified. I thought monthlies were a good idea to begin with, but I’m really impressed that we’ve followed through every single month this year without fail. I think that has been a key to our strength and I can’t wait to see what 2009 brings!”

Jeff aka Meatlad
“Is 2008 over already? It was a whirlwind of great times, and 2009 is looking like it will be even better.”

ANDREY - Area Rep: San Francisco
“It’s been one heck of a year! I’ve done things that I have never imagined I would be able to do, not just parkour-wise, but especially in my personal life. And the most important thing that I have achieved this year is staying healthy/uninjured.   Peace.  Thank you SFPK community! :)”

Brett aka Beretta - Area Rep: North
“In less than a year I’ve gone from a geographically isolated neophyte to an active member of a thriving community. Through patience, persistence, diligence, dedication and a heap of help from the entire SFPK community I’ve been able to learn, progress and grow. Thanks for all the fun memories!”

Alex aka 2nd Chance - Area Rep: North
“This was a great year for SFPK, and it couldn’t have happened without the participation of the entire community. So thanks to everyone, and let’s have another great year in ‘09!”

Victor Lo Forte - Area Rep: Northeast (Sacramento Area)
“I would’ve never imagined that through movement this year I would find purpose, brotherhood, true happiness, and a better understanding of things. We have all come a long way, I’m so proud of us all! And as we all know, two thousand nine will be full of more epic awesomeness, I CAN’T WAIT!”

 Albert aka lethabeef - Area Rep: East (Berkeley/Oakland Area)
“There has been tons of development happening this year in SFPK, not just in the size of our community but also in creating opportunities for members to train, connect, and progress ourselves. The Berkeley standing jam has steadily grown from 2 initial members at the beginning of the semester to at least 10 regular traceurs who train together every week. Things are going to get a lot better next year and I can’t wait to be a part of how it unfolds!”

Austin - Area Rep: East (Berkeley/Oakland Area)
“SFPK has grown larger yet closer over the past year and with your continued support this trend will continue.  Stick with the basics; keep training and most of all enjoy what you do in life and in sport.”

Zack Weldon - Area Rep: Far East (Past Stockton)
“SFPK has brought many of us together this year and has helped us all to progress both with each other and individually. We have become more noticed in the international community and I am confident we will continue to do so throughout the next year!”

Alex aka palu - Area Rep: Far East (Past Stockton)
“As 2008 comes to a close, there’s no doubt that it has been a great year for practitioners and the SFPK community as a whole. Watching SFPK becoming involved in many different activities, I try and introduce parkour and freerunning to the limited audience here in the mountains. With a friendly and reliable community online, it has been an easy task to help new traceurs learn more about this fantastic activity. Keep training everyone!”

John aka severoth00 - SFPK Area Rep - South (Santa Cruz Area)
“I think I speak for many of us when I say that this year has been very progressive in a couple different way, whether it be personal advancement or advancement of our awesome community, we have made alot of progress! I’m so glad I found this website and decided to check out the first monthly, it definitely changed parkour for me, and things are only starting to get better! I can’t wait to see the progress we will all make this year.  Happy New Years Everyone!!!”

Note that all SFPK Area Reps can be contacted through the community forum.  Jam soon! 

Parkourily yours,

- Corndogg aka Brandon

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!