Yesterday, on Dec 28th, I took a trip over to Tayport to do some winter training. This was an event I organized two weeks in advance, but sadly not many were able to make it, and the day progressed with only me, Ross, and Cameron (of the Street Devils) training.
The day started at 12pm. I took a bus over from the Dundee Bus station. This was my first time to tayport, so after asking for directions for when to get off a couple of times) I finally made it. Upon arrival, Cameron and Ross's mom very generously fed us all with soup and hot food, before we went "out on the town".
The training started with a nice set of parallel rails, close to their house, after which we went down to the primary school, where we found some amazing precisions and cat leaps. Here we spent about an hour and a half, training to the soudn of Jedi mind Tricks (they've got some amazing music!) We foudn several interesting combos, and Cameron and I spent about half an hour perfecting a short "run" between another two sets of rails.
From here, we went (and slid) over to a pond near "the common", which ended up being completely frozen over. Here we spent about an hour, testing how far we could get out onto the ice without it breaking, and I'm very happy to say that all of us survived without falling in to a very cold and wet fate..
Then we slid on over to check out an adult-sized (I think?) playground, where Cameron showed me the incredible potential of the place..had it been warmer, I would have gotten some great footage there!
As it sadly grew darker and colder, like it does around 3:30 these days, we went back to their house, where we spent another half an hour practicing muscle-ups and filming random things.
I'm very pleased with the way that the day went, and I definitely want to train in Tayport again sometime! Also, training in the cold and ice isn't as bad as it sounds, I feel it actually made me more aware of my body, and the cold temperature is actually quite invigorating, and keeps you awake! :D I only wish it wasn't soooo slidy..
-Rustic
Tuesday 29 December 2009
Saturday 26 December 2009
Dundee Parkour updates and some Kouro Media news!
Hey everyone!
Just to let you know, we will be resuming our "classes" as we had them last year, starting straight after re-freshers week! We will be at the re-fresher's fair, getting students to sign up to our "club" (as they call it) after which we will have several beginner sessions, followed by several jams!
At the moment, I hope everyone is training! Don't forget to do some sit-ups after the feasting of the past 2 days! ;) And on behalf of DUPK I would like to wish all of you a VERY Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year!!!
I really hope this year will bring us some good weather and opportunities, so we can seize the moment and train the hell out of this year!
In other news, Kouro Media (a media endeavour I've started has just launched a new series called "Assassination for Dummies". It is broken down into lessons, which are voiced by our very own Andrew (ask)! So please take the time to watch, and help support our new media production branch!! And I think you will enjoy them, too! :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUhQcqmnybA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAyAnjTPn1Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_CC2gMrLFk
If you have any questions please send us an email!!
Seasons Greetings,
Rustic
Just to let you know, we will be resuming our "classes" as we had them last year, starting straight after re-freshers week! We will be at the re-fresher's fair, getting students to sign up to our "club" (as they call it) after which we will have several beginner sessions, followed by several jams!
At the moment, I hope everyone is training! Don't forget to do some sit-ups after the feasting of the past 2 days! ;) And on behalf of DUPK I would like to wish all of you a VERY Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year!!!
I really hope this year will bring us some good weather and opportunities, so we can seize the moment and train the hell out of this year!
In other news, Kouro Media (a media endeavour I've started has just launched a new series called "Assassination for Dummies". It is broken down into lessons, which are voiced by our very own Andrew (ask)! So please take the time to watch, and help support our new media production branch!! And I think you will enjoy them, too! :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUhQcqmnybA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAyAnjTPn1Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_CC2gMrLFk
If you have any questions please send us an email!!
Seasons Greetings,
Rustic
Sunday 29 November 2009
The Castrator - DUPK VIdeo Tutorial
Hey guys,
Just posting a short, fun video we made during the summer. Calum Mccune brings you a new parkour move, cleverly named (by him) "The Castrator". Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIXU--wLbC0
-Rustic
Just posting a short, fun video we made during the summer. Calum Mccune brings you a new parkour move, cleverly named (by him) "The Castrator". Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIXU--wLbC0
-Rustic
Monday 23 November 2009
Dundee Fall '09 Parkour Jam Video
Yes! It is finally edited and uploaded!
Enjoy this footage of the Dundee Parkour Jam, edited to music from Jedi Mind Tricks! Sadly, I wasn't filming the whole day, so some parts are left out, but the Street Devils are going to release a big video of all of the jams this fall, in the near future!
Enjoy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUWeo7A5ZXk
-Rustic
Enjoy this footage of the Dundee Parkour Jam, edited to music from Jedi Mind Tricks! Sadly, I wasn't filming the whole day, so some parts are left out, but the Street Devils are going to release a big video of all of the jams this fall, in the near future!
Enjoy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUWeo7A5ZXk
-Rustic
Tuesday 17 November 2009
Gym and Film Project Updates
Hey everyone,
Just a quick post to bring you up to speed on what's going on in DUPK and Team Kouro / Kouro Media at the moment..
Seeing as it gets very cold and dark early in the days, we are switching out schedule around a bit..
Thursdays: Gym sessions at 3pm, might get changed to 4pm depending on attendance.
Saturdays: PK is still on at 1pm in town, unless I say otherwise on the forum during the week. This Saturday (Nov 21st), we are having a gym session from 12-1pm before going outside to do some filming.
In regards to the film projects, Team Kouro (stunt team I started), is practicing a lot for falls and other stunts that we will do in the future. My script is in production at the moment, I still have to write the dialogue, but the filming is already in pre-production with a (hopefully) launch date in mid-spring. This saturday we will be filming some moves we've been practing, to include in our showreels, and we are also filming a short film that Andrew (ASK) has come up with, to practice our filming, editing, and stage-fighting techniques. Expect that to be up in a week or so!
If you have any questions, email us at dundeepk@gmail.com or better yet, go to our forum!! It's at: http://dundeepk.proboards.com
-Rustic
ps
Twitter has our most recent updates: http://twitter.com/dundeepk
Just a quick post to bring you up to speed on what's going on in DUPK and Team Kouro / Kouro Media at the moment..
Seeing as it gets very cold and dark early in the days, we are switching out schedule around a bit..
Thursdays: Gym sessions at 3pm, might get changed to 4pm depending on attendance.
Saturdays: PK is still on at 1pm in town, unless I say otherwise on the forum during the week. This Saturday (Nov 21st), we are having a gym session from 12-1pm before going outside to do some filming.
In regards to the film projects, Team Kouro (stunt team I started), is practicing a lot for falls and other stunts that we will do in the future. My script is in production at the moment, I still have to write the dialogue, but the filming is already in pre-production with a (hopefully) launch date in mid-spring. This saturday we will be filming some moves we've been practing, to include in our showreels, and we are also filming a short film that Andrew (ASK) has come up with, to practice our filming, editing, and stage-fighting techniques. Expect that to be up in a week or so!
If you have any questions, email us at dundeepk@gmail.com or better yet, go to our forum!! It's at: http://dundeepk.proboards.com
-Rustic
ps
Twitter has our most recent updates: http://twitter.com/dundeepk
Saturday 14 November 2009
Team Kouro launches Kouro Media (press release and IMPORTANT info for everyone!! must read!!
Hey everyone,
This will be a very important post in the "evolution" of DUPK and Team Kouro. Team Kouro is a tricking/stunt team started up in early 2008, and now we've launched a new branch which is called Kouro Media. This is the official "release" and we're hoping to publish it in a future press release, once we get a bit more projects finished or under way. Anyway, here goes...
*******PRESS RELEASE*******
In September of 2009, Team Kouro (a performance/stunt team started in early 2008 by Rustic Bodomov) launched a new branch called Kouro Media. This is a very important development in the entertainment industry for this part of Scotland. Based in Dundee, Team Kouro consists of a group of free-runners, traceurs (practitioners of the new French urban sport known as Parkour), Martial Artists, Trickers (people who practice for extreme martial arts displays), and stunt-men and women. The team also includes several videographers, graphics designers, and is hoping in the near future to sign on a couple of music artists for their film/video productions. The stunt team has members in several points throughout the UK, but also reaches to several countries such as the USA and Australia.
