Parkour Feminino Brasil 2010 Video

This third video of Brazilian traceuses was an initiative of Juliana from São Paulo. After many conversations on the web girls from various cities came together and filmed some of their training. In this video these girls show strength, discipline and passion for parkour.Thanks to all the girls who participated in this project and all who support female parkour in Brazil, especially JJ (who helped in the filming) and Hugo Oliveira (who did the video editing).

Esse terceiro vídeo das traceuses brasileiras foi uma iniciativa da Juliana de São Paulo. Depois de tantas conversas na web, meninas de diversas cidades se juntaram e filmaram um pouco dos seus treinos. Nesse vídeo essas meninas demonstram força, disciplina e paixão pelo parkour. Agradecimentos a todas as meninas que participaram desse projeto e a todos que apoiam o parkour feminino no Brasil, especialmente JJ (que ajudou nas filmagens) e Hugo Oliveira (que fez a edição do vídeo).

-Tatiana, Brasil

"A preconceived thought": A new article by Therese from Uppsala, Sweden

"A friend said to me: 'Describing Parkour is like describing colors to a man born blind', i.e. that it's almost impossible. Of course you can find facts about Parkour and ultimately they will give an approximate definition. But Parkour for me is a lifestyle,"
In a Wikipedia world, anyone can look up what "Parkour" means, but from the icy north, Therese talks about the different views of parkour which many of us have experienced - Check it! www.girlparkour.com/page58.htm
..and check out the other great Articles too :)

Parkour week St Petersburg Russia and a great video! Неделя паркура 2010 ноября и отличное видео!

Parkour Week Russia is on 22-26 November and the Parkour Girls in Russia have made this video to  encourage more girls to join parkour! With lots  of activities, please come out and join them!


And here is a really great video showing the  talented Russian Ladies! Warning: Action starts at 1:10 and the beginning part is in Russian so be patient if you can't understand Russian!
http://week.pkcity.ru/

Паркур Неделя России на 22-26 ноября и Паркур девочек в России сделали это видеопоощрять больше девочек присоединиться паркур! С большимдеятельности, пожалуйста, выйти и присоединиться к ним!А вот действительно большое видео показаны талантливый русский Дамы! Предупреждение: Действие начинается в 1:10 и в начале части на русском языке так что будьте терпеливы, если вы не можете понять Россию!

http://week.pkcity.ru/

Female Parkour Youtube Channel : Hana from Japan

Neta from Poland wrote in about creating a youtube channel that compiles traceuse videos and asked if it could be linked on the Videos page. Neta says: 

"FemaleParkour channel was created to promote all traceuses who reached a high level by means of their work. 

I hope that girls' videos from all over the world would show that traceuses can be as good as traceurs. Women may also love parkour, have a passion, move effectively, train hard - and train safely.

Break the stereotypes!" 

It sounds like a great idea and we are very proud to have the youtube channel FemaleParkour part of the Videos page, starting with the talented Hana from Japan! Have a look!

http://www.girlparkour.com/page8.htm

USA, San Francisco All-Female Workshop 23 October, UC Berkeley Campus

Date: Saturday 23 October
Time: 1:00pm
Location : Campanile clock tower , UC Berkeley Campus
Cost: Free
Contact: akong@sfparkour.com Albert "lethalbeef" Kong, SFParkour Administrator
Website: http://sfparkour.com/
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=149362568436221

Ladies! Have you wanted to try parkour only to be discouraged by the overwhelming testosterone? Do you find it upsetting that parkour is a heavily male dominated community? Well here's your try parkour for the first time in a less macho atmosphere and make a dent in the gender imbalance in parkour.

SFParkour and the Berkeley Parkour Collective are hosting a free, all-female workshop where you and your friends can learn the fundamentals of parkour, focusing less on big moves and more on graceful movement. This 2 hour workshop will be designed to teach parkour with women in mind, emphasizing balance, gracefulness, footwork, progressive training techniques, basic strength conditioning, creativity, and exploration.

We will meet at 1:00PM at the Campanile, the clock tower in the middle of the UC Berkeley campus. Invite your (girl)friends!

Video page updated! About the summer that was...

