Thorpe Park

27th August

As the summer draws to a close we were contacted by the Chelmsford Partnership and asked to choose a selection of our students to receive a reward for working hard all summer.

The young people who had regularly attended summer workshops, shown a good attitude and worked hard were invited to Thorpe Park for the day with the Team Kinetix coaches.

It was a great end to the summer projects and showed all those involved that a positive attitude has its rewards.

ENO Know The Show

26th August

After our professional consultancy work and choreography for the English National Opera, we were invited to run workshops and present a short demonstration of 'Action Theatre' at the Know The Show event.

Team Kinetix coaches Brad Wendes and Suzi Appleton went along to the event in the heart of Camden to take an introductory workshop in stunts and stage combat.

At the end of the day all the young people involved showed off their skills to adult theatre-goers and industry professionals.

The day was a massive success and we look forward to working with ENO again next season.

SHOKK Courses Launch!

25th August

Today is another exciting day!

Team Kinetix coaches Brad Wendes and Suzi Appleton are heading to Birmingham for the offical launch and first workshops in Parkour Fit and Circus Fitness courses written in collaboration with SHOKK - The Youth Activity People

Brad and Suzi will be teaching the courses to fitness instructors from the midlands in this pilot training day.

The courses are REPS accredited and qualifications awarded by Active IQ.

For more information on Parkour coaching contact the British Institute for Parkour Coaching or contact SHOKK for information on REPS accredited courses.

JUMP Magazine

We're proud to report that our very own Brad Wendes will be writing features and reviews for the World's First Parkour / FreeRun lifestyle magazine; Jump Magazine.

To read product reviews, articles and information on Urban Lifstyle check out www.urbanfreeflow.com/jumpmagazine

Brad's review of the Vibram FiveFingers will be in Issue 7 with further reviews, articles and pictures coming in issues 8, 9 & 10.

Best of all, it's FREE, check it out!

V-Festival 2010

20th - 22nd August

As we get towards the end of August it can mean only one thing; V FESTIVAL!

The Virgin 'V-Festival' is one of the largest music festivals in the UK and this year Team Kinetix will be performing all weekend as part of the Virgin 'V-Inspire' initiative.

Team members Brad Wendes, Thanda Mutero, Luke Markey and Harry Murden will be performing Free Running and acrobatics all weekend at the V Festival in Chelmsford's Hylands Park.

What a weekend it's going to be; Madness, Kasabian, Eliza Doolittle, Kings of Leon, The Prodigy and Peter Andre will all be performing over the weekend.

If you've got a ticket, come and see us performing every day at the Nissan Juke Arena.

Live 'N' Deadly

19th August

Today was another exciting day for Team Kinetix and our students.

Kinetix coaches Brad & Thanda spent the day with a select group of Parkour students filming with a BBC film crew for the BBC1 show "Live 'N' Deadly".

The show features our young practitioners training in the gym as well as outdoors in both the built environment and natural environment.

Hopefully it will be a very positive piece on safe training and progression.

Thanks to the Woodland Trust for the use of Swan Wood in Essex, as well as Riverside Ice & Leisure for letting us use their facilities.

UPDATE:

Here's the final piece as aired on BBC1.

Our section starts 4:00mins into this video.

We're very happy with the end result, and exceptionally proud of our guys and girls!

Nondezvous 1

14th & 15th August

It's come around quickly this year. After all the international hype, Nondezvous 1 is here at last!

For those of you who haven't heard about Nondezvous, you can check out the Facebook Group here: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=140952782581406&ref=ts

Nondezvous was set up to allow practitioners from around the UK to come together and train in the capital FREE OF CHARGE with experienced coaches and practitioners on hand to show newcomers the spots and help with techniques.

What a weekend it's been!

Thank you to the 200+ people that showed up in central London for the largest FREE OUTDOOR Parkour / Freerun jam to date.

When the film's been edited I'll put it on here straight away.

For now, here's some photo memories.

The Chimes Shopping Centre

14th August

While all the Free Runners are enjoying the Nondezvous event in London, Team Kinetix member Hasit Savani will be performing on his bouncy stilts (Power Bocks) at The Chimes Shopping Centre in Uxbridge.

Hasit will be on site bouncing around all weekend.

If you're in the area, head on down to see him show off his mad skills.

Otherwise get yourself to Waterloo for NONDEZVOUS 1!

Swan Housing Funday

13th August

After a couple of superb arena displays, the Kinetix Acrobatic Display Team have been asked to perform the Arena Acrobatic act at a community funday for Swan Housing.

The display went really well and the Swan Housing management were excellent hosts. Unfortunately the second display was rained off by monsoon-like weather.

Hopefully we'll be able to show them what we're capable of at the next Swan Housing event in September.

Maldon Carnival

8th August

Straight after we finished up at the Harlow Urban Games the team jumped in the big red Kinetix Van and rushed over to perform at the Maldon Carnival.

After the success of our acrobatic arena display at the 999 Funday, Team Kinetix were invited to perform in the main arena for this carnival.

The Team Kinetix Acrobatic Display Team got in one fantastic display before weather stopped play briefly. The guys then managed to get another quick display in before the heavens opened.

Despite the weather feedback was great from the organisers and crowds alike.

I can see us having a busy season next year with arena displays!

SX Urban Games Harlow

8th August

Today sees Team Kinetix performing at the final SX Urban Games event of 2010. They've been great fun to be part or and I hope that the final one in Harlow goes off with a bang!

Team Kinetix Free Runners and Acrobats will be at Harlow Skatepark with the blocks, scaffold and mats performing and running workshops all day.

Suzi and Harry will be on hand to help you get involved in Parkour / Free Running.

Come on down and join in!

Relentless Boardmasters Newquay 2010

4th - 6th August

Festival season is officially upon us!

Team Kinetix Free Runners Brad Wendes and Thanda Mutero have been away this week performing Acrobatics and Free Running at the world-famouse Relentless Newquay Boardmasters Festival in Cornwall.

Brad & Thanda have been performing alongside world champion Basketball Freestylers, Beatboxers, DMCs and Breakdancers. It was a superb visual spectacular and the fusion of disciplines did not disappoint!

I think we'll be seeing a lot more of this Urban Fusion Display...

Healthy Living Day

5th August 2010

While Brad & Thanda are away having fun in Newquay it's up to Harry and Luke to hold the fort in Essex.

Today is 'Healthy Living Day' in Chelmsford. The guys will be with BBC Radio Essex in Chelmsford Town Centre all afternoon to talk about Parkour and run some introductory workshops.

Get down there and get involved!

Summer Holiday Sessions

3rd August

Once again Team Kinetix are working with the Chelmsford Partnership and Essex Police to provide FREE outdoor workshops for young people in the Chelmsford area.

We'll be running workshops in Chelmsford in the daytimes every week in August.

Email info@teamkinetix.co.uk for more information.

SX Urban Games Brentwood

1st August 2010

Today was the second of the SX Urban Games events. This time the event was held in King George's Park in Brentwood. Once again Team Kinetix took over the event with our massive Parkour structure.

After a superb demonstration and performance featuring Team Kinetix and our good friends from Beds, Herts & Bucks Parkour, we ran Parkour, Free Running and Acrobatic workshops throughout the afternoon.

Once again we were overjoyed with the audience and number of our supporters that showed up to cheer on the main team and our students.

Looking forward to more SX Urban Games events!