2. Log into your account via the "log in" button at the top right of the page.
3. Once you've logged in, please click the View bookings button to view bookings made.
4. Check where you're up to and confirm whether a booking went through if unsure.
5. If you can;t remember your log in information, you can request a password change using your used email address to log in, check your spam folder if you don't receive a password reset email in a few minutes.
Please find the link to our most recently newsletter sharing details about class changes, price changes and more updates. Quite an important one so please do have a read.
TL;DR Version - Update for January 2017:
More info in link above
- Class prices will be changing and block booking discount features added.
- Classes should start back up on the 4th January.
- Email will follow over the next day or two for last beginner course attendees
regarding place payments
Our schedule for September 2016 term is now available for booking! There may be a few tweaks and additions to follow this week but this is the bulk of it! The attached image shows this week (from 5th September) with all junior classes starting back up from the 13th September.
Remember, all new students must attend the beginners course unless specified by the coaching team! (Emails to follow for the just-finished beginners cohort
Details for any classes which you might be waiting on (as specified above) will be shared as soon as they're up! Look forward to seeing our regulars and newer faces at a class soon!
Our newsletter also went out with extra details and news, you can read it here and sign up to our mailing list on the right hand side of this blog page.
We've just sent out an important newsletter update with details regarding our summer schedule which is now available for booking and some other important news about a few class changes over this and next week.
Don't forget, you can save 15% on across our range of summer classes when booking 4 or more classes together via our website/booking system.
To summarise here's what summer is looking like so far:
July: Wednesday: Adult Outdoor Class - 7pm - 9pm Meet @ Southend Victoria Thursday: Parkour sessions as a part of Hadleigh Park's Summer Activities. Visit their website for info. Friday: Junior Beginners - 10am - 11:30am | Junior Foundations 12:00pm - 1:30pm @ Hadleigh Park - Junior Intermediates - 2:30pm - 4:00pm @ Southend. Saturday: Adult Beginners Class - 9:00am - 10:30am @ Hadleigh Park (From 23rd July) August: Tuesday: Active Southend "Parkour in the Park" sessions - 10:30am - 12pm Wednesday: Adult Outdoor Class - 7pm - 9pm Meet @ Southend Victoria Thursday: Parkour sessions as a part of Hadleigh Park's Summer Activities. Visit their website for info. Friday: Junior Beginners 10am - 11:30am | Junior Foundations 12:00pm - 1:30pm @ Hadleigh Park | Junior Intermediates 2:30pm - 4:00pm @ Southend: meet at Civic Centre area. Saturday: Adult Beginners Class - 9:00am - 10:30am @ Hadleigh Park
As a note to make all users of Hadleigh Parkour Park aware, during arranged class times delivered by Southend Parkour and Hadleigh Park, the Parkour Training will be closed to the general public with only lass students having access. Changes this/next week! There are no Junior Classes running this Friday 1st July due to the ParkLives Launch event taking place in Chalkwell Park, feel free to join us in an open training opportunity around the Chalkwell Park Skatepark and nearby areas. Tuesday July 5th's Junior Class will not be running due to the first ParkLives session taking place at Chalkwell Park. Apologies for these changes.
More to come! We've plenty of other exciting opportunities and events lined up which will be shared via the website and our social media channels so again, don't forget to like, follow and subscribe!
Tonight: Explore Movement @ Chalkwell Junior - Only 2 spaces left. Weds: Adult Outdoor - Good availability. Thurs: Foundations @ Temple Sutton: Not running this week. (Sorry!) Friday: Foundations @ St Bernard's: 6 Spaces left. Intermediates: Spaces available (invite only)
There will be no adult indoor session this weekend and there will be no "Explore Parkour" session on the 30th due to the Hadleigh Park Opening event: Event link here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1771255953104680/ All other classes are due to run as normal throughout the half term.
Details will follow about a couple of Hadleigh Park coaching sessions over next week's half term so keep posted here for news and details!
We've just sent out our May newsletter with details about new classes coming to Southend, including a 5-7 years class, an 8-15 years beginners class and a continuation of our Girls only St Bernards Students sessions!
Quick update with what's going on at SP-HQ this week!
