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Fight or Flight Academy - Minnesota's Premium Parkour Gym

Many of the unitiated view Parkour as a relatively new sport. Little they know that its roots go back as far as the World War however, that's not the question I asked myself when I came across Fight or Flight Academy. How related is Parkour to Martial Arts? I am not going to elaborate on this topic, however although different in philosophy, it's known that certain Ninjutsu techniques are incredibly similar to Parkour. Chad Zwadlo, one of the owners and head instructor of Fight or Flight Academy from Edina, Minnesota, USA is one of those traceures having strong Martial Arts background. Read on to find out more about the Academy.
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Fight or Flight Academy is Minnesota’s first and only Parkour, Freerunning, Martial Arts, and Breakdancing Academy run by Chad Zwadlo, a parkour trainer and coordinator/member of the Tribe professional parkour team and Mitch Andrejka, a parkour trainer and one of the founding members and leaders of the Minnesota Parkour Community.

Fight or Flight Academy is an over 9000 square foot facility with specifically designed obstacles for training in parkour and freerunning. The Academy also has a separate area for martial arts, dance, and weight training. The facility has been designed to create as realistic of an environment as possible while still being as safe as possible. 

With bearing long term attenders in mind, the team made everything as modular as possible.  Their bar set up changes every month and most of the boxes move around every few months.  There is always new stuff to try and learn there every time you come in. Fight or Flight Academy even offers a FREE intro class for those who have absolutely zero experience or want to just try it out. If you are serious about parkour, you can take up the Foundation Course where you will learn the basics of Parkour and Freeruning. The gym is also open for advanced traceures to train and progress any time of the year. Check out their website to find out more.

All images are courtesy of FoFa; Copyrights applied.

Source: http://www.fightorflightacademy.com

3. 6. 2014

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