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June 2010

26th June: Monday Monkey only on Girparkour Facebook                     

Introducing the "Monday Monkey" to inspire you on those slow Monday mornings after the weekend and to remind you to get out there to train. Subscribers of the GirlParkour Facebook Page  will receive a notification in their newsfeed every monday about a Monday Monkey (MOMO) to be viewed. If you know someone who would like having a Monday Monkey, please send them the facebook link and click "Like" to subscribe.

25th June: Girparkour Facebook page                      

We were talking on the GPK Forums about whether a Facebook page was really needed. After much thought and with the goals of maintaining continuity with what we've developed here and on the Forums,the GirlParkour Facebook Page is now up. So please "Like" and "Link" to us :)

24th June: Getting Involved in Media Work Article by Julie Angel              

Filmaker Julie Angel who some of you may recognise from her work with Parkour Generations , has written an article about Getting Involved in Media Work that is a must-read for anyone considering starting in the media industry and is another great addition to the Articles page. Thanks Julie! 

23rd June: Any traceuses from Vancouver Canada?                                 

Tiara from Vancouver has started a blog for traceuses in Vancouver Canada and would love for others to join her :) in her words:

"Hi all, I'm a traceuse living in Vancouver who is looking for other girls who want to train and practice together. I've started a little website to try to get a few more girls in the area on board. I can't seem to decide if there are simply few girls training, or if I just haven't found them yet.

For those of you not in Vancouver, can you spread the word to friends that you know who ARE in Vancouver and who want to train? I spent two years training very hard with Mofaya Parkour in South Africa, and I'm happy to help any girls with the basics if they are willing to stick around and be persistent with it.

Visit the website: Rain City Girls  Thanks everyone for your help. Encouragement is heartily appreciated!

- Tiara"

Say hello to Tiara on the Girlparkour forum post here  and her blog has been added to the Links page.

22nd June: New videos from Poland and UK                                             

Watch out world, here come some talented ladies! 2 of them are new videos from lovely Olka and freerunning Kirsty but the 3rd is a blast from the recent past (2008 actually) of Emily from team Seishin. Let's watch some Videos :D

Edit: Have added the Parkour Visions King5 TV interview to the list.

12th June: American Rendezvous Event Review                                          

Parkour Horizons organized the American Rendezvous over the Memorial Day long weekend which brought together members of Majestic Force (Yamakasi founders), Parkour Generations  and practisioners from all over America.

Anne has written a great review that captures the spirit of the weekend.. Events Review for all the sweat, pain and glory!

8th June: Finding your Way, Message from Maria Raptaki for Traceur Project  

Dudek from Traceur Project wanted to share a message from Maria Raptaki (Greece) that they read out during the recent Finding Your Way Workshop in Mexico. In his words:

"This message is to let you know about a litte surprise we did for the girls. We asked Maria Raptaki to send a message (which we read) to the girls. It was really inspirational not only for the traceuses but for everyone who listened to it. This message is now available to be read in the original version (English) and the translation in Spanish in this link http://www.traceurproject.com/articulos/9  When you read it you will see why I'm saying that haha.Please post it in Girl parkour so her message can be spread all over the world."

Congratulations to Traceur Project and the Mexican traceuses for another fun and successful workshop!

5th June: 1st Saturday of June is declared U.S. National Parkour Day              

American Parkour is naming the 1st June Saturday, National Parkour Day that includes an important element, the Leave No Trace  initiative.

The philosophy of Leave No Trace is:
1.Know your equipment and your environment.
2.Leave your training ground as good as, or better than, you found it.

So if you're not in the U.S. but would like to join in and make it an INTERnational Parkour day, please do so :) In the spirit of things, you can join the Facebook event here. Happy Parkour Day!  

4th June: Travelling Traceuse and monthly girls' workhops in Townsville Australia     

Also, Travelling Traceuse Hayley in Sweden is back with a really great post about recovering from injury, fear, barefoot training and heaps of good stuff. We wish you all the best and thanks for the great post! Go to the Travelling Traceuse ! (And scroll to the bottom)

Traceurs in Townsville Australia have partnered with Actively Connect Australia to provide 4 FREE girls' only workshops taking place in parks around the West Townsville Area. These workshops are for girls aged 10 - 17 and their female family member, support person or friend. The first workshop is this Saturday, and then on 3rd July, 7th August and 4th September. A great opportunity to try parkour for the first time if you're in the area! :D

For full details go to the Forum link here , the APA forums or the Google calendar on the Upcoming Events calendar  

  3rd June: UPKF Umea Sweden GIrl's Workshop 12th June                    

AnnSofie and Sarah from Umea Parkour www.upkf.se is holding a FREE girls' workshop next Saturday. It is for girls wishing to start parkour and is completely free so please bring your friends to train with them :)  

The facebook event page is here and please contact AnnSofie at annsofie (dot) upkf (at) gmail (dot) com You can also check the Google calendar on the Upcoming Events page for more info.

 

2nd June: Gallery time! America, Brazil, Canada.. and more                                  

The ABCs of women moving all over the world, go on to the gallery!

1st June: Summer glorious summer! *(Only applicable in the northern hemisphere)    

The seasons are changing, for some of us, it's a peeling off of the many layers of winter clothing. for some exam stress time and for others, time to plan (or carry out) holiday plans. Whatever it is, GPK will be here with info for women in parkour, freerunning and ADD.

You can use the Girlparkour Forum to meet new traceuses or start a conversation about training...Or tell us what you think of the site and how we can improve it by filling out the totally anonymous GPK User Feedback Form .

Plus, here's a reminder about 2 upcoming summer events specifically for women. The first, is a parkour sommercamp by Parkour Linz taking place from 15 July - 1 Aug, cost: 170€ incl. accomodation and food. For signup heidrun.neumayer@gmx.at and/or +43 650 8308507 (REGISTRATION DEADLINE 27.JUNE 2010)" For additional information about the event, check out the Upcoming Events page (click on the event on the Google Calendar), here is the post on   or contact Parkour Linz directly

Tthe 2nd event is the Traceuse Gathering end of July, dates still in planning. To be added to the mailing list for latest details of Traceuse Gathering 2010, contact Liv at la.femme.traceur (at) gmail (dot) com  You can read Emma's great review of last years gathering here .

"Hello international Ladies!

Just to let everyone know the Traceuse Gathering 2010 is in planning, and I have a contact who may be able to help with accomodation this year, otherwise it will be back to the hostel again!
I am sending this email out only to international Traceuses at the moment, since I know you often need more advance notice in regards to flights. The Gathering is going to be at the end of July, though we are just confirming dates at the moment, and all levels of Traceuse are welcome! It is going to be held in London again, so lets hope for good weather!
There are obviously a lot of Traceuses I have missed, so please any friends that train you see are not on the mailing list please forward this onto them.
Please send responses in regards to early numbers, and yes I will be printing vests this year since I got in so much trouble last year for not doing them!
 
Much Love to you all and stay safe
 
Liv x  "

It has been such a great month of May with new articles, lots of activity in the GPK Forum, events for women taking place all over the world... life is truly sweet and THANK YOU all for making it that way!

