1 Year Anniversary!

Saturday Event Reminder!

THIS Saturday, April 21st, Rochester Parkour will be celebrating the Gym’s 1-Year Anniversary!

Join us at the Gym, 121 Lincoln Ave, to celebrate with us. Here’s the schedule of events:

2pm- 5pm

Ninja Warrior Competition (Competitors Fee $10, FREE to watch)

Refreshments Provided to all!

5pm-8pm

1-Year Anniversary Celebration

Collaboration Mural Showcase with Make Your MARC

RocPK Performance Video Screening from the RIT Juggle-In Public Show

Food, Fun, and Open Training! (Under 18 will need parent supervision and/or Liability Waiver)

By Nicole|2018-11-21T23:32:18-05:00April 17th, 2012|Featured, News, The Gym|Comments Off

Save the Date! – Two, to be exact.

For the next two Saturdays, Rochester Parkour has some pretty exciting events going on in place of the Saturday open jam session. Make sure to mark your calendars and come support our wonderful community members.

THIS Saturday, April 14th, at 7:30pm

A group of Rochester Parkour members are going to be showing off their skills on stage during the RIT Juggle In Public Show! For Public Show details check out the Juggle In website. The location for the show is Rush Henrietta High School and doors will open at 7:10pm. Tickets are $15 at the door, but if you stop by the RIT Juggle In fest, you can purchase tickets for $12. Rochester Parkour will be hanging out at the Juggle In fest from 2-4pm (Which is FREE). We have been working hard and perfecting our routine, so we’d love to see you there!

For directions to both the Juggle in and the Performance click Here.

NEXT Saturday, April 21st, from 2-8pm

Rochester Parkour is celebrating the Gym’s 1-Year Anniversary!! Join us for refreshments, fun, friends and games! Joint festivities will be held with Make Your MARC in honor of the community mural collaboration. The event is also on Facebook. Here’s the break down:

2-5pm Ninja Warrior Competition (Free to watch. $10 Competitors Fee.)

5-8pm 1-Year Anniversary & Mural Debut Celebration (Family Friendly!)

If you would like to help distribute flyers, come by the gym and grab some. We’d much appreciate it.

See you soon!

By Nicole|2016-10-19T12:20:28-04:00April 12th, 2012|Uncategorized|Comments Off

RocPK Mural Needs a Name!

Please send your ideas to marcmurals@gmail.com, leave them in the comments below, or tell us at the gym!

We will be compiling everyones input into a few great choices. Then we’ll vote!

If you haven’t already, stop by the gym and paint your name on the wall!!

If you would like to hear more about the Make Your MARC mural project, visit make-your-marc.com.

By Nicole|2016-10-19T12:20:28-04:00April 2nd, 2012|Mural Project, The Gym|3 Comments

Community Mural Painting!

Starting tomorrow and continuing into March, RocPK will be undergoing some much needed refurbishments. One of the main points of interest is some fresh paint on the walls! Nicole Suchy has been working hard and has created a new program called Make Your MARC – Mural Arts in the Rochester Community. Her program will be paying for us to put up a super amazing mural on one of our walls. This will be a community event! We want you to come and make your own mark on the RocPK walls. Here are the dates:

Optional Events:

Thursday March 1st 5:30-8:30pm – Grid and begin to draw design on the wall
Friday March 2nd 3-7pm – Finish drawing design on wall

Big Community Event!

Saturday March 3rd 2-6pm– Awesome community paint-by-numbers mural, painting of the surrounding walls and I-beams

Optional days before the March 3rd community event are days when Nicole will be working and outside help isn’t required, but very much appreciated! We want everyone to at least make it out to the March 3rd event – parkour breaks are encouraged and there will be food and drinks!

Questions? Email Nicole at marcmurals@gmail.com

By Nicole|2018-11-21T23:32:18-05:00February 29th, 2012|Featured, News|Comments Off

Ninja Warrior Feb 18th

It’s that time again – the time where you polish all your new moves and abilities and pit them against the clock to become a champion!

We believe strongly in these timed competitions as they are the true test of your capabilities. You may be able to do some pretty sweet stuff, but can you do them when it really matters? When time is racing? When your heart is racing?

