The next Parkour camp is scheduled to start on Tuesday, November 25th.

Classes will be held Tuesdays and Thursdays 7pm to 9pm. This is an 8 week program that will cover all of the parkour basics. The cost for this program is $320.  Class size is limited, so register early.

Some of you already know the instructors Ozzi, Pete and Adam.  If not you can check out some of their media appearances here.

Here is a little more information about the program itself from Ozzi.

Parkour Training Camp

This classes are designed for those who need an extra push, those who are seeking for a different method of training, or those who want to take parkour to a whole new level making it part of their life style in training as well as in the daily life.

Particularly those who are seeking for a fun way to get in-tune with their body and achieving the physical condition who some never dreamed of.

Parkour Conditioning.

* Complete body conditioning and strength. (no body part is left behind)
* Flexibility.
* Balance and coordination.
* Explosive muscle power.
* Agility, speed and flow of body movements.
* Complete body awareness
* Awareness of surroundings.
* Proper landing methods and how to safety break a fall and distribute body mass to prevent injury.

Parkour Techniques.

* Parkour combines a series of natural body movements to quickly and effectively get over an obstacle.
* It can include running, jumping, climbing, balancing or even crawling, if that is the most suitable movement for the situation.
* Parkour is also about preservation of the body, although it will teach you how to use your body to overcome an obstacle for an emergency, parkour main priority is the preparation of the body to be ready when needed through constant conditioning and repetition of techniques.

Mental/psychological benefits

* Through the journey of most Traceur (parkour practitioner) it is very common to notice a shifting on the way one can canalize your fears. More body control and awareness, leads to more confidence and trust in one’s body to react quickly when needed. By getting in tune more and more with one’s body and being able to use fears as an ally rather than an enemy, a new mindset is introduced. Most traceurs dont see obstacles or walls, they see opportunities and possibilities for a particular situation. That is the traceurs mindset, which should be carried during training as well as in all aspect of our daily life’s.

Here is a little teaser put together by Pete and I so you can have an idea of the beauty of this discipline.

Start signing up now, for more information you can talk to Bryant or Marcus.

Out line.

Week 1a
Video Introduction 30 mins
Purposes of this course
Fitness Test

Balance
Hang time (shimmies, swing, monkey etc)
Rope Climb
QM’s/crawls etc.
Cat Grabs
Jumps - up, up and over, height, side ways.
Wall walks - Hand stands
Flexibility.

Week 1b
Rolls and Landings

Roll technique - directions - uses - drills
landing - condition - proper techniques - uses -drills
Uses of rolls to break falls.

Week 2a
Jumping Technique

Block jump (heights)
Distance jumping (gap jumps)
Speed jumping (approaching with jog/run)

Cranes - both legs
With Approach and stationary take off.
Introduction to Precision

Week 2b
Precisions

Balance conditioning (cat balance etc)
Balance Drills

Take off (arms, approach take off, and stationary take off, etc)
Air time
Spotting landing
landing (ball of feet, absorption)
Landing (rail precisions)
Technique and variation (ledges, rails)
Drills
Introduction to Hurdles

Week 3a
Hurdles

Form (knees/landing etc)
Proper jumping method - ambidextrous take off.
Up and over (land with roll and without)
Introduction to speed vault.

Week 3b
Vaulting Introduction
Up right vaults

Methods and benefits
First fears and how to handle them
Progression

Speed vault
Approach
Take off variations (ambidextrous technique - inside or outside leg)
Arm placement (leaning etc)
Landings - Preservation of momentum
Drills
Introduction to Lazy Vault

Week 4a
Vaulting Introduction

Lazy Vault
Balance/weight transferring and fluid motion (energy preservation)
Approach (side & forward)
Take off (ambidextrous take off - kick etc.)
Progression of motion (arm placement - balance - hip thrust/weight transferring and release)
Landing (level - momentum preservation - and heights/transition to landing technique/roll if needed)
Variation (thief)
Drills
Introduction to Dash

Week 4b
(Gauntlet)

Dash introduction.
Most common fears
Take off (ambidextrous)
Body transition and progression
Landing (level and drops)
Variation of obstacles
Drills

Week 5a
Lets Relax

Over all light body conditioning
Catch up session (technique and philosophy)
Own time training
A new vision - non training experiences - different perspectives.
Review or techniques.

Week 5b
Intermediate Vaulting
Light over all body conditioning

Two handed vault.
Approach (speed variation)
Take off (introduction to split and double foot take off)
Hand placement (weight balancing - release)
Progressive motion technique
landing (variation on heights)
Drills
Introduction to Monkey Vault

Week 6a
Intermediate vaulting
Light over all body conditioning

Monkey & Kong Vault
Monkey Vault
Progression (knees technique)
Approach & take off (motion and stationary)
Hand placement (chest over, upper body push - release)
Landing (preservation of momentum)
Transition on to Kong Vault
Speed approach (arm coordination)
Take off (split and double)
Reach (dive, hand placement, hips, legs, upper body push)
Landing (preservation of momentum - height - transition on to roll)
Variations (traveling kong)
Drills
Introduction to Turn Vault.

Week 6b
Intermediate Vaulting
Upper body explosive conditioning

Turn Vault
Approach
Hand Placement
Take off (stationary)
Progression (chest over - weight balancing - spotting landing - hand switch)
Dismount
Variation (TSLT)
Drills

Introduction to Under Bars
Methods and uses
First fears and how to handle them Progression

Approach (motions and stationary)
Take off (legs first)
Spotting hand placement.
Motion (hips/kick, pull up, push and release)
Landing (level and heights)
Variation (360, high jump, side angle)

Week 7a
Tic Tacs

Uses and variations
Motion breakdown
Approach (speed and jump)
Take off (foot placement between hip and knee)
Progression (45° kick, arms and push)
Direction (up, across, forward)
Landing (if needed)
Variation (180 or 2 footed)

Pop Vault
Transitioning from tic tac
Transferring momentum upward
Climb up (arm placement, using momentum to assist your climb)
Push over.
Landing.

Week 7b
Wall ups

Reaching higher obstacles by using the techniques learned during the tic tac and pop vault class.
Emphasis on kick, reach and climb up.

Cat Grabs

Uses and variations.
Proper body positioning. (legs flexed, arms slightly bent, traversal motion)
Foot placement (placing feet first to absorb impact)
Hand placement (proper placement to transition onto climb up)
Take off (with approach or stationary)

Week 8a
Review of all the above

Focusing on detail to improve form, efficiency and performance.
Combining certain technique together for different real situations
Dealing with outside fears.

Week 8b
Dealing with fears II.
Taking the learned to apply in more suitable situations
Urban Training.