A new site dedicate purely to Traceuses (female parkour practitioners)

"As the name suggests, it's about girls and it's about parkour... it's about girls that practise parkour... nothing more... nothing less... simple."

Www.GirlParkour.Com

 This month is my year mark since I adopted the parkour training into my life. Its been a great journey that has barely gotten started. I consider myself still a very immature traceur in the stages of the best experimenting of our journey. A playful kid that only thinks of the next time he can take over the concrete playground once more time.

 This video is my tribute to this year of training. You wont find fancy tricks or death defying moves and probably nothing that will leave you mouth open. It is simple what I think parkour really is. These are almost all the spots around my neighborhood and are literately in somewhat of a continuous line. I had a lot of fun filming this(not so much editing it )and it is full of lots of time investing and hard work. 

 I made this for my own satisfaction and for those of you who appreciate the real essence of parkour, I hope you can enjoy it as much as I enjoyed making it.

 I want to thank of all you who have been there when needed, weather it is to answer a question or to share laughter.
 
 Anyway, enough blah blah here is the vid, it was film and edited to keep all the HD quality but you know how youtube is.
 Watch it HERE

 

We all want to share the way of Parkour by using different ways to convey our message, video, articles and photography. The problem with photography is that not every traceur understand how to take a good picture. Ben Anderson, an avid Parkour Photographer, wrote an article explaining some good concepts to keep in mind while photographing Parkour (or freerunning, tricking, gymnastics, or anything else!)

 Click Here for Ben Anderso's article and some of his great pictures.

As some of you already know we have decided to hold 2 jams a month. One in the middle of the month and one at the end. The mid of the month jam will be held the closest Sunday to the 15th of the month and will be more about drilling and coaching to help newcomers and any one who may need some more training to improve their technique. The second jam (main one) will stay the same and be held last Sunday of every month.

Here is the info for the training jam for this month

Date: Sunday the 14th.
Location: Honolulu
Meeting point: Ala Wai Canal spot the stairs at the entrance of the jogging path. (new one)
Check here for location
Time: 10am We will start at 10:30 max.
What you need: Water, snacks and the ability to move.

This jam will be mostly training and drilling, constant light conditioning and coaching. There are several stuff we can do there for technique. But it will mostly be some PK training for everyone to join. There is a lot of space and very little foot traffic. Try to bring your water and snacks if you dont want to go for a long walk to the nearest place to get reserves.

This jam is going to be fun and very beneficial for you all. 
I will see you all there.

Date: August 31st
Location: Honolulu
Meeting point:
Kakaako Waterfront Park
End of OHE St
Honolulu, HI 96813
You can find it on the HOT SPOTS MAP HERE
Look for Kakaako Waterfront Park
It will be the same route we did for March Jam Vid
Time: 10am We will start at 10:30 max, with or without you.
What you need: Water, snacks and the ability to move.
(If you have any suggestions for spots let us know)

As always if you know any other areas of town let us know.

More info HERE

David has been doing PK/FR and acrobatics for 3 years now. He trained initially with TXpk and now that he lives in Hawaii he has been very helpful with the community (jams, classes, training).

Due to his dedication and great personality, he is now part of the Urban Current family, which means that he now, along with us, carries the weight of representing PK in Hawaii to properly introduce those interested in our life style as well as educating the ones who wonder what all this "jumping around" is all about. We will all continue to help/support/push each other in order to excel and reach new limits.

Welcome David.

Here is a little Welcoming VIdeo

We finally ordered some locally made shirts, so you dont have to get those from the online site anymore. These ones are screen printed which means way better quality and more durable, did I mentioned we sell them cheaper too?. That and you get to support HIpk's real store instead of some random site .

If you are local, remember you can save on shipping by picking them up too. 

Check them out (and order ) at the HIpk Store. We got different sizes and colors.

On the Star Bulletin edition of today you might see some familiar faces, Ozzi and Adam from HIpk and the Urban Current Clan made the news, sharing one more time the discipline of parkour with the local community.

Thanks to Carlie Partridge (Star Bulletin writer) for a well done job.

Click on read more to read the article. 

As you already know we have a list of tutorials where we try our best to help newcomers learn the parkour technique in the safest and most effective way possible.

 We have added a new vault to the list, Two Handed Vault.

You can check this new tutorial and mahy others HERE

The July Jam was a success, with a show rate of over 20 people. Tons of new people ready to have a great time. But I think the vid will speak for itself.

Watch the video HERE (make sure to click on watch on high quality).

A new featured has been added to the Hot Spot section. The Hot Spot Map will allow you to find the current hot spots by simply browsing through the map. There is a brief description of what can be done at the place, along with the skill level necessary and encounters with security.

Remember, we are always on the look out for more spots, so if you know of any that are not yet added to that map let us know and we will update it.

Check out the map, just click on it to go to the google map and browse the pictures and information.

Source: American Parkour

Thanks to Sarah Skidmore for her insightful coverage of Parkour! She's written an article for Associated Press which is not sensationalist nor portrays parkour as a daredevil extreme sport.

Read and watch the video about it HERE . 

Check out the new addition to our Hot Spots section.

After having this spot on sight for quite a while I finally had the opportunity to check it out. Great possibilities and no issue with being there, or so it seemed. Pictures and location can be seen HERE. 

Source: American Parkour

  "Think you've got what it takes to be a Ninja? G4's American Ninja Challenge is back for a third round, and its going to be bigger and better than ever. We're giving you another chance to prove your mettle and earn the right to challenge the world's most difficult and diabolical obstacle course ever created."

