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Hello to all the KGO Radio Morning News listeners that heard Jeff aka Meatlad, the co-founder of SFPK, speak about parkour this fine Memorial Day morning! Welcome, and we’re glad you found us.

Parkour is an art that helps you overcome obstacles as quickly and efficiently as possible, using only the abilities of the human body. Movements should be guided by an intent to escape and/or reach; if a movement is superfluous to that intent, it is not typically considered parkour. Parkour movements often involve running, jumping, vaulting, quadrupedal movement, climbing and balancing. [Learn More]

Anyone of any age, sex, experience or skill level can get started on training parkour! All you need is a good pair of running shoes and an enthusiastic spirit :) There are plenty of good tutorials online, but we recommend seeking out others and connecting with your local community so you can train with experienced practitioners who can help guide you and ensure you are training safely and get off on the right foot.

Please check out our Monthly schedule for free Beginner’s Classes and our Monthly Jam, as well as the standing practice sessions and many other classes around the Bay.  Beginners and newcomers are always welcome!

Feel free to hang out and say hi, and hopefully we’ll see you in person to jam soon!  The thread on this topic can be found here.

Last night a few of the Area Reps repped parkour on a local news magazine piece, Eye on the Bay. Beretta, Austin, Andrey, Mattastic, Lethalbeef and Meatlad went out to show viewers what we’re about, emphasizing safety, utility and fun. The program featured urban and natural parkour, and showed a range of viewpoints and approaches. Some have noted it was a little surprising to be featured in what was essentially an episode of the oddbox nutball groups of the Bay Area, but we’re not exactly the most conventional people in the world, so that’s OK. We hope it gets a few more people outdoors, and if you’re here because you saw the piece, welcome! Check out the Classes & Instruction and Standing Jams forums, and hopefully we’ll see you soon!

Parkour: The Art of Momentum
http://rhyencoombs.com/projects/PARKOUR/Site/

Check out this great parkour site created by Rhyen Coombs and her multimedia crew Chris Tompkins, Stefania Rousselle and David Castello-Lopes.  This UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism project involved several SFPK traceurs including Beretta, NoSole, Andrey, Ascent, lethalbeef, Adhesive and more!  Some cool stuff in there including pics, audio clips, video interview, and interactive kong to dive roll graphic.

To discuss this on the community forum, visit the thread here.

Big shout out to SFPK member, Ninja Warrior and friend Shane “Ascent” Daniels for being a part of an upcoming national AT&T commercial.  Shane is in SoCal now but this is his real home :)  Shane’s dedication and diligent practice is inspirational, payoffs notwithstanding!  Congrats bud, we are proud of you!  To read more on the forum and give Shane a back pat, visit the thread here.

CalTV reports on Cal Parkour, featuring SFPK members including East Bay Area Rep - Albert “lethalbeef” Kong and more!  Feel free to discuss and comment on the video on the community forum.

http://caltv.org/episodes/2010/calconnect-parkour

Check out the recent article “Flight Plans - A weekend spent in search of the art of parkour” in the Bohemian, featuring members from the SFPK and BApk communities such as AeroSFCity, Beretta, Adroit and more!  To discuss or comment on this article, please visit the related thread on the Community Forum.  Nice work guys!

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

SacPK and SFPK Area Rep Victor Lo Forte are featured in the Sacramento Bee article “Parkour: The world is their training ground“.  Check it out at http://www.sacbee.com/livinghere/story/2417458.html and you can discuss the article on the community forum at http://www.sfparkour.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3511 .  Nice work Simian Knights!

SFPK East Bay Area Rep Albert “lethalbeef” Kong is featured along with SFPK, BAPK and APK traceurs in the Contra Costa Times article “French-born parkour goes mainstream“.  Be sure to check it out!  You can also discuss the article on the community forum.

Brian “NoSole” Orosco from SFPK and Team Tempest will be on MTV’s Ultimate Parkour Challenge tomorrow night - Thursday 10/22 @ 10PM!  The show also features Daniel Ilabaca, King David, Tim “Livewire” Shieff and several others.  Definitely check it out!

As a brief intro, here’s Brian’s promo vid - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIpCWbNqAWg .

Check out this great promo video for the amazing Sacramento Parkour team, SacPK!  It’s a small preview of an upcoming documentary that’s being worked on.  Great job guys!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5R9IqY-aOs

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!

Check out yesterdays Sacramento Press article “Parkour traces Sacramento” featuring the SacPK community!  Nice work all, keep growing strong!

Article here.

Check out the philly.com article “Your Town, Your Playground” featuring Mark Toorock from APK and Albert “lethalbeef” Kong of SF Parkour.  Great job Albert!

http://www.philly.com/philly/health_and_science/CTW_health_20090206_Your_Town__Your_Playground.html

Check out local traceur BENNY’s video in American Parkour’s “Practical Parkour” contest - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgNhc4EmoyE  You can also watch it in High Quality!

Remember - don’t attempt this without proper training first!  ;)

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!

2009 is off to a great start!  There’s a ton of jams being set up around the Bay, in addition to SFPK’s 3 monthly sessions.  Be sure to check out the “2009 Schedule for Monthly SFPK Sessions: Group Conditioning, Beginners, Monthly Jams” and get out there and train!

Sunday, Feb. 1st @ 12 Noon in Berkeley will be our 2nd Group Conditioning and Training Session, featuring a lot of conditioning through repetitive movements.

Formal, structured classes are available at gyms, as well as more informal classes available outdoors.  See the “Classes & Instruction” forum for details.

Last, we wanted to feature a parkour documentary created by SFPK community member Edgar Yudkevich titled “Art of Movement” which is a great vid featuring a few local traceurs.  Definitely check it out on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD3IN__Ve5I (2 parts), and feel free to comment and discuss it on the forum.

Keep training hard and safely, and jam soon!

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!

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.