Right now, Kouro Media is in pre-production for a couple of films they will produce this Spring and Summer, and team Kouro is training up and organizing future roles in the UK's film and music video industries. You can find out more about Team Kouro and Kouro Media on their forum, which is located at: http://kouro.proboards.com/ ; and you can see some of their demonstrations/showreels at: http://youtube.com/KouroMedia and http://youtube.com/TeamKouro
Team Kouro is also organizing to teach classes, and will be available for sports performances and for various events in the near future.
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What do you guys think of this?? We need to get crackin' on some showreels and samplers!!
Let me know what you think, guys!!
-Rustic
ps
we will be organizing a photoshoot for everyone who is part of the team, and is involved with Kouro Media and Team Kouro! This means everyone who was at the jam...basically every traceur/tricker (who's at least decent) in Scotland...try and not make a huge hype about it, but let people know that if they've never met me before, they should email kouromedia@gmail.com first with a sample of either their stunt-work (parkour etc) or if not that, then music/graphics etc..
This will be a very important post in the "evolution" of DUPK and Team Kouro. Team Kouro is a tricking/stunt team started up in early 2008, and now we've launched a new branch which is called Kouro Media. This is the official "release" and we're hoping to publish it in a future press release, once we get a bit more projects finished or under way. Anyway, here goes...
*******PRESS RELEASE*******
In September of 2009, Team Kouro (a performance/stunt team started in early 2008 by Rustic Bodomov) launched a new branch called Kouro Media. This is a very important development in the entertainment industry for this part of Scotland. Based in Dundee, Team Kouro consists of a group of free-runners, traceurs (practitioners of the new French urban sport known as Parkour), Martial Artists, Trickers (people who practice for extreme martial arts displays), and stunt-men and women. The team also includes several videographers, graphics designers, and is hoping in the near future to sign on a couple of music artists for their film/video productions. The stunt team has members in several points throughout the UK, but also reaches to several countries such as the USA and Australia.
Right now, Kouro Media is in pre-production for a couple of films they will produce this Spring and Summer, and team Kouro is training up and organizing future roles in the UK's film and music video industries. You can find out more about Team Kouro and Kouro Media on their forum, which is located at: http://kouro.proboards.com/ ; and you can see some of their demonstrations/showreels at: http://youtube.com/KouroMedia and http://youtube.com/TeamKouro
Team Kouro is also organizing to teach classes, and will be available for sports performances and for various events in the near future.
************************
What do you guys think of this?? We need to get crackin' on some showreels and samplers!!
Let me know what you think, guys!!
-Rustic
ps
we will be organizing a photoshoot for everyone who is part of the team, and is involved with Kouro Media and Team Kouro! This means everyone who was at the jam...basically every traceur/tricker (who's at least decent) in Scotland...try and not make a huge hype about it, but let people know that if they've never met me before, they should email kouromedia@gmail.com first with a sample of either their stunt-work (parkour etc) or if not that, then music/graphics etc..
Sunday 1 November 2009
The Dash Vault - personal tips
Hey guys,
Last thursday noone showed up for training as it was raining, so I decided to train by myself for a bit. I went to a wall to practice some vaults. After about half an hour of video-ing myself doing different vaults, I tried a dash vault. Now, I haven't really trained these much recently as a result of some conversations I had about the "useless-ness" of it in a realy situation.
Anyway, getting to the point. I found a way to do the dash vault much better and faster than I used to teach it. I have video of it, but I'll put it up in a few days. Basically, (as some of you know) wghen I used to teach the dash vault, I used to say spread your legs while you''re in the air, vertically, and kick out, landing one foot at a time. The problem with this usually was that you'd still land with both feet at the same time but without front-wards momentum, effectively stopping or slowing down your run.
The "new" way I found to do it (this might just be a personal discovery also), was that when you do the dash vault, you should still spread your legs, but only for a tiny bit. (maybe like a foot's distance between your feet) You should still land with your legs one at a time, but if you do it this way, it lets you concentrate on carrying your weight forwards instead of up and then down. The 'new' motion also makes you feel like a tensed spring, and when you land, you land much faster and can keep running. In my opinion, as long as the obstacle is just like a "normal" sized wall, the landings are better after the dash vault, then after a kong or even a speed vault. I will definitelyuse this one more in the future.
But once again, this might just be a mixture of personal preference, and just a move that suits my body type/weight etc.
Hope you found this little article useful, and a video will follow in a couple of days! It will be on: http://youtube.com/kellock71
Train hard,
Rustic
"There are no shortcuts to any place worth going."
Last thursday noone showed up for training as it was raining, so I decided to train by myself for a bit. I went to a wall to practice some vaults. After about half an hour of video-ing myself doing different vaults, I tried a dash vault. Now, I haven't really trained these much recently as a result of some conversations I had about the "useless-ness" of it in a realy situation.
Anyway, getting to the point. I found a way to do the dash vault much better and faster than I used to teach it. I have video of it, but I'll put it up in a few days. Basically, (as some of you know) wghen I used to teach the dash vault, I used to say spread your legs while you''re in the air, vertically, and kick out, landing one foot at a time. The problem with this usually was that you'd still land with both feet at the same time but without front-wards momentum, effectively stopping or slowing down your run.
The "new" way I found to do it (this might just be a personal discovery also), was that when you do the dash vault, you should still spread your legs, but only for a tiny bit. (maybe like a foot's distance between your feet) You should still land with your legs one at a time, but if you do it this way, it lets you concentrate on carrying your weight forwards instead of up and then down. The 'new' motion also makes you feel like a tensed spring, and when you land, you land much faster and can keep running. In my opinion, as long as the obstacle is just like a "normal" sized wall, the landings are better after the dash vault, then after a kong or even a speed vault. I will definitelyuse this one more in the future.
But once again, this might just be a mixture of personal preference, and just a move that suits my body type/weight etc.
Hope you found this little article useful, and a video will follow in a couple of days! It will be on: http://youtube.com/kellock71
Train hard,
Rustic
"There are no shortcuts to any place worth going."
Monday 26 October 2009
Kirkcaldy Fall '09 Jam Review
Hai Gaiz!!
Here's my re-cap of the Kirkcaldy jam. Unfortunately, due to some drunken escapades in Leeds, I wasn't able to be there the whole day. But my train arrived at 1pm so I'll tell you what happened from then on ;)
As I said before, I arrived at the Kirkcaldy jam at 1pm, this past Saturday (26th). All of the guys who attended were nice enough to be waiting for me there, as I have only been to "kdy" once before...the weather was really rainy and grey throughout the whole country on Saturday, but after a couple of hurried texts, everyone decided to come out to train anyway.
The first place we went to (after grabbing some lunch from Tesco) was a multi-story car park. As it was raining at this moment, we really tried to keep to sheltered (roofed-in) areas, to avoid "catching the greyness" of the day... I'm not sure which car-park this was, but I do know that we had about an hour's woth of fun here. We trained different climbing techniques to go up and down the stories, we trained "ground zero" stuff, as we traversed one of the outside walls without touching the ground, and closer to the end of our car-park time, we found a nice set of corner rails to practice some flowing movement. Cameron (Street Devils) was the only guy who had a camera on him that day, so I think he got some pretty good footage from our efforts..
After the car-park, the skies began clearing up a little, so we braved the outside and proceeded to the Kirkcaldy beach area. here we found an interesting Kong-Precision over a VERY cold fast running stream..after a couple of tries by "Jonathan the Brave", I along with a couple of more guys removed our shoes and gave it a try. It was some pretty scary stuff, but we did manage to make it across (most of us) without getting ourselves extremely wet and cold.. After this spot, we went along to some BIG abandoned concrete blocks just laying there in the sand (I think these were either building foundations, or left-overs from some kind of war) and here I practiced some "runs"..it was very interesting trying to find different routes through the blocks..
Further along the beach, though, we all found a place with some soft sand to practice flips into. Here, we spent about an hour and a half, and some of the landed tricks were a Double Cork (off of a big block, by Wilson), an aerial twist by one of the guys (sorry forgot your name!), and Jonathan came really close to landing some of his first front flips! :D
After spending some "quality" time with the blocks, we went back towards town, practicing some big drops (big jumps and landings) into sand, and just generally trying to find a more interesting spot. We eventually came to right outside of tesco, where we practiced trying to stay quiet while moving across concrete terrain...the day ended soon after, and as I sat on the train on my way back, I thought it was another jam well run! Seriously, I think we've had a lucky streak or something, looking by how good all of our events for the past month or two have been!
