Parkour in Gym Class

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I doubt they will be learning how to do back-flips off the wall. I think this is just re-branding of what we called an obstacle course in my days.

No, actually, they will be learning that. No safety harness or anything of that sort--not set up for that. (OP here)

They can't be learning how to do a backflip off a wall in one day. That's not how parkour works.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Speaking as a former daredevil girl, this sounds great! I would have loved to have this in gym class, rather than dodgeball and basketball and all the other boring team sports I disliked.

Of course my DD is only a toddler, so I guess I'll see how I feel about it in a few years if she inherits my daredevil tendencies.

ME TOO!

Only I'm now the parent of a 12 y.o. daredevil. Apple from the tree and all...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I doubt they will be learning how to do back-flips off the wall. I think this is just re-branding of what we called an obstacle course in my days.

No, actually, they will be learning that. No safety harness or anything of that sort--not set up for that. (OP here)

They can't be learning how to do a backflip off a wall in one day. That's not how parkour works.

Nobody said it would be in one day. It's the beginning of a longer unit of instruction.

[Anonymous]

I am so out of it.
Neverheard of this word.

Lately, my son, the daredevil, has been coming home and trying all these things over our furniture, banisters, on the playground, etc. and referring to himself as a "parkour master," as in "all my friends say I'm the parkour master."

I thought it was something he/they had just made up.

[Anonymous]

Honestly, I didn't think the backflip off the wall was that difficult. I thought it was one of the skills that looks way harder than it actually is. I think the OP should talk to the instructor if she has safety concerns, but I would be happy if my kid's school were teaching this.

[Anonymous]

I want to learn parkour and I'm 33. Jealous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am so out of it.
Neverheard of this word.

Lately, my son, the daredevil, has been coming home and trying all these things over our furniture, banisters, on the playground, etc. and referring to himself as a "parkour master," as in "all my friends say I'm the parkour master."

I thought it was something he/they had just made up.

LOL

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would love it if one of the gymnastics center or even a Parkour center would offer this type of class to younger kids and even better if offered at the school too. I'd sign my kid up in a heartbeat. Dynamite Gymnastics. Take note. This is what your ability center should look like.

Is that not what it looks like? My teen has taken some parkour classes at Urban Evolution in Alexandria. They've got more grungy colors and they're smaller, but the activities pictures are pretty much what the younger kids are doing there. I've been thinking of moving him to Dynamite because it's way more convenient, but you just gave me pause.

What exactly is wrong with Dynamite? It's not strictly parkour (they run tumbling classes there as well), so they don't have the same set-ups as a parkour gym, but what they do have is safe and fun. And they have classes starting at age 3.

I'm the second PP here and I didn't mean to imply that there's anything wrong with Dynamite. We started at Urban Evolution because that's what came up when we googled parkour, but we've been looking for something closer to our Maryland home. The only thing I know about Dynamite is the location, because I googled metro routes. I had imagining something that looks like the videos posted, so when the top PP said that this is what Dynamite should look like it gave me pause since I had assumed that it's what Dynamite already looks like.

Dynamite might be fantastic, or terrible. I wouldn't know. We're happy at Urban Evo, except location, but it is much smaller and "grungier" and adult focused than I had imagined Dynamite to be. My teen likes grungy and adult so that isn't a complaint.