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Outdoor Class North
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Outdoor Class North
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JANUARY 5, 2025 11:00 AM

Every sunday
outdoor
Start
11:00 am
90min
End
12:30 pm
Adults
(14+)
Outdoor Class North
£10.00
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Meeting Point
Archway.
Outside Archway station by Cafe Metro.
Transport
  • Northern Underground Line
  • 41 Bus
  • 134 Bus
  • 210 Bus
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  • 310 Bus
  • 390 Bus
Location

Description

Unlock your potential with our professional parkour classes in Archway, where you’ll learn to move with confidence, control, and agility. This progressive training method is designed to help you overcome both physical and mental challenges, guiding you through each step as you build essential skills in movement. Whether you're a complete beginner or have some experience, our classes are structured to ensure that participants of all ability levels can engage with the same tasks and challenges.
Led by experienced Parkour Coach Leon Lawrence, each session is grounded in traditional parkour techniques and practical movement principles. You'll learn to navigate and overcome obstacles with fluidity, enhancing not just your physical strength but also your mental focus and problem-solving skills. Our approach focuses on developing core abilities such as balance, coordination, and strength while building confidence in your own movement.
We understand that everyone has their own starting point, which is why our classes are inclusive and adaptable. First-timers are welcomed with open arms, and you’ll be supported in developing your skills at your own pace. Throughout the program, you’ll be encouraged to push boundaries and challenge yourself, all within a safe and structured environment that ensures steady progress.
Join us for an exciting and rewarding journey in parkour training. Whether you're looking to improve fitness, learn new skills, or simply enjoy the freedom of movement, our classes offer a dynamic and engaging way to achieve your goals. Embrace the challenge, and discover the versatility and joy of parkour in Archway.
Benefits
Outdoor classes are for everyone, even first-timers. They're structured to allow you to participate in the same tasks, training and challenges as everyone else, no matter your ability level.
Example Training Session
Every class is different, but generally holds to the same structure. Here is an example session that could happen:
Warm Up

Starts with a gentle joint-mobility drill working down the body to get ready. Fllowed by a rigourous and intensive 10min warmup involving constant movement with low technical ability required.

Technical Drill

Moving over a hip-high wall. Beginner: Learns the fundamental movement 'step-vault' and practices that. Beginner: Learns the fundamental movement 'step-vault' and practices that. Advanced practitioner: Use their weakest vault at speed with risk.

Technical Drill

Traversing along the side of a wall. Beginner: Learns the 'cat position' and holds the position for periods of time. Moves into short distances if comfortable. Intermediate practitioner: Practices traversing locamotion in both directions for medium distances. Advanced practitioner: Traverse lond distances with obstacles and poor grip situations that also involve climbups/climbdowns.

Movement Drill

Complete a technical parkour line. Beginner: Learns the basic movements and components of the line. Intermediate practitioner: Complete the line while focusing on the efficiency of foot and hand placements. Advanced practitioner: Pass through the line with speed, accuracy and control. Also able to refine the line so even more efficient.

Challenge

Fear and Balance. Beginner: Works in pairs - balance on a rail while holding a partners hands. Have a high drop on the other side to induce fear more. Intermediate practitioner: Balance on their own at height. Advanced practitioner: Balance at height, walking, turning and moving under complete focus on muscular control.

Details

Beginners Welcome

Our classes are scaled to you.
Which means that all abilities are catered for and that the challenges are specifically built for beginners to participate.

Class Contents

Classes will always be different. There will always be different environments, themes, techniques, attributes to focus on and ideas to approach. The single continuous thread linking them all will be challenge. You will always be challenged, within your ability, but in a way that improves you as a human being. Which, at its core, is what parkour is all about.

Weather

Parkour embraces the spirit of self-improvement through facing challenges. Many practitioners extend their training to different weather conditions, enhancing their adaptability in various environments. This is why classes always run in all weather conditions.

Age limits

We have a number of different classes for different age-ranges. We have a 6 to 9 years olds class, older 10 to 14s, an 8 to 14s general youth class and 14+ adult classes. Please check the specific class details for more information.

