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The Art of Retreat is an idea-exchange platform supporting education, development, and leadership within Parkour. We come together to exchange new ideas and information across a wide array of subjects including coaching methods, education theory, best business practices, scientific research, architectural and urban design, global trends, and local community building.

06/06/2023

#068 Niko Pal | Developing Yourself As A Coach

Niko Pal is the Director and head coach at Parkour Vision’s Portland program. He started Parkour in 2010, began teaching in 2012 and has made it his career ever since. Niko earned his B.S. from Portland State University in 2015, where he dual majored in Public Health and Exercise Science. Niko continued his education at Transformation Studio, a Specialty Holistic Biomechanics studio. There he learned about how the many systems of the human body work together to create function. In his down time he can be found adventuring with friends, playing Rocket League, or tapping around on a piano. The 2023 Art of Retreat is brought to you by the generous support of our sponsors: United States Parkour Association, Powered by Passion, Parkour Visions, Craig Constantine, Parkour Generations Americas, Enso Movement, Freedom in Motion, Urban Youth Park, and the Movement Creative.
05/30/2023

#067 - Molly Courtney | "If Parkour is For Everyone, Why Doesn't Everyone Want to Do It?

Molly has many jobs and titles. She's a parkour coach, a business owner, a Certified Personal Trainer, a National Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach, and a mom of three! She started as a coach in training at a gymnastics summer camp 23 years ago and found her passion for helping others overcome personal obstacles. She obtained her Bachelor's Degree in Exercise Science from Oregon State where she also coached gymnastics, cheered her senior year, and completed internships in cardiac rehab and fitness over 50. After college, she became a certified personal trainer, performed as a professional acrobat, had kids, and coached in corporate health for EXOS at Intel. After attaining her Board Certification she opened The Movement Park, a Parkour facility in Hillsboro Oregon. Despite all these things, she still never wants to grow up and has personal goals to be a flipping-forty-year-old! The 2023 Art of Retreat is brought to you by the generous support of our sponsors: United States Parkour Association, Powered by Passion, Parkour Visions, Craig Constantine, Parkour Generations Americas, Enso Movement, Freedom in Motion, Urban Youth Park, and the Movement Creative.
05/23/2023

#066 - Justin Taylor | How to Run a Members-Only Competition

Justin Taylor is the Owner of Firestorm Freerunning, which has two gyms in Southern California. Justin, along side Summer Sampilo, runs the West Coast Parkour Championships, the largest Parkour competition series in the U.S. Justin goes by @ParkourProfessor online, and runs a gym/business consultation service that goes by the same name. Justin primarily trains Parkour, Trampwall, Aggressive Inline Skating, and High Diving/Cliff Diving. Justin has enjoyed putting together all of these sentences all starting with the word "Justin". Justin thinks you are pretty awesome. Justin is weird. The 2023 Art of Retreat is brought to you by the generous support of our sponsors: United States Parkour Association, Powered by Passion, Parkour Visions, Craig Constantine, Parkour Generations Americas, Enso Movement, Freedom in Motion, Urban Youth Park, and the Movement Creative.
05/16/2023

#065 - Garrett Moore | Parkour & Politics

Garrett Moore is originally from San Diego and brings experience training across the United States, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. He finds peace and community through parkour, running, yoga, and rock climbing. Garrett is passionate about creating positive social change through nonprofit and electoral campaigns committed to human rights. He and his partner Kelly and dog Jackie are in SoCal on their way to Puerto Rico soon. The 2023 Art of Retreat is brought to you by the generous support of our sponsors: United States Parkour Association, Powered by Passion, Parkour Visions, Craig Constantine, Parkour Generations Americas, Enso Movement, Freedom in Motion, Urban Youth Park, and the Movement Creative.
05/09/2023

#064 - Eric Rossi | Preschool Parkour

Eric Rossi is a parkour coach and preschool teacher in Hillsboro, Oregon. Eric began his parkour journey in 2005 and has since worked with many different organizations to develop his coaching craft. He helped develop the toddler and preschool age programs as head coach of High Exposure from 2015 - 2017, helped strengthen the Melbourne Parkour classes for kids in Australia, and is currently developing programs with The Movement Park in Hillsboro, OR. Eric's current project involves distilling the knowledge and best practices around child development and classroom management to be shared in a structured way with the parkour coaching community. Eric hopes that this work will help inspire, improve, and grow early childhood movement classes across other gyms and parkour organizations while also helping those coaches involved see themselves as valued Early Childhood Movement Education experts in their community. The 2023 Art of Retreat is brought to you by the generous support of our sponsors: United States Parkour Association, Powered by Passion, Parkour Visions, Craig Constantine, Parkour Generations Americas, Enso Movement, Freedom in Motion, Urban Youth Park, and the Movement Creative.
05/02/2023

#063 - Charles St.John | Quick Wins for Business Online Presence

Charles St. John is in the fortunate position of combining is personal passions with his professional skills. Through the combination of his degrees in Digital Media, Communications, and Business Administration plus his long-time passion of coaching parkour at APEX Denver, he landed a job at the gym software company Zen Planner as their Creative and Development Marketing Specialist. He has since pivoted to working for the online fitness publishing company Motion Impulse, known for the Handstand Factory and Modern Methods of Mobility online programs, where he serves as the Head of E-Commerce and Digital Marketing. In his free time, he volunteers his skills to USPK and advocates for the creation of parkour parks in the US. The 2023 Art of Retreat is brought to you by the generous support of our sponsors: United States Parkour Association, Powered by Passion, Parkour Visions, Craig Constantine, Parkour Generations Americas, Enso Movement, Freedom in Motion, Urban Youth Park, and the Movement Creative.
04/25/2023

#062 - Adam McClellan | Double Your Profits, Double Your Fun

Adam’s business experience comes from his parkour journey, as well as his professional journey outside of parkour. In addition to being a Director at Parkour Generations Americas and the owner of Parkour Generations Lehigh Valley, Adam also works in the child care business and oversees 5 locations within the Lehigh Valley area. These locations collectively run in excess of 7 million dollars a year in revenue, with 130+ employees involved. Between this experience and running martial arts and parkour businesses, Adam has learned important lessons about the use of numbers to manage operations and become more successful. The 2023 Art of Retreat is brought to you by the generous support of our sponsors: United States Parkour Association, Powered by Passion, Parkour Visions, Craig Constantine, Parkour Generations Americas, Enso Movement, Freedom in Motion, Urban Youth Park, and the Movement Creative.
04/18/2023

#061 Jimmy Davidson | Inescapable Fundamentals of Business

Jimmy Davidson is the Founder and CEO of Freedom in Motion inc. which has three parkour gyms in southern California. Jimmy began his parkour career performing live around the country in 2010. He's since shifted his focus to building a profitable business to support his family and to create opportunities for the growing movement community. The 2023 Art of Retreat is brought to you by the generous support of our sponsors: United States Parkour Association, Powered by Passion, Parkour Visions, Craig Constantine, Parkour Generations Americas, Enso Movement, Freedom in Motion, Urban Youth Park, and the Movement Creative.

The Art of Retreat is an idea-exchange platform supporting education, development, and leadership within Parkour. We come together to exchange new ideas and information across a wide array of subjects including coaching methods, education theory, best business practices, scientific research, architectural and urban design, global trends, and local community building.

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Art of Retreat SPARKs
Years Active

2018 - 2023
Episodes

68
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Clean
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Art of Retreat - SPARKs