With a few weeks to go until NeveRest 2014 booking is still open and we still have few places left. NeveRest is an adventure training experience set over a long weekend in the English Peak District. It’s not an aimless race or a chance to get covered in mud for a couple of hours; it’s a few days of exploring the great outdoors while learning actual, usable life-skills that will improve...
With a few weeks to go until NeveRest 2014 booking is still open and we still have few places left. NeveRest is an adventure training experience set over a long weekend in the English Peak District. It’s not an aimless race or a chance to get covered in mud for a couple of hours; it’s a few days of exploring the great outdoors while learning actual, usable life-skills that will improve...
Week 51. Wow. The second last week of the year. Could you imagine if I told you that I decided not to finish at this point? That I was done with parkour, was close enough, and I just threw in the towel and called it a day (or I suppose, called it an almost year)? Oh […] ...
Today I would like to go over the plans for me (Dameon Byker) and the team. This article will give you an idea of what we are going to accomplish in th [...] ...
Recently we had Eleonore de Bonneval from the East End Review visit the Chainstore Academy of Parkour and Freerunning to interview Forrest . The meeting resulted in an article to be found HERE and features Forrest explaining how any obstacle in ones environment could be used as a resource to help you move forward. The Chainstore will be open as usual on Easter Monday, so come and check...
In this freshly released online issue of the Bare Essentials Wildlife Magazine Dan is featured in a great article. In more detail the article highlights the benefits of the holistic discipline that is parkour and the relationship between freerunning, the environment and health in general. An other topic that gets mentioned is the problem of modern society restricting young peoples possibilities...
We continue to expand and create awesome inspiring products so that you can be reminded to Take Flight everywhere you go. Our newest addition to the Take Flight offering is iPhone cases. Specially, cases made for iPhone 4 and iPhone 5! Our new iPhone case is called the Take Flight Universe iPhone Case. It’s stylish, durable, [...]...
This week (April 18th – 20th) Dan Edwardes is tutoring an ADAPT Level 1 certification course in Singapore while at the same time (April 17th – 21st) Chris “Blane” Rowat set out to Scandinavia to deliver ADAPT Level 2 in Denmark ! ADAPT is spreading and we are happy to announce 3 new courses taking place in the U.S. this year. June 12 - 14, ADAPT L1: Santa Cruz, California...
Parkour Generations has an exciting new project in the offing – and we need your help! We are developing what will be a spectacular live performance experience, combining parkour with dance and theatre. Any contributions will help to introduce the positive message of parkour to a new and wider audience – and if you can’t contribute, you can always help us...
Following on from last month's fantastic Night Mission Challenge , the next one is ready to book and is promising to be something never experienced before. Dubbed the '24' themed night mission, based around the popular TV show, you will will be spending nine hours starting from 21:00 and finishing at sunrise the following day as a special tactical unit following a storyline along the...
Due to the Easter Bank Holiday, our regular Friday Youth Class at Westminster Sports Academy and Monday Indoor Parkour Class at Moberly Sports Centre will not be running this weekend . The Chainstore remains open as normal with all classes running, as are our Friday & Monday outdoor classes. ...
Watch team members Shirley , Yao and Alex fly around in this new Foot Locker commercial that just got released! Foot Locker have recently been producing some great and innovative viral-video-ads and we are proud to show the end result of a hard days work of our performance team. Watch out for Yao and his signature underbar, for Alex killing it with his last lache and for Shirley moving super smoothly....
This evening Parkour Generations founder and director Dan Edwardes is invited by the Political Arts Initiative (Leiden University, Den Hague) to discuss along the topic of movement and “...exploring the ways in which photography, poetry, literature, music, performance and other creative arts interleave with political life”. Other presenters include Professor Iain Borden with whom...
This week features a different style of video. Filmed by our friends based in Vienna (Austria), this POV style video is from the eyes of an angry bumblebee chasing around traceurs. Creative and funny video, check it out! ...
- Headway Parkour Home About Us The Story Philosophy Our Athletes Contact Us Blog Motivation Media Room 50 Tips For Creating A Great Video! 04/13/2014 0 Comments We have compiled a list of 50 things which you can keep in mind in order to improve your videos, these tips come from first hand experience. Feel free to share the knowledge provided by this article in any way shape or form. Without further...
Due to the part closure of the DLR today it is not possible to reach East India DLR station as usual. Everyone wanting to go to the Chainstore Academy of Parkour and Freerunning is advised to take the 15 minute walk or the rail replacement services from Canning Town station. For more info on the closures have a look at the TFL website ! ...
We all know that Footlocker have recently been producing some fantastic, innovative and downright hilarious commercials of late - which is why we're very happy to be shooting with them today to create a new parkour-based viral video for their FLTV YouTube Channel . Shirley , Alex and Yao from the Performance Team have been in studio all day working on some fun stuff for a catwalk-inspired viral for...
For the first time since the foundation of Parkour Generations the performance team calls for an open audition. If you feel that you have what it takes to take your skills to the professional environment of our performance team we provide you the chance to prove it. It won´t be easy, it will be hard work. Be part of something incredible! This is the last call for the audition. Anyone...
Next week sees the start of our next Power 101 Course , moving to the new time and day of Wednesday evenings at 7.30pm ! This 6 week course is designed to introduce training methods that will enable you to learn how to safely train and progress power and strength through the use of barbell training exercises, such as the back squat and power clean. These movements will help you develop explosive athletic...
Ladies, great news ! We're opening up Chainstore PKG HQ for our women's jam this month! It's such a great spot that we'd love you to come and have a play, so we're waiving the normal £8 drop-in fee for the jam. It is a super cool space for training, conditioning, stretching, chilling and hanging out, so hope you can come discover it on Sunday if you haven't already!...