Parkour involves using one’s body to engage in physical or mental activities through repetition and diverse skills like jumping, swinging and rolling. Regular exercise and movement is an important aspect of a child’s upbringing. Through parkour sport, your child’s physical literacy is guaranteed and this encourages and unlocks the child’s potential. The child can develop and grow as a fit, … Read More
Start a Parkour Gym
Image Source: Pexels How to Start Your Own Parkour Gym {A note from WFPF: Below is a comprehensive article written by Jori Hamilton about how to start your own parkour gym. WFPF offers many things which can help you in your journey to start and maintain your own Parkour gym including consulting, WFPF teacher certifications, parkour gym/program insurance (currently … Read More
Ways to Prevent and Treat Parkour Injuries
Image Source: Unsplash Ways to Prevent and Treat Parkour Injuries [A note from WFPF: A great way to help prevent injuries to to become certified as a Parkour teacher by WFPF! For more info go to: https://wfpf.com/in-person-events/ and https://wfpf.com/services/coachingjudging/ or both, for in-person (since 2012) and online (since 2020) Parkour instructor certifications because… Safety first!!} Over the years, parkour has … Read More
How to Become a Parkour Instructor and Obtain Your Certification
How to Become a Parkour Instructor and Obtain Your Certification Parkour is a truly unique sport and a discipline so many people around the globe enjoy tremendously. Some people even turn parkour into a lifestyle and dedicate their lives to mastering the skills, tricks, and moves of parkour. If you’re a parkour enthusiast and enjoy practicing it, you can consider … Read More
Parkour for Everyone
It can be easy for someone who is new to understanding the Free Running and Parkour Movement to overlook the practice to be just vaulting over obstacles or doing flips. However, over time it becomes evident to anyone who has trained Parkour that dedicating oneself to progressing in the discipline brings skills and benefits far beyond just this. Indeed, training … Read More
WFPF Parkour Academy! Start or Grow Your Parkour Program!
WFPF Parkour Academy and you… whether you are brand new or have a thriving Parkour program! “I believe Parkour is the next big sport and I wanted to get in early and grow with the sport. I did a lot of investigating and joined the WFPF Parkour Academy. Their curriculum is sound and progressive by levels like we are used … Read More