Clothing

Anything that allows for free un-restricted movement. Tracksuit bottoms, tee-shirt and trainers is your best bet. Anything heavy-duty (boots) or restrictive (jeans) will make life a little harder for you, but it’s totally your call.
All jewellery, watches, phones, wallets, etc… must be left out of the class. This is so it doesn’t get caught or landed on. Safety is paramount in these classes.

Water

Even though the classes are always different, we will always be moving a lot. You’ll sweat a lot and will need to keep hydrated, so its wise to bring water along with you to class.

Prejudice

In our classes, we promote an inclusive and welcoming environment, free from any form of prejudice. Everyone, regardless of their ethnicity, religious background, sexual orientation, or legal and political ideology, is encouraged to learn. Our commitment is to a discrimination-free space, and anyone found bringing prejudice into the class will be kindly asked to leave permanently.

Lateness

As classes begin, coaches will turn off their phones and stow them in their bags, making them temporarily unreachable. If you anticipate being late, please message the coach via WhatsApp or Slack before the class starts. They will respond with the map location of the class meeting point. You can find the WhatsApp/Slack details in your confirmation booking email.

Non-Competitive

Parkour is all about challenging yourself. It’s about making you a better person and individual. Our classes push towards cooperation and collaboration and helping each other become better, rather than place a single person above others. Competition can motivate some people, but not all. We want to help all.

Indoors vs Outdoors

Parkour is primarily an outdoor discipline. Incorporating indoor training can serve as a valuable supplement, allowing you to refine techniques, practice movements, and engage in strength training or conditioning. Starting your training outdoors and using indoor classes to complement your skills can be beneficial. However, it's encouraged to train outdoors whenever possible, as it contributes to a more well-rounded skill set.

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Bespoke

Custom built parkour equipment. Our indoor classes uses bespoke designed and built re-configurable bar and rail structures, vault boxes and training equipment to simulate common environments.

Blue light card.

As a Emergency Services, NHS and Armed forces BlueLightCard holder, you can claim 10% off any class or PT session.

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Roots.

LondonParkour tries to remain as close to the original ethos of parkour. We teach practical and useful movement that makes you a more verastile human. To remain safe, we also focus on strength and resilience to build a better structure.

Community.

With a large number of female practitioners, different ethnic minorities, pensioners and the disabled, parkour is a discipline that is open to anyone and everyone.

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FAQs

Classes
I've booked a class, where do I go?
See the details on the class map above.
Otherwise, message in the WhatsApp group (details on your booking email) to contact the coaches.
I'm going to be late, what should I do?
The best thing to do is message in the class WhatsApp group before the class starts.
The coach will be able to send a google-map location of where the class will be.
Be aware that the coach will pack their phone away once class starts and will not see or reply to any messages due to their coaching responsibility.
Do you still run class when it's raining?
All classes will run rain or shine. The locations we teach at, namely Vauxhall, Archway and Canada Water all have good undercover spots that enable the coach to continue the classes.
Class was cancelled, what happens to my booking?
In the rare occurance that you have already made a booking, and the class has been cancelled, then you will be offered either a refund or to use the booking for the next available session. Contact us via the contact form for a refund.
Private Sessions
How much are private sessions?
There is a sliding-scale depending on the number of participants. This starts at £60 for a single one-to-one private session and gradually gets cheaper with more people participating. Contact us via the contact form for exact details.
can I book a party?
We do run parties for groups of people for birthdays or team-building exercises for example. These will be run either before or after are normal classes and bookings. Contact us via the contact form for more details.
What do we do in a private session?
The goal of a private session can be varied - but it's generally down to your goals. It can be a first-time taster session of a bit of everything in parkour, or a very-specialised technical training session. Some students want to work on one particular skill, where others wish to just enjoy having a dedicated coach specifically giving coaching advice based on their abilities.
Gift Cards
I want to book something for a present, how can I do that?
You can purchase our gift cards and give the discount code as a present. This code can be used when booking any of our classes.
How do I use my gift card code?
When booking a class the payment form has a specific 'discount code' input box. Use that to apply your free class discount to that specific booking.