13th May '17: Next Junior Beginner Courses, SP store coupons and more!

Our newsletter was sent out on Thursday 11th May to all current subscribers, with advanced information about our next THREE Junior Beginner Courses and information regarding booking.

Subscribers get priority updates regarding new classes, courses and opportunities so please do sign up if you haven't done so already here.


We are pleased to announce that we are now LIVE for early-bird Junior Beginner Course tickets at Hadleigh Park, starting on the 29th May 2017. Early bird tickets for this course will be available until 8:59am Monday 14th May where full ticket prices will go live thereafter.

In the link below you'll also find details for the next 2 courses running afterwards.

If you're looking for sneak peak into our summer plans, coupons for our clothing store and more, click below and have a read.

>> Read The May 11th Newsletter Here<<

14th March '17 - Easter Junior Beginner Courses.

Booking is now live (and spaces are being taken) for out Next Junior Beginner Courses taking place second week of Easter at Hadleigh Park - EARLY BIRD prices available until 9am Weds' 15th March.

We've now updated information via our FB Events page where you can click "Get tickets" to book your space:

AM Session FB Event Link - https://goo.gl/9S9Bf5

PM Session FB Event Link - https://goo.gl/eoDuJa

Direct booking system link showing ONLY Beginner Courses here: https://goo.gl/q8IApq

Feb 1st 2017: February Updates!

Please find below the link to our February update detailing planned class changes for February and more information about our next Junior Beginners Course, which at the time of this post has only 1 space remaining.

February Update here: http://preview.mailerlite.com/o3u1h4

Classes will run as usual over the February Half Term with the addition of daytime sessions at Hadleigh Park (they're handling these sessions), visit this link for info - https://www.facebook.com/events/718127688346843/ 

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21st October 2016 - October Half Term

Quick update, with the exception of our Tiny Traceurs Class, ALL weekly classes are scheduled to run as normal.

In Summary:

Monday Beginners Class at Hadleigh: 6pm til 7:30pm

Tuesday Tiny Traceurs - Chalkwell Hall Junior: NOT RUNNING - SORRY

Wednesday Adult Outdoor - Southend: 7pm til 9pm

Thursday Foundations at Temple Sutton: 6pm til 7:15pm

Friday Foundations and Intermediates 5:45pm til 7pm and 7:15pm til 8:30pm

Saturday Adult Beginners at Hadleigh Park - 9am til 10:30am

We will also be running DAYTIME options through and at Hadleigh Park on Thursday 27th - Visit the following link to book and join me for a good few hours of FUNctional challenge and movement! Limited spaces available.

http://hadleigh-park.co.uk/event/half-term-holiday-activities/ 

18th July '16: Summer Update!

Hi all, real quick update to restate the summer schedule details and add a little more information which will continue through/on to our social media sites and classes/booking page of the website shortly.

Please remember: During our Hadleigh Park Classes, the Parkour area will be closed to the general public for the duration of the class.

We have class changes/additions from the 23rd July with summer schedule officially launching on the 27th July: See below for details:

From the 23rd July:

Saturday: Adult (16+) Beginners Class at Hadleigh Park - 9am start 
NEW WEEKLY CLASS continuing past summer!

From the 27th July:

Wednesday 27th July:
Adult (16+) Outdoor Class - Southend -7pm - Meet at Southend Vic (As usual)

Thursday 28th July:
Hadleigh Park Sessions - Book via: www.hadleigh-park.co.uk (Booking available soon)

Friday 29th July: 
- Junior Beginners (8-15 years) - Hadleigh Park, 10am.
- Junior Foundations (8-15 years) - Hadleigh Park 12pm (Must have been invited by coach from beginners)
- Junior Intermediates (8-15 years) - Meeting at Southend Civic Centre 2:30pm (Must have been invited by coach from beginners/foundations)

From Tuesday 2nd August:
- ParkLives with Active Southend - "Parkour in the Park" - 10:30am - Chalkwell Park (Targeting ages 12-24) 
- Tiny Traceurs (5-7) Chalkwell Hall Junior School -  From 1:30pm - 

Except for our adult classes, all other classes will cease by the 3rd September and our Term Time schedule will start back up on the week commencing 12th September 2016

29th June - Summer, sessions and savings.

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.

Click here to view and read it online! - http://app.mailerlite.com/s2x7j5

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!

27th May 2016: Shirt order form links sent!

Just as a heads up, we've just sent out shirt order forms to all who've attended a class within the last month if you're after our student-exclusive t-shirts! If you can't find the email and link, please drop us an email and we'll send it over to you.

Just as a reminder, next monday (30th May) we're at the Hadleigh Parkour Park launch and will not be running our Monday Explore Parkour session: Why not pop down and join us at Hadleigh instead!? - https://www.facebook.com/events/1771255953104680/

25th May 2016: Hadleigh Parkour Park opening and tips for learning.

Ahead of the official opening of the Parkour Park in Hadleigh, I wanted to share a few thoughts for people who may be new or who have had little or no Parkour coaching. For many, this Park will be a first exposure to Parkour, so understanding more about the practice, it's training and how to use these types of environments, may help to learn safely, reduce risk and have fun.

In a positive learning environment; No-one would expect that because you have a bike and can ride it, you're ready to take the most difficult mountain bike route, on the same note, Parkour also needs time from its practitioners to learn, developing skills to prepare safely for the challenges ahead.

In order to aid safe learning and progression accessing the site, here a few points which should aid in keeping you safer and help you develop the fundamentals of Parkour movement: 

• Low: Staying lower to the ground greatly reduces the risk related injury. Working on moving under obstacles develops spatial awareness, hand-foot coordination and controlled movement skills, essential for all other movements.
• Slow: Reducing speed allows for you to have an ongoing feedback loop, able to learn and adapt your movement as it happens. Moving too fast, too soon often ends with movement with little understanding of what happened; reducing possible learning opportunities. As an example, running, jumping and swinging are high momentum and generally faster movements which automatically increases risk.
• Keep it simple: Parkour is about doing simple things very well, get from one point to another and work to make that more effective. Being able to do simple movements well and consistently will develop the physical skills and understanding to progress onwards safely. 

Each single effective movement may just last a second, but is made of hours and hours of high quality practice.

We will be working closely with Hadleigh Park to provide beginners coaching sessions to help those new and interested across all ages to learn Parkour, alongside content to help learning both in and outside of coached sessions, keep up to date via www.southendparkour.com/news and www.hadleigh-park.co.uk - You can also sign up to our newsletter for news straight to your inbox here: https://goo.gl/1RSkmW

Be safe and train smart and see you at the park!

W/C 23rd May and Half Term W/C 30th Updates!

Quick catch up for this week and next week!

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!

9th May '16 - May changes and summer schedule to follow.

No classes will be running on Thursday 26th due to a training course attendance in London, apologies for any inconvenience caused. On Monday 30th May (Bank Holiday), no "Explore Parkour" classes will be running due to the Hadleigh Park Parkour opening! Visit www.fb.com/southendparkour for the event page and details.

Hadleigh Parkour Park - Grand opening! - Event link:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1771255953104680/

If you are new to Parkour and looking to join our classes, from the 10/5/16 you will need to join our beginners session: "Explore Parkour" which will run on a Monday night from the 16th May 2016. This is to ensure each student has a good foundational level of movement and understanding before tackling our weekly foundations classes. Details can be found via the link below.

The schedule as it stands will be running up to the summer holidays and then our summer schedule will kick in at new locations across the local area. Details to follow.

Timetable and new weekly schedule from next week available via www.southendparkour.com/classes

4th May 2016: May the fourth be with you.

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!

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