Classes: Meetings and setting up new options for both adult and junior classes, both indoor and out! The aim is to have these ready for delivery and launched together in one schedule update.
As soon as they're good to go, details will be up on the website and shared via social media, so make sure you're following "Southend Parkour" on facebook, twitter, instagram and youtube.
Video: We have a new video up, showcasing our Junior Indoor Classes and what happens in them!
As mentioned, we are very busy at the moment with classes being booked up to a week in advance. With new class options available soon, this should improve and lead to better availability. Again, thanks for your patience, Click here to book online in advance to avoid missing out!
Shirts and Merchandise: We will have a limited supply of adult and junior size Southend Parkour T-shirts available this week. Shirts will be black fabric with white print and yours for £15. Very limited quantities available to both junior and adult students, first come first serve at classes this week. Working on a few other cool bits of kit too, and again, will be shared as soon as available.
Ninja Warrior UK Semi-Finals: This coming Saturday (23rd May) my semi-final heat for ITV's Ninja Warrior UK will air at 7pm, see how I get in when I take of the "toughest obstacle course on TV!".
It was a great experience and a fantastic opportunity to challenge myself with like-minded individuals, sharing a passion for obstacles and movement!
I'll be training hard for next year and who knows.... hopefully I'll be joined by a few students who've been developing their skills through the classes!
Last month we added a second junior class to the Friday schedule to enable more young people to #GiveParkourAGo however, we're still regularly fully-booked on Fridays.
Thanks for your patience during this busy period, we're working hard to have other classes running soon to meet this growing demand.
You can book up to a month in advance via the website, so to avoid missing out, please book classes as soon as they're available.
We will not be holding any classes on Good Friday and will return the week after with a second junior class in place of the later adult session, schedule below.
March: Wed 25th - Adult Outdoor Fri 27th - Junior Indoor from 6pm, Adult Indoor from 7:20pm.
April Wed 1st - Adult Outdoor Fri 3rd - NO CLASSES
Wed 8th - Adult Outdoor Fri 10th - Indoor Junior: Class 1 from 6pm and Class 2 from 7:20pm.
As ever, all classes need to be booked online via www.southendparkour.com - click "book online" to book up to a month in advance.
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Short post to explore 5 reasons for learning Parkour, they may not be what you think but hopefully they will help you understand what we're about and what Parkour and you, can do!
1. Health
Globally, the majority of us we are sitting or still for most of the day. Sedentary lifestyles increase a variety of health issues, we're not doing what we're built to do, MOVE!
We're built to walk, run, climb, vault, squat, lift, carry and chase. Not doing so leads to a 'wealth' of health issues which more often than not, shorten the quality of our lives. By moving more and realising where (using our surroundings) and how we can move (using our bodies safely), we start a journey towards doing what we're built to do, rekindling not only our ability to move, but our physical fitness ability and overall health.
2. Safety
We're all familiar with the "fight or flight" state, in a high stress situation our mental and physical response to a stressor is to either run away or fight to survive (We are built to move)!. Although these situations may be rare in the UK or "civilised society", things do still happen; fires, attacks, the need to chase, the need to reach, the need to escape.
Martial arts are a common practice in the UK, having dabbled in Wing Chun, Ninjitsu and Krav Maga, to varying degrees, we're often told, "Run first, but if you can't, as a last here's how to defend yourself."
Parkour develops the first part and is, in our opinion, as important as being able to handle yourself up close. As a practical example, a friend had a knife pulled out on him, he could immediately vault a rail safely and had a barrier between the attacker and him. Parkour is great for self defence, run, escape and move! If you've not practised escaping, running or vaulting under pressure, if your slip and are hurt, the attacker has you anyway... it makes sense to practice the art of escape.
Practising Parkour and movement also allows you to deal with mistakes better, through knowing your body and how to move. Most times when I fall, slip etc, my training enables me to avoid injury and still land safely, living to "flight" another day! We all make mistakes and will fall, Parkour tends to help us be safe doing so!
