Aaron Hakala is one of the top freerunners in the world, but that’s just his side gig. His main focus is circus, and in this video, he and friend show how awesome a teeter totter can be.
Monday
Basics A – Wall passes and tacs
Basics B – Speed and lazy vaults
Level 3 – Speed endurance
Tuesday
Homeschool – Speed and lazy vaults
Young kids – Step vaults and lazy step vaults
Level 2 – Cat leaps and tacs
Wednesday
Basics A – Speed and lazy vaults
Basics B – Ascending, descending, and sloth climbing
Level 3 – Speed endurance
Thursday
Homeschool – Ascending, descending, and sloth climbing
Basics A – Ascending, descending, and sloth climbing
Basics B – Tacs and cats
Level 2 – Vault power: height
Saturday
Basics – Tacs and cats
Basics B – Lazies and kongs
Level 2 kids indoors and out – Approach runs
Adult basics outdoors – Tacs and cats
Level 2-3 mixed – Approach runs
Sunday
Basics A – Lazies and kongs
Basics B – Underbars
On Sunday, May 5, Parkour Visions taught workshop at Gasworks Park to help raise funds for the Wounded Warrior Project. PKV student Nick organized and publicized the event. Coach Ox led an intro to parkour clinic for more than 30 people of all ages and abilities. We had a great time! Here are a few shots from the workshop (courtesy of Mark Malijan):
Ox teaches step vaults for ascending and descending.
Nick (who was the main organizer for the event) vaults a wall into the sand pit.
A student drags (the incredibly lightweight) Ox to safety.
This week’s inspiration comes from Kie Willis, who is known for having some of the largest running jumps and best control of big drops out there. It’s beautiful stuff. Don’t let it intimidate you though, you can still be good at parkour without jumping gaps over 50 foot drops.
Monday
Basics A – Hurdles and broad jumps
Basics B – Step vaults and rolls
Level 3 – Ukemi and kips
Tuesday
Homeschool – Step vaults and rolls
Young kids – Step vaults and rolls
Level 2 – Rail flow and footwork
Wednesday
Basics A – Step vaults and rolls
Basics B – Swinging and underbars
Level 3 – Ukemi and kips
Thursday
Basics A – Swinging and underbars
Basics B – Sprint, dodge, and cut
Level 2 – Ukemi and descents
Saturday
Basics – Sprint, dodge, and cut
Basics B – Reverse vaults and pass unders
Level 2 – Strides and gap jumps
Adult basics outdoors – Sprint, dodge, and cut
Level 2-3 mixed – Strides and gap jumps @Freeway Park
Sunday
Basics A – Reverse vaults and pass unders
Basics B – Swings and stems
We are big fans of the Austrian traceur, Monkeeeyman, who puts out the rawest of edits but the cleanest and most beautiful flowing parkour. Here is another edit showing his superb vision and flow:
Monday
Basics A – Lazy vaults and side monkeys
Basics B – Climbing, stems, and traverses
Level 3 – Ukemi, swings, kip development
Tuesday
Homeschool – Climbing, stems, and traverses
Young kids – Climbing and sundry
Level 2 – Approach runs and hurdles
Wednesday
Basics A – Climbing, stems, and traverses
Basics B – Sprints and precision running
Level 3 – Ukemi, swings, kip development
Thursday
Basics A – Sprints and precision running
Basics B – Lazy vault and turn vault
Level 2 – Diving vaults
Saturday
Basics – Lazy vault and turn vault
Basics B – Climbing, ledge work, and underbars
Level 2 – Strides and precision
Adult basics outdoors – Lazy vault and turn vault
Level 2-3 mixed – Strides and precision @Freeway Park
Sunday
Basics A – Climbing, ledge work, and underbars
Basics B – Landing continuum
A new video from the star of Parkour Literally showing once again how beautiful pure effective movement can be with amazing speed and flow:
Monday
Basics A – Sprints and precision jumps
Basics B – Kongs and kashes
Level 3 – Guest coach Duncan
Tuesday
Homeschool – Kongs and kashes
Young kids – Vaults up and vault downs
Level 2 – Kongs and kashes
Level 3 – Guest coach Duncan
Wednesday
Basics A – Kongs and kashes
Basics B – Cats and traverses
Level 3 – Guest coach Duncan
Thursday
Basics A – Cats and traverses
Basics B – Step overs, stride, and hurdles
Level 2 – Level cats and height gaps
Saturday
Basics A – Step overs, stride, and hurdles
Basics B – Step vault and dash vault
Level 2 – Kongs and vault to precisions
Basics outdoors – Step overs, strides, and hurdles
Level 2-3 mixed – Kongs and vaults to precision @Gasworks
From the moment you enter, it’s obvious that this is not your ordinary gym.
Well that went well! At least 60 people passed through the doors, with the adult clinic getting so huge we had to split into two groups and break out all 60 or so feet of precision trainers to balance on in line! That many people is a bit too much for the current gym space we’ve learned (until we can open up the second room) and we’ll keep events smaller in the future
Marc Ramirez from the Seattle Times was there and he wrote an awesome article that was featured in the paper today as well as photos from Alan Berner and an excellent video put together from Genevieve Alvarez. Our own Kellen Fujimoto spent some time grabbing shots as well, and we’ll update this blog post as more stuff comes in.
Update: Check out Tim Kahn’s video coverage of the event!