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May 2010

26th May: Female workshop this sunday 30th in Mexico                                               

Traceur Project in Mexico is holding a workshop for women with activities planned to allow women to further develop their way in Parkour. Hence, the name of the workshop: "Finding your way"

Date & time: 30th May 2010, 10:00 to 12:30. (Mexico City time)

Spot: Unidad Independencia in Mexico City (specific address in the event links)

Cost:Free   Hosted by:Noir and Armand from Traceur Project

You can check out full details at the Facebook Event , email contacto (at) traceurproject (dot) com or on http://www.comunidadparkour.com/_finding_your_way.html or http://www.traceurproject.com

 

22th May: Sommercamp in Austria 15 July - 1 Aug!        

Parkour Linz is organizing a summer parkour coamp for girls with currently 7 coaches from Parkour Linz, Parkour Vienna the Saiyans (England), Parkour Stuttgart and Michaela "Michi" Benthaus

 

Here's the full translation from the original post:

"25th July till 1st August 2010 - The first austrian girls parkour camp! This week will be coached under the supervision of experienced traceurs. To help and show ho to develop technical and physical strength, with an input of inspirational help for your own training.We will train as much as possible outdoors, also have the possibility for an indoor training in a well-equiped gym, where we spend the whole week! Next to the Parkour workshop there will also be risk and anatomy teachings/hearings through the whole week!

Cost: 170€ incl. accomodation and food

For signup heidrun.neumayer@gmx.at and/or +43 650 8308507
(REGISTRATION DEADLINE 27.JUNE 2010)"

For additional information about the event, check out the Upcoming Events page (click on the event on the Google Calendar), here is the post on   or contact Parkour Linz directly.

Lots of fun and great way to spend the summer holidays :)

18th May: 1 from Poland, 2 from Brazil and 16 from Canada                                         

Not videos but women :) There's an interview with Isis and Eliane with some smoooooth action, a trip with Neta in Poland and 2 videos of the Recontre de Filles in Quebec, Canada with more than 16 girls! Please, I'd like some Videos

15th May: The Zen Discipline of Accepting Yourself Through Acts of Being Ballsy          

Everyone (yes, even the supermodels) have moments when we look in the mirror and see our perceived physical flaws. Some women wonder, "Is my bodyshape really right for parkour?" Author and traceuse Cory explains, " the word ballsy has a masculine-connotation, gets to play the essay's concepts of contrasting femininity."  So read up and welcome in The Zen

"Ballsy": adjective,balls·i·er, balls·i·est. Slang: Usually Vulgar.  boldly aggressive or courageous: a ballsy gal who isn't afraid of anyone. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ballsy

 12th May: Travelling Traceuse - From Germany to Australia    

Julia Kuhn from Germany lived in the beautiful city of Sydney Australia and trained with Sydney Parkour for 6 months.  Tim Tams, wharf jumps, beaches and parkour. 

Read the  Travelling Traceuse

11th May: London Girls' Jam this Sunday                                                                   

This month's girls' jam in London takes place this Sunday (not the regular 2nd Sunday) in Earlsfield, so it's a good time to come out, get some fresh air and jump around ;) Please note that it is at 1:30pm to make room for those who would like to do the morning class...or sleep in :p For more info, contact girls (at) parkourgenerations (dot) com or check out their website www.parkourgenerations.com

10th May: Polish Traceuse Video Project                                                                   

Neta from Poland is doing a Polish traceuse video project and is calling for submissions from Polish traceuses worldwide. For more information, read her post here 

2nd May: Tra la la, here comes the gallery                                                                

It seems like May has come far too quickly ;) Hasten yourself to view the gallery!

1st May: Volcano with unpronounceable name has finally stopped                            

Last month was a real pain (to put it mildly) for travellers worldwide. Thank goodness people are slowly getting home now and fingers and toes crossed that it doesn't start again. However, despite all the chaos, at least the weather has improved and training can continue! And if it hasn't, well, it's always sunny in our hearts (awww..)

Thank you to all the people who filled out the  GPK User Feedback Form . This totally anonymous form tells us what you like, want more of and what needs improving, it takes only 2 minutes of your time. Thank you :)

Certain action has already been taken on the feedback and there are others that are being worked on. A quick note, Google Chrome automatically detects pages not in your browser language and will pop-up to translate it. I've been experimenting with HTML script to embed a translator into the website but this mrsite software isn't taking it :( And finally, all languages are welcome but it is up to the girls who contribute to the site what language they would write in and most girls write in 1 or 2 languages. If not, there is always Language tools.

Here is a gem of advice from one of the readers:

"It'd be great to somehow promote the forum so it will become popular enough to be a strong resource. While it works now, I think that it has the potential to affect the majority of the female parkour (online) community, if exposed better".

The Girlparkour Forum is a great resource with advice, stories and counselling from women all over the world. While I've put a banner on the 1st page, this is not as effective as it could be. Girlparkour relies on positive word of mouth and the good old internet search to bring people here. Alas,I do not have the time, energy or lack of morals to spam every internet forum and blog in cyberspace nor do I wish to add to the never-ending junk mail that invades mailboxes. However, if you as a reader like what you read, then please do spread the word.

Posting a link on your facebook status, blog or twitter would be great. Or telling your local parkour group or forum about the existance of this little website would be wonderful. Or even telling a girl who's just started that hey, this is a good place to visit.

And most importantly, please do continue contributing by posting in the Girlparkour Forums , sending in articles and reviews so that this resource can continue growing.

Finally, a reminder about the Traceuse Gathering that is taking place at the end of July, dates still in planning. To be added to the mailing list for latest details of Traceuse Gathering 2010, you can contact Liv at la.femme.traceur (at) gmail (dot) com  You can read Emma's great review of last years gathering here .

"Hello international Ladies!

Just to let everyone know the Traceuse Gathering 2010 is in planning, and I have a contact who may be able to help with accomodation this year, otherwise it will be back to the hostel again!
I am sending this email out only to international Traceuses at the moment, since I know you often need more advance notice in regards to flights. The Gathering is going to be at the end of July, though we are just confirming dates at the moment, and all levels of Traceuse are welcome! It is going to be held in London again, so lets hope for good weather!
There are obviously a lot of Traceuses I have missed, so please any friends that train you see are not on the mailing list please forward this onto them.
Please send responses in regards to early numbers, and yes I will be printing vests this year since I got in so much trouble last year for not doing them!
 
Much Love to you all and stay safe
 
Liv x  "

Thank you everyone who has contributed to the website, we wouldn't be anywhere without you lot :)

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April 2010

19th April: Janine Cundy, American Parkour's Newsletter Editor-in-chief                          

A little late, but congratulations to Janine Cundy who is the Editor-in-chief of the monthly American Parkour newsletter!

In case you haven't already subscribed to the FREE newsletter, you can do so by clicking this link or going to the http://www.americanparkour.com website.

18th April: Liv Rowlands, Traceuse and Parkour Video Magazine Presenter                    

If you've been wondering what British traceuse Liv Rowlands has been up to, here's the brand new trailer for the 1st Episode of the Parkour Video Magazine from the UK.

Parkour Video Magazine Episode One Trailer from ParkourVideoMagazine on Vimeo.

17th April: Uppsala Sweden 1st Parkour Girljam postponed to September                          

Therese who is organizing the Girljam has updated the event as follows:

"I don't know how many of you've heard of the girljam some of us girls are planning. The first plan was to have it in the end of May, and wanted to invite members from Parkour Generations to participate. But since they couldn't attend during those dates, and also because different reasons.

