Train Hard - Stay Humble

BApk Sunday basic training 11/16

Event Details

Time: November 16, 2008 at 12pm
Location: West Sunset Community Center
Street: 39th & Ortega in the Sunset
City/Town: San Francisco
Website or Map: http://maps.google.com/maps/m…
Event Type: basic, training, safe, progression
Organized By: SafeNSure
Latest Activity: Nov 16, 2008

Event Description

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Session description:
This training provides a healthy atmosphere for new practitioners to start parkour (Ladies: this week ONLY pls. refer to this session), 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...

Basic/beginners training provided, but ALL LEVELS present and WELCOME!

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Comment by Kirill on November 16, 2008 at 5:49pm: Good session today.

Comment by Pyromatic on November 16, 2008 at 1:47pm: hey sorry i missed this. My leg was hurting this morning and I thought it better to rest up.

Comment by Chris on November 16, 2008 at 1:11pm: Sorry people...I got half way there and realized I wasn't feeling very well...could be something I ate.

Comment by Bonez415 on November 15, 2008 at 9:34pm: im down for this one... havent been in a while... probably be in one every two months... c yall there...

Comment by Iliketovaultthings on November 14, 2008 at 9:56pm: aw . was kinda lookin forward to GWHS, but the womens jam is there huh. May stop down there anyway and film myself on may own. maybe bonez'll be interested? Well, i'll still go to this session tho

Comment by Bio on November 14, 2008 at 4:11pm: and -20 charisma

Comment by SafeNSure on November 14, 2008 at 8:08am: correction: "ALL girls..." ;)

Comment by monk on November 14, 2008 at 7:47am: rabiez, we love jamming with the guys, but we hold one women's jam once a month to attract especially the first timers who might be a little unsure, intimidated, or like a smaller focused (on them) group. then we hope they come out the bigger general training. we just have a different dynamic and learning style-- all of course stemming from the safe and slow progression. sometimes we need the more concentrated training session, you know, some girls just need more attention ;)