I hope you guys enjoyed this review, and I hope to see you at our next gathering! We are either planning to go train with the Urban Elite guys in Glasgow, or go to an Edinburgh gymnastics gym training session next!
-Rustic
Here's my re-cap of the Kirkcaldy jam. Unfortunately, due to some drunken escapades in Leeds, I wasn't able to be there the whole day. But my train arrived at 1pm so I'll tell you what happened from then on ;)
As I said before, I arrived at the Kirkcaldy jam at 1pm, this past Saturday (26th). All of the guys who attended were nice enough to be waiting for me there, as I have only been to "kdy" once before...the weather was really rainy and grey throughout the whole country on Saturday, but after a couple of hurried texts, everyone decided to come out to train anyway.
The first place we went to (after grabbing some lunch from Tesco) was a multi-story car park. As it was raining at this moment, we really tried to keep to sheltered (roofed-in) areas, to avoid "catching the greyness" of the day... I'm not sure which car-park this was, but I do know that we had about an hour's woth of fun here. We trained different climbing techniques to go up and down the stories, we trained "ground zero" stuff, as we traversed one of the outside walls without touching the ground, and closer to the end of our car-park time, we found a nice set of corner rails to practice some flowing movement. Cameron (Street Devils) was the only guy who had a camera on him that day, so I think he got some pretty good footage from our efforts..
After the car-park, the skies began clearing up a little, so we braved the outside and proceeded to the Kirkcaldy beach area. here we found an interesting Kong-Precision over a VERY cold fast running stream..after a couple of tries by "Jonathan the Brave", I along with a couple of more guys removed our shoes and gave it a try. It was some pretty scary stuff, but we did manage to make it across (most of us) without getting ourselves extremely wet and cold.. After this spot, we went along to some BIG abandoned concrete blocks just laying there in the sand (I think these were either building foundations, or left-overs from some kind of war) and here I practiced some "runs"..it was very interesting trying to find different routes through the blocks..
Further along the beach, though, we all found a place with some soft sand to practice flips into. Here, we spent about an hour and a half, and some of the landed tricks were a Double Cork (off of a big block, by Wilson), an aerial twist by one of the guys (sorry forgot your name!), and Jonathan came really close to landing some of his first front flips! :D
After spending some "quality" time with the blocks, we went back towards town, practicing some big drops (big jumps and landings) into sand, and just generally trying to find a more interesting spot. We eventually came to right outside of tesco, where we practiced trying to stay quiet while moving across concrete terrain...the day ended soon after, and as I sat on the train on my way back, I thought it was another jam well run! Seriously, I think we've had a lucky streak or something, looking by how good all of our events for the past month or two have been!
I hope you guys enjoyed this review, and I hope to see you at our next gathering! We are either planning to go train with the Urban Elite guys in Glasgow, or go to an Edinburgh gymnastics gym training session next!
-Rustic
Sunday 18 October 2009
Dundee Fall '09 Jam Review
Hey Guys and Gals,
Firstly, I would like to thank all of you who came down yesterday, and made our jam as great as it was! We had people from Wishaw, St Andrews, Fife, Dundee, and areas near Edinburgh. Sam, Andrew, and I were the only guys who attended from Dundee. In total, the jam comsisted of 11 freerunners (just 2 less than the St Andrews Jam), and ran from 11:30am to around 6pm, with immaculate weather.
After meeting up in town with one of the guys from St Andrews, James, we headed up to meet everyone at the Bus Station. Our jam then commenced with an hour long warm-up session at a set of walls across the road from the bus station, before we made our way back towards the center of town. Here, we waited for the Urban Elite guys to show up, before practicing a series of very big precision jumps, a couple of flips, and some more "naturally-flowing" tree climbing techniques.
An hour later, we headed off to Roseangle, where we practiced some tricking (Sam landed his first front tuck here!), and some more flow training at a spot with a corner railing and a very slippery wall. Tommo pulled off a very good tumble pass here, consisting of a roundoff, 5 back hand-springs, ending with a back tuck, while I got my standing back-tucks and b-twists (sort-of) back!
Another hour or so later, we were off again, to a new spot that we found recently, called the "fishy wall", which is a VERY good spot to practice dyno's while trying to ge up a 10-14ft (it slopes) wall. On the way there, though, El had a pretty epic bail on one of the spots that we used to train at. He tried to do a tic-tac off a wall and grab a walk-way bridgem but his legs accidentally swung under and he fell onto his back and wrists/elbows. You'll see this in our jam video, though...
After hanging about the fishy wall for a while, we all headed back into town to grab some food, before attempting to train at Caird Hall for a bit. Right on que, though, the usual security guard came out and told us to leave, so we headed towards another new spot we found, which is behind the Wellgate. Here, we practiced some very large precisions and cats, with various-heighted drops in between. I'm happy to report, that noone hurt themselves here, and even when James managed to pull off a front flip off of a 10ft wall nearby...
To close our jam, we headed to our usual training spot around the back of the Overgate, where I once again managed to perform a 13ft wal-run, while Cameron landed some tunnel-flips on concrete..but here two very unhappy guards came out (why, I'm not sure, because we always train here and they're fine with it) and told us to leave...in a very rude way o_0 (bastards?)
So after about 6-7 hours of hard, yet fun, training and jamming, we all decided to go and said our goodbyes, but not before Andrew managed to crack some class jokes at "other people's" expense. After the Urban Elite guys, and some of the street devilz decided to head, the last 5 of us headed to Jimmy Chungs for some long-awaited grub, and an all-you-can-eat buffet!
I'm very happy to say that I think our Dundee Fall jam went even better than planned, and I think everyone came out of it having learnt something new. I, for one, didn't feel the usual pains after a jam, but rather I felt the muscle tiredness, and "satisfaction" from a jam that went well.. Please keep a look-out for our video, which should be out within this week..thanks for reading, and I hope to see all of you, and more, at our Spring Jam 2010 in April!!
Peace,
Rustic
Firstly, I would like to thank all of you who came down yesterday, and made our jam as great as it was! We had people from Wishaw, St Andrews, Fife, Dundee, and areas near Edinburgh. Sam, Andrew, and I were the only guys who attended from Dundee. In total, the jam comsisted of 11 freerunners (just 2 less than the St Andrews Jam), and ran from 11:30am to around 6pm, with immaculate weather.
After meeting up in town with one of the guys from St Andrews, James, we headed up to meet everyone at the Bus Station. Our jam then commenced with an hour long warm-up session at a set of walls across the road from the bus station, before we made our way back towards the center of town. Here, we waited for the Urban Elite guys to show up, before practicing a series of very big precision jumps, a couple of flips, and some more "naturally-flowing" tree climbing techniques.
An hour later, we headed off to Roseangle, where we practiced some tricking (Sam landed his first front tuck here!), and some more flow training at a spot with a corner railing and a very slippery wall. Tommo pulled off a very good tumble pass here, consisting of a roundoff, 5 back hand-springs, ending with a back tuck, while I got my standing back-tucks and b-twists (sort-of) back!
Another hour or so later, we were off again, to a new spot that we found recently, called the "fishy wall", which is a VERY good spot to practice dyno's while trying to ge up a 10-14ft (it slopes) wall. On the way there, though, El had a pretty epic bail on one of the spots that we used to train at. He tried to do a tic-tac off a wall and grab a walk-way bridgem but his legs accidentally swung under and he fell onto his back and wrists/elbows. You'll see this in our jam video, though...
After hanging about the fishy wall for a while, we all headed back into town to grab some food, before attempting to train at Caird Hall for a bit. Right on que, though, the usual security guard came out and told us to leave, so we headed towards another new spot we found, which is behind the Wellgate. Here, we practiced some very large precisions and cats, with various-heighted drops in between. I'm happy to report, that noone hurt themselves here, and even when James managed to pull off a front flip off of a 10ft wall nearby...
To close our jam, we headed to our usual training spot around the back of the Overgate, where I once again managed to perform a 13ft wal-run, while Cameron landed some tunnel-flips on concrete..but here two very unhappy guards came out (why, I'm not sure, because we always train here and they're fine with it) and told us to leave...in a very rude way o_0 (bastards?)
So after about 6-7 hours of hard, yet fun, training and jamming, we all decided to go and said our goodbyes, but not before Andrew managed to crack some class jokes at "other people's" expense. After the Urban Elite guys, and some of the street devilz decided to head, the last 5 of us headed to Jimmy Chungs for some long-awaited grub, and an all-you-can-eat buffet!
