The Colorado Parkour Academy offers parkour classes
and freerunning classes for adults, youth, and anyone who wants to learn!
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As the first formal parkour classes offered in the USA, the Colorado Parkour Academy was established in September 2006 by Ryan Ford and Matt Marshall. Matt and Ryan both have an extensive background in fitness and athletics including weightlifting, gymnastics, martial arts, and football. Matt and Ryan also have many years experience teaching sports to adults and kids. In addition, Matt and Ryan are two of a small number of American practitioners to travel to Europe to learn from the founders of the discipline. In May of 2008, they traveled to Evry, France, where parkour was created, as guest instructors of the Yamakasi and Parkour Generations at their international seminar. On the same trip, Ryan and Matt traveled in France and England for 3 weeks learning everything they could in order to improve as practitioners and coaches. 
Real Name: Ryan FordAge: 21 Location: Boulder, Colorado Email: coloradoparkour@gmail.com Bio Ryan grew up in Golden, Colorado where he graduated as valedictorian from Golden High School. Currently, Ryan is a senior in business at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Ryan enjoys parkour, sports, computers, video production, and fitness. Ryan has much experience in soccer, football, and weightlifting and has coached youth sports for three years. In the future, Ryan plans to open a parkour/fitness gym with Matt Marshall. Parkour Bio Ryan has been doing parkour since early 2004 and founded Colorado Parkour during the summer of 2006. Locally, Ryan has organized and taken part in countless jams, articles, demos, and more. As a member of the national parkour team, The Tribe, Ryan has done performances and other parkour related jobs for companies such as Mountain Dew, BET, Nokia, Cisco, K-Swiss, and more. Ryan has also been featured by media giants such as the New Yorker, TIME, and ESPN. In October of 2008, Ryan traveled to Beirut, Lebanon with The Tribe to run parkour workshops for underpriviliged youth on behalf of the US Embassy. Ryan also is an administrator of American Parkour where he contributes content and helps manage the website and forum.
Real Name: Matt MarshallAge: 24 Location: Denver, Colorado Email: kannagisai@yahoo.com Bio Matt has excelled from a young age in all kinds of sports. A former state champion gymnast, Matt also has a background in mixed martial arts, breakdancing, wrestling, cycling, wu shu, and trapeze. In addition to his athletic successes, Matt also has many years experience in coaching gymnastics and martial arts. Currently, Matt is earning a degree in exercise science from the Metropolitan State College of Denver. Parkour Bio At the beginning of 2005, Matt discovered parkour and immediately took to the discipline due to his similar athletic interests. Since then, Matt has been involved in many articles and took part in Colorado Parkour's first demo at The Spot SummerFest in August of 2006. In September 2006, Matt and Ryan Ford started the country's first structured parkour classes and continue to work towards their goal of opening a parkour and fitness gym in a couple years.
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