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BApk Sunday basic training 9/27 at CCSF
September 27, 2009 from 12pm to 3:30pm
SLIDESHOW
MEETING POINT: behind Main Quad (map)
Basic/beginners training provided, but ALL LEVELS present and WELCOME!
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Session description:
This training provides a healthy atmosphere for new practitioners to start parkou...
BApk Sunday basic training 9/20 at GWHS
September 20, 2009 from 12pm to 3:30pm
Basic/beginners training provided, but ALL LEVELS present and WELCOME!
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Session description:
This training provides a healthy atmosphere for new practitioners to start parkour, and for everyone to advance in a safe way. This...
BApk Sunday basic training at Mountain Lake Park/Sutro Elementary 'combo'
August 30, 2009 from 12pm to 3:30pm
MEETING AT THE COVERED TABLES AREA!
Basic/beginners training provided, but ALL LEVELS present and WELCOME!
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Session description:
This training provides a healthy atmosphere for new practitioners to start parkour, and for ev...
BApk basic training - Labour Day special CAP session at Capuchino HS
September 7, 2009 from 12pm to 3:30pm
LET'S GET NORTH AND SOUTH BAY TOGETHER AT THE BEST PENINSULA SPOT!
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1.4 miles from BART/Caltrain (see map)
Session description:
This training provides a healthy atmosphere for new practitioners to start parkour, and for everyo...
BApk Sunday basic training at Lower Presidio
August 23, 2009 from 12pm to 3:30pm
Basic/beginners training provided, but ALL LEVELS present and WELCOME!
This location can be a little out of way if unfamiliar with the Presidio, so consider RIDES!
Easy parking at the Presidio YMCA Main Post gym, right there...
Warm up (and la...
BApk Sunday basic training at Sloat
July 19, 2009 from 12pm to 3:30pm
...at this location in particular: STAY OFF THE ROOFS AT ALL TIMES! Thanks.
(fall back location, in case of problems, is CCSF)
Basic/beginners training provided, but ALL LEVELS present and WELCOME!
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Session description:
Thi...
Womens Jam-- Saturday 7/11 at Lower Presidio of SF - meeting at Presidio YMCA Main Post gym (lot)
July 11, 2009 from 12pm to 3:30pm
Hey Ladies!!
This location is one of the best for being outside, running around, jumping around, and learning a ton of stuff.
This training provides a healthy atmosphere for new female practitioners to start parkour, and for everyone to advance ...
BApk Sunday basic training at SF State University
July 5, 2009 from 12pm to 3:30pm
Summer vacations AND July 4th week-end should ensure some relaxed surveillance of this otherwise 'difficult' spot...
Otherwise we'll fall back on Lowell HS.
Basic/beginners training provided, but ALL LEVELS present and WELCOME!
Session descript...
I teach French at Prospect High. My students practice there now.
Comment Wall (4 comments)
- At 7:49am on June 23, 2009,
SafeNSure said…
- ...you are welcome, our pleasure, and props for your work!
If it's more convenient, you can also check out Fyrel and Dogwithrabiez's group training, almost every Saturday at Saratoga Hills, and after hours during the week, as he describes here below...
Tim and Tom have trained seriously for almost a year now, making often the drive out to SF on Sunday and supporting each other and the South Bayers very well...
:)
- At 2:37am on June 23, 2009,
Kristen Kim said…
- Thank you to everyone who was at the Presidio session on Sunday. You made me, a rookie, feel welcome. I can't wait to come again. I can't make it every Sunday, since I live in San Jose and have other commitments. But I will come as often as I can.
- At 9:36pm on June 15, 2009,
Fyrel said…
- Whoa, awesome! Prospect is my mainstay for weekday training nowadays (being summer and all), since my brother and I are close enough to run there. When do your students train? I'd love to join them, or if you can drop by when we're training and give us some French lessons while we train. ;)
As of now we're training Monday, Wednesdays and Fridays from around 6:45 to 8, if you or your students can drop by sometime. We would love to see you there.