I'm very happy to say that I think our Dundee Fall jam went even better than planned, and I think everyone came out of it having learnt something new. I, for one, didn't feel the usual pains after a jam, but rather I felt the muscle tiredness, and "satisfaction" from a jam that went well.. Please keep a look-out for our video, which should be out within this week..thanks for reading, and I hope to see all of you, and more, at our Spring Jam 2010 in April!!
Peace,
Rustic
Friday 16 October 2009
Kirkcaldy Fall Jam - 24th October
Hey guys and girls,
I have just received confirmation that the Street Devils (fife) will be hosting a BIG jam in Kirkcaldy, on Saturday, the 24th of October. Everyone will meet at 11am outside of the train/bus stations, which are about a minute apart from each other, then meet up to start the day. The jam will go on until about 6pm. Several videos will be made, among them the "Kirkcaldy Training Part 2" from the Street Devilz, as well as the first few clips for the new project DUPK is working on..as well as samplers and jam videos, of course.
This jam will be the biggest jam for Kirkcaldy this year, and we are expecting a substantial turn-out, so please try to be there for this historic (sort-of) event!!
This jam is set to be on the last Saturday before the end of the October holidays, that way everyone should be able to make it, and you should all still have Sunday to rest up before school starts again. This will basically, then, be held on the last few days of the last "holidays" before the end of the year, and quite possibly the last opportunity to jam in the nicer spectrum of the Scottish weather. After this jam, everyone will be either holding small training sessions, or jams..but we don't expect there to be turn-outs bigger than 10 or so people.
In the past, we've had lots of jams with people from different areas participating, and everyone is once again welcomed back to our side of the island for an awesome and fun day! The next big jam over here will be the Dundee Spring Jam, in April.
Anyway...to get off of the depressing subjects, PLEASE COME ALONG!!! And please try and get as many people as you can to come, too, as this jam should be bigger than this year's Dundee Spring one, with about 25-30 people.
Hope to see you all there!!
Rustic
ps
If you have any questions, please take down these numbers:
James - 07889 133159
Rustic - 07760 474207
I have just received confirmation that the Street Devils (fife) will be hosting a BIG jam in Kirkcaldy, on Saturday, the 24th of October. Everyone will meet at 11am outside of the train/bus stations, which are about a minute apart from each other, then meet up to start the day. The jam will go on until about 6pm. Several videos will be made, among them the "Kirkcaldy Training Part 2" from the Street Devilz, as well as the first few clips for the new project DUPK is working on..as well as samplers and jam videos, of course.
This jam will be the biggest jam for Kirkcaldy this year, and we are expecting a substantial turn-out, so please try to be there for this historic (sort-of) event!!
This jam is set to be on the last Saturday before the end of the October holidays, that way everyone should be able to make it, and you should all still have Sunday to rest up before school starts again. This will basically, then, be held on the last few days of the last "holidays" before the end of the year, and quite possibly the last opportunity to jam in the nicer spectrum of the Scottish weather. After this jam, everyone will be either holding small training sessions, or jams..but we don't expect there to be turn-outs bigger than 10 or so people.
In the past, we've had lots of jams with people from different areas participating, and everyone is once again welcomed back to our side of the island for an awesome and fun day! The next big jam over here will be the Dundee Spring Jam, in April.
Anyway...to get off of the depressing subjects, PLEASE COME ALONG!!! And please try and get as many people as you can to come, too, as this jam should be bigger than this year's Dundee Spring one, with about 25-30 people.
Hope to see you all there!!
Rustic
ps
If you have any questions, please take down these numbers:
James - 07889 133159
Rustic - 07760 474207
Saturday 10 October 2009
Dundee Autumn Jam - Saturday Oct 17!!
Hey guys,
So here goes our second try at our autumn parkour jam in Dundee!
Last time it was on a Sunday and not many people could make it to
start off with, but it also was really bad weather, so here goes our
second try!
The jam will commence at 12pm, at the Seagate bus station. Bring cameras, water, and money for food, as we'll be jamming until Sunset, if not later, and will then wrap it all up with a trip to either Pizza Hut or Jimmy Chungs. This event looks really promising, as we have learned a lot about running a jam from our last Dundee Spring Jam.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dP-a4DYI9so
This time around, we will also get to see some newly discovered hotspots, so come ready for an awesome and fun day, and we hope to see you there!!
We really hope you guys can make it, and I'm sorry for the short
notice, once again, but I couldn't make it the next Saturday because
it's the Kirkcaldy jam! (Of which I'll write later)
Rustic
ps
If you have any questions, or would like to attend, please email:
dundeepk@gmail.com
So here goes our second try at our autumn parkour jam in Dundee!
Last time it was on a Sunday and not many people could make it to
start off with, but it also was really bad weather, so here goes our
second try!
The jam will commence at 12pm, at the Seagate bus station. Bring cameras, water, and money for food, as we'll be jamming until Sunset, if not later, and will then wrap it all up with a trip to either Pizza Hut or Jimmy Chungs. This event looks really promising, as we have learned a lot about running a jam from our last Dundee Spring Jam.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dP-a4DYI9so
This time around, we will also get to see some newly discovered hotspots, so come ready for an awesome and fun day, and we hope to see you there!!
We really hope you guys can make it, and I'm sorry for the short
notice, once again, but I couldn't make it the next Saturday because
it's the Kirkcaldy jam! (Of which I'll write later)
Rustic
ps
If you have any questions, or would like to attend, please email:
dundeepk@gmail.com
Wednesday 30 September 2009
DUPK Updates and Training Times
Hey guys,
Please go to our forum to see all of our new updates and our new training schedule. Also, we need help with choosing a "global" name for our group, and we are discussing plans for a couple upcoming film and media projects..please check it all out here:
http://dundeepk.proboards.com
Thanks and train hard,
Rustic B
Please go to our forum to see all of our new updates and our new training schedule. Also, we need help with choosing a "global" name for our group, and we are discussing plans for a couple upcoming film and media projects..please check it all out here:
http://dundeepk.proboards.com
Thanks and train hard,
Rustic B
Tuesday 29 September 2009
One Giant Leap- Dundee Jam Review
Hey Guys,
Here is a little recap from the One Giant Leap jam we held in dundee.
On Saturday the 26th of September DUPK held a jam for the One Giant Leap campaign, in Dundee. It was supposed to be the biggest coordinated jam in the world with more than a hundred cities participating worldwide. Ours was probably the smallest with only 3 people attending. ( ...Bitches, lol) :-X
The three attending traceurs were Rustic, Andrew (ASK) and me. We gathered at Baxter park for a little warm up before heading over to the high school right next to the park.
We found a spot to practise different movements such as dive rolls, precision jumps and kongs. After some very amusing attempts at chain surfing we grabbed our bags, got some drinks and wandered down towards town. To our amusement Rustic side tracked us into a music store to play the piano for a while.
Later we found ourselves at a familiar spot behind the Overgate. A very nice security man told us we had to clear off as we had no permission to film on their property. He did tell us where to go to ask for permission which is more than most of these villains would do. Prior to this incident though; Andrew mastered a giant leap of over 12 feet after launching himself of a wall. Amazing!
Overall it was a great day. We got some good video that we sent off to the One Giant Leap Campaign people to be edited into a compilation video for the whole event. Here is hoping andrew's leap makes it into the cut!!
Zarah
Here is a little recap from the One Giant Leap jam we held in dundee.
On Saturday the 26th of September DUPK held a jam for the One Giant Leap campaign, in Dundee. It was supposed to be the biggest coordinated jam in the world with more than a hundred cities participating worldwide. Ours was probably the smallest with only 3 people attending. ( ...Bitches, lol) :-X
The three attending traceurs were Rustic, Andrew (ASK) and me. We gathered at Baxter park for a little warm up before heading over to the high school right next to the park.
We found a spot to practise different movements such as dive rolls, precision jumps and kongs. After some very amusing attempts at chain surfing we grabbed our bags, got some drinks and wandered down towards town. To our amusement Rustic side tracked us into a music store to play the piano for a while.
Later we found ourselves at a familiar spot behind the Overgate. A very nice security man told us we had to clear off as we had no permission to film on their property. He did tell us where to go to ask for permission which is more than most of these villains would do. Prior to this incident though; Andrew mastered a giant leap of over 12 feet after launching himself of a wall. Amazing!
