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	November 2008 Parkour Generations Workshop in Glasgow This Wednesday 19th November a group of coaches from Parkour Generations will be running a workshop in promotion of Mirror's Edge , a new game which heavily features Parkour. The workshop will be held at Bellahouston Leisure Centre from 6pm till 9pm. To try to make it as easy as possible for everyone to attend, Glasgow Parkour are arranging a mass meet up at Ibrox Underground Station at 515pm before the event - we will run from the station to Bellahouston at 530pm. You can find out more on the forums in this thread. PLEASE NOTE - AS a result of this workshop, there will be NO adult class this wednesday - we encourage you all to attend this workshop instead! Parkour Generations are the foremost teaching organisation in the world, and have been responsible for much of Chris, Zeno and BJ's training which is at the core of Glasgow Parkour Coaching's workshops and classes. This is a great opportunity and experience for our community and we hope you can all attend! Glasgow Parkour Coaching's Latest Addition It is with pleasure we welcome Mick McKeen* to Glasgow Parkour Coaching's teaching group. Mick is a long-running and dedicated follower who has shown his commitment to teaching over the last few months. Mick has been put through his paces assisting at various classes in recent months, and even been subjected to some hardcore initiation excercises in front of the Girl's Class! His commitment has led to him running the Youth Academy and Girl's class along with Chris as well as heading up various other projects. September/October 2008 Permanent Youth Workshops at the Tramway With the success of the summer workshops, a permanent parkour class for young people is starting at The Tramway this week, with two sessions: Tuesday 14th at 3.30 -5pm and Sunday 19th 3-4.30. The sessions will then continue weekly on Sundays from 3-4.30 until mid December and then pick up again in the New Year. To book, please contact the Tramway box office on 08453303501 Classes are first come first served, so please book in early! These workshops are great progress for the Scottish Parkour community, as it is one of the first permanent youth classes in the country. Launch of Fortnightly Regulars Class Chris will be running a 'regulars' class which will be starting on Thursday 23 October 7pm-9pm and continuing fortnightly. The class is designed for practitioners who already have a good grounding in fitness and techniques for Parkour and those who have been attending the adult class for 3 months or more. The Class will be very different from the usual format, and much harder physically and mentally. It is a chance for the coaches to get creative in their training ideas and the regulars to do something a bit different to supplement their training. Class is limited to just 5 places and will be Ł6 per session. To book email classbooking(at)glasgowparkourcoaching.com. Gravity Style/Prodigal Theatre visit The Prodigal Theatre show and workshops at Merchant City Festival were a great success. Our thanks go out to The Urban Playground team for sharing their knowledge and creating a new and positive awareness for our community. The Glasgow Parkour community thoroughly enjoyed the workshops and many new people were introduced to Parkour over the weekend. We are extremely grateful for UPG's time. If you have found your way here as a result of these shows, feel free to browse around and check out the classes page if you are interested in learning Parkour. Also please check out glasgowparkour.co.uk for the main community website and forums. Glasgow Parkour Youth Academy As a result of the workshops for young people in The Tramway over the summer, a permanent weekly youth academy is in the process of being set up and will hopefully be up and running by the end of October. A weekly class for young people will hopefully bring some new members to the community and allow them to learn in the correct manner. Keep an eye on this site for details - as soon as the class is ready to launch it will be announced here. August/September 2008 Gravity Style/Prodigal Theatre visits Glasgow As part of the Merchant City Festival on September 27 and 28 Prodigal Theatre and Gravity Style will be bringing their show 'The Urban Playground' to Merchant Square in Glasgow, as well as running workshops and open sessions for the public and the Glasgow Parkour community. Gravity Style is the organisation ran by Malik Diouf and Charles Perriere, who were part of the original Yamakasi group. This is a good opportunity to train with some of the orginators of Parkour and gain a unique experience on a unique structure. Visit TheUrbanPlayground.co.uk for more information. Summer Comes to an end.... Glasgow Parkour Coaching have had a good season with various youth projects taking place in the Tramway, Balloch and around various areas outside of Glasgow. The Tramway project in particular was a great success with numbers doubling in the classes in the space of 4 weeks and there are now wheels in motion to set up a permanent weekly youth class. Adult Classes-- The adult classes have been excellent over Summer, with a good bunch of regulars progressing extremely well. As summertime closes its doors, we encourage every student to keep up their training and progress which has been exceptional over the last few months. Some of the best classes so far have taken place in the pouring rain - expect a lot more of that in winter! The Girls Class is on hold for a few weeks until Chris Grant recovers from an injury. The Adult Class is still happening every Wednesday - see the classes page for details. Glasgow Parkour The Main Glasgow Parkour site has had a series of updates with new videos and articles added for inspiration - head over to glasgowparkour.co.uk and check it out! The community is thriving and has really grown over summer. July 2008 Parkour Workshops at the Tramway For the next 4 weeks(starting July 22nd) Glasgow Parkour Coaching will be hosting a series of workshops in the Tramway on the southside of Glasgow. Chris will be heading up the coaching. Workshops are free for young people and are on Tuesdays and Wednesdays 2pm-4pm and the adult class is on Thursdays 7pm-9pm. A small scaffolding structure is being built for the classes which should lead to some interesting movement work. The Tramway are dealing with bookings for the class, and details can be found here. Summer Adult Outdoor Classes/Women's Outdoor Class We're now booking up the classes for Summer. The Outdoor Adult Classes takes place on Wednesday nights from 7pm to 9pm and the Women's Only Class is Tuesday nights 7pm-9pm. Each class is Ł8 per session or you can book a block of 4 for Ł30. Send a message to classbooking(at)glasgowparkourcoaching.com to book/enquire, or drop a text/call to 07530267202. Classes fill up on a first come-first served basis and places are limited. Please note- there's going to be a slight change in booking/cancellation policy as of June - please check out the classes page. For more information on the outdoor class check out the 'classes' page. Women's taster session a success! The girls turned out in force last week to try their hand at Parkour and worked extremely hard. Off the back of this taster session a women's outdoor class will now run on tuesday nights 7pm - 9pm. For more information on the outdoor class check out the 'classes' page. National Theatre of Scotland Project comes to an end. This week Chris Grant completed the project with the NTS in Port Glasgow. The shows were met with an overwhelming response by the people of Port Glasgow and the wider Inverclyde community. Local community education officers and The minister for Culture were present at the shows. Chris Grant would personally like to express his thanks to all the pupils involved. They have really matured and developed some life skills through this work, and he is extremely proud of every individual involved. glasgowparkourcoaching.com launches...... Welcome to GlasgowParkourCoaching.com. The site has now launched - to get an idea of who we are and what we do feel free to browse around. If you are interested in booking a class or would like more information please drop an email to chrisgrant(at)glasgowparkourcoaching.com.