Chris Keighley is joining us from London to host a Parkour workshop. The 10 day workshop is in preparation for the upcoming Street Theatre Project.
Former and current students will be participating in the workshop. Parkour is a way to challenge yourself both physically and mentally. Students in the workshop will work towards improving their physical strength and their ability to overcome challenges they face in life. This workshop will help to develop and build confidence and problem solving skills.
Chris Keighley was already a veteran of the UK parkour scene when the Parkour Academy classes first started in London. He discovered parkour in the Channel 4 documentary Jump London and immediately threw himself into serious training. A combination of years of football and a decade-long love affair with cycling had instilled in Chris an intense devotion to keeping fit and active.
His skill, strength and determination are inspirational to all who train with him, and he is now a Senior Coach within the Parkour Generations teaching team as well as a Board Member for Parkour UK, the National Governing Body and one of the few Level 3 qualified A.D.A.P.T coaches in the country.
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Parkour (PK) is a training method founded by David Belle in the 1990s which focuses on rational movement in both the natural and urban environments. The focus is to move around obstacles with speed and efficiency. Developed in France, the main purpose of the discipline is to teach participants how to move through their environment by vaulting, rolling, running, climbing and jumping. Parkour practitioners are known as traceurs, who train to be able to identify and utilize alternate, more efficient paths. Parkour can be practiced anywhere, but areas dense with obstacles offer many training opportunities.
http://www.parkourgenerations.com