Overall it was a great day. We got some good video that we sent off to the One Giant Leap Campaign people to be edited into a compilation video for the whole event. Here is hoping andrew's leap makes it into the cut!!
Zarah
Sunday 20 September 2009
St Andrews Jam '09 Review
Hey everyone,
First of all, I would like to thank everyone who came along to our jam yesterday! The day turned out to be great, the people were awesome, the tricks were awesome, and most importantly, the weather was awesome! ..even though it was supposed to rain most of the day..
Sadly, Mike and I were the only guys to attend from Dundee, but we also got five more people from Glasgow, and 4 from Kirkcaldy, at the last minute, so our participant total was 13 people! The jam started when we got to St Andrews at 12:15pm. We kicked it off with a tricking warm-up session on the grass outside of a church by the St Andrews bus station. Just when we arrived, we were greeted with warm smiles and pats on the back from everyone, and we introduced ourselves, and got introduced to the new guys there for the day.
Soon after, we decided to make our way to Tesco to buy some lunch, stopping at some more random and interesting spots on the way.. After "replenishing" ourselves, we took the whole group to around the roof area of the St Andrews Golf Museum. (From the side we approached it, though, the roof was at ground level) After a half-hour session there, we made our way closer to the beach area and practiced a lot of different flips and tricks off of a concrete block, onto the sand. At one point, we were amused to find a group of about 50-60 university age girls (we guessed that they were on a tour of some kind) standing a bit further away, and cheering us on! After showing off for their cameras for a bit, we decided to head off to the beloved St Andrews sand dunes..
At the sand dunes we all got to learn some new tricks, and re-learn our old ones, as there is almost no fear. Admittedly, there were some close calls (including myself), but I'm glad to say that noone got injured, and everyone had a lot of fun!
After the sand dunes, we headed off to the cathedral, where we practiced some actual parkour movements, and where we all got our group pictures.
As the day was drawing to a close, we all stopped by a burger shack to grab a bite, and then walked everyone back to the bus station, to head for home.
Once again, I am very happy to say that today was an awesome day, and I can't wait for the next jam that will be organized!
I also want to thank the Street Devils for hosting the jam in St Andrews, and the Urban Elite guys for making the effort to come down from all the way out in Glasgow. Thanks to you guys, we all gained some experience, and definitely a lot of footage for our samplers and videos!
Keep Training,
Rustic B
ps
The next thing we organize will either be a Kirckaldy jam, or a big trip to a very good gymnastics gym in Edinburgh..so please keep checking our forum for the latest news! http://dundeepk.proboards.com
pps
The St Andrews Jam video will be out within this week hopefully.
First of all, I would like to thank everyone who came along to our jam yesterday! The day turned out to be great, the people were awesome, the tricks were awesome, and most importantly, the weather was awesome! ..even though it was supposed to rain most of the day..
Sadly, Mike and I were the only guys to attend from Dundee, but we also got five more people from Glasgow, and 4 from Kirkcaldy, at the last minute, so our participant total was 13 people! The jam started when we got to St Andrews at 12:15pm. We kicked it off with a tricking warm-up session on the grass outside of a church by the St Andrews bus station. Just when we arrived, we were greeted with warm smiles and pats on the back from everyone, and we introduced ourselves, and got introduced to the new guys there for the day.
Soon after, we decided to make our way to Tesco to buy some lunch, stopping at some more random and interesting spots on the way.. After "replenishing" ourselves, we took the whole group to around the roof area of the St Andrews Golf Museum. (From the side we approached it, though, the roof was at ground level) After a half-hour session there, we made our way closer to the beach area and practiced a lot of different flips and tricks off of a concrete block, onto the sand. At one point, we were amused to find a group of about 50-60 university age girls (we guessed that they were on a tour of some kind) standing a bit further away, and cheering us on! After showing off for their cameras for a bit, we decided to head off to the beloved St Andrews sand dunes..
At the sand dunes we all got to learn some new tricks, and re-learn our old ones, as there is almost no fear. Admittedly, there were some close calls (including myself), but I'm glad to say that noone got injured, and everyone had a lot of fun!
After the sand dunes, we headed off to the cathedral, where we practiced some actual parkour movements, and where we all got our group pictures.
As the day was drawing to a close, we all stopped by a burger shack to grab a bite, and then walked everyone back to the bus station, to head for home.
Once again, I am very happy to say that today was an awesome day, and I can't wait for the next jam that will be organized!
I also want to thank the Street Devils for hosting the jam in St Andrews, and the Urban Elite guys for making the effort to come down from all the way out in Glasgow. Thanks to you guys, we all gained some experience, and definitely a lot of footage for our samplers and videos!
Keep Training,
Rustic B
ps
The next thing we organize will either be a Kirckaldy jam, or a big trip to a very good gymnastics gym in Edinburgh..so please keep checking our forum for the latest news! http://dundeepk.proboards.com
pps
The St Andrews Jam video will be out within this week hopefully.
Friday 18 September 2009
New DundeePK forum is now up and running!!
Hey guys,
Dundee Parkour has just launched a new forum, geared up to bring you faster and more up-to-date information about our group.
The new forum is located at:
http://dundeepk.proboards.com
Everyone is welcome to join, as this will be a site focused on bringing you more detailed news relevant to the areas around Dundee and the east coast of Scotland.
Also, this forum will be an up to date source of information concerning various jams and projects.
So please join and help support our new forum!
Thanks,
Rustic
http://dundeepk.proboards.com
Dundee Parkour has just launched a new forum, geared up to bring you faster and more up-to-date information about our group.
The new forum is located at:
http://dundeepk.proboards.com
Everyone is welcome to join, as this will be a site focused on bringing you more detailed news relevant to the areas around Dundee and the east coast of Scotland.
Also, this forum will be an up to date source of information concerning various jams and projects.
So please join and help support our new forum!
Thanks,
Rustic
http://dundeepk.proboards.com
Monday 14 September 2009
St Andrews Jam '09!!
Hey everyone,
First of all, we would like to welcome everyone back to Dundee, and for those of you who are new to the group, welcome to DUPK!
We will be kicking off our new training year with a day trip/jam to St Andrews this Saturday (September 19th)! This will be an awesome and fun day to get to catch up with everyone, and to acquaint yourself with some new parkour and tricking spots/moves! The bus, once again, is £5 for a return tickes, and we should all take some extra cash for food and drink.
We are going to meet at the church in town, by the Overgate, at quarter to 12, that way we can catch a bus at around 12, and we have a good amount of time to train. If you're busy until a certain time, please let me know so we can come down to the station to meet you, when you arrive!
We will be training with the guys from the "Street Devils", along with some other traceurs from the fife and kirkaldy area.
I really hope all of you guys can make it, as there will be opportunities to train in environments which we don't get here in Dundee. St Andrews has an awesome beach/sand-dune part to train tricking, wallflips, etc. and some very good PK spots to practice consecutive runs.
Here is the video from last year's trip, and this year looks really promising, as to be even better than last year: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MgusYM7Puo
After this trip, we will start our regular training times, with some slight changes (tbc) as I live farther away now.
Anyway, I hope to see you all Sunday morning, and I hope you're getting back into the swing of things here at Uni, smoothly.
Cheers,
Rustic
ps
If you have ANY questions, please call/txt me at: 07760 474207
or email me at: dundeepk@gmail.com
First of all, we would like to welcome everyone back to Dundee, and for those of you who are new to the group, welcome to DUPK!
We will be kicking off our new training year with a day trip/jam to St Andrews this Saturday (September 19th)! This will be an awesome and fun day to get to catch up with everyone, and to acquaint yourself with some new parkour and tricking spots/moves! The bus, once again, is £5 for a return tickes, and we should all take some extra cash for food and drink.
We are going to meet at the church in town, by the Overgate, at quarter to 12, that way we can catch a bus at around 12, and we have a good amount of time to train. If you're busy until a certain time, please let me know so we can come down to the station to meet you, when you arrive!
We will be training with the guys from the "Street Devils", along with some other traceurs from the fife and kirkaldy area.
I really hope all of you guys can make it, as there will be opportunities to train in environments which we don't get here in Dundee. St Andrews has an awesome beach/sand-dune part to train tricking, wallflips, etc. and some very good PK spots to practice consecutive runs.
