Items of Interest!

[fizzbang]

The New York Times examines the rising number of females studying parkour, along with a video interview of one traceuse (the feminine form of "traceur," or practitioner of parkour), describing the differences in common technique and form that comes from the general body differences between males and females. As always, the practice of harmonious

Comments

[talldean]

Why not take parkour? http://www.dcmetroparkour.info/

[fizzbang]

Ooh! I've always considered myself too out o shape to do parkour, but after that article, I'm considering what other forms of harmonious movement I could do while getting in shape. I think I'll have to swing by one of their meetings and see what's up - possibly in conjunction with checking out the akido dojo mentioned below.

Because really, akido and parkour share a lot of functional similarities. Hrm...

[axelwolfin]

I trained at Tai Yim Hung Fut in Kensington, and I was pretty happy with it.

[lostperdita]

If your open to Japanese martial arts, I know there are some respected aikido dojo up your way. If you were interested in checking them out, I'll send you recommendations.

[fizzbang]

As I said in response to dean, above, I'll have to check this out. And I'll have to consider how parkour and akido could work together - they seem like they'd have a lot of common elements, conceptually.

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