We've now decided to postpone Sweden's first parkour girljam to September, and PROBABLY have members from Parkour Generations come then. This will give us alot of time to really make the jam as good as possible.

//The girlcrew of UPK ^^

For more info join the Traceuses in Sweden facebook group.

11th April: Uppsala Sweden 1st Parkour Girljam next month                                     

A head's up to ladies in Sweden that there is an upcoming Parkour Girl jam on Saturday May 22nd organized by Therese Gunnarsson with Stockholm Parkour in Uppsala Sweden. The focus is to inspire other girls to try parkour. There is also a mixed parkour jam on the next day (Sunday). Please do come on down if you're free! :)

10th April: GPK shirts available in London                                                                 

In London there are a few GPK shirts , in various sizes and in black and white.looking for good homes. They are now available for pickup from London at £8 each (extra £4.50 for postage within UK). Sizes and colours are limited. Write to mail (at)girlparkour (dot) com if you're keen, with what size and colour you'd like and we'll reply asap. Unfortunately, it works out to be quite expensive to post them internationally from UK, so international orders are not possible at this time.

T-shirt sizes info is in this   Forum thread here

9th April: Regular women's classes in Parkour Visions, Seattle USA                        

Congratulations to Parkour Visions on how well the women's classes have been received in the community. Due to popular response, it is now a regular event that will take place every Tuesday from 5.30pm- 7pm. The class info is not on their main page yet (as of today when I checked), but if you go to the Fremont Gym link www. parkourvisions.org/gym the women's classes definitely on!

If you haven't been to a class yet, I've been informed by a reliable source (cough! Brandee)  that classes are lots of fun, so head on down :)

3rd April: Hana from Japan and the Bay Area and Toronto communities - in video!   

This month's videos are especially inspiring, from a talented Japanese freerunner, a news piece on the very talented ladies in San Francisco USA and all the fun and laughs from the Toronto Spring Meet at the Monkey Vault. Thank you to Marisa and Silex for the links! Head on over to the Videos

2nd April: Girlparkour Sweden forum and page                                                       

Therese from Sweden has started up a Girlparkour Sweden community forum and a Facebook page which has been added to the Links page . Good work Therese!

The Girlparkour forums has also added a group for Swedish traceuses in English . A reminder that if you'd like  forum group for your own country or language, pease email me at mail (at) girlparkour (dot) com

1st April: Newsflash! Women worldwide give up on parkour!                                

....April's Fool! Obviously women CAN do parkour and love it! See the proof in this month's gallery

Girlparkour is constantly improving how the website is run and how we can present it to YOU . Yes, YOU reading this. Because we have not yet invented a mind-reading machine, can you please fill out the GPK User Feedback Form instead. It's only 2 minutes of your time but it will help a lot. Thank you :)

Again, a reminder about the Traceuse Gathering that is taking place at the end of July, dates still in planning. To be added to the mailing list for latest details of Traceuse Gathering 2010, you can contact Liv at la.femme.traceur (at) gmail (dot) com  You can read Emma's great review of last years gathering here .

"Hello international Ladies!

Just to let everyone know the Traceuse Gathering 2010 is in planning, and I have a contact who may be able to help with accomodation this year, otherwise it will be back to the hostel again!
I am sending this email out only to international Traceuses at the moment, since I know you often need more advance notice in regards to flights. The Gathering is going to be at the end of July, though we are just confirming dates at the moment, and all levels of Traceuse are welcome! It is going to be held in London again, so lets hope for good weather!
There are obviously a lot of Traceuses I have missed, so please any friends that train you see are not on the mailing list please forward this onto them.
Please send responses in regards to early numbers, and yes I will be printing vests this year since I got in so much trouble last year for not doing them!
 
Much Love to you all and stay safe
 
Liv x  "

Brilliant work last month ladies and gentlemen, and thank you for making this website possible!

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March 2010

27th March : Who are you? GPK Survey                                                             

It's always been a source of amazement to me whenever I receive an email from here, there everywhere...and I started wondering, who actually reads this stuff? And lo and behold, the GPK Reader Survey . Basically, what parts of GPK you like and want more of. It will take you less than 2 minutes and will help to improve the site. Thank you in advance!

23rd March : PkGirlz 2nd Jam Event Review                                                            

The Colombian community has been steadily developing over the past few years, on the eve of their 1st national jam, Isa writes an event review for the 2nd PkGirlz jam. English is Isa's second language, so a big thank you for the special effort :) Event review me.

22nd March : Sara's blog, Urban Balance                                                            

Sara from Germany has a blog Urban Balance that already has some meaty posts, where she talks honestly about injury (hers is a big one!), recovery, media... The blog posts read like chatting to a good friend, but then you learn something new too. Definitely worth a peek.

Sara's blog has been added to the Links page which also has lots of interesting blogs from all over the world, so take a browse if you haven't already.

21st March : Mexico Traeuses Santa meet next week                                             

Nadia in Mexico is organizing 3 days of traceuse training next week. It takes place on Monday 29th, Wednesday 31st and Friday 2nd at different places around Mexico City. It is no problem for girls to bring brothers, friends and boyfriends with an alternate ending for the jams being "Sociedad de Hermanos Anonimos" (Society of Anonymous Brothers) ;) The full details are on the Facebook event page here. For more information you can contact Nadia at trnmichelle (at) gmail (dot) com

16th March : PkGirlz Jam and El Aji'sie coming up!                                              

PkGirlz Colombia is having a girls'' jam on March 22nd, which as always will be a lot of fun!

And on the 31st March until the 4th of April is El Aji'sie that takes place over 5 days with participants training in a different place in Bogota every day. A big event in Colombia, with traceurs all over the country coming to meet, if you're there it would be great to take part :)

8th March : Which Traceuse are you - Quiz                                                            

We all love quizzes, don't we? Okay, not really. Yes to the procratinating facebook quiz types and no to the stressful school quizzes. But you should definitely read this one, it's about Traceuse (Stereo)types -  Which one are you? 

8th March : Videos from Gemany, England and Singapore                                     

Michi and Kirsty are back with new video updates! Also, some coverage on the girls' scene in sunny Singapore. We Shall Video.

2nd March : Gallery out now!                                                                                    

Women training in France, Germany, Canada Mexico, Ukraine, New Zealand, Colombia, Indonesia, Canada... what an amazing mixed group of women we are! Have a look :) 

1st March: Marching on in                                                                                          

So... made any New Year's resolutions? If you've made any parkour or training related resolutions, here's a friendly poke to tell you - don't forget about them ;) If you've been steadily working on them since January, good on ya!

 A reminder to all about the upcoming Traceuse Gathering 2010 that is currently in planning and also a heads up to all the international ladies that it will take place at the end of July. Here's Liv's email:

"Hello international Ladies!

Just to let everyone know the Traceuse Gathering 2010 is in planning, and I have a contact who may be able to help with accomodation this year, otherwise it will be back to the hostel again!
I am sending this email out only to international Traceuses at the moment, since I know you often need more advance notice in regards to flights. The Gathering is going to be at the end of July, though we are just confirming dates at the moment, and all levels of Traceuse are welcome! It is going to be held in London again, so lets hope for good weather!
There are obviously a lot of Traceuses I have missed, so please any friends that train you see are not on the mailing list please forward this onto them.
Please send responses in regards to early numbers, and yes I will be printing vests this year since I got in so much trouble last year for not doing them!
 