Here is the video from last year's trip, and this year looks really promising, as to be even better than last year: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MgusYM7Puo
After this trip, we will start our regular training times, with some slight changes (tbc) as I live farther away now.
Anyway, I hope to see you all Sunday morning, and I hope you're getting back into the swing of things here at Uni, smoothly.
Cheers,
Rustic
ps
If you have ANY questions, please call/txt me at: 07760 474207
or email me at: dundeepk@gmail.com
Sunday 30 August 2009
August 30th - Updates and New Training Times
Hey everyone,
I have several updates. First of all, noone really showed up for the Dundee Autumn Jam, due to the heavy rain that we had all day. if only it was a day earlier, or a day later, we would have had a nice sunny day...but yeah, we're re-scheduling the jam to a weekend at the end of September sometime, so stay tuned!
We now have a twitter account, on which we post our major updates, so please follow us on: http://twitter.com/DundeePK
Today the Street Devils came down to Dundee to train, as it was James' 15th birthday. Happy Birthday James! We started the jam with some tricking, at the church outside of the overgate, and continued the jam on several new-found spots in Dundee, and just basically all over. We trained from 12:30pm until 5:30pm, and had a very good session to get warmed up again for university to start.
But anyways, everything seems to be getting back on track, and I really hope that more people will start coming to training sessions now..for now we just always train on Sundays, and we meet in town at 1pm, outside of the Church by the Overgate.
On fresher's week we're going to be about campus, so if you are interested in joining us for some training, please find us! We'll be the people who do random flips throughout the week..you might even get to see some breakdancing if you go out in the evenings...
I wish you all the best, and train hard!
Rustic B
ps
There will be a jam in St. Andrews this coming Saturday, so please feel free to come along! It will be a good training day, as we will try and concentrate on training tricking on the beach. Just send me an email at: dundeepk@gmail.com
pps
Check out Damien Walters' 2009 Showreel! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MeiwLLZjDo
I have several updates. First of all, noone really showed up for the Dundee Autumn Jam, due to the heavy rain that we had all day. if only it was a day earlier, or a day later, we would have had a nice sunny day...but yeah, we're re-scheduling the jam to a weekend at the end of September sometime, so stay tuned!
We now have a twitter account, on which we post our major updates, so please follow us on: http://twitter.com/DundeePK
Today the Street Devils came down to Dundee to train, as it was James' 15th birthday. Happy Birthday James! We started the jam with some tricking, at the church outside of the overgate, and continued the jam on several new-found spots in Dundee, and just basically all over. We trained from 12:30pm until 5:30pm, and had a very good session to get warmed up again for university to start.
But anyways, everything seems to be getting back on track, and I really hope that more people will start coming to training sessions now..for now we just always train on Sundays, and we meet in town at 1pm, outside of the Church by the Overgate.
On fresher's week we're going to be about campus, so if you are interested in joining us for some training, please find us! We'll be the people who do random flips throughout the week..you might even get to see some breakdancing if you go out in the evenings...
I wish you all the best, and train hard!
Rustic B
ps
There will be a jam in St. Andrews this coming Saturday, so please feel free to come along! It will be a good training day, as we will try and concentrate on training tricking on the beach. Just send me an email at: dundeepk@gmail.com
pps
Check out Damien Walters' 2009 Showreel! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MeiwLLZjDo
Thursday 23 July 2009
August 23rd - Dundee Jam!
Hey everyone!!
We are announcing our "Back to School" Jam, which will be held in Dundee, on Sunday August 23rd. This event will focus on training and motivation before we all go back to our universities, schools, and before our community slows down a bit for the coming winter months.
The jam will commence at 12pm, at the Seagate bus station. Bring cameras, water, and money for food, as we'll be jamming until Sunset, if not later, and will then wrap it all up with a trip to either Pizza Hut or Jimmy Chungs. This event looks really promising, as we have learned a lot about running a jam from our last Dundee Spring Jam.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dP-a4DYI9so
This time around, we will also get to see some newly discovered hotspots, so come ready for an awesome and fun day, and we hope to see you there!!
Rustic B
ps
If you have any questions, please contact us at: dundeepk@gmail.com
We are announcing our "Back to School" Jam, which will be held in Dundee, on Sunday August 23rd. This event will focus on training and motivation before we all go back to our universities, schools, and before our community slows down a bit for the coming winter months.
The jam will commence at 12pm, at the Seagate bus station. Bring cameras, water, and money for food, as we'll be jamming until Sunset, if not later, and will then wrap it all up with a trip to either Pizza Hut or Jimmy Chungs. This event looks really promising, as we have learned a lot about running a jam from our last Dundee Spring Jam.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dP-a4DYI9so
This time around, we will also get to see some newly discovered hotspots, so come ready for an awesome and fun day, and we hope to see you there!!
Rustic B
ps
If you have any questions, please contact us at: dundeepk@gmail.com
Sunday 31 May 2009
Street Devilz 08/09 Showreel and more Dundee Jam Footage!
Hey everyone!
The Street Devilz have just posted a new video, which contains some more awesome footage from the dundee jam! Please check it out and rate/comment/subscribe! I think this video was really beautifully made:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQQsSahmvL8
Cheers,
Rustic
The Street Devilz have just posted a new video, which contains some more awesome footage from the dundee jam! Please check it out and rate/comment/subscribe! I think this video was really beautifully made:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQQsSahmvL8
Cheers,
Rustic
Tuesday 26 May 2009
The Midgie Magazine
Hey everyone,
On Sunday, May 24th, we had a journalist from The Midgie Magazine, a travel magazine which is published all over Scotland, come and interview us/take pictures for an article that they are writing about Parkour. They are focusing on the Dundee Parkour community, and therefore the article will be all about DUPK! These are great news, and will hopefully raise a greater awareness of our sport here on the East side of Scotland, and will help dispell some of the negative publicity we have gotten in the past.
The article should be published in August, so please keep a lookout! I will also keep you updated..
Train Hard,
Rustic
ps
Great video with good flow, from the guys over at PKFR International:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cH6Egp72LW8
On Sunday, May 24th, we had a journalist from The Midgie Magazine, a travel magazine which is published all over Scotland, come and interview us/take pictures for an article that they are writing about Parkour. They are focusing on the Dundee Parkour community, and therefore the article will be all about DUPK! These are great news, and will hopefully raise a greater awareness of our sport here on the East side of Scotland, and will help dispell some of the negative publicity we have gotten in the past.
The article should be published in August, so please keep a lookout! I will also keep you updated..
Train Hard,
Rustic
ps
Great video with good flow, from the guys over at PKFR International:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cH6Egp72LW8
Wednesday 13 May 2009
International Parkour Day
APK (American Parkour), DUPK (Dundee Parkour), and PKFR International are declaring the first Saturday of June to be INTERNATIONAL PARKOUR DAY.
This will be a day when groups across the country get together to celebrate the art we all love (Freerunners are invited as well). We chose the first Saturday in June because there are no conflicting national holidays, and unlike dates like "David Belle's Birthday", it will always be a Saturday.
We'd like the day to include an important element in the parkour community, a "Leave no Trace" cleanup. We hope you'll join in on what we hope will become a tradition of celebration of Parkour and Freerunning. We'd also like to emphasize bringing new people out on this day or taking extra care and time in interacting with the public and curious onlookers. Please check this thread for links to local jams and events. Please email your events for that day to m2@americanparkour.com or dundeepk@gmail.com and we will post them on our sites.
DUPK,
Rustic B
ps
This article was actually written by Syn from PKFR International, I just changed it from national to international by confirming our participation.
This will be a day when groups across the country get together to celebrate the art we all love (Freerunners are invited as well). We chose the first Saturday in June because there are no conflicting national holidays, and unlike dates like "David Belle's Birthday", it will always be a Saturday.
We'd like the day to include an important element in the parkour community, a "Leave no Trace" cleanup. We hope you'll join in on what we hope will become a tradition of celebration of Parkour and Freerunning. We'd also like to emphasize bringing new people out on this day or taking extra care and time in interacting with the public and curious onlookers. Please check this thread for links to local jams and events. Please email your events for that day to m2@americanparkour.com or dundeepk@gmail.com and we will post them on our sites.
DUPK,
Rustic B
ps
This article was actually written by Syn from PKFR International, I just changed it from national to international by confirming our participation.
Monday 11 May 2009
Dundee PK Jam Video
Hey guys!
