2º Encontro Feminino de Parkour 2011, Sao Paolo Brazil, 15 & 16 January

Hi girls!
Another year has passed, much has happened,many meetings, a lot of gossip! Now it's our turn to come together to chat and train a lot! It's great to see girls training together! :D So go to buy your tickets to São Paulo now, fill your water bottles and be prepared, because the 2nd Female Parkour meeting is coming!



2º Encontro Feminino de Parkour

15 and 16 January, Sao Paulo!

On the first day, Saturday, we'll meet in the subway big car at 10 am, and from there go to the park next door. Will have guided training, free training, etc.. On Sunday, 10 am in the metro sao paulo garden, where we will be at the playground for a while and from there we'll walk, passing through the peaks on the way, to get on the Tucuruvi subway .

See you in January!
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* Bring your water bottles, sunscreen, traceuse survival kit, etc
* More information soon about the shirts.
* If you need a place to stay, contact, to see home if you get someone who can.
* Men are welcome provided of course that they are accompanied by girls!

Girls, to register you can fill out the form below and email to:  parkourfeminino@gmail.com


Registration Form 
Name:   Gender:   Age:   E-mail:   Status:   City:

After filling the application, we will send by e-mail, details of the meeting, the little location maps, more information about the shirts, etc..
- Nina

Parkour Feminino http://www.orkut.com/Main#Community?cmm=7341788

Eaai mulherada!
Mais um ano passou, muita coisa aconteceu, muitos encontros, muitas fofocas! Então chegou a nossa vez de nos reunirmos pra botar a conversa em dia e treinar muitoooo! Pq é muito ver as meninas juntas litrando! :D
Então já vão comprando suas passagens pra Sampa, enchendo as garrafinhas de água e preparando os calinhos, pq o 2º Encontro Feminino de Parkour promete!!


2º Encontro Feminino de Parkour
Dias 15 e 16 de janeiro em São Paulo!


No primeiro dia, sábado, vamos nos encontrar no metro carrão ás 10h, e de lá vamos pro parque do lado. Vai ter treininho guiado, treino livre, etc. No domingo, 10h no metro jardim são paulo, onde a gente vai ficar um pouco no leparkinho e de lá vamos andando e passando pelos picos no caminho até chegar no metro tucuruvi.


Vejo vocês em janeiro!
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*Tragam suas garrafas de água, protetor solar, kit de sobrevivencia da traceuse, etc.
*Em breve mais informações sobre as camisetas.
*Quem precisar de lugar pra ficar, entre em contato, pra ver casa se álguem que possa te receber.
*Homens são bem vindos desde que estejam caracterizados de meninas, lógico!


Meninas é o seguinte, para fazer a inscricao vocês podem preencher o formulário abaixo e mandar para o email: parkourfeminino@gmail.com 


Inscrição pro Encontro Feminino de Parkour


Nome:   Sexo:   Idade:   E-mail:    Estado:   Cidade:


Depois de feita a inscrição, vamos mandar por e-mail, os termos que terão q ser entregues preenchidos no dia do encontro, os mapinhas de localização para quem é de fora, mais informações sobre as camisetas, etc.
-Nina

Parkour Feminino http://www.orkut.com/Main#Community?cmm=7341788

Italy Traceuses Project 2010 Video

The 'Made in Italy - traceuses Project 2010' was created with the aim to promote women in the disciplines of Parkour and Art du déplacement in Italy. The project was born from the union and collaboration of Italian traceuses, to encourage other girls approach to discipline without much hesitation, gender, and because parkour art du déplacement is open to all disciplines. For this reason we made a video in which show what practitioners have learned Italian in the year 2010. Soon we will hold a rally where you can meet us all, with the help of the Italian Parkour Associations, ADD Apki and Rhizai. Thanks for all the girls, cameramen, their membership groups, and who else supports them.

Enjoy! - Angelina

L'"Italy - traceuses project 2010" nasce con lo scopo di promuovere la presenza femminile nelle discipline del Parkour e Art du Déplacement in Italia. Il progetto nasce dall'unione e dalla collaborazione delle traceuses italiane, per incitare altre ragazze all'approccio alla disciplina senza troppe esitazioni legate al sesso, perchè parkour e art du déplacement sono discipline aperte a tutti. Per questa ragione abbiamo realizzato un video nel quale mostriamo ciò che le praticanti italiane hanno appreso nel corso dell'anno 2010. Prossimamente cercheremo di organizzare un raduno nel quale sarà possibile incontrarci tutte, con la collaborazione di alcune associazioni italiane di Parkour e ADD come l'Apki e la Rhizai. Ringraziamo per la collaborazione tutte le ragazze, i cameramen, i loro gruppi d'appartenenza, e chi altri le sostiene.