Much Love to you all and stay safe
 
Liv x  "

You can read Emma's great review of last years gathering here . To be added to the mailing list for latest details of Traceuse Gathering 2010, you can contact Liv at la.femme.traceur (at) gmail (dot) com

This website would not be possible without all the help and support from the ladies and gentlemen around the world who do what they do - THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

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February 2010

25th February: Traceuse Gathering 2010 in planning.. but July it is!                              

Yahoooo... just when we were wondering when Traceuse Gathering 2010 would be happening, this email dropped into our mailbox!

"Hello international Ladies!

Just to let everyone know the Traceuse Gathering 2010 is in planning, and I have a contact who may be able to help with accomodation this year, otherwise it will be back to the hostel again!
I am sending this email out only to international Traceuses at the moment, since I know you often need more advance notice in regards to flights. The Gathering is going to be at the end of July, though we are just confirming dates at the moment, and all levels of Traceuse are welcome! It is going to be held in London again, so lets hope for good weather!
There are obviously a lot of Traceuses I have missed, so please any friends that train you see are not on the mailing list please forward this onto them.
Please send responses in regards to early numbers, and yes I will be printing vests this year since I got in so much trouble last year for not doing them!
 
Much Love to you all and stay safe
 
Liv x  "

You can read Emma's great review of last years gathering here . To be added to the mailing list for latest details of Traceuse Gathering 2010, you can contact Liv at la.femme.traceur (at) gmail (dot) com

23rd February: Update on the travelling traceuse                                                    

Hayley's written an update on training in Sweden, check it out! :) Travel with me! 

21st February: Women's workshops in Colorado and Connecticut, USA                   

 Apex Movement in Colorado is holding a women's parkour workshop today, so head on down for some good training. Here is a flashback event review to their 1st women's workshop. Also, in 1 month from now (March 21st), there is a women's intro only seminar in Connecticut, run by Adaptive Movement Parkour . If you're in the area and been thinking to start, then get yourself down to these workshops!

The Links page has been updated to include the info of these 2 gyms, good luck to all :)

16th February: New travelling traceuse page - first up, Hayley in Sweden                  

Since arriving in Sweden in January, Hayley has been posting in her native New Zealand forum about her experiences in Sweden and talking about a new community, training and snow, snow snow! It was such interesting reading about one girl's insight about a new place that the new Travelling Traceuse page has been introduced to the site!

The Travelling Traceuse are a series of essays (or blog or forum posts) by a woman (traceuse, freerunner, ADD ) who writes to share her experiences of training or practising in a new place. By sharing here what we learn by meeting other practitioners , hopefully we can enrich ourselves and help others :)

If you would like to share a Travelling Traceuse type of experience, please write to mail (at) girlparkour (dot) com. Links to a blog or forum post and photos or video links are most welcome!

Psst.. the link has also been added to the Side Navigation Bar so you can easily find it.

10th February: Traceuse videos from Poland, Colombia ...and Happy Ann is back!      

Female action in video around the globe and like a proud mama I'd love to pick a favourite video..but I can't. Oh alright then, it's this one! But don't tell anyone.

6th February: David Belle Interview on SuicideGirls website                                        

Nicole Powers has just emailed us a link to her interview with David Belle, where he talks about filming on his new movie, parkour, training and the future. Here's a taster from this thought-provoking piece:

"Nicole Powers (Suicide Girl): How has it (parkour) changed since you started doing it? How has the art progressed?

David Belle: It's sort of like life. Initially the obstacles aren't too high, and as you gradually gain increasing self-assurance and greater amounts of confidence the obstacles are higher, and when you fall it hurts more. So you learn through good technique not to take stupid risks. I didn't ever want to give the impression that practicing this movement is crazy. I wanted to show that there's a method that allows you to overcome obstacles, to navigate obstacles without taking major risks."

You can read the full article here:

David Belle Ultimatum Interview with Suicide Girls

SuicideGirls describe themselves as "a community that celebrates ALTERNATIVE BEAUTY and alternative culture from all over the world. With a vibrant, sex positive community of women (and men), SuicideGirls was founded on the belief that creativity, personality and intelligence are not incompatible with sexy, compelling entertainment, and millions of people agree. The site mixes the smarts, enthusiasm and DIY attitude of the best music and alternative culture sites with an unapologetic, grassroots approach to sexuality."

2nd February: Gallery out now!                                                                                    

As always, women all over the world are beautiful and amazing in their training and here's the photo proof! Clikclikclik

1st February: A new month, so let's go!                                                                         

The snow is still coming down in parts around the world and others are celebrating another new year - lunar new year! So wherever you are around the world and whatever you're doing, I'm sending positive energy to you for your training!

Thank you to everyone who contributed to the site last month and to all the others who suppport and visit!

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January 2010

19th January: National Traceurs Reunion Event Review, Mexico                                

The RT09 was organized by Urban Runners who invited Thomas Couetdic, Chris Rowat and Ryan Doyle, who ran several workshops over 2 days. Nadia Michelle from Mexico City has written a great event review in Spanish and English! (Hooray Nadia!)

If you'd like to write an event review for GPK, event reviews will be accepted in the language that you feel most comfortable in, and can be for mixed (men and women) events also.

Vamos a Event Reviews !

 

16th January: Kiwi traceuse profile                                                                        

New Zealand born and bred Hayley has been smashing expectations (and men's egos) since she started, read her profile here. 

11th January: 1000 miles of Parkour                                                                      

Motor neurone disease (or Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) or Lou Gehrig's disease) is a progressive, degenerative disorder that affects nerves in the upper or lower parts of the body. People with motor neurone disease gradually lose the use of their muscles and often need help with personal care, such as using the toilet, washing and dressing.

Johnny "Sticky" Budden is carrying out a "1000 MILES OF PARKOUR" to raise money and awareness for the MND Association. He will be doing 1000+ miles of parkour to Paris, from the most northern part of the British Isles fo Paris in late Feb. w his latest progress, blogs and vlogs on http://stickyparkour.com and the Facebook page. He has made the video below with celebrities and people from all the world sending him words of support.

You can donate to the cause at www.justgiving.com/JohnnyBudden and leave him challenges to carry out during his journey! Good luck Sticky! 

 

7th January: What do you want from parkour?                                                             

Since making the decision to stop practising parkour regularly 1 year ago, Laura has written an afterword about her decision and her new view on how she plans to continue. A good one to read for especially for those going through injuries and/or questioning how and why they practise. 

Lack of imagination is the only obstacle.

 

1st January: December gallery out now!                                                                  

The latest gallery has lots of pics from all over the world, ladies in action in London, Indonesia, USA, Australia, Mexico, Greece...go on! Check it! 

1st January: Hooray! A new year! A new decade!                                                 

Happy New Year everyone! It's been a crazy year, the big issue obviously with the global recession.. And on a smaller scale, girlparkour having to appeal to the worldwide community to raise funds with some t-shirts! Again, a big thank you to all of you who bought shirts in London or from American Parkour, and thank you to APK for helping out with the whole process.

Of course, this website would not exist or continue to exist without all the help, cooperation and support from the individuals and the parkour, freerunning and ADD communities all over the world, So..

To all of you all over the world,

THANK YOU!

