Big Brazil video playlist!

In addition to the links to Brazilian traceuse videos of 2010, Tatiana Silva from Brazil has written a great short story on what the parkour video is to her! Read on and enjoy :)

" Brazil is a big country and this sometimes prevents many girls from training together, but because of this distance, each traceuse brings a little of her region, her state or her town to her method of training. Since 2010 I have noticed a change in the way that many girls have faced the camera. Some girls don't like it, others noticed that the camera, that the video could help to show parkour to other women and also as a way of documenting their evolution in parkour. On a video Fem PK that I watched, someone told me that it was a record that girls existed and practiced parkour. I believe the videos of year 2010 from Sao Paulo and Rio, and other girls like Juliana Dantas (PB), Juliana Bianchi (SP),Eliane Navas (SP), Nina (SP) and Hynais (SP ) demonstrates this well. Yes! We exist! Yes! We train and we love parkour!"
-Tatiana Silva


"O Brasil é um país grande o que às vezes impede que muitas garotas se juntem para treinar, mas que faz com que cada traceuse carregue um pouco da sua região, seu estado, sua cidade no seu jeito de treinar. Desde 2010 tenho percebido uma mudança no jeito como muitas dessas meninas tem encarado a câmera. Umas não gostam, outras perceberam que a câmera, o vídeo poderia ser um aliado na divulgação do parkour para outras mulheres e um modo de registrar a evolução delas no parkour. Em algum vídeo PK Fem eu li que ele era um registro de que nós existimos e praticamos parkour. Eu acredito que os vídeos com as imagens de 2010 das traceuses de São Paulo e do Rio, e de outras meninas como Juliana Dantas (PB), Juliana Bianchi (SP), Eliane Navas (SP), Nina (SP) e Hyna (SP) demonstram bem isso. Sim! Nós existimos! Sim! Nós treinamos e amamos o parkour!"
- Tatiana Silva

Parkour Feminino RJ - 2010 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl35OzPfcSs
Parkour Feminino - São Paulo - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3VtlRYvamc
PK Fem SP: As que traça http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzj8Rd-zSVc
Juliana Bianchi 2010 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUzALoC-zm0&feature=fvsr
Nina e Hyna 2010 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8sRkKS07Jk
Juliana Dantas e Mausama - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qk5U-F3IwK4
Eliane Navas - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=di4nzTcAtOU
Flow Lili - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSX5kkBdUF8&feature=related - (this is first video where Eliane Navas tried to do all moviments don't stop).

Feature article and video on Bay Area Parkour (San Francisco, USA)

Jodie Rodriguez, Marisa Lee, Albert Kong, Justin Tang and Jason Wong were interviewed by Hyphen Magazine and you should watch this video for these reasons: the video is professionally edited and there's all the things we love: fluid movement, honest commentary and asian people running around and jumping on stuff. (ps: The magazine's theme is the exploration of the Asian American cultural landscape). Enjoy!

http://www.hyphenmagazine.com/magazine/issue-22-throwback/concrete-playground

San Francisco Bay Area groups:

Bay Area Parkour http://baparkour.com

San Francisco Parkour http://sfparkour.com

Parkour Connections http://parkourconnections.com/

Berkeley Parkour Collective http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2208600816

Videos 2º Encontro Feminino de Parkour Brasil

Some videos of the Brazil meeting, please enjoy! :)

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

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

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 ♥
www.girlparkour.com/page8.htm

Funny Holidays & FreeRuna: Videos Page Update

What a great summer, here are 2 amazing videos that have been very well edited, filmed and put together.. and then, there's what the girls are doing! Funny holidays from Russian Alexandra Shevchenko and Runa from Germany, it will bring a smile to your lips and put good new ideas in your head, so enjoy :)


www.girlparkour.com/page8.htm

End of summer Videos

The end of summer makes people do all sorts of funny things like wearing bedsheets with holes cut in it for eyes and men dressing up in school girls' uniforms and wigs, but mostly it makes people reminisce... and make end of summer videos :D Cheeky monkeys, mohawk monkey, glaswegian monkey and a bagful of playful canadian monkeys! Enjoy!
www.girlparkour.com/page8.htm

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

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!

Video page update: Polish Traceuses Project 2010 and Parisian traceuses

The Polish Traceuse Project 2010 Video is out! Here's a very beautiful foreword from Neta:

"I see something else in this movie: beauty. The techniques are not perfect, there are problems with strength, the flow… But I see passion, commitment to what they do and this is beautiful. It is great feeling when you jump and you can feel the touch of your ponytail on cheek. ^^
In this movie internal strenght and stubborness are visible as well as femininity. This is my point of view but I hope that you can see it too. ;]"

You can read the full text at the Polish traceuse blog here

Also, beautiful sunny days and lots of fun in Paris! Head over to the video page

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

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.