If you're thinking of starting parkour, here's a very enthusiastic Caitlin Murphy from Channel One news who took part in a class with Parkour Visions in Seattle, USA. You can view the other 2 videos here
Some of you may have been aware of Parkour Visions from the Levi Meeuwenberg Back Flip fund raiser that raised funds for the Parkour Visions project to help disadvantaged kids learn to overcome obstacles with parkour. The money raised went towards teaching through other organizations and at various youth centers such as Seattle's Orion Center, a homeless youth shelter run by Youthcare, or Spruce Street SCRC, a youth detention center that gets runaways off the street--programs that are already underway, with Spruce Street sessions every week.
Also, Parkour Visions is presently fund raising for a bigger parkour facility so please, if you want to and can donate, scroll to the bottom of the front page of the website parkourvisions.org , hit the button, and help them grow. Absolutely anything helps!
Here's a description about the gym from Brandee of Parkour Visions:
".. if you ever visited the space (Parkour Visions gym), it would be extremely hard to deny how fun it can be, and challenging, what with the ability to manipulate your environment as well as yourself through it. The Parkour Visions' gym is designed to be rougher than a gymnastics gym, no padded walls or spring floor. Students are informed that it is built hard on purpose, to best transfer skills outdoors. Yes there is rubber flooring over the concrete, but it is horse stall mats, so still not forgiving when you bail ungracefully. If you have any questions about where this money goes--who's teaching these classes, how it's going, and how the youth are impacted, feel free to contact me.
Cheers!
Brandee
brandee(at)parkourvisions(dot)org "
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