New York had one of it’s first Women’s meet ups this past weekend. Melanie Robin has been working closely with a ton of great people in New York to open up new Women’s meet-ups. Caitlin Pontrella from the Movement Creative coached the first meet up quite a bit! The success of the women’s meet ups are that MULTIPLE communities are coming together – APK, Brooklyn Zoo, individual trainers, The Movement Creative are all pulling from our communities and sharing knowledge…
By: Sha Mualimm-Ak The last minute decision to drive up to Montreal’s yearly jam with the Storrs Blog gents was well worth it! Myself and Harjit Kaur from NYC, along with members of Storrs Blog, comprised currently of University of Connecticut students Eric Zdanowski, Shay Subramanian, and Zack Kekac, hopped into Eric’s Saab, Montreal bound, at about 4pm on Friday. After a nine hour journey, three hours longer than intended, we arrived to a warm and welcoming greeting from our good friends…
I am completely exhausted and my body is in desperate need of rest, but I am absolutely loving life. I recently spent four days in Munich, Germany for FAMJAM 2014 hosted by Free Arts of Movement (FAM). I took the train in from Paris without knowing a word of German or a single person going to the jam. And it was one of the best decisions I’ve made this summer. It was a little overwhelming when I first arrived Wednesday…
Alejandro, a native of Mexico Born in Mexico city, now residing in Cancun, found his love of Parkour through a local parkour class in his area in June of 2013 and hasn’t stopped moving since. In just over a year of training he has made a lot of progressions, both physically through his training and personally through the parkour community. He can be seen leaping and flipping about different cities ranging from anywhere in Mexico to Italy and is even off…
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…