The video for our first ever parkour jam hosted in Dundee, is up! Please check it out. As you know, we had traceurs from all over Scotland come down for a day of training here in Dundee, and we received both news and radio attention. As I was leading the jam, though, I didn't get most of the good PK footage, so the video consists of mostly tricking, I think..but it's a good overview of the day, in my opinion.
If the other guys DO finally end up sending me their footage, I might make an actual parkour video for the jam in the future.
But for now, enjoy! :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dP-a4DYI9so
DUPK Leader,
Rustic B
The video for our first ever parkour jam hosted in Dundee, is up! Please check it out. As you know, we had traceurs from all over Scotland come down for a day of training here in Dundee, and we received both news and radio attention. As I was leading the jam, though, I didn't get most of the good PK footage, so the video consists of mostly tricking, I think..but it's a good overview of the day, in my opinion.
If the other guys DO finally end up sending me their footage, I might make an actual parkour video for the jam in the future.
But for now, enjoy! :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dP-a4DYI9so
DUPK Leader,
Rustic B
Thursday 30 April 2009
Pictures from the Jam
Hey everyone,
I just got some of the pictures from Sunday emailed to me. 'twas a good day! :D
Here is a slideshow, there are pics of mostly everyone who was there:
Cheers,
Rustic B
ps
These images are provided for personal & non-commercial use only.All usage must be credited as Copyright of Grant Campbell 2009 http://www.on-sight-photo.com/All usage must be notified to: enquiries@on-sight-photo.com No Re-Sale & All rights retained by Grant Campbell.Monday 27 April 2009
Dundee Jam A Success!!
Hey guys,
I just want to thank everyone for showing up yesterday, despite the "light" rain, and making our event all it was cracked up to be! I wasn't expecting it, but during the course of the day we had 5 reporters and photographers following us around our favorite spots here in Dundee. This morning, an article was printed about the event, in The Courier, and you can find it here:
http://www.thecourier.co.uk/output/2009/04/27/newsstory13031196t0.asp
I would also like to thank the guys from Glasgow, Edinboro, Kirckaldy, etc. for making the trip over to train with us.
Our day started off with a quick stop by Caird Hall for some photos and interviews, after which we made our way up to and through campus, and then back to the Overgate to finish the day with some Pizza Hut and McDonald's! :D (not the healthiest of choices, but excused by the 7 hours of exercise prior) Then after some people caught their busses back home, we stopped by the DCA for a cool-down session. After a short discussion on the glasgowparkour.co.uk forums, we were glad to find out that everyone had a great day, despite being rained on from time to time.
The jam video should be out within the next few days, just as soon as we get hold of everyone's footage to compile one good video..
Thanks again to everyone who helped make this event as awesome as it was!
Rustic B
ps
Please check out this film project that DUPK and the StreetDevilz were a part of, and helped to coordinate: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2EGHk4mj_8
pps
Also, I would like to thank everyone involved with the media, for covering our event in a good light, and for helping us get more known amongst the parkour community.
I just want to thank everyone for showing up yesterday, despite the "light" rain, and making our event all it was cracked up to be! I wasn't expecting it, but during the course of the day we had 5 reporters and photographers following us around our favorite spots here in Dundee. This morning, an article was printed about the event, in The Courier, and you can find it here:
http://www.thecourier.co.uk/output/2009/04/27/newsstory13031196t0.asp
I would also like to thank the guys from Glasgow, Edinboro, Kirckaldy, etc. for making the trip over to train with us.
Our day started off with a quick stop by Caird Hall for some photos and interviews, after which we made our way up to and through campus, and then back to the Overgate to finish the day with some Pizza Hut and McDonald's! :D (not the healthiest of choices, but excused by the 7 hours of exercise prior) Then after some people caught their busses back home, we stopped by the DCA for a cool-down session. After a short discussion on the glasgowparkour.co.uk forums, we were glad to find out that everyone had a great day, despite being rained on from time to time.
The jam video should be out within the next few days, just as soon as we get hold of everyone's footage to compile one good video..
Thanks again to everyone who helped make this event as awesome as it was!
Rustic B
ps
Please check out this film project that DUPK and the StreetDevilz were a part of, and helped to coordinate: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2EGHk4mj_8
pps
Also, I would like to thank everyone involved with the media, for covering our event in a good light, and for helping us get more known amongst the parkour community.
Tuesday 21 April 2009
April 26th - First Annual Dundee Jam
Hello everyone,
We will be hosting the first annual Dundee Parkour Jam on Sunday of April the 26th.
This will be the first ever big event for dundee and this part of Scotland. You might call it an awakening. Media coverage should be present, in the form of several reporters for a local newspaper, and DUPK will be filming several videos. Bring your cameras!
We will be meeting up with everyone at the Seagate Bus Station at 12pm, and will then hit the streets. If you`re not from here you might be surprised, but Dundee has some pretty crazy hotspots to offer.
Bring cameras, water, and money for food. We will jam until Sunset, if not later.
Get ready for an awesome and fun day, and we`ll see you there!!
Rustic B
We will be hosting the first annual Dundee Parkour Jam on Sunday of April the 26th.
This will be the first ever big event for dundee and this part of Scotland. You might call it an awakening. Media coverage should be present, in the form of several reporters for a local newspaper, and DUPK will be filming several videos. Bring your cameras!
We will be meeting up with everyone at the Seagate Bus Station at 12pm, and will then hit the streets. If you`re not from here you might be surprised, but Dundee has some pretty crazy hotspots to offer.
Bring cameras, water, and money for food. We will jam until Sunset, if not later.
Get ready for an awesome and fun day, and we`ll see you there!!
Rustic B
Monday 30 March 2009
Important Team Updates and Times Over Break
Hey guys!
I hope you're all doing really well! Yesterday we had lost an hour because of daylight savings, so there was only 4 of us at the ISE. I would also like to say congrats to Toby and James, who were landing their front tucks almost every time! I want to inform you guys, though, that yesterday was our last ISE session until after the break, which should be Sunday the 26th of April. Our last actual training session until the 22nd of April will be this Wednesday, so please try and make it to that! Should be a great run! Bring cameras and pub money :D
Also, we'll now start filming individual samplers for everyone on the team. We'll focus on flow more than on extreme stunts for now. Wednesday, I'll try and get as much footage of everyone as possible, to make individual videos. It would be really great if you guys could think of little mini runs you could do. Once again, I don't really care about extreme stuff, we just want to show the community that we've got flow between (basic) movements. These videos, among others, will be (and are) up on our YouTube page at: http://youtube.com/dundeepk
Over the break I will be traveling quite a bit, so I will try and keep everyone updated with ideas and spots. Among other news, our YouTube is getting a lot of attention from really good traceurs! The guy who runs Glasgow Parkour's youtube, has invited all of us to come down to train with them on their Spring Gathering, on April the 4th. It will be the biggest even we (even myself) have ever attended. You will receive very, very good instruction from some of the top traceurs in Great Britain. As far as I know, it is free, but if you want to book megabus tickets there and back, they should cost about a fiver each way. The meeting point will be Rottenrow at 11am, and if you want to go please email the administrator of their site..Get all of the lowdown at: http://www.glasgowparkour.co.uk
Also, PKFR International has now invited us to join their social networking site that they've just put up. Drew (Syn) says we can have our own sub-site running on their server, and I have already made a DUPK group on the site. It would be really awesome if you guys could register and join the group at: http://social.pkfrinternational.com
Sorry if this update came across as advertising, lol, I didn't mean to include so many links..
Train hard, guys, and see you Wednesday at 4pm!!
Rustic
ps.Livewire's New 2009 Sampler..http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z40Hy8F7Md8
Monday 9 March 2009
DUPK Spring 2009 Video!!
Hey everyone!
I just made our first video! I'll post it here with both YouTube and
Vimeo links, since vimeo has better quality..
Enjoy, leave comments etc., and let's start working on our Gym and
individual samplers! :D
Here you go:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRnRgINRhAI
and
http://vimeo.com/3540563
Rustic
I just made our first video! I'll post it here with both YouTube and
Vimeo links, since vimeo has better quality..
Enjoy, leave comments etc., and let's start working on our Gym and
individual samplers! :D
Here you go:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRnRgINRhAI
and
http://vimeo.com/3540563
Rustic
Thursday 5 March 2009
St Andrews Jam..
Hey everyone!
