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!