OPK

Those of you who maybe new to the local parkour scene, should really take the time to check out OPK. A state dedicated site, which consists almost entirely of the forums. It has many tracuers far more experienced than I and is a great communication point.
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Weekly Jam Times??

We are leaning towards a sat afternoon Jam. Perhaps on UofO campus?
Any thoughts? Ideas? Preferred training times?
No voice no vote- lookin to hear from you.

Lane Campus-Training

At 4ish on wed the 27th, we will be at LCC. Training down around the track/soccer fields at first. So come find us and join us in our growth.
I'm planning on some Ground Kongs and Kong Vaults, maybe some more fun in Tim's corner.
See ya there-

Inspiring Parkour videos

So I've been watching quite a few videos lately. Some of them I have stumbled across and some were sent to me by fellow Traceurs. If you have a chance I highly suggest checking them out. There is allot of information and allot of inspiration to be gleaned from these videos.

Since there will be a few I videos I'm going to link them instead of embedding them.

Parkour - The Nature Of Challenge

A really cool four part documentary on Parkour by Traceurs. Thanks Jeremy for the link.

Royal Marines

A two part show on The Royal Marines practicing with some of the urban free flow guys, then the Urban Free flow guys participating in training with the Royal Marines.

Hope to hear your guys views on the videos.

- Tim.

Basic Ability

Parkour, as I have found it to be, requires some base level of fitness. Only so much can be accomplished as you are today. The reality of being a Tracuer(sp?) is to always be a beginner, yet have the steady confidence of the veterans body... So we will endlessly condition our bodies to be ready and able-
From my point of view, you should be able to do some basic exercises well; and with being too fatigued from the process. So here some are:
Run a 9 minute mile and be able to talk with ease at the end.
10 Pull-Ups with at least one left in the tank.
30 Body Squats, with juice left to sprint.
25 Push-Ups with out struggling.
The main theme here is that all of this should be within your normal range.
The only thing I'm struggling with is the pull-ups... I could do a lot better with the running. Many of you can do way more than 25 push-ups, yet body-squats will challenge some.
As much as getting together for Jams will be the fun, and training together will inspire- doing this type of boring horse-training on our own will allow, and facilitate, the group to excel.

Eugene Parkour

Sup My Fellow Tracuers-
Today we have started E.P.K.!! Here is our first simple attempt at a Parkour group.
We have found plenty of people interested, and most have asked if we're starting a group. Well we are! So everyone post your comments and ideas/desires. More soon-
We are; B. Hardt & T. Burns.
Run and be sharp minded