I have just organized a PK jam in St Andrews for next Sunday (March 15th).
The bus is £5 for a return ticket, and I guess we should take some extra cash
in case we get thirsty or anything..I'm thinking of heading down for 12pm,
that way we have more time to train. But I'm open to ideas, and if you're busy
until a certain time, please let me know and I'll change it! Anyway, we'll be
training with the guys from "Street Devilz" (a couple of them came along for
a run the other week). What's good is we will get to check out some new spots!
I really hope all of you can make it! There will be a lot of
really good grassy spots to train tumbling on, and wallflips and such. See you
Sunday! (Remember, this Sunday it's still 3pm ISE) Rustic
ps
Livewire's New Video! Check out the "new" moves..I really
like this one because of the different approach he takes to thinking
about and carrying out his moves..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z40Hy8F7Md8
I have just organized a PK jam in St Andrews for next Sunday (March 15th).
The bus is £5 for a return ticket, and I guess we should take some extra cash
in case we get thirsty or anything..I'm thinking of heading down for 12pm,
that way we have more time to train. But I'm open to ideas, and if you're busy
until a certain time, please let me know and I'll change it! Anyway, we'll be
training with the guys from "Street Devilz" (a couple of them came along for
a run the other week). What's good is we will get to check out some new spots!
I really hope all of you can make it! There will be a lot of
really good grassy spots to train tumbling on, and wallflips and such. See you
Sunday! (Remember, this Sunday it's still 3pm ISE) Rustic
ps
Livewire's New Video! Check out the "new" moves..I really
like this one because of the different approach he takes to thinking
about and carrying out his moves..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z40Hy8F7Md8
Wednesday 25 February 2009
Hoodies
Hey everyone!
I have just sorted out our hoodie "problem"..maybe just temporarily though.
I have finally cut out a stencil with our logo, and spray painted it onto a hoodie
and trackpants I bought today. I'm quite happy to say that I think everything
worked out really well! I will show you on Sunday, as I'll definitely be wearing
the "suit".
Cheers,
Rustic
I have just sorted out our hoodie "problem"..maybe just temporarily though.
I have finally cut out a stencil with our logo, and spray painted it onto a hoodie
and trackpants I bought today. I'm quite happy to say that I think everything
worked out really well! I will show you on Sunday, as I'll definitely be wearing
the "suit".
Cheers,
Rustic
Wednesday 18 February 2009
Training times, publicity, and hoodies!
Hey everyone!
We've now more or less established training times for our club, recruited more free-runners, and have gotten through to the ISE..as of now, our "definite" training times are:
Wednesdays: 4pm, meet outside of the library for a run in town..
Sundays: 3pm meet at the ISE for an hour long session, after which
we go for a run in town..
Everyone is welcome! We had 3 traceurs come over from Fife last week, and we'll hopefully have 2 people from St Andrews here with us on Sunday. Everyone seems to think though, that our club costs something..but we all have to remember that the streets are for free, and for everyone! So remember to invite friends along to training.
Last week we had Evelyn, a journalist for the campus magazine, "The Magdalen", following us around and taking pictures of our training, after which we gave interviews.. So keep a look out for next months issue, as we'll hopefully make the front page!
We will now be filming a series of videos for our new YouTube account:
http://youtube.com/dundeepk
So come along in your "free runner" clothes and show us what you've got, and you might end up in our introductional video to the world! ^_^
The weather seems to be getting much nicer in Dundee, at the moment, so I will send out spontaneous emails to let people know when Im training..we should take advantage of the good weather before we go into March, as last years March was REALLY cold, from what I hear..
Also, we should be getting some custom sleeveless hoodies with our logo soon! They will cost about £20 each..or if you want, you can bring your own hoodie and we'll spray paint our logo on, through a stencil..If you anyone is interested, please send us an email at: dundeepk@gmail.com
Anyway, I hope you found this post informative, and I will see you at training!
Rustic B
We've now more or less established training times for our club, recruited more free-runners, and have gotten through to the ISE..as of now, our "definite" training times are:
Wednesdays: 4pm, meet outside of the library for a run in town..
Sundays: 3pm meet at the ISE for an hour long session, after which
we go for a run in town..
Everyone is welcome! We had 3 traceurs come over from Fife last week, and we'll hopefully have 2 people from St Andrews here with us on Sunday. Everyone seems to think though, that our club costs something..but we all have to remember that the streets are for free, and for everyone! So remember to invite friends along to training.
Last week we had Evelyn, a journalist for the campus magazine, "The Magdalen", following us around and taking pictures of our training, after which we gave interviews.. So keep a look out for next months issue, as we'll hopefully make the front page!
We will now be filming a series of videos for our new YouTube account:
http://youtube.com/dundeepk
So come along in your "free runner" clothes and show us what you've got, and you might end up in our introductional video to the world! ^_^
The weather seems to be getting much nicer in Dundee, at the moment, so I will send out spontaneous emails to let people know when Im training..we should take advantage of the good weather before we go into March, as last years March was REALLY cold, from what I hear..
Also, we should be getting some custom sleeveless hoodies with our logo soon! They will cost about £20 each..or if you want, you can bring your own hoodie and we'll spray paint our logo on, through a stencil..If you anyone is interested, please send us an email at: dundeepk@gmail.com
Anyway, I hope you found this post informative, and I will see you at training!
Rustic B
Friday 23 January 2009
A little about our club..
Hello everyone, and welcome to the Dundee Parkour Club Homepage!!
If you are here, that means you are interested in the sport of parkour and freerunning!
We hope you find some useful information on this page, and that you come along to a training session sometime!
A little about us:
We started up in November of 2008, and now have about 15 members. As of now, we only have students of Dundee University who train with us, but we will welcome anyone who is intersted! We are sponsored by Braes Pub and normally go there after our training sessions, to have a few drinks and tell a few stories.
Our training times as of now are Sundays at 3pm, and we meet outside of the main university library, before going off to different training spots around Dundee..
Anyway, here are some useful websites for you if you want some more information on movements, philosophy, etc..
The APK website has a lot of useful info and promotions going:
http://www.americanparkour.com/
This is our core team's website, PKFR International:
http://pkfrinternational.com/
A good article on the sport of Parkour:
http://parkourpedia.com/about/what-is-parkour
A good website by Dogen, for learning tricking..also if you look up tutorials by Dogen on YouTube you will get VERY good tips for tumbling and tricking:
http://www.dogentricks.com/
And here are 2 tricking forums, the first one is a smaller community so the people are more likely to reply and help out:
http://www.tricksession.com/
and this is the classic one:
http://trickstutorials.com
Oh and don't forget about conditioning!! Very important..here is a very interesting video by a traceur we call LiveWire. We might get to train with himif we go to any major PK jams in the spring:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=hcQR8KUL3t0
Well we hope you found this page useful, and maybe informing..please add us on Facebook!
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=43661028161
Train hard and have fun!
Rustic B
If you are here, that means you are interested in the sport of parkour and freerunning!
We hope you find some useful information on this page, and that you come along to a training session sometime!
A little about us:
We started up in November of 2008, and now have about 15 members. As of now, we only have students of Dundee University who train with us, but we will welcome anyone who is intersted! We are sponsored by Braes Pub and normally go there after our training sessions, to have a few drinks and tell a few stories.
Our training times as of now are Sundays at 3pm, and we meet outside of the main university library, before going off to different training spots around Dundee..
Anyway, here are some useful websites for you if you want some more information on movements, philosophy, etc..
The APK website has a lot of useful info and promotions going:
http://www.americanparkour.com/
This is our core team's website, PKFR International:
http://pkfrinternational.com/
A good article on the sport of Parkour:
http://parkourpedia.com/about/what-is-parkour
A good website by Dogen, for learning tricking..also if you look up tutorials by Dogen on YouTube you will get VERY good tips for tumbling and tricking:
http://www.dogentricks.com/
And here are 2 tricking forums, the first one is a smaller community so the people are more likely to reply and help out:
http://www.tricksession.com/
and this is the classic one:
http://trickstutorials.com
Oh and don't forget about conditioning!! Very important..here is a very interesting video by a traceur we call LiveWire. We might get to train with himif we go to any major PK jams in the spring:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=hcQR8KUL3t0
Well we hope you found this page useful, and maybe informing..please add us on Facebook!
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=43661028161
Train hard and have fun!
Rustic B
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