Merci! Gracias! Danke! Spasibo! Dzieki! Grazie! Terima Kasih!

(and in every language all over the world..I've lost count!)

Peace, best wishes and a Happy New Year!

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22nd December: Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow..  (and new vids)              

While most of Europe and parts of the USA are blanketed with snow, everyone all over the world is heading towards the end of a decade! For all of you who celebrate Christmas, Merry Christmas!

Also a few new videos, a tv interview from Brazil, Isis from Brazil's latest one and video by Janine and Brandee (Parkour Visions) showing parkour basics! Enjoy! Video me!

8th December:  Videos for birthdays, progress and a Lost Girl                         

An American cheerleader/ gymnast/ b-girl, moves from Germany, a 50th birthday parkour video ... check out the Videos page for more!

5th December:  New Russian language group in the forums                              

As requested, a new Russian language group has been added to the  Forums ... enjoy! :)

 

2nd December:  November Gallery giftwrapped and hand delivered                   

The last gallery of 2009 is jam packed with images of women moving all over the world, from Mexico, Indonesia, USA, UK, Australia, Denmark. Head on over to the Gallery!

1st December:  Whee! A new month!                                                                          

Weather is a-changing and holidays are a-coming. Whether rain or shine, take good care of yourselves out there, train hard and train smart .

Terima kasih (thank you in Indonesian) to all the ladies who went out there and progressed and to all the contributors to the site - You know you're out there :)

And a special big thank you to everyone who bought a t-shirt to support the site! International sales are now closed, but there are still limited numbers of tees available within UK. They are great for gifts or hey, treat yourself to a tee! London pick-up and UK Orders

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 November 2009

24th November:  Women's Workshop, Colorado USA Event Review              

Carolynn from Colorado whom you may recognise from her latest video, is also one of the coaches at Apex Movement . She's written us a great event review that takes us into the mind of what it takes to be a coach and what went on during the 1st women's workhop at Apex Movement.

21st November:  Conditioning and techniques videos                                          

Recently there have been a number of conditioning videos targetting traceuses made by groups and individuals around the world. The links have been organised into this page Building strength and technique . If you have any feedback on the videos please voice it on the Forums

20th November:  New videos  and international T-shirt sales closed                     

The Videos page has been updated with Anna from Russia and freerunner Gillian from New Zealand who is amazingly, self-taught with no gymnastics background (or that's what her boyfriend says) ;) Fantastic work ladies!

Also, American Parkour has been helping us with international orders for the fundraising Girlparkour t-shirt to keep the site going! All international sales have now ended and orders for the shirts from the pre-sales have been made!

Thank you to American Parkour and also to the generosity of the parkour community worldwide :)

There are still shirts left available for pick up from London or shipping within the UK  so please email us at tee (at) girlparkour.com or place an order here.

17th November:  Traceur.ru and PKSPA.ru in the links page                                             

11th November:  PkGirlz jam in Bogota Colombia                                                              

There is a girls' jam taking place in Bogota Colombia next Monday 16th November in Bogota Colombia! You can check out the event page here or on the Links page.

"ENTRENAMIENTO DE INTEGRACION PKGIRLZ PARA CHICAS QUE ENTRENAN PARKOUR Y CHICAS QUE QUIEREN EMPEZAR A ENTRENAR.

Con el objetivo de promover el entrenamiento adecuado de Parkour entre la comunidad femenina de pk en bogota y de implementar la informacion sobre rutinas de acondicionamiento fisico, calentamiento y movimientos de parkour."

 

9th November:  New Streetmovement Girls and Women!                                                    

Sussie and Marie of  Streetmovement Denmark are starting a new group, Streetmovement GIrls for 12 to 16 year old girls at Nørrebro. If you are interested, please email Marie or Sussie. Check the Links page for more info.

"Heysan alle! Vi har valgt at omdøbe vores Streetmovement Girls-hold til Streetmovement Women! Derfor også det ændrede gruppenavn! Det skyldes bl.a. at vi starter et nyt hold op om mandagen for piger ml. 12 og 16 år på ydre nørrebro. Dette hold får navnet Streetmovement Girls! Hvis du/I kender én eller flere der er interesserede i at starte, så send en mail til marie..Håber I alle har det godt! Train well,Sussie og Marie"

8th November:  Isa of PkGirlz and Parkour-Spot!                                                                 

We're pleased to feature Colombian traceuse Isa in the GPK Profiles page and Isa, good job with your efforts with the PkGirlz group in Colombia!

Also there is a new website called Parkour-Spot that is still in it's beta stage but it sounds great! Here's what it's about:

"The objective of this site is simple: to gather in one single place all the data related to the practice of parkour (l'art du déplacement) from across the world. To do this, the site is based on a communication and participation system so that each member contributes to the growth of this vast database. "

The Links page has been updated to include this new and hopefully permanent resource :)

7th November:  Conditioning, drills and techniques for beginner traceuses and a Swedish traceuse  

Just starting and not sure what to do? Never fear for there are 2 new traceuse conditioning and drills videos added to the Videos page to help you on your way! Big thank you to Amanda and Carissa from the USA :)

Also there is AnnSofie's 1st video, she is with Umea Parkour in Sweden and has been helping out with the girls' classes.

3rd November:  An article from Down Under                                                                       

2nd November:  October Gallery with love                                                                            

1st November:  Moving into a new season...                                                                         

The end of the year is almost upon us, where has time gone? If you're in the Northern Hemisphere, put on an extra sweater, if you're in the Southern Hemisphere, take off a layer and if you live in the tropics, just keep it cool, you're looking good :)

Even though weather may be getting colder where you are, there are still sessions to train with such as the Bay Area Parkour Girls on 28th November, or weekly with Monos Urbanos in Mexico, Parkour Generations in London, in Umea Sweden there are lots of opportunities to train!  Take a friend or go solo, so get out there and get moving!

 

Tacksa mycket (thank you in Sweden) to everyone who's helped GPK last month with photos, putting out a video, writing an email, buying a t-shirt, visiting the website or generally, just being, well.. you!

If you haven't yet gotten a tee, it is a great present for yourself or a loved one and you'll be helping support this great website! So please get a t-shirt and support us :)

   London pick-up and UK Orders

  US and International Orders here

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October 2009 

To all the people who help contribute to this site and the ladies around the world thank you and happy training!

 

 

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It is a big gallery this month with more pics from the Worldwide Traceuse Gathering; there were too many great moments to fit into just one gallery; and action from all over the world! Clickclickclick!

August just went far too quickly with many memorable moments - to all the girls training around the world, give yourselves a pat on the back because you've done well :)

 

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26th August:  Great Leap Forward: Global jam for climate change 26 September                  

The parkour and free running community globally is getting together for a global jam on Saturday 26 September! To find the closest jam or to organize your own jam and to sign the petition, go here:

www.sandbag.org.uk/campaigns/copenhagen

25th August:  Meet the twins                                                                                                        

Meeting Carolin and Isabel at the Traceuse Gathering was an eye-opener - strong, skilled and gutsy, these girls are super-nice and really fun too! Coming back from injury, they have lots of good advice to share and are a welcome addition to the Profiles page.

