Train Hard - Stay Humble

BApk Training for Beginners 10/12 -South Bay!-

Event Details

Time: October 12, 2008 from 12pm to 3pm
Location: De Anza College
Street: 21250 Stevens Creek Blvd
City/Town: Cupertino, CA 95014
Website or Map: http://maps.google.com/maps/m…
Event Type: South, Bay, beginners, training, BApk
Organized By: SafeNSure
Latest Activity: Oct 13, 2008

Event Description

This week we'll go visit our South Bay friends!...
Check here for RIDES, but let's also discuss about "caravaning" there together...
If you drive your car down, please post where you leave from and how many spots you'll have available, thanks!

Session description:
This training provides a healthy atmosphere for new practitioners to start parkour, and for everyone to advance in a safe way. This is achieved in several ways. Because safety is paramount, a positive example is set by the more experienced practitioners. This means you will always see warm ups, stretching, and slow progression of movement. It also means there will be no showing off, which leads to copy-cat behavior and subsequently injuries. Rather, people pass on knowledge humbly in a group effort to advance. While there may be several different skill levels represented at these sessions, everyone keeps a beginner mentality.

Another key aspect in this beginner atmosphere is the absence of media. There are no camera crews or reporters to get in the way or cause people to feel self-conscious. While individuals may bring cameras, they should politely ask before filming/shooting anyone other than themselves.

The perception that parkour practice is (and should be) fun, yet being "a discipline, not a game", is set from the beginning. While the atmosphere is relaxed and can be playful at times, horseplay is discouraged, and teasing, mocking, and cliquish behaviors are not tolerated...

Because of the longer commute from SF/Berkeley/Oakland, this session will start promptly at Noon and phase out around 3PM...
Please make sure to be there, but also wait patiently (exactly at the spot marked up on the map) for the "caravan"...
=)

meeting point:

possible training spots around the meeting point (click on image to enlarge):

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Comment by SafeNSure on October 12, 2008 at 9:58am: ...everybody! PLEASE click on the image below (or here, if you prefer...); it shows a perimeter of possible good areas for practicing (blue spots): we will be moving along that "path", station-to-station (unless they kick us out, which at this point would be a real bummer...)

Comment by Just Steve on October 12, 2008 at 9:55am: Forgot I had committed to building and painting book shelves for a pre-school
today at 1pm. Have fun..see you all soon...

Comment by Glyph on October 12, 2008 at 9:23am: I'm driving out from sunset, leaving around 11. If you want a ride, give a call 617 388 OAKS.

Comment by K.R. on October 12, 2008 at 9:17am: thanks, got it. I can find the spot on the map, I just didn't know if you guys were going to move out from the spot after meeting up

Comment by SafeNSure on October 12, 2008 at 1:36am: I txt you
;)

Comment by K.R. on October 11, 2008 at 11:56pm: can someone email or text me their cell #? I might be a bit late and if I don't find you guys by 1pm please give me a call.. 650-455-7367

Comment by SafeNSure on October 11, 2008 at 10:26pm: ...my car leaves SF (Castro Muni stop) at 11:00am.
2 more (small) spots available...
(if you come along, send me a message to make sure I don't leave you there...lol!)

Comment by SafeNSure on October 10, 2008 at 9:56pm: ...or sent them this pic (enlarged) and tell them to look for us, treasure hunt style (running! That way they warm up...).

Comment by Dogwithrabiez on October 10, 2008 at 9:52pm: Right then, looks like I'm going to have to either get a cell phone from my mom or dad, or give out one of your guy's cell numbers. A few of the guys I invited might be coming late, I want to make sure they can find us and all. Maybe leave a big 'ol sign at the red spot, if no one wants to lug around a cell phone(I always find them extremely cumbersome in my pocket...)

Comment by SafeNSure on October 10, 2008 at 9:48pm: ...good question! (reminded me I saved something for the days before...)
Check out this, we are meeting at the red circle, but all the blue ones seems interesting:

(click for larger image)

We are probably going to start with a nice exploratory run, then going back to the fountain for some conditioning warm up, and finally work our path around the "stations"... if we don't meet hostility, we'll have probably enough for two fat hours and something... otherwise "plan B"...
;)