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Post by random on Feb 7, 2010 9:59:34 GMT
Hello all.
I'm completely new but I'd love to try myself out at parkour - anyone have any advice for a beginner girl?
I'm in the Tonbridge area.
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Post by Kevin on Feb 7, 2010 22:17:40 GMT
Hi there! first of all, welcome to the boards! for everyone, conditioning is a key part to parkour; progress is dependent on your background in sports and necessary motor skills in your limbs as well as how much you're willing to put into it! Being able to hold your weight in any given position is a good start - so things like press ups, sit ups and pull ups are a good way to ready yourself! There are a few people who train in the tonbridge area so you could meet up with those at some point to get involved in the community.
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Post by random on Feb 8, 2010 1:34:54 GMT
Hi, and thanks for the welcome.
I've done gymnastics and wrestling in the past, so I've been fairly used to physical stuff. I'm probably not quite as tough at the moment as I used to be - I guess I'm looking for inspiration?
It would be great to meet some local people, too.
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Post by Kevin on Feb 8, 2010 13:10:28 GMT
great- you've got a good background and i think you'd love parkour! I've just let someone who lives and trains in the tunbridge wells area that there's someone posting on here and is interested there is a larger active parkour community that is based around canterbury, with Movement sessions held in a gym twice a week (that I coach as well as two others). Some people travel quite a bit to get there, so it might be an idea to come down some point and meet people. However they are 7:30 - 9:30 in the evening, Mondays (more for parkour) and wednesday (more for tricking and gymnastics)
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Post by doom on Feb 9, 2010 10:47:29 GMT
I'm from East Sussex but it's only about 15 minutes for me to get to Tunbridge Wells and there's lots of good spots to play around there.
I could shouw you around and give you a few ideas for simple movements to train if you like?
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Post by random on Feb 17, 2010 0:59:28 GMT
Thank you doom, I'll just keep that in mind for now if that's okay? I'd like to try and get to one of the Canterbury classes if I can, at least maybe just to start with.
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