by Patrick Witbrod | Oct 3, 2019 | Articles, News
This week we delivered fun, creativity, and a love for movement to students at Ida B Wells Middle School in Washington DC. Our parkour program is taught as one section of their Physical Education classes. According to several of their PE teachers, it is one of the...
by Wenxin Yang | Sep 26, 2019 | Articles, Community Spotlight, News
For the twelfth year in a row, Parkour practitioners descended upon the mitten state for Michigan National Jam. Now co-hosted by the University of Michigan Parkour Club and APK Affiliate Phoenix Freerunning Academy, it remains as one of the longest running Parkour...
by Patrick Witbrod | Aug 29, 2019 | Articles, Community Spotlight, News
World Chase Tag is a new sport based around the childhood game of tag, but with parkour based obstacles, timers, teams, and a whole lot more intensity. The court is 40ft x 40ft consisting of platforms, bars, and a slanted barrier around the perimeter. Athletes must...
by Patrick Witbrod | Aug 23, 2019 | Articles, News
By Elijah Bowen APK Ambassador and owner of affiliated gym Blue Ridge Motion July 2019, I was given an opportunity to spend 3 hours in our local juvenile detention center in Christiansburg, Virginia, teaching Parkour and leading a discussion on fairness (a topic the...
by Patrick Witbrod | Jul 18, 2019 | Articles, News
Group shot of the 2015 North American Women’s Parkour Gathering in Seattle by Anya Chibis Since 2010, the North American Women’s Parkour Gathering has brought practitioners together from across the globe to share their voices and their movement with one...
by Patrick Witbrod | Apr 18, 2019 | Articles, News
The Midwest Parkour League started its 2019 season strong with a rollercoaster of a competition hosted by Swift Movement Studio in Cincinnati on April 13. Sixteen competitors took to the floor to compete in Skill, Speed, and Style events. The Skill event was a single...