Buona Visione! - Angelina

Countdown time!! 10..9..1 !! Happy New Year!

Whee! Here's another new year and... oh ok so it's not yet 2011 yet but I should practise since my counting skills obviously need work. Ah New Year's Eve... a time to make new resolutions and wonder what happened to the ones you made last year. The year has just flown by and it's been an eventful one! Lots of women's workshops, tshirts (please buy one, it will help with running costs of the site), videos and lots and lots of women moving and training all over the world - in fact check out December's gallery now :)

HAPPY NEW YEAR !

and thank you, from the bottom of my heart, to all the ladies and gentlemen 

who contribute and have made what you see on Girlparkour.com a reality.

Much love to you all!!

David Belle & Sebastian Foucan interview on Freerunning TV

Freerunning TV has come up with the first in a series of videos of an interview between Sebastian Foucan and David Belle, where they talk about their history, their philosophies and how they see the world as it is today. There are English subtitles and Spanish subtitles will be coming out soon, enjoy!

APEX Movment Boulder Women's Seminar - Session Three!

Session three of the Women’s Parkour seminar will include (as requested) an entire hour of obstacle courses. This will include evaluation of runs and opportunities to improve technique, flow, and course times. The second hour will include some basic gymnastics and easy-to-learn freerunning techniques. The course split is designed to encourage flow and body awareness, learning to use both in unison.


Date: Saturday, December 11th

See our facebook event page at:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=128338410558485&ref=mf

Videos of previous seminars also posted on event page!

CalParkour's Females Workshop Review

On a stormy afternoon in October, a small group gathered in a brick-paved courtyard on the University of California Berkeley campus to participate in CalPK's Women's Workshop. The group included three instructors, about half a dozen students and several members of the CalPK and SFParkour communities coming out to lend moral support.

Despite the rainy weather, spirits were high and soon, even the novices were rearing to go. We began with introductions to get a feel of what kind of skill sets were being brought to the event. A lot of rock climbers, some martial artists, and as well as a few people with no real athletic background.

After a warm up consisting of dynamic stretching and an introduction to quadrupedal movement, we took a short jog to our next training spot. At this first station we went over some basic methods for scaling and descending from ledges. Drilling all the steps of the progressions was hard work, but everyone tackled the challenge admirably.

Taking a break from the heavy movements of the last station, we went over precision basics: arm swing, knees up, head over toes, etc. We did a quick team building exercise where, as a group, we would try to precision to a ledge and hold it for 5 seconds. If anyone stumbled, we would all do it together again. It was a simple drill, but ended up being pretty fun.

Then it was time to put some of our new found skills to use. We moved to a nearby area that had concrete benches and planters clustered together with a mix of heights ranging from shoulder to knee height. The instructors mapped out a route and demonstrated some possible ways to navigate the obstacles, then it was up to you to find your way.

As we went around the circuit, we would pause to give each lap a theme. The first lap was "getting to know the landscape," taking it slow and familiarizing ourselves. Next was "ease," finding the most comfortable way to move through the course. After that was "confidence," being masters of our environment. Finally came "exploration," playing with what was possible and taking time to have fun.

After a quick water break we headed over an area with a lot of rails. By this time it had begun raining heavily and we quickly scratched the rail-walking portion of the workshop. Instead we went over underbars and set up a flow exercise. The exercise consisted of a relay race where one team began at the bottom of the course and the other at the top. One person from one team would make their way up to the second team, navigating three rails sets along the way. They would then tag someone on the other team who would make their way back along the same course. When everyone in the teams ended up where they had started, the relay was done.

We retreated from the rain to do a final conditioning set. Then as we cooled down and stretched out, one of the instructors read two specially prepared letters from Luci Steel of Team Tempest and Brandee Laird of Parkour Visions. Their inspirational words were a perfect way to complete our workshop:

"I grew up wanting to be like Superwoman; what I've learned is that we can all be Superwomen, we just have to find our own unique path of flight!" - Luci

"It's kind of like an imaginary elixir for vision, taken with eighty ounces of sweat once a whenever for as long as you choose. Side effects may include irresistible urges to climb things, a heightened sense of alternative exits, and uncanny abilities to navigate anything." - Brandee

Videos page updated: USA, England, Greece and Russia!

This month's video update is a big bag of everything : a girl with a city as her name, creative ways to run to work in london, gymnasts, a greek parkour media darling and of course fun and flips (putting the "k"ontroversy into par"k"our) Whatever you want to call it, it's this kind of diversity that makes the entrance of women in parkour so interesting - let's see where it all goes! Enjoy ♥
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