Welcome to UCL Parkour!
What is parkour?
The art of parkour involves traveling from point A to B using quick and efficient movements to traverse the terrain. However, training parkour can come in many different forms. This can range from: technically precise jumps, flowy vaults, explosive wall climbs and more! Parkour encourages creativity whilst also helping develop one’s mental and physical health.
Where London architecture is made for parkour, we are able to travel around the city and put our parkour skills into practise. Each week we have professionally coached training sessions to help us safely develop our skills and to help us implement them into whatever environment we may face.
Additionally, each weekend we hold indoor open sessions, with sporting blocks and safety mats, in which we can practise our skills in a setting which can be adapted. This can help you learn new skills and progress existing ones which could otherwise be a hurdle practising outdoors. However, do not feel nervous about trying to learn something new, we still have assistant coaches attending these sessions who are more than happy to provide inspiration or set up something for you to practise.
Alongside visits to bouldering and gymnastics centres, we have a little something for everyone!
After each session, we also hold a variety of social events. These can range from restaurant socials to cinema trips to hanging out, and playing card games in the cloisters at UCL (our favourite spot!). We also hold termly trips to other cities to explore their parkour spots (such as Brighton and Bristol), end of year trip abroad (such as Greece, Spain and Portugal!)
One aspect of our club that all our members enjoy is the fact that we are not just a sports club which trains parkour, but also a community in which people are able to build up friendships and relations with other members.
So regardless of whether you are an avid traceur/traceuse (parkour practitioner), or if you’ve never touched grass before, UCL Parkour caters for everyone and is a safe and comfortable place to train parkour and meet a great group of people!
Training schedule:
Wednesday 15:00-17:00 - Coached Outdoor Training (Location varies)
Saturday 15:00-18:00 - Open Indoor Training (Bloomsbury fitness) / Open Outdoor Training (Location varies)
Socials after every session!
All sessions and training locations are organised within our Members’ WhatsApp group chat!
https://chat.whatsapp.com/DDf8sHdEHDRE3iGFrYUsvm
Should you have any queries regarding anything, please feel free to contact us at [email protected] or via Instagram @uclparkour