3. Fun
Parkour is fun! A big deterrent from most forms of exercise is that it can be quite boring, obviously it's perspective, but lots of individuals who try Parkour, latch onto it and continue. Competitive sports tend to focus your performance on other's ability, Parkour is different in that it accepts that we are all unique, we all have strengths and weakness and all move differently. You can't accurately compare yourself to another because you are and will be different! In training we move and explore, finding new challenges, new spaces, new situations to grow and develop. There is no ultimate "right or wrong" with Parkour as a practice, only what works for you and your movement in a given situation. We learn through challenges: personally and externally set; we learn through imagination and games: Playing "Stay off the ground" and similar games/ scenarios. Because we are all unique, we can set our own goals, to move towards them at our own pace and ensure our own safe and fun progression.
4. Benefits of Challenge
We face challenges daily in all areas of our, work, personal, social and recreational lives. In training and overcoming obstacles we have to apply our physical and mental being to overcome, practising practical problem solving skills. We physically and mentally overcome these challenges, we achieve. Through achievement, we gain confidence, building an "experience backpack", a collection of challenges faced and overcome, which we can apply to future challenges faced. People who practice Parkour tend to have a very similar attitude and approach to life in that things can be done and problems can be solved. Even if we don't know, we still try (as long as it's safe to do so), in turn, gaining experience and apply to our future personal conquests!
5. Adaptability Being an adaptable person is a very useful skill/personality. Tying in with some of the areas mentioned above Parkour practitioners, seek, try, gain experience, reflect and apply what has been learnt, what works and what doesn't work, to future challenges both mentally and physically.
As such, Parkour tends to aid people in other sports and other physical activities from having a good experience and understanding of movement. There is a mindset developed through practice, to very quickly risk assess, problem solve and develop creative solutions to problems or challenges presented. In a world where change is an integral part of society; jobs, lifestyle, time, family, friends, technology, having the confidence to adapt and change yourself is something many people can struggle with.
To quote Sebastien Foucan, In overcoming, we become.
START YOUR JOURNEY! Join us for a class or if you have any questions, please visit www.southendparkour.com
First of all, I'd like to thank all of the support so far and throughout the end of 2014. It's always inspiring to see younger, older, new and experienced practitioners involved with our classes and services. As much as we've only been officially trading since October, we've been involved in Parkour in one entity or another for well over a decade, having had the opportunity to travel and coach all across the UK and abroad. Following the announcements below it will become increasingly important to keep connected with news as an when it comes. Our facebook account will detail last minute spaces for classes to please ensure you are connected with us for important recent changes. Other unique content is and will be also added regularly via our twitter, instagram, and youtube so please ensure you follow!
Moving forward into 2015, we are please to announce a few new developments:
Firstly: Cheaper Outdoor Classes! Our weekly adult outdoor class, which explores Parkour in the real work is now open for anyone 16+ (With parental consent) and now reduced to £8 for 2 hours of outdoor, Parkour coaching. These classes put Parkour training where it belongs, out in the open, rain or shine, utilising spaces in Southend to learn, strengthen, challenge, adapt and overcome! Find out about these on our website www.southendparkour.com/classes
Secondly:We will be adding two new Southend classesfrom the 16th January 2015!
The first will be a "Junior class" for young people ages 8 to 15 years of age, taking place at an indoor training space in Southend for 1 hour & 10 minutes of Parkour movement development and functional fitness under our expert guidance. 6:00pm til 7:10pm The second class will follow immediately after for a 16+ (Senior Class) 1 Hour & 10 Minute class, challenging attendees to adapt and overcome through Parkour skill development and functional fitness. 7:20pm til 8:30pm. Wall frames, ropes, vaults and matting will help support your effective learning. As much as indoor training can't entirely substitute outdoor training, it can provide a great introduction to the practice and you'll still be challenged through fun and engaging guided practice; improving fitness and physical ability with our training.
Finally: We're going digital! You can now sign up and pay online to all of our classes via our new online booking system, booking up to a month in advance!
You can book via our website at www.southendparkour.com/classes, then click the "Book online" button. Using this ensures we can have spaces filled while not oversubscribing which may make a wasted journey for some. If you have any questions or issues, contact us through the email address listed on the system or contact us through our website, www.southendparkour.com/contact
Please read the information carefully before booking, to ensure correct dates/classes.
We look forward to moving with you this year! Thanks for joining us!
On this page we will share local news and updates about our classes and training opportunities alongside useful information and advice for ongoing Parkour learning and development.
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