February 18th is the day! 2pm to 5pm.

We’ve got some fun new stuff in the gym and we’re pretty excited about the course.

This event is donation based and is limited to 17+. If you’re an older teen that wants to participate, please send us an email at info@rochesterparkour.com or talk to us in the gym.

By charles|2018-11-21T23:32:19-05:00February 6th, 2012|Featured, The Gym|Comments Off

Low-Impact Classes

Parkour for the Elderly – Part 1 from Charles Moreland on Vimeo.

Last year, RocPK Director Charles Moreland made this video with our eldest member, Mauro. After spending a year going to Saturday jams in Rochester’s Manhattan Square Park, Mauro greatly improved his mobility and physicality. At 62, he can knock out full range squats and perfect sets of pushups with the rest of us.

Not all parkour is explosive or high-impact. We believe strongly in movement exploration and much of our focus is of the low-impact variety.

The Rochester Parkour gym is now offering low-impact classes, designed for participants with mobility issues or an aversion to explosive movement. This class will focus on balance and coordination drills, slow progression of strength, and will incorporate a unique blend of dance and martial art influence.

This class is open to all
Wednesday Evenings 7-8pm
Cost: $15

By charles|2018-11-21T23:32:19-05:00January 5th, 2012|Featured, The Gym|Comments Off

Join RocPK at the Rochester Museum and Science Center!

Greetings all,

Want to volunteer an hour or two this weekend to help out Rochester Parkour? Here’s a wonderful opportunity!

This weekend, December 10th and 11th, Rochester Parkour will be at the Rochester Museum and Science Center to participate in their Personal Fitness weekend. We’ll be there along with a bunch of other small health organizations that are devoted to increasing the health and fitness of the Rochester community. All you need to do is show up and tell people about how awesome parkour is! Below is a sign in sheet for hour long blocks. Please email back with a desired time-slot. If you have any further questions, please email charles@rochesterparkour.com.

December 10th
12-1pm:
1-2pm:
2-3pm:
3-4pm:

December 11th
12-1pm:
1-2pm:
2-3pm:
3-4pm:

Please email back before Friday.

Charles Moreland
Executive Director Rochester Parkour
charles@rochesterparkour.com

By charles|2018-11-21T23:32:19-05:00December 6th, 2011|Featured, News|1 Comment

Important Membership Update

Greetings members,

In observance of the Holiday season, Rochester Parkour will be closed December 23rd to the 30th. To accommodate for the closing, members are being given a 1/2 off discount for January. Please see Charles next time you are in the gym for more information.

Please enjoy the holidays and stay safe!

Charles Moreland

By charles|2011-11-30T18:08:24-05:00November 30th, 2011|Uncategorized|Comments Off

Happy Thanksgiving to You and Yours

With my stomach thoroughly stuffed with turkey, stuffing, green beans, yams, and a fine merlot, I want to take a quick minute to wish everyone a wonderful Thanksgiving.

A quick list:
– I’m thankful for the last 5 years of my life with Rochester Parkour. I wouldn’t be the same person without it.
– I’m thankful that (somehow) the gym is still up and running
– For every smile that comes when someone does something they’ve never thought possible, I’m thankful
– For all of our amazing and supportive members, without whom none of this would be possible…thanks for believing in us and joining our unique community
– Lastly, I’m thankful that every day I get up, I am reminded that I love what I do and who I’m doing it for

Happy Thanksgiving all, see you in the gym Monday!

Charles Moreland
Executive Director Rochester Parkour

By charles|2018-11-21T23:32:19-05:00November 24th, 2011|Uncategorized|Comments Off

New York City – The Gym Park

Parkour is expanding and growing all the time and while physical spaces are difficult to come by, they too are becoming more popular.

If you find yourself in NYC with some extra time, head on over to the Gym Park and join a session with some of NYC’s finest traceurs. It appears to be all gymnastics equipment which makes for an incredibly fun and springy environment. Check out the video below!

Great work guys!

By charles|2018-11-21T23:32:19-05:00September 28th, 2011|Featured, News|Comments Off