This Saturday we will be hosting City Chasers again as the Monkey Vault is being used as a checkpoint yet again. Because of this the hours of the MV will be pushed a little back on Saturday, with open gym starting at 4pm instead of 2:30. Also, we are looking for some volunteers to help out at the event. If you can volunteer we will provide you with some community hours if you need them, and free gym time for the rest of the day afterwards.

The Monkey Vault will be closed this Sunday and we will be using it as a construction/cleanup day in preparation for the big summer meet. We will be meeting at 9am, and we are looking for volunteers that want to come paint, build, clean, and etc. We will be providing you with pizza and drinks, and community service hours if you need them. I hope a bunch can come out and help because we have A LOT of work to do!! If you can come out and help let us know as soon as possible. If you were planning on coming to the MV that day, come Saturday instead, it’s been a lot slower lately because everyone has been going Sunday instead.

Here is the final (as of right now but can still change) schedule for the Canadian Parkour Summer meet…

Friday July 30th
1pm-5pm Parkour Conditioning Combine Testing; 5pm-8pm Food and discussion; 8pm-1am Night Training Downtown Toronto

Saturday July 31st
10am-12pm Morning workout and Stretch; 12pm-6pm Ash Bridges Bay Park, 6pm-12am Downtown Training

Sunday August 1st
11am Cloud Gardens Parkour Races; 2pm Cloud Garden Parkour Races Finalists; 3pm-11pm Downtown Training

We will be using the Monkey Vault for a meet up spot each day in the morning for ease of use. A lot of what people learn during this weekend is shared with each other during times were we might not be doing an event or training, so your best bet is to stick around a lot. I know personally I had an amazing conversation at like 3am last year at the summer meet which was invaluable in the long run. For those of you that are sleeping at the MV its important to note we will have a curfew this year, meaning everyone will have to go to sleep eventually at a certain time.

We will be accepting out-of-towners who wish to sleep at the MonkeyVault Friday, Saturday and Sunday night for the Canadian summer meet happening July 30th to August 1st. If you are saying the weekend, staying extra or coming earlier, you MUST let us know via email what you wish your plans to be! You are asked to make a donation of 10 dollars each night or 25 bucks for 3 nights you decide to stay here.

The address of the training centre is 213 Geary Ave. M6H 2C1
If you look that up in a map program you will surely find it.There are also directions on the website on the contact us section. If you are coming out of town and flying into the airport, let us know and we will see what we can do about arrangements!

We will still be running this weekends Saturday morning outdoor conditioning class regardless of the long weekend. We know many probably can’t make it, but if you are in town and want to try outdoor Parkour under a coaches instruction, come on out! We meet every Saturday at 11am at Cloud Gardens park in Toronto (Richmond and Yonge behind the Bay building) rain or shine. Cost is 10 dollars and the class usually runs about an hour and 15 mins.

Another girls parkour meet! What to say about this one; Theme… Obstacle course races and chasing each other? Something like that!! Time and date below, sign up via email if you are coming!

Date: Sunday July 11th, 11am sharp! (doors open around 10). No experience required.

The Monkey Vault will be closed this Thursday on Canada day. It’s been a common theme to close down on holidays unless there is huge interest for a special event. I personally will be out in the sun, training in nature, and I wish you all the same! Do something cool!!

The outdoor adult class will be changed tomorrow to a different location because of G20. We will be moving from our normal location of Cloud Gardens Park, and we will be meeting at Spadina and Bloor instead, just a little north. The south-east corner has a small park and we will be meeting there. The time is still 11am!

At this years summer meet (see other post for details), we will be having a contest to test certain abilities of traceurs from all across Canada. We will be having 6 events, geared towards testing various physical abilities used in Parkour. Power, Strength, Grip, Coordination,….. We’ve selected a few tests to measure these things in a way they apply to Parkour. We will be releasing the sign up sheet (we wont allow everyone to participate sorry), and the tests very soon and the requirements you need to sign up. Until then start getting ready and gearing up towards this! For those wondering if this will be a lot of weights, I will give you a hint and also the first test; the only thing that involves weights is we will be testing max deadlift.

On Saturday we will be hosting challenge point for the 100th Mitsubishi City Chase putting participants through a couple awesome challenges. I can’t say more than that, we can’t spoil it for participants! For those that don’t know what City Chase is, head over to http://www.mitsubishicitychase.com/ and check out their website!

Because of this, the open gym Saturday training will start at 4pm instead of the normal 2:30, sorry about the last minute change!