Why So Many London Parents Are Choosing Parkour for Their Kids
London kids are growing up in a world that asks them to sit still far too often. Screens are everywhere. Space to move freely is rare. Confidence, resilience, and real physical literacy don’t always come easily. The London Parkour School exists to change that. This is not just another kids’ activity. It’s a place where children learn how to move their bodies well, trust themselves, and become part of a positive, supportive community — all while having a huge amount of fun. Movement that actually matters Parkour teaches children to run, jump, climb, balance
We Were Never Meant to Move in Pieces
There is nothing wrong with training strength. There is nothing wrong with training endurance. There is nothing wrong with training flexibility, engaging with data, or benefiting from all the great fitness science available. But something has gone wrong with how we think about these things. We live in a time where physical ability is increasingly measured in isolated numbers: kilograms lifted, heart-rate zones, VO₂ max, centimetres reached. Whole training systems are built around developing one quality at a time, often at the expense of everything else. The result is paradoxical: people with
The PKGen Method of Training
The PKGen Method is a proven system of training and teaching designed to develop physical and psychological strength, resilience and competence within anyone who commits to it. The method arose out of the original training concepts of parkour and were refined with the addition of sports science, athletics and behavioural psychology as well as the inclusion of older methods of training from a wide array of disciplines ranging from martial arts to meditation to military fitness practices. Our way of training has always been intended to create well-rounded, adaptable, resilient and functionally
Parkour: Movement for the Next Generation
States Parties recognise the right of the child to rest and leisure, to engage in play and recreational activities appropriate to the age of the child and to participate freely in cultural life and arts. States Parties shall respect and promote the right of the child to participate fully in cultural and artistic life and shall encourage the provision of appropriate and equal opportunities for cultural, artistic, recreational and leisure activity. - -- Article 31, United Nations Convention on the Rights of Children Parkour is the fastest growing free-sport in the
In or Out? The Dangers of Moving Parkour Indoors
It looks like parkour, sounds like parkour, is called parkour
Parkour History: The Birth of (a) Movement
Trying to pinpoint the exact moment of the birth of Parkour is no easy task. In fact, it may actually prove to be an impossibility. Something as nebulous and indefinable as this thing we practise tends to defy classification. Already it boasts several names, in more than one language: Le Parkour, the Art of Movement, Freerunning, L’Art du Deplacement, to name but a few. And even if you do settle on a name, there is then the tricky little problem of what that name refers to – Is it a