More Info G4

We have been getting a lot of support from many communities and quite a few thousands hits on our vids along with an increasing number of subscribers in our youtube channel. We feel very honored and grateful for all of this so I am here to inform you that as a way of thanking each and everyone of you, we are going to have a contest for the month July.

Check it out guys 

Read all teh information about this exciting news HERE  

You can watch a chase sequence from the first film HERE

 Wish to comment on this articel? DO IT HERE

Source: American Parkour 

Sébastien has written a book about the art of Freerunning. "Freerunning: Find Your Way"

More Info HERE

After just three classes each and everyone of the Parkour Boot camp students are managing to very quickly gain great control over their body movements.
In yesterdays class, after a warm up that involved some balance drills, jumps and PK landings, Ozzi and Pete lead the group to vaulting introduction, having them all experiment with a variety of techniques to mount on to and over come simple obstacles that may be on their path. This is only their third class and they are progressing very rapidly. Watch out Oahu!!!! A new breed of super humans is being created, right here at crossfit.

Here are the pics from yesterdays class for you all to look at.

You can check the rest of the pics HERE

21, that is the number of people who showed up to our initial PK Training Camp class last night. We had to cap it at 15 but we had some very excited people already waiting for the next program to start.  We had people from all around the island and different backgrounds, Crossfit was also representing with the 2 Mikes, James, Bryan, Katie, Joey among others who were there to experience something different. If you think Crossfit prepared them for what they went through, think twice.

We had 6 girls in a discipline that is currently is in need for some more female support so HIpk and Crossfit are doing their part very well. After watching a video introduction about some of Parkour's origins and traceurs around the world, everyone started having some fun, dripping sweat and getting dirty while experiencing some of the Parkour related conditioning exercises, balance, coordination, endurance and strength that left everyone begging for a recharging meal and a long night of sleep.

You can see some footage HERE

If you wish to know the complete workout you can check it HERE

So finally it all has been set.

HIpk is holding Parkour classes at CrossFit.
Classes are held Thursdays 7pm to 9pm, and Saturday 12pm to 2pm

This is an 8 week program that will cover all of the parkour basics.
Some of you already know the instructors: Ozzi, Pete and Adam.
(Media Appearances )

Here is a little more information about the program itself.  CLICK ON READ MORE

Early and chilly Wednesday morning, in the middle of my sleep I get a text from Pete asking me if we were going to be meeting that morning. Half sleep I manage to text back, "stay tune I am waiting for a call". Back in my sweet beauty PK sleep, phone rings, I grunt a bit while out of a yawn I say "hello!?" Mike from the Honolulu Magazine is on the other line, apologetic about the very confusing photographer who kept canceling our meetings. He urges to say that he is contacting someone to try to meet us that morning. That he will be calling me back, we hang up and I think "great, that means I cant go back to bed"

We will be posting the GOM on the front page every ... month (duh).

The GOM will consist on a particular drill or exercise or drill to work progressively on in order to achieve the specify drill, add extra amount of reps to your existing number, or increase the difficulty of said exercise.
I.e.

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      Clapping Push Ups (CPU's)
      Its benefits;
      Clapping Push Ups, will help you increase your explosive power, which will allow you to perform certain parkour techniques with more ease and better form (higher kongs, monkey, climb ups etc)     
      therefor preserving energy and increasing your efficiency.

      Beg. Achieve CPU's (if you dont have it)
      InterM. Add an extra 5 reps (if you do have it)
      Adv. Achieve Double CPU front and back (if you already do over 15 CPU's).

      Once achieve, work on your form. once your form is clean and if you have still days left for the month try to go for max reps. Keep track and write how many you achieved by the end of the month.
     
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In this example we will be including progression video to help you achieve your goal. At the end of the month you can come back to this thread and share with us how many did you achieve or anything else you want to add. This is not to compare your self to others, this is not a competition against anyone but yourself.

All this GOM will be tried to be kept and design to specifically help you excel in your Parkour techniques to gain power, control, efficiency and speed.

 If you have any suggestions and or request you can always post them here (it'll make it easy for us as we wont have to think of one all the time  )

You can check June's GOM HERE

The plan for this months jam.

May's Jam Sunday the 25th
Location: Halawa District Park and the Industrial Area.
99-795 Iwaiwa St
Aiea HI. 96701
Meeting point: Halawa District Park
Time: 11am (up to suggestions)
What you need: Water, snacks and the ability to move.
Since well be moving from spot to spot, if you make it late, call me at 858 337 29 65 so we can tell you where we are.

Here you can see pics of the district park
http://hawaiipk.com/forum/index.php?topic=26.0

And here you can se ones of the spots at the industrial area, but trust me, there is plenty more, if you came to our last seminar you know what I am talking about.
http://hawaiipk.com/forum/index.php?topic=27.0

More Info HERE

Pete, Adam and Ozzi from Urban Current met with The Honolulu Magazine on April 30th for a photo shoot that is to be featuring on the outdoors activities section of the magazine, unfortunately Jason couldn't join due to a busy schedule. The magazine contacted Ozzi after the director from the Mikey D's commercial mentioned Urban Current's name. They specifically requested to meet with the guys from UCC for a photo shoot.

 It was a fun morning full or action and "modeling" by Ozzi whom due to his ankle injury just sat/stood around as the face of the clan while Pete and Adam worked their butts off.

The article will be featuring on the Jun edition of the magazine so make sure you subscribe to get it.

The guys from HIpk are constantly coming with new ideas to help you excel in your techniques. They come with ways to break down the Parkour techniques to help others while learning in a proper, safe and progressive manner.

You can check this tutorials HERE , if you have any requests you can always let us know. 

 Dont forget to also check out our CONDITIONING videos. After all, the more you condition, the easy they tecniques will become.