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Mar 16 / 6:11pm

Sasuke Obstacle Course Challenge

by monkee

Photos mostly by Eric Jusino. Add yours to our group on Flickr and tag with 'sasuke310' to show up here!

Our first obstacle course challenge was a great success! Familiar faces as well as those new to us gathered on Saturday March 13, filling the gym to participate in the event--either by testing their athletecism, or being audience to those who did. For each group we arranged three obstacle courses of varying difficulty, granting three tries on each course for the kids, and two tries on each course for the adults. The courses included movement specific challenges, time penalties for failures, climbs, swings, balances, and jumps--all with the added danger of trecherous pools of lava. (No one sustained serious injury by the lava.) Competitors, child and adult alike, exhibited fine sportsmanship, maintaining a positive and supportive environment for their peers throughout the challenges. 

We'd like to extend a thank-you to everyone who joined us for the day, including sincere gratefulness to all of those who donated. You are the reason we're able to continue to improve the gym and offer such events. These are the things that make our community thrive and grow, as was proven by the overwhelming camaraderie of the day.

Following are the top results for each course and overall:

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Filed under  //  basics   competition   gym   intermediates   kids   pkvisions   sasuke  
Feb 11 / 5:06pm

Compiled new changes to the gym

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New rock climbing holds, wideangle and fisheye lenses for Squint (the gym camera), sanded and taped vault boxes (hopefully no more splitting when dragging), new tools and organization, nice futon mattress in the lounge, more cubbies up for storage, reorganized weight room :)
Filed under  //  gym   gym evolution   pkvisions  

Posted from Seattle, WA

Jan 31 / 10:59pm

That was awesome! I mean, oh my god, it was horrible. « Seattle Belles of the Sound

I had a fantastic time during the class – I was a novice, and we went over tucking and rolling as well as speedily and safely vaulting over large objects.  We practiced each movement until it became familiar, then moved onto another, slightly more challenging one.  I leaped.  I balanced.  I crouched.  I jumped.  Throughout it all, Brandee, the beginners’ coach, gently corrected posture, went over the finer points of each movement, and emphasized control and focus.  Like Yoda, except built like an Amazon.  With a mohawk.  And not green.

Fantastic little writeup of Liezel's day after her first class :) Read here for the whole thing

Filed under  //  basics   class   first session   gym   pkvisions   testimonials  
Dec 17 / 5:42pm

Q13 FOX Visits Parkour Visions

by monkee

News report:

 

Behind the scenes:

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Rafe tells it like it is:

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Filed under  //  fox   gym   news reports   pkvisions  
Dec 4 / 7:29pm

Capture the flag

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Floor is lava, one flag, two teams, passing allowed, has to be in the pocket to move, first two steps protected. Flag has to move from one end of the gym to the other :)
Filed under  //  games   gym   pkvisions  

Posted from Seattle, WA