This year’s North American women’s jam in Toronto, hosted the last weekend in July by The Monkey Vault Movement Training Centre, looked to be the largest parkour girls gathering yet—but the sheer number of women at the jam wasn’t the only reason why I was so honored to train with some of the best athletes on our continent. One of the supremely talented Canadian traceuses, Amanda Voll, gave me some great advice about how to approach my training (I’ve heard…

This weekend, I had the pleasure of joining about 15-20 women from all over France (+ one from Switzerland!) for the third annual European Girls Parkour Day. It was a two-day event hosted by Saïmiri Parkour in Mulhouse, France with all sorts of fun, training, challenges, and delicious flammekeuche (or however you spell it)! I got there just in time for the afternoon session on Saturday. I was a little nervous because I didn’t know a single person there and…

Mark your calendars and your maps! Sanhga training center, a new APK Academy is opening this Friday in Elizabeth City, NC. In honor of the opening Mark Toorock interviewed Brock Thomas the owner of Sangha. When did you first become interested in teaching parkour? When our skills and approach to training became desirable to others we began taking friends along with us on outdoor parkour adventures.  Many people enjoyed the way we practice, so we were encouraged to officially teach…

For years I have been wanting to go out to Denver to check out the apex gyms, but my trip did not turn out as I planned. After spending 2 days in Colorado Springs visiting my cousin, I went up to Denver to pick up a friend at the airport to visit the Boulder gym. While waiting I see a group of guys in parkour shirts and sweats, before I know it I am heading back to Colorado Springs to…

I’ve been teaching kids parkour for the last two years.  Here is a top ten list of games that I have used in parkour classes for kids ages 5-12.  I believe that parkour should be fun, and kids love to play.  Because most of these games are geared towards non-stop motion, they can be quite strenuous and make great warm ups or end of training conditioning for traceurs and traceusses of all ages. The goal is to keep players engaged…