21st August:  Spread the love!                                                                                                       

20th August:  Morzine Parkour Camp                                                                                           

19th August:  Elektra's blog!                                                                                                          

16th August:  New monthly PK Fem classes in Mexico!                                                                 

Monos Urbanos in Mexico City now has organized monthly classes that take place on the last Sunday of every month. In the words of the lovely Miss Kat herself:

"Monos Urbanos has been organized female trainings a.k.a. PK Fem, this kind of training are realized monthly.This is a new concept about female trainings, the ideas, the exercises, the own experiences, the own movement, etc.In this material the girls can see some shoots about the events.

With this material I wanna show them that if all the girls have an own quality training and the high spirit, they can learn and do whatever they want."

For more info, check out the Links page or the Monos Urbanos classes page.

 

15th August:  Videos videos videos                                                                                    

The photos of the worldwide traceuse gathering are out now in this month's gallery as well as photos of girls from around the world, including Germany, USA and Mexico. Check out the red hot pics here!

July has been a big month indeed with a lot of stuff planned for August - so to everyone who made it great, thank you very much! 

 

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July 2009 

27th July: Updates coming soon                                                                                             

It's been really obvious that GPK has barely been updated for the last month as even GPK webheads have to be released out of the shackles into the sunlight once in a while... but next month there will be lots of exciting new content, including new training articles and coverage of the amazing Global Traceuse Gathering 2009.

WELL DONE LADIES WHO ATTENDED!

And most of all, BIG THANK YOU to Liv who arranged and co-ordinated everything. 

 

25th July: Traceuse Gathering 2009 epic success                                                                    

It was a big week with sun, rain, wind, jumps, leaps, laches, runs...and of course lots and lots of fun. The photos and videos are still being collated so be patient...

22th July: Traceuse Gathering 2009 in full swing!                                                                    

Most of the ladies from all over the world are now here with girls from Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Australia, USA, England and of course, London! The event actually ends at the end of Saturday with many of the ladies leaving...so do come on down and join us! For info, email Liv at la.femme.traceur (at) gmail (dot) com

18th July: Traceuse Gathering 2009!                                                                                

The Traceuse Gathering 2009 in London starts this week with the arrival day set for Monday 20th. There is only light training on Monday, with the actual date of training starting on Tuesday, starting at 11am.

There are more events planned for the whole week so if you're in London do come on down and join us! For the full itinerary and meeting places email Liv at la.femme.traceur (at) gmail (dot) com

15th July: Mexican Girls' Meeting this Saturday!                                            

14th July: Video links updated with action from Kat, Monia and Allie

The videos page now includes the interview with Kat (Mexico),Monia of France and action from England! Set your sights here!

13th July:  London Girls' Jam event review, more sunny days                                      

Tracey from Parkour Generations London has written an event review about a good day out!

3rd July:  Upcoming Mexico Girls' Training

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Ixek of Urban Runners' Mexico City is holding Girls' Training at 10 o'clock 18th & 19th July, so if you're around do head on down! The place is yet to be confirmed, so do check out the Upcoming Events page for contact info.

1st July:  More traceuse action in the brand new June gallery - out now!                    

Lots of great stuff in this month's Gallery - Greece, Australia, Denmark, Colombia, USA ...go on..check it out!

Et voila and here comes July! To the sunny smiley people who visit the site, a big merci beaucoup! 

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January 2009

31th January: Sliding into home with a massive 6 video links added!                                       

29th January: Good times at the BAPK Girls' Jam, San Francisco!                                       

We have received an email from Jodie in San Francisco about the great time everyone had during the Girls' Jam! Here is what she said:

"The Jam was really fun.  After some introductions with newcomers, we stretched and rolled out all of our joints.  We took a warm up jog around the football field, and then Haley and I led the group in some conditioning. We practiced basic skills, and ended with a follow-the-leader run.  It started to rain on us a little but that didn't last long and that's always a good chance to practice in varying conditions. The experience level went from brand new to fairly experienced (hard to define this) so it was great to see people teaching others.  The girls are extremely supportive of each other which is another reason why I love these separate gatherings!"

The next Bay Area Parkour Girls' Jam  will be on February 8th, so check out our Upcoming Events page or for more information email Jodie at jmmalarkey (at) gmail.com 

26th January: Coming soon: Workshop in Umea Sweden and Girls' Jam in San Antonio Texas    

24th January: Starting out, how to get stronger - Janine tells us how!                                  

A majority of traceuses starting parkour have a real journey ahead of them to increase their physical strength. Janine Cundy has written an great article "Where to Start" with a personal account of her journey to be stronger and shares with us tips to optimise your training! Thank you Janine!

23rd January: San Antonio Texas Girls' Jam..in the making!                                                 

22nd January: Introduction to Parkour Training for Women Seminar in Washington D.C.  

19th January: Swedish Girls' Workshop Event Review                                                        

17th January: 1st Melbourne class event review and Mums & Parkour article!                   

Lala (Australian Parkour Association instructor) has written about her experience in running the 1st Melbourne APA Girls' Classes and it sounds like the girls all showed plenty of spirit and determination! Good on ya girls and keep on training hard! To read the article, check out out our Events Reviews page and the APA contact details are on our Links page.

On another note... following up from a thread on the forum and a planned series of articles on parkour and parenthood, I've finally got round to putting together my thoughts and experiences of the first trimester of pregnancy and it's relationship with parkour. You can read all about it in the articles section here.

16th January: New article by Thomas Couetdic!                                                                      

15th January: New video links, Brazilian & Russian talent & Agota flat hunting !               

14th January: Seattle Women's Jams and news from the Seattle traceuse community!         

Hooray! Just when we thought that our hearts couldn't take any more excitement, we received good news from Janine Cundy in Seattle Washington about regular Women's Jams and plans for Women's Classes! Janine is one passionate lady who loves her parkour and she has some great stuff from the Seattle traceuse community to hope to share with you soon! If you'd like to contact her, visit our Links page.

13th January: 1st Melbourne girls' class a success, more Classes planned!                          

12th January: Bay Area Women's Jam and new links to Bay Area Parkour!                        

Yay! We have received an email from Jodie who is organising the monthly Women's Jams in San Francisco! The next women's jam is on 25th January and you can check out the details in our Upcoming Events. We have also added a link to the Bay Area Parkour website on our Links. Sounds like a really active community in San Francisco and we can't wait to see how everyone progresses in the future :)

5th January: December photo gallery now online! And the Sydney Girls' Jam info..            

4th January: www.girlparkour.com Mission Statement!                                                           

2nd January: Swedish event review and women's classes in Sweden and Scotland!              

There is a new event review from snowy Sweden, Sarah in Umea has been running girls' indoor workshops and it sounds like it went great!  Read her event review here.

We are also happy to add information and links for women's classes being held in Sweden (by Sarah and Umea Parkour) and Scotland (by Glasgow Parkour Coaching)!  If you are in either of those cities, you can check out the classes details in Upcoming Events or the Links pages.

1st January: Happy 2009 everyone!                                                                                   

 

Fireworks! Celebrations! Whee! Wherever you are in the world, happy new year! It has been a great year behind us and we have many exciting plans and ideas for 2009! There is a thread in the forums for Parkour Resolutions , go on, have a look, put your thoughts in! It is a great way to focus your goals for 2009.

And finally, from us at www.girlparkour.com....

Thank you to YOU, yes YOU.

 

 THANK YOU girls for a great 2008

..and here's to even greater things in 2009!

