Dan Edwardes

Founder, Parkour Generations

Dan is founder and CEO of Parkour Generations, a multi-award winning and multi-national organisation for parkour, and has studied practical movement and physical fitness his entire life, with an elite background in fighting arts before finding parkour. Dan created the globally recognised A.D.A.P.T parkour coaching qualifications which have been delivered in over 35 countries, as well as the Parkour Fitness Specialist certifications, and the worldwide Parkour For Schools Programme. Dan was also central to the creation and success of the world’s first National Governing Body for the discipline, Parkour UK. His education programmes have been accredited by numerous international bodies, from ACE and NASM in the USA to 1st4Sport Qualifications in the UK and UISP in Italy, and focus on the science and art of coaching and movement, and on helping people reach their potential through embracing challenge, risk and adversity. Across a twenty year career in teaching Dan has delivered courses, workshops and events to tens of thousands of people worldwide and has no plans to stop anytime soon.

Upcoming Presentations

Chaos Builders: Why PE Needs to Restore Freedom of Movement & How To Do It

Play is chaotic and it’s chaotic for a very good reason. Complex systems like us require complex stressors in order to remain healthy and to reach our potential.

Parkour for PE: Teaching Kids to Fall

Falling is an intrinsic part of learning how not to fall. Kids should be moving and playing as much as possible, and that means they are going to fall from time to time – and there is nothing wrong with that. In fact, it’s an essential part of our natural coordination development.

Rough-Housing: The Power of Physical Interaction

Rough-Housing is a term for interactive, physical games - often competitive but also often collaborative - that form a big part of the healthy development found within every child’s play.

Parkour for PE: Adapting Movement to Space

Our programmes teach you how to identify what movement and exercises possibilities are afforded to us by the environment, built structures and natural architecture - even those that weren’t designed for that use!

Chaos Builders: Why PE Needs to Restore Freedom of Movement & How To Do It

In this session we will examine what we mean by chaos and why it is so powerful in developing naturally athletic individuals.

Parkour for PE: Teaching Kids to Fall

Falling is an intrinsic part of learning how not to fall. Kids should be moving and playing as much as possible, and that means they are going to fall from time to time - and there is nothing wrong with that. In fact, it’s an essential part of our natural coordination development.

Rough-Housing: The Power of Physical Interaction

In this session you will learn our system of introducing a range of short, simple partner and group games that require nothing but the children themselves.

Parkour for PE: Adapting Movement to Space

Evidence demonstrates the enormous benefits for mental and physical health that come from being active and from engaging with one's surroundings. Our programmes teach you how to identify what movement and exercises possibilities are afforded to us by the environment, built structures and natural architecture - even those that weren’t designed for that use!

Exploring Physical Literacy through Parkour [PHASE CN]

18 Apr (Friday) - 09:00 - 16:00

Exploring Physical Literacy through Parkour [PHASE AP]

15 Nov (Friday) - 09:00 - 16:00

Past Presentations

Exploring Physical Literacy through Parkour [PHASE AP]

This one-day course is designed to introduce sports and PE  teachers to the fundamental concepts and training principles of parkour/freerunning for use as part of a physical education class in a managed school setting.

10 Nov (Friday) - 08:00 - 15:00
Specialist Content Areas

Affordances for Movement: Using Your Environment for PE

Evidence demonstrates the enormous benefits for mental and physical health that come from being active outdoors and from engaging with one's surroundings. Our programmes teach you how to identify what movement and exercises possibilities are afforded to us by the environment, built structures and natural architecture.

Specialist Content Areas

Parkour for PE: Vaults and Flow

You will learn the foundation vaults of parkour and how to combine them to create 'flows' of movement over a string of obstacles, which is one of the most exhilarating and enjoyable movement activities for young people - and for you!
Specialist Content Areas

Parkour for PE: Jumping, Footwork and Balance

In our parkour programmes we combine jumping with balance and accuracy work to enable young athletes to utilise their jumping abilities in any environment, safely and efficiently.
Specialist Content Areas

Quadrupedal Movement: Rolling, Crawling & Falling

In this session you will learn the fundamentals of low gait movement, including how to fall safely and roll, and how to deliver a range of activities to young people to develop and challenge their movement capacities.
Pedagogy & Curriculum

Animal Paths – The Parkour-Based System for Physical Literacy and Personal Development

Our physical literacy system for kids, the Parkour Animal Paths, is designed specifically to capture the natural abilities of young people and expand upon them to help every child achieve their full potential, both in body and mind.