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Late last year Nitro from Channel 9's 'The Shak' decided he wanted to learn some Parkour.
After a bit of an outdoor demo, he joined us in class for his first lesson.
The result? See for yourself!
Thursday 18th February @ 4pm - 'The Shak' on Channel 9.
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Brisbane Indoor Classes at Somerville House are in full swing again! Please note that as of this week classes are $18 per session. This price now includes insurance and registration for the year.
Also, outdoor classes are now available!
In response to encouraging demand, we are also looking to introduce a juniors class for under 18's in May.
More updates to follow...
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Coming up to end of year holidays. Please note the last Brisbane Parkour class for 2009 is Friday 18th December.
Classes resume on Wednesday 6th January 2010! HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
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Activision are giving away 10 copies of Prototype, where you play as Alex Mercer who moves about the city jumping across buildings, running up walls and using his transformation and combat skills to change the city. The game in Australia will be rated as at least MA15+.
If you're interested in winning a copy, all you have to do is post a modified image of you or pk friends using the above images or the Facebook Prototype Infection application.
Click here for more details! Competition closes 2nd December.
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Every year, Rat Race Urban Adventure holds an event with Oxfam as the associated charity - called the Rat Race. This year, the event will be held in Melbourne and Perth.
This is an adventure race style event, where competitors have to use strategy and their skills (such as navigation, cycling, parkour etc.) to complete challenges.
Perth Rat Race Melbourne Rat Race
7-8 November 28-29 November
Forrest Place Docklands
Visit the Rat Race Adventure website for more information.
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This year's national parkour gathering in Brisbane proved to be great times all round. Over 115 people arrived for the "offical beginning" on the Saturday, but many other good times and training was had even leading up to it.
Special thanks to the Brisbane crew for their organisation and hospitality!
   
Check this thread in the Multimedia section for pics now, and more to be uploaded in the future!
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NATMEAT NATMEAT 9th-11th OCT 2009 BRISBANE NATMEAT NATMEAT
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On Sunday 23rd August 2009, our good friend Naoki Ishiyama fell from a tree in Hampstead Heath, London. Despite being a very strong and fit individual, Naoki was seriously injured and we have since been informed that his back was broken in the fall.
All who have had the pleasure of meeting Naoki can attest to him being one of the kindest, most positive and good-spirited people you could ever hope to meet and it was his wish that all of his friends knew about his accident and were aware that he was staying positive and determined to make a full recovery.
We have been told that he will need to remain in hospital for an extended period of time to keep his spine aligned and the recovery process will be difficult and slow.
Naoki travelled to London to practice Parkour, something he lives and breathes for and his passion for both Parkour and life was evident to all who trained with him.
Despite being a very positive young man and full of determination, he does need our support. At just 18 years old he finds himself in a foreign country with limited English skills, facing a life-changing injury so far from home.
This group was created in the hope that we can bring together as many of his friends as possible in one place to leave him messages, photos, videos and anything else you can think of to keep his spirits high and I will be visiting him regularly to let him know how much you're all thinking of him.
Please show your support for Naoki, even if you haven't had the pleasure of meeting him yet.. it will mean so much to him.
Naoki and his family need your support in order to overcome this very difficult situation. All money raised will be put toward paying for Naoki's UK hospital bills and for helping h...
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A new batch of the original and iconic Sydney Parkour T-shirts. As seen in classic Sydney Parkour videos such as Around the World and Escape. The founder of Parkour, David Belle, once said in an interview that Parkour was movements for "Escape" and "Reach" and so the REACH/ESCAPE Parkour shirt was born.
The design is screen-printed on a high quality 100% Cotton AAA T-Shirt (charcoal and athletic grey are a 50% cotton/50% polyester blend). All shirts are pre-shrunk, 205 GSM cotton, with tubular construction (seamless sides), double stitched shoulder tape, bottom and sleeve hems. That means they are suited to the hard wearing demands of Parkour. For the first time they are now available in glorious colour as well as all the classics. Shirts come in Black, White, Athletic Grey (black print), Charcoal Grey (white print), Red (white print), Purple (black or white print) and Yellow (black print) in sizes Small, Medium, Large and a few XL.
For non-Sydney people there is an etsy store that you can order from: www.novelways.etsy.com
or if you can wait until Nat Meat, reserve your shirts by responding to this thread.
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Ali Khadim and his crew have been recognised by local council, being funded and supported to run various workshops for local youth and cultural.
Keep up the good work guys!
Read the news article here.
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Thanks to The Youth Network IQ Inc, Tony (Ngyagi) and Adam (Puppetteer) will be flown up to Townsville in early July.
There will be a series of parkour workshops and events run - if you are into parkour at all and in the area, definately make your way in for these ones.
Details here. |
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Good news, everyone! And a little bad news as well.
Despite the voting showing the first weekend the 2:1 favourite for Australian traceurs, due to astonishingly bad timing it seems that most every seasoned player in brisbane will be unavailable for this weekend. In order to show our friends across Australia the very best time we can, we'd like to make the second weekend the one. We realize that this may not be ideal for some people, however the alternative is probably worse.
Please, mark your calendars for Friday 9th to Sunday 11th October, 2009. We'll have all the details needed to arrange travel and accomodation very soon.
Discuss on the forum... |
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Ali Kadhim from Team 9Lives will be heading over to Indonesia tomorrow for 5 weeks to work on a Spider-Man stunt show titled "The Goblin Strikes" to be performed at a major theme park. Also chosen from a handful of Australian Traceurs were Blake and Chris from UFM Stunts. Go web Go! |
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Massive congratulations go out to Scotty "Mr Double ABCD" Skelton from Brisbane. Last Monday, he landed a world tricking first and pushed the boundaries of the human body yet again, by landing a Triple Corkscrew.
Video and forum thread here. |
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The forums have been upgrade to a new type, thanks to NFG and his hours of effort and expertise.
Not only will they be cleaner and allow sub-categories, NFG has enabled embedded YouTube videos.
Nice work! |
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Recently a new Tasmanian website has been created for all types of movement. This includes parkour, freerunning, tricking, Hebertism, Movement Naturalle and others.
The idea is for separate disciplines with overlapping goals be able to share knowledge and progress through collaboration
I bring you Free Motion Tasmania:
www.freemotiontas.com
You'll be seeing quite a few people from the southern state at this years nat jam! |
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Our beloved Ngyagi (Tony) is currently in the UK on a parkour training expedition, with Spidermonkey, PK Gen and other locals.
Sharing his experience, as he loves to do, Tony is writing a blog for our benefit and pleasure:
http://www.ngyagi.blogspot.com/
Enjoy. |
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This Friday (10th) and next Wednesday (15th), Brisbane Parkour class will be on a break for Easter holidays.
Classes resume Friday 17th and onwards. |
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Until further notice, the Monday night outdoor parkour basics class will be on a break.
We hope to recommence soon.
* If you're still keen for training, it might be worth getting in touch with others who want to train via the forum. |
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