 

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December 2008

Tuesday 30th December: Video links added!                                                                    

Wednesday 24th December: New Event Review -Rendezvous 3!                                   

Tuesday 23rd December: New Event Reviews - Reunion de Traceuses and Sydney Girls' Jam! 

Friday 19th December: New Profile and new Upcoming Events                                             

Saturday 13th December: New Reunion de Traceuses 2008 Video Links.                            

Wednesday 10th December: 1st official girls' classes in Melbourne, Australia!                    

Monday 8th December: November gallery now online!                                                            

Saturday 6th December: New traceuse profile!                                                                    

Friday 5th December: Girls' classes in Mexico City!                                                            

Thursday 4th December: New video links!                                                                             

Tuesday 3rd December: New event, London Girls' Jam!                                                      

The events are rolling in, 21st December is the next London Girl's Jam at Vauxhall, check out the Upcoming Events page for the links and details.

Tuesday 2nd December:  What, December already? A Jam, a new look & a new link.      

Welcome ladies, why how time certainly flies when we're having fun... As 2008 nearly rolls to a close I am sure you are all busy getting ready for the festivities to come! If you are in London, then there is a new "Off the Wall" Jam before the highly recommended Rendezvous 3! There is also the "Free London" Open Jam by Urban Freeflow, so check out our Upcoming Events page for the links and details.

As you can see, we have a slightly new look and a new header for the website! The meaning of the image will be explained soon..

Also it's about time that all the parkour communities worldwide are located on a map! The good people at Parkour Generations have started a google map. So if you want to attend classes, get information or attend a parkour jam it is now much easier for you. Check out the link on our Links page.

If all the December hoo-hah has left your mind reeling (and your waistline expanding)..here is a gentle reminder to email your November traceuse photos to mail(at)girlparkour.com if you would like them to be included in the November Gallery!

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October 2008

October 17th 2008: Girls Jam, London. Review!                                                              

A review and a some photos are now up in the event review section of the girls jam that took place in London last week. It sounds like a challenging affair with lots of fear facing! Well done to all the girls who literally stepped up to face the challenge! You can read all about it here

October 16th 2008: Mexican ladies meet flyer!                                                              

Thought you might all like to see this rather cool flyer for the ladies meet coming up in Mexico. I like it a lot! For more details click here.

October 15th 2008: New Julie Angel release!                                                              

Another great piece of visual candy from Julie Angel is now available to view on her youtube space. This edit, captures the highlights of the legendary Rendezvous 2 event hosted in London earlier this year by parkour generations featuring a host of the parkour elite including  Laurent, Chau, Williams and Yann of the Yamakasi as well as the parkour generations team and coaches including Seb, Thomas, Kaz, Stephane, Johann, Dan, Blane, Tracey, Danny, Annty, Agota, Forrest, Brian and more! As well as all us mere mortals who thought we'd have a go! It was a great day for all involved and this film perfectly captures the spirit of the day! You can see the film here for information on Rendezvous 3, check out the parkour generations website here. Well done, Julie!

October 13th 2008: Sydney girls meet!                                                                        

The next Sydney girls jam has been confirmed as taking place on the last Sunday of this month. For more details click here.

October 12th 2008: Mexican ladies meet!                                                                  

Welcome one and all to the joyous month of May! Ok... so its october but the skies are blue, the sun is shining and concrete is dry and warm! Woo. I hope all you ladies are having fun out there, wherever you may be training. I hope you are all progressing and staying injury free. As you can see we have a nice new clean news space for this month. You can reflect back on days gone by (if thats your kinda thing) in the news archives at the bottom of the page. Since the last update, lots of exciting things have been going on. Ladies jams have been going on all over including one taking place today in Greenwich, London. Details of the next Sydney girls jam are coming soon. The gallery for October is now up. Its a little sparse. Poor effort ladies! Stop being shy and show us your stuff! 

Finally, some information on the next traceuse gathering in Mexico. The second (official) traceuses gathering in Mexico will be on November the 17th at 10'o'clock. It will be at ciudad universitaria. For more information contact Ixek at: clases.urbanrunners(at)gmail.com

Happy training all!

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September 2008

Tuesday 30th September, 2008 - Sydney girls jam!                                                         

The first Sydney Girls jam took place this Sunday and was a great success. The numbers were small but good fun was had by all and some great pictures! You can hear all about it, by reading Shi's review here. Congratulations to all girls present and may many more jams bless your city with their presence! 

 

Saturday 27th September, 2008 - Girl jam!                                                                            

This weekend will see two girls events. Both take place tomorrow on almost opposite sides of the globe! The first is the girls meet in Montreal organised by Silex and the second is the first girls jam in Sydney being organised by Shi. Best wishes to all ladies attending these events! May the sun shine down on you, train hard and train safe! We look forward to hearing all about them! 

 

Sunday 14th September, 2008 - Polish update!                                           
This is a warm welcome to all the traceuses in Poland! We have recently received support from Wero who has informed us of a small but significant number of seriously training traceuses. Due to the large size of the country, concentrations do not facilitate the possibility of events such as girl jams, however a number of girls are training hard around the country. Including Wero, Ola, Natalia and Ewka in Wroclaw, Marjanek in Warsaw, Alex in Lodz,  Karo, Neta and Wika! A big hello to you all and happy training 

Saturday 13th September, 2008 - London Girls jam!                                      

A quick reminder that tomorrow is the monthly London girls jam! Tomorrows jam will be taking place in Earlsfield at 2pm. Contact Tracey(at)parkourgenerations.com for more details! Have fun ladies! 

Friday 12th September, 2008 - Swedish update!                                            

Today I have had some wonderful news from Sarah in Sweden. The female scene there a short while ago was practically non-existent. (Except for Sarah!) But with the hardwork and effort of her and her organisation, great strides of progress are being made!

Her organisation have been doing a little PR work in order to try to boost numbers, especially female numbers! Last week they participated in a local event to raise money for worthy causes and they succeeded not only in raising money for the cause but also informing people about parkour and boosted their list of phone numbers for girls interested in parkour to 12!

Last tuesday saw their first ever girls only training session which was very successful and added three more traceuses to their core of regular 'serious' traceuses. Saturday will see the arrangement of another girl only training class with the hope that even more girls will be able to attend at the weekend. 

This is fantastic news, so well done to Sarah and everybody involved. For anyone in Sweden, or who understands Swedish and is interested, more details can be found here.

Thursday 11th September, 2008 - Female action collective: A womens touch!                     

Most of you will know, or have heard of Liv (a.k.a. flame), a traceuse from the uk. She is organising a very special project that all of YOU can get involved in! Details are as follows:

   'My name is Liv, I live about an hour outside london in England. I have been practising Parkour since 2003. This year I felt like I wanted to release a video to mark my 5th year training parkour. However, although I may still do this, it is purely a marker of my journey so far, rather than an expression of the female community as a whole. Which got me thinking....
Although there have been plans to before, the worldwide traceuse projects have never appeared. And I think could be very benefical to us all if we are proactive about this. Since I am more than happy to edit and present a video. 
What I am requesting from you all, is two clips.  These two movements are anything you want to show the female community, but also the male community, because I think women are vastly underestimated. These movements can be the movement that your happy with because maybe its creative, maybe its something youve had to work up your confidence for a while, or even a strength movement or climb-up that you have literally put hundreds of hours into developing the strength and technique for or maybe its a run of movements which are very clean. It doesnt matter, and the length of time youve been training for doesnt matter either. This is a totally personal and subjective video, for each and every traceur worldwide to see. But I do want it to be something that has been executed to the very best of your ability. 
 I dont think traceuses have any idea of the achievements of other ladies, and I believe, and I hope you do too, that it is very important for girls to realise that being female isnt a limitation. 