- At 5:34pm on June 14, 2009,
SafeNSure said…
- Kristen... this is so cool!
The teachers shall learn from their students... if they keep an open, youthful mind, congrats!
Your first opportunities to jump in is either the session that you signed up for, or the girls only jam on the same day at GWHS, both in SF.
At some point, maybe after checking out the real deal outdoor, in order to boost your confidence in a safe/controlled environment, you may want to take a class indoor, or just go train in a gym environment.
There are gyms and classes in the East Bay, Marin and SF, just see what works best for you...
Also, you may want to take a look at this guide, which summarizes many principles we try to stick to.
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- RealLife First Name: (if differing from screenname, otherwise put "same")
- Kristen
- Time Training:
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- About Me:
- I'm a high school French teacher, so I speak French fluently. I have studied and worked in France. One of my students (Haku/Josh) introduced me to Parkour. He told me Parkour motivated him to study French. I'm doing a student trip to Paris and London in August, 2010, and the students of mine who are traceurs and I will be making the pilgrimage to Lisses. Upon registering, I am a total beginner, but I want to spend the next year training so I can practice in Lisses with my students.
- Other Physical Disciplines:
- Jazzercise (I'm an instructor), downhill skiing, ice skating, roller skating/rollerblading.
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EVERYTHING IS CLEAR TO ME NOW
"...adaptation, improvisation!
But your weakness is not your technique...
You think that's air you are breathing now?"
;)
Whoa.
party on garth
@SafeNSure LOL!!!!!!!....lol....
Finally an explanation to my now not so weird habit! Thank you Jodie!
Wow, why don't my usual questions prompt this many insightful and helpful answers?
I learned a lot from the responses of this single post.
You're ALL true :D
I guess like the saying goes, one mind any weapon.
One body, any obstacle.
Thanks (: Thi...
As the saying goes, when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. Or similarly, it's not important to know the answers as much as it is to know how to go about finding them.
I think of parkour in terms of music- it's important to b...
it's raining right now. it's supposed to stop by tonight but i'm actually not coming because it's too cold and i'm injured anyway.
I suppose it depends a bit on your personal training style. What do you what to emphasize in your training? What interests you? If all you want is to be as fast as you can, then I can see wanting to find your strengths and relying on them almost e...
Monday Conditioning @ Kezar at Kezar Stadium
December 7, 2009 from 6:15pm to 8pm
REMINDER: earlier start time (6:15pm) to have some more daylight
*run laps
*Quadrupedal crawls, inverted bipedal movement
*Stair work
*Rail Crawl
*Muscle-ish ups
*Core work, planks
Hi June!
You can still drop by after wards for open gym :) everyone will still be here hanging out and training :)
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BApk End of the Year Party! at Presidio Sports Basement
December 12, 2009 from 2pm to 4pm
Come join your BApk friends and family to celebrate a great year of training, hard work and progression.
There will be refreshments in honor of Jason (duperhero) leaving town for a year, and a 20% discount across the store.
Come out, celebrate an...
LOL, good answer. I think I see what you mean now.
So then, you'd say that the original question here is moot. It's not a question of technique but rather of instict and experience, and that neither "quality" nor "quantity" matter.
Am I...missin...
Not if it's freezing raining tho.
I think we should try to learn as many techniques as possible but NOT as fast as possible.
I would start with the basic ones, and get those down before you elaborate on them and learn more advanced techniques.
...and everything Giorgio said is t...
Similarly, the human body, doing amazing feats.
LOL
Monday Conditioning @ Kezar at Kezar Stadium
December 7, 2009 from 6:15pm to 8pm
REMINDER: earlier start time (6:15pm) to have some more daylight
*run laps
*Quadrupedal crawls, inverted bipedal movement
*Stair work
*Rail Crawl
*Muscle-ish ups
*Core work, planks
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