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PKGenAmericas may still be a bit young, but in the true spirit of the practice itself, the projects undertaken are delivered with the best possible efficiency, grace, and precision. A stellar example has just been set this past week, on June 30th, in Somerville, MA.
With Chris Keighley (senior coach at PKG who has spent roughly three months in the USA helping bestow the secrets of parkour upon PKGA disciples; expect a separate post on this bright bouncing British bloke next) bowing out in a couple of days following the workshop, and Sander Hartmand (a Danish coach that we lucked out to train with this summer) having just arrived, it was no surprise that our very own Blake Evitt, Chris, and Sander whipped up a hell of a workout for a 50-person crowd with a balanced mix of technique, strength, and conditioning for all levels.
The day started with a Danish warm-up, which, while inherently begging for some sort of a pun, is better explained in the photos than words, so please refer to the photographic evidence supplied below.
Both fun and challenging, the warm-up primed the willing and able bodies for the next stage indoors, where the PKG trinity, with the help of many coaches-in-training, has put together an enormous scaf structure. Precisions, balancing, lâches, kongs, vaults, jumps, and pretty much anything you would do anyway if you were a kid.
Participants were split into three groups according to their parkour experience and abilities. Coaches and groups rotated and switched stations indoors and outdoors so that each group would meet each coach.
At the end of the day, after participants have gone through the announced movement, strength, conditioning parts of the training, dessert was served under the "MDK" tag. Mmmmmmm. De-li-ci-ous. For those if you who have never played action video games and are feeling way too lazy to type in the three letters into a search engine, let me do you a favor. It stands for "Murder. Death. Kill." Or, in the workshop terms, it stood for "10 high jumps, 10 pull-ups/muscle-ups/negative muscle-ups, whatever the ability. Times 10. In 30 minutes." Let me just say that water and ice cubes from the cooler were extremely popular.
Special shout out goes to Unium and Mike Curtis, for providing the much needed and appreciated space for such a big and great prancing crowd.
The event would have never been a great success without the help of coaches and coaches in training:
Extraneous and invaluable help provided by:
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words and photos by Natalia Boltukhova
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