By Jodie Rodriguez
Location: San Francisco, USA
Today’s session was another great one. The weather cooperated and we had 2 brand new faces this time around! This, coupled with a few of the longer-time traceuses was a perfect mix! One of my favorite things about these jams is seeing new enthusiastic faces and watching the growth of parkour among women. We held it at a large (outdoor) community center that has 2 playgrounds, ramps, rails, and a great stairwell! Man, i wish i took some pictures.
After stretching, this time we actually did the conditioning exercises before the jog around the park. We went on to learning basic movements by just taking the box jump, putting our hands down on the obstacle and learning several various kinds of movements you can do. We continued to move ourselves over rails too. After that, it was to the wall for some wall runs. The fun part of this was that we had to lower ourselves into this other area, so once we climbed down into that gated area, you kinda had to use the wall to get yourself out! From here we practiced our rolls, underbars, and popvaults. At the end of the day, the group headed down one block from the park for some ice cream!
To find out about the details of the next practise, you can contact Jodie at jmmalarkey (at) gmail (dot) com Bay Area Parkour(BAPK) has the largest number of active parkour practitioners in the San Francisco Bay Area. When you come to a BAPK session, you can expect a friendly and inviting group of people who are always willing to help beginners. We would love for you to come train with us!
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