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This word pretty much sums up why I don’t like airports very much. It’s not like you can just go do something else or even sleep many times, it’s just delayed and you’ll know more in an hour (then it’s delayed again and you’ll know more in another hour). Oh well, at least it gave me an excuse to figure out how to tether my new phone (3G browsing is pretty nice). So I’m now due in to NYC probably around 3am, hopefully I can sleep on the way and not be totally screwed when I get there.

The MOVNAT clinic up in Bellingham was a lot of fun, Rafe and Erwan built a sweet course in the middle of the woods and we spent two quite full days working through the MOVNAT principles. The first focused on the course and building “combos” through it and the second was focused entirely on self defense principles. The best part though was when we created our own combination of tough stuff in the woods and ran it for 20 minutes straight Even with a full day it seemed like we didn’t have enough time though, as we spent more time working principles and techniques than we did really training hard (which I’m sure was more helpful to those with little parkour experience there). Look for a write-up plus photos and videos soon(ish).

I’m extremely excited for NYC though, and I’m about to board. See you there!

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Parkour Generations in Ohio was crazy awesome. Some random photos oh mine -here- and a full writeup soon.

The last Parkour class of five for Billings Middle School went great! I didn’t really blog about these because Christian was the main guy heading them up, but I joined in for the majority of the classes and he did a great job. The last class had a longer time slot and the ability to split them up between four instructors which made everything really smooth. These have a great story behind them, will be up here or http://pnwpa.com

I’ve trained hard every day since coming back from Ohio except for these last two and it feels great! Been transforming the local jams a bit as well, getting everyone to push through a hard conditioning warmup and finish with a challenge and cooldown. Sounds like people have been really enjoying that, hopefully it will stick when I’m not around.

I’m moving my YouTube account and am going to start using it more, the new one is -here- . The PNWPA also has one which is being updated as well.

The 1023 is finally (just about) done! All five billion pages of it! When submitted and allowed to cook for awhile this turns into an official 501(c)3 certification which instantly gaining us thousands of dollars in donations and grants! Ok maybe not instantly….

Meetings! Coming up: UW Outreach Committee’s first meeting, first Board meeting after Ohio, first follow up meeting with Seattle Parks and Rec after WRPA conference. Guess who’s going to all of them!

Travel! MOVNAT with Rafe and Erwan in Bellingham on 14-15th. NYC for training with friends and PKNY 16th-23rd. Washington DC for training and Tribe meetup 23rd-27th. Chicago for national jam 28th-30th. Cya there!

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This weekend marks the time of this month’s traditional gym jammage and a WAPK first, two gym jams at the same time! One down south in Auburn on the 17th, and one up north in Burlington on the 18th (Seattle will come eventually I swear). To help everyone choose, we are focusing the Auburn jam as beginner-centric with a half of the time dedicated to various workshops. The Burlington jam will stay in its traditional format with an additional Methode Naturelle jam the day before in one of the great parks up there.

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I’m still here and alive! Haven’t been updating very recently, but have gotten some great training in and I’m working on a few exciting projects for the future. No stunt jobs though, in a bit of a lull for those, but that just gives me more time to prepare.

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Which brings me to this month’s gym jam! Once a month the Washington Parkour community rents out a whole gymnastics gym up north in Burlington where we run a beginner’s workshop, a martial arts workshop (sometimes), and a bunch of free time / challenges. It’s a great way to get introduced to parkour in a safe environment, and it’s generally just a hell of a lot of fun

This month it’s happening this Saturday at 6pm and Rafe is also hosting a jam the next day in one of the beautiful parks up there. Check out -this thread- for more info on both jams (and to catch a ride up)!

When there aren’t any immediate jobs on the horizon it tends gives me the peace of the mind to be able to train my ass off basically (I always worry about injuring myself right before going on a gig, the #1 thing you do not do as a stunt guy). Which is great, as long as I can pay the rent This weekend consisted of a crazy gym jam, followed by climbing in the rain at Larrabee, and a very sore body.

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