3 very different videos from 3 ladies from Canada, Germany and Russia! One about the last flowers in Canada (not unrelated to the National Geographic), one about a full summer of fun, freerun and training in France, Austria, Germany (flips, wheatfields, Lisses and energy drinks) and one from Russia... which may require a bit of time as she pretends to fumble around for the first 1-2 minutes of the video.  


To the videos page!
http://www.girlparkour.com/page8.htm


Edit 10/10/10

Gala explains: "First part of video shows "the beginning" My idea was to show some kind of growth, just like "that's what I do every day" - I wanted to perform, that parkour is continuous moving & progress, & nobody should afraid of being a beginner =) Especially girls =) "


Thanks Gala!

Autumn Sale at the Shop! Shirts $15.90, Hoodies $32.90 + Shipping

Autumn Sale! 

Shirts $15.90, Hoodies $32.90

www.girlparkour.spreadshirt.com

Bogotá, PKGIRLZ Jam on October 9th

Next saturday, the female trainning support group PKGirlz will be at the Bogota Parkour Female Community jam, bringing lots of good energy, strong trainning spirit and guidance for the girls training at Bogota. more information at: http://www.pkgirlz.jimdo.com/, event review coming soon right after the trainning session :)

Event review of Day 3 JamNas Indonesia and updated links including Las Vegas Parkour

A short story from Ika, who attended Day 3 of JamNas in Indonesia.


"I was so happy. Yeah, I was happy just because I did it. That was probably a very simple vault for other girls, and boys (of course) but still, I was really proud of myself (I kept this proud for myself only). This is a big goal for me but maybe it is not special for the others. This is why I love parkour. I don't need to be like someone else. My progress is maybe too slow compared to others. Maybe I have too complicated worries-management (my own word) system inside my brain. But, again, this is me..."


You can read the full review here



The Links page has been updated with new groups including Las Vegas Parkour where Sylvia Maguina and her friends organize regular training sessions and they'd love for people to come join them :)

Uppsala Girls Gathering 2010 Event Review

Road trip!! Hayley from New Zealand has written an Event Review with her distinct Kiwi sense of humor about the weekend when 42 female participants and 3 instructors converged onto the town of Uppsala Sweden. Training, techniques and wet weather bonding - read about it in the Event Reviews page ... Nu! ("Now" in swedish)
http://www.girlparkour.com/page4.htm 

"It's play for adults," Amanda Henry in the Washington Examiner

Amanda Henry from Primal Fitness Washington DC USA was interviewed recently about how she started, why she trains and her training schedule. Amanda is a parkour trainer at Primal Fitness but will be moving to Germany soon with her husband to take up a research position at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. Bon voyage Amanda and train safe!
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/local/_Play-for-adults_-1002734-100562539.html
Photo credit: Amanda Henry

Videos page update: Australia, Poland and England

Some talented ladies coming out from all over the world. An unassuming Australian who is pulling off wall spins before blowing the candle on her 1 year anniversary, a Polish girl who is flipping out, plus one section was becoming the "Kirsty Hibbert video section... and the rest of england", so Kirsty was a good sport and her samplers have been reduced to a select few including "(Almost) Pure Parkour".  Enjoy the Videos.

Community from Colombia and Chile on October together with Daniel Ilabaca

On october a really important upcoming event within the Colombia and Chile Parkour/ADD/ FR Community, from Colombia, The communities of the Ville Blanche Parkour family will be traveling to Chile for the event on October the 9th of this year to be together with the Parkour School community and Daniel Ilabaca : D colombian traceuses interested in more info or worldwide female parkour community who would like to know more about the event here is the link to the note on the ville blanche facebook profile. http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=410097669753&comments#!/note.php?note_id=410097669753&comments&ref=notif&notif_t=note_reply and the official link to the event http://culturaurbanachile.blogspot.com/2010/07/sebastian-ilabaca-en-chile-gimnasio.html more information coming soon!! and of course the event review once I be there : D

Isis Ribas Planche Muscle-Up

Isis Ribas of Brazil recently posted this video of an incredibly smooth kipping planche muscle-up! I know I'm inspired--Well done Isis!

Happy training, all. :)