Maybe most of you that I am talking to already know this, but I see sooo many messages online and recieved personally from girls who seriously dont believe that girls are capable of training parkour well, and guys who are patronising because its good for a girl. Now I dont know about you but I am assuming that you all feel the same way about the fact that, Your not going to accept that you cannot be everything the best guys are, given time. 
I would also LOVE to have a little introduction, your name, length of time training, how often you train and a little about you on camera, but I do understand that some of you are either self concious or dislike being in any type of media eye. And therefore its totally down to you whether you include this, but if enough girls do id like to include this at the end.' 
   
For more information or to submit your shots, contact Liv at: la.femme.traceur(at)gmail.com

Saturday 6th September, 2008 - New forum! Sydney girls' jams!                                          
Well, apologies for the delay, but at last, due to popular demand, a proper forum is now up and running! Woo hoo! So at last ladies we have our own place to discuss the trials and tribulations of being a traceuse! Please drop by and say hello here!
   In other news, Shi is now living in Sydney and is organising monthly girl jams in Sydney! Full details can be found here and a facebook page dedicated to the cause can be found here. Good luck with that Shi! We look forward to hearing all about it!

Friday 5th September, 2008 - Issues of gender.                                                                   
I am very pleased to announce the publication of a new article. The article was written by Andy from Parkour North America and is titled 'Parkour: Issues of gender. It is a thought provoking and thorough examination of parkour and the role that both sex and gender play in it; taking into account both the effect it has on its communities and participants and how it is portrayed to the wider public audience. Big thanks to Andy!

Wednesday 3rd September, 2008 - Environment poll?                                                         
After reading Ann's article about girls and parkour, it got me thinking about what percentage of girls are training in a supportive or intimidating environment. So we are having a poll. To vote, simply click on your answer in the left hand column of Ann's article. The results will be published in a few weeks. 

Tuesday 2nd September, 2008 - London photo's and Ann's blog!                                          
Two new links to add today. The first is to a series of photos taken by an American photographer, Mark at a girl jam in London this spring. The second is to another blog, this time of an American traceuse, Ann. The blog documents her travels and training and includes an account of her recent trip to train in Lisses/ Evry and London. Happy training Ann! 

Monday 1st September, 2008 - The ones left behind!                                                            
A big thank you to everyone who has sent words of support and encouragement in the last 24 hours. I'm glad you are enjoying the site! It has been brought to my attention the identity of three more traceuses who deserve a mention.

First on the list is Michi from Germany. This is a recent video showing some very smooth moves and nice fluidity. Very nice stuff!

Next on the list is a double representation from Spain. Firstly, the 'mystery mini' from the videos section has been identified as Aura. Hola! The potential there is just mind blowing! Secondly, there is Tamara who has this very funky video! Nice work Tamara! And finally, there is this footage of some female action in Madrid.

Finally, a special mention goes out to Hollie, who not only is a very fine traceuse but also has just nailed a muscle up, something that is worthy of the ultimate respect! Big big BIG massive respect to you Hollie! Congratulations! That is a serious acheivement and an inspiration to us all!

Big thanks to RoKk and Liv for the updates.

Sunday 31st August 2008, (Its almost September!)                                                                 

And so it begins...   
   Well at last the day has come! Welcome welcome one and all to girlparkour.com!  The build up to this has been incredible with so much excitement and passion coming from girls all over the globe! I truly believe that this is a special community that can only grow stronger from sharing and growing together.  I'd like to begin by sending out special mention to all the girls out there! There are a lot more than I realised! And we are only just beginning! 
So here's how the global parkour community is shaping up:
 

	In London there is some serious female representation underway thanks to the expert guidance and teaching from the guys at parkour generations. With the unriveled knowledge and level of guys such as Dan, Forrest, Kazuma and Stephane Vigroux showing the way, all the while headed by the extremely talented, dedicated and passionate Tracey Tiltman, there is some serious female talent emerging in the capital as well as some respected long standers. The network is becoming strong amongst the more experienced and the new comers and special thanks go to Tracey, Katty, Agota, Amy, Annty, Naomi, Susie, Julie, Karen, Bola, Charlee, Edina and all the other girls that contribute to this emerging community!    On a nationwide note there are girls like Zoe and Justine representing, of course Meg up in Scotland and a tour of the UK would not be complete with out mentioning the original star of the UK scene, the very special Liv!     Girl only classes now run twice monthly as well as well attended monthly girl jams organised by parkour generations. The highlight more recently has to be the production of the first all girl action edit by Julie Angel. The video entitled 'GoGirls' is part of Yahoo's Global city beatsproduction and can be viewed in the video's section.     I would also like to congratulate Agota and Annty for recently being taken on as part of the parkour generations team, taking the total female representative count to 3!
	Mexico is starting to spawn a wealth of traceuses! It seems that in mexico city, under the guidnace of Kat, many females are starting to take an interest in parkour. Kat has been training very hard for some time now and it is paying off as the talent she is showing in her recent video, proves. We look forward to finding out more about this dedicated practitioner and about other girls involved in the strong Mexican scene.  Also, see the video Reunion de traceuses showing a jam with girls from three Mexican teams; Monosurbanos, Urban runners and clan zero.
	We are pleased to be in contact with Thais from Rio de Janeiro who is updating us on the community of parkour girls in Brazil! Check out the videos section to see Thais at work. We look forward to finding out more...
	In the good ol USA we are very pleased to get to know Ann who is doing a damn fine job of forging a female unit within the New York parkour scene. Big hello to all the girls out there! Also, cannot fail to mention the lovely Lauren, currently residing in London but soon to be returning home. Ann has written a fantastic article and areport on a recent Ladies jam in NYC.    We have also recieved support from Mark at americanparkour (Thank you!) and made contact with Elly from St. Louis who at 34 is leading the way for us who sometimes feel a little on the crinkly side!    On a final note: Free runner and all round extreme athlete Luci Steel has been selected for the next ninja warrior! Her audition video can be seen here, and I highly recommend you check it out. This is one seriously strong lady!!!

	In Canada, lots of exciting things are happening. I am very pleased to be in contact with Silex in Montreal who has an amazing perspective and attitude towards this discipline. Silex organises Girl meets in Montreal and has kindly documented events both there and in Toronto  and reports girls practising in halifax and vancouver as well!
	In Sweden, we have been talking to Sarah from Umea who is one of 3 girls that train in her town. They have recently had their first girl only workshop and are currently saving like mad to make a trip to train in London! She is now on a mission to seek out other girls training in the country and we look forward to finding out what she discovers!
	In australia we have been talking to the Kate who has some very interesting things going on down there including working on a project to empower women in remote areas through parkour! (Woo, hoo!) I am waiting to hear about an all girl action collective that she has been working on...

	A video on youtube has appeared showing Maria from NSA Greek parkour team, displaying some very nice and fluid moves!
	Another video shows a fast developing traceuse by the name of Ann in the Ukraine!

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