Our Director Charles Moreland does a TED Talk on Parkour
Rochester is getting worldwide attention this week as Charles Moreland’s TED Talk goes sweeping through the global parkour community. Be sure to check it out!
Cancellations this Week
Members,
Please be aware, due to scheduling problems, Friday night’s Mobility Class and all Sunday classes are cancelled. We apologize for any inconvenience.
The RocPK Team
Movie Night at RocPK
Date: Friday 13th
Time: 8-11pm
Cost: $5 suggested donation
Join RocPK for another Movie Night projected on the big screen! It’s Friday the 13th so it’s only fitting we host in honor of the bails we’ve all experienced.
Come watch the greatest of the greats slip up and find themselves unbalanced and in the moment – we’ll also be watching the new documentary “People In Motion“!
Afterwards, we’ll be hosting a small community workshop on break falls and bail safety techniques to make sure you know what to do when the moment strikes. Refreshments will be provided.
See you there!
Weekly Focuses – July 2-8
We know most of you will be off for vacation, so if you’re going to miss your normal class, take a look at what we’ll be focusing on and try and to get some practice in wherever you may be! Here’s a cool shot from last week’s Summer Camp!
Here’s what we got:
Monday Focus
Kids Rolls/Vaults
Youth Balance
Adult Int Top level
Tuesday Focus
Kids Rolls/Vaults
Adult Beg Tic-Tacs
Youth Swings
Women’s
Wednesday Focus
Kids Canceled
Youth Canceled
Adult Beg Canceled
Thursday Focus
Homeschool Cats
Adult Int Precisions
Friday Focus
Kids Strides
Adult Beg Top-outs
Mobility PNF Stretching
Saturday Focus
Kids Wall climbs
Youth Rolls
Adult Beg Top-outs
Sunday Focus
Youth Swings
Adult First Timer Basics
Adult Int Canceled
Please pay attention to cancellations in red. We will be closed for July 4th.
This Week at RocPK – June 18-24
Hey gang,
We’re going to start posting weekly focuses for the classes so you can plan ahead of time what classes you’d like to attend based on the skills being studied. Check it out!
Note: The Thursday Homeschool classes as well as the Sunday Intermediate classes are canceled this week!
See you in the gym!
Gym closed, Sunday, June 10th
Due to unforeseen circumstances, the Rochester Parkour Gym will be closed Sunday, June 10th. We apologize for any inconveniences.
RocPK
Become a Member Today
Rochester Parkour offers a service that, literally, no one else in New York State is offering. We are proud to be the first, but not so much that we lose our concept of reality. We love what we do and we want everyone to be able to join the parkour movement. We work really hard to ensure that our prices are competitive compared to other forms of fitness.
$15 a class is difficult for many people for just an hour of instruction. However, our membership packages start at just $40/month. If you come to 1 class a week, you save $20/month! Classes are taught by highly trained and qualified instructors and you will NEVER be left to your own devices. There’s always a trained coach to talk to!
Membership also has the benefit of our Low-Impact and Mobility class – included for free. This means becoming a member gives you 3 hours of guided instruction per week for LESS THAN the drop in rate.
Membership Options
- $40/mo Basic – 1 parkour class per week. Free entry to all Low-Impact and Mobility classes.
- $70/mo Deluxe – 2 Parkour classes per week. Free entry to all Low-Impact and Mobility classes.
- $100/mo Unlimited – Unrestricted gym access PLUS event registration fees waived.
Start saving money now and become a member for June! Contact charles@rochesterparkour.com or ask about how you can become a monthly member next time you’re in the gym.
The RocPK Team
Rochester Parkour on Channel 8 News!
We’re really proud of where we’ve come and what we do and we strongly believe that we have the best approach towards fitness. This last Tuesday, News Channel 8 came out to video our own Grant and Eric Higgins for their “Fit Families” spotlight.
Remember, even though this highlights our youth, parkour is for everyone! Sign up for a class and give us a shot!
Click the link to check out the article! http://rochesterhomepage.net/fulltext?nxd_id=320392
Closed Today – 5/20
The Rochester Parkour Gym is closed today. We apologize for any inconveniences.
RocPK
The Importance of Exploration in Structured Curriculums
Head Coach Andrew found this great article that brings to light some very interesting problems with the way our brains develop in youth.
In the last several years, we at RocPK have noticed an interesting trend: we rarely need to instruct young kids on how to move. Adults, however, are another story. Bring your child the first day and the first thing they will do is try to climb on the bars, jump on the boxes, and balance on the rails. Typically, an adult will wait until you tell them concretely what it is they should do. In essence, they bypass exploration in favor of direct instruction.
You may not find much wrong with this approach and there definitely are benefits. But parkour is a creative discipline and simply doing only what your instructor tells you to do does nothing to help your creativity. In kids, direct instruction before exploration yields shocking results and makes them less likely to try new things out on their own without being directly told what to do.
At Rochester Parkour, movement exploration is an important factor that is designed into each class. Exploration is typically encouraged at the start of a class, after a central idea has been expressed. The students will then explore the idea or a particular challenge with direct instruction being applied afterwards as a guide or to channel their creativity into something more constructive.
On multiple occasions, we’ve caught a number of our younger students discovering movements that we’ve never taught them! Below is a lucky shot I got of AJ discovering how to backwards lache:
Direct instruction is also an important part of the education equation, but not at the expense of creative play and exploration. Try new things and challenge yourself! Come to the gym and play with us!