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- Pacifica, CA
- United States
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Coastside Pk
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South Bay
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San Bruno
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Nils's Events
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BApk End of the Year Party!
December 12, 2009 from 2pm to 4pm – Presidio Sports Basement
***** train hard ***** stay humble ***** ***** play always *****
Profile Information
- RealLife First Name: (if differing from screenname, otherwise put "same")
- Nils
- Time Training:
- First Year
- How did you find us?
- Friend's referral/invitation, Acrosport trainee
- Can you support the group with transportation? # of seats?
- Yes, 4 seats and willing to drive.
- About Me:
- I'm a warrior -- a writer, philosopher, activist and traceur, born and raised in the Bay Area and dedicated to serving Life, Love and Truth. I am also a student of massage therapy and holistic healing arts at the World School in SF.
I've been using my surroundings as a playground my whole life, but have only been conscious of "parkour" proper for about three years now. I am recovering from an early-2008 ankle injury, just getting back into street-worthy physical shape, and I'm very interested in finding a community of friendly parkour practitioners to train with.
I live in Pacifica, I love sunshine and community and home-grown fruits and vegetables. I can sometimes be found training at AcroSports SF, at World Team USA Muay Thai/MMA, or climbing trees in Golden Gate Park. I have two little dogs, Peanut and Phyllis. I am currently in the midst of transitioning from a life of cultural conditioning and unhealthy habits into a life of discipline and truth. I quit smoking (spliffs and blunts) a few months ago, and am now trying to develop control over my other sense cravings -- namely, sugar, caffeine, and negligent throughts. I am trekking through uncharted territories in life right now, trying to break out of my old comfort zones as much as possible. As Frederick Douglass said, 'If there is no struggle, there is no progress.'
I believe in the existence of happiness and suffering, I believe in fundamental human equality, and I believe these truths to be incompatible with the concepts of Empire and a Ruling Class. I am interested in doing my part to advance this Movement of Movements -- toward peace, participatory democracy, human rights, sustainability, human dignity, and LOVE! And so I am a revolutionary -- a peaceful, democratic revolutionary. I believe we can join together, wrest power from the hands of the few who profit from destruction, and create a truly awesome and beautiful future. I'm always looking for friends and allies.
I look forward to training with you -- building discipline, confidence, muscles and friendships with you. I'm always down to discuss truth or anything else -- and also always down to silently negotiate objects and flow. I love constructive criticism and am a strong believer in the beginner mentality.
May your movements be fluid and safe.
Peace!
- Other Physical Disciplines:
- Tree-climbing, ocean swimming, hackey sack, soccer, basketball, scuba diving, muay thai, playing with puppies...
Latest Activity
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 and…
I'll see y'all there. Hopefully the five-o won't show up this time to spoil our fun ;)
I'll be at the meeting spot at 5:30 with a car and 4 extra seats.
Happy to give a ride or get one from somebody else.
I just reserved a spot.
Driving up from SF if anyone needs a ride.
Otherwise, I'd be down to ride in someone else's car (save on gas, toll, emissions...)
Looking forward to seeing you all there : )
BApk Sunday basic training 11/22 at Lower Presidio
November 22, 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 lateco…
I'd love to make it out, but I'll be at a meditation retreat in Tomales all weekend
: )
Catch you next time...
BApk Sunday basic - special East Bay session at UC Berkeley
November 1, 2009 from 12pm to 3:30pm
[training at UC Berkeley, meeting location to be finalized]
Let's do this!
LET'S JOIN OUR INCREDIBLY LOYAL EAST BAY MEMBERS ON THEIR TURF.
Check here for RIDES
Session description:
This training provides a healthy atmosphere for new practitioners…
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i saw this guy down in LA a couple months ago and i thought he had died
me and a training buddy might stop by to check out this place a little early. Gonna try to head out early to make it back to the BAPK Party in SF.
its going to be wet out in SF so i want to get some warm training in and meet the fellas.
Holiday Open Gym Training! at Near Great Mall of Milpitas
December 12, 2009 from 1pm to 2:30pm
Hi!
On Saturday December 12, 2009 from 1-2:30pm we are hosting a Free open gym jam at my school. The holiday's are coming up and we thought that this would be a fun time to meet others who train that same and similar arts in the bay! So if you are…
...NOT A CRIME!
:|
Yeah i liked that vid. Very creative. :)
LOL!
may not be able to make it this week. but condition on!
Parkour is for everybody
Parkour is fun, but it's not a game
This relates: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mX6g3z_yQQ
Can't think straight right now, I'll come up with some tomorrow.
By the way... this made me sad: http://baparkour.ning.com/photo/2070047:Photo:57150?context=latest
parkour is parkour is parkour.
viva la resistance. :0
Ok, I want to make another pk related graphic and this time I'd like to get the community in on it.
I want to know what parkour means to you and I want to bring our ideas together in a concise, dynamic text based image. Sound good? Cool.
Finish th…
yeah. we were all pretty surprised when he busted this out. :0
Monday Conditioning @ Kezar at Kezar Stadium
December 14, 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
sick!
What I like about this vid is that it makes parkour look like it's slowing everything down instead of speeding things up, like most vids portray it.
It seems to sacrifice the physical side of parkour to portray more of the (dare I say it) spiritual…
...yeah, one of the first featured videos.
...sweet! (in picture...)
Never seen done like that, and I'm a big fan of steel beams.
:)
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Looking fwd. to seeing you soon!