First Newsletter of 2023! To connect with the SPKA-Parkour-Event-Calendar click the following link: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0?cid=OThiMjNkNzYzNTk4YTcxZmYyZTNmYjFiNTJjYmVmODhlMzQ1ODBjNDQyYzFjNzkzN2JhNTliYTA5NDc5MTFjNkBncm91cC5jYWxlbmRhci5nb29nbGUuY29t ..read more

We are amazed by the support of the Swiss parkour community and the unbelievable financial donations we got at the end of 2021 / beginning of 2022. This support enabled us to employee Julian Dutoit to be in charge of the development of youth and sports parkour. Julian collaborated with members of the Swiss parkour community to create the first ever youth and sports parkour education. Through the development of youth and sports parkour, Swiss parkour communities get access to trainer certifications and financial support by the Swiss government for teaching parkour! The first teacher course in ..read more

Unfortunately we have not received a lot of feedback so far, this is why we would like to remind all Swiss parkour organisations to fill out our survey until the 22nd of August. It only takes 4 minutes. Thanks! (Deutsche Version weiter unten / Version française ci-dessous) The Swiss parkour association SPKA would like to set up a yearly survey to document the Swiss parkour community! In order to do so we need your help. Please spare a few minutes of your time to answer a few questions about your parkour organisation. If you do not have exact numbers, estimates will suffice. The resulting stat ..read more

(version française ci-dessous) Bewerbungskriterien J+S Experte/in Parkour J+S-Expertinnen und -Experten bilden J+S-Leiterinnen und -Leiter aus. In der sportartspezifischen Aus- und Weiterbildung erweitern sie die Handlungskompetenzen der J+S-Leitenden. Rund 3’000 aktive J+S-Expertinnen und -Experten leisten jährlich über 30’000 Ausbildungstage in mehr als 3’000 Kursen und Modulen der J+S-Aus- und Weiterbildung. Als Jugend und Sport Experte/in Parkour übernimmst du eine zentrale Rolle in der Ausbildung von angehenden Parkourtrainer/innen. Du bist eine Ansprechperson im Bereich Parkour J+S und ..read more

SPKA is currently laying crucial groundwork for establishing parkour within Switzerland's sporting structures. All the tasks that we are currently taking care of are part of building a platform that enables parkour to further grow as a community-driven movement and therefore staying as independent as possible without missing on the benefits that established sports do have in Switzerland. The Swiss parkour Tour and Youth + Sport are just the beginning of what we plan to achieve. In the end, every parkour organisation and every parkourist can benefit from our doings in the future. SPKA has not ..read more

Dear parkour community Parkour in Switzerland is on the verge of change: After the Swiss Parkour Association SPKA had applied for the inclusion of parkour in Youth and Sports (J+S) in early 2019, the Swiss federal council decided that parkour will be added to the list of J+S sports in April 2020. This decision comes into effect in October 2021. The inclusion of parkour in Switzerland’s largest sports promotion program is an important step for the development of parkour in Switzerland. It will enable parkour coaches to become certified by a well-known and well-respected certification system in ..read more

(deutsche Übersetzung weiter unten) Overview The Swiss Parkour Tour 2020 was a great success! Due to the great feedback from the community, the SPT will also take place in 2021. The framework and the principles followed will remain the same. The Swiss Parkour Tour... ... is an event series of the Swiss parkour community. ... combines jams with the Swiss parkour championship. ... creates a framework for sportive and social exchange. ... is an event series for the Swiss parkour community. Due to the corona pandemic, the planning of this year's events involved lots of uncertainties and require ..read more

Open letter to the parkour community, by Vera Trümpi, 24.05.2021 Dear parkour community This article is based on the thoughts and experiences of women from the parkour community in Switzerland. In addition, I spoke to women which admire observing people doing parkour but never got themselves started because a lot of things stopped them from doing it. The most important questions to discuss: Why are there not more women doing parkour and why is it important to change that? Why often women don’t stay with this sport? What can we do to motivate more women to practice parkour? First of all: We ..read more

If you are interested in finding out what has been going on last year, you will find our most important activities in our annual report: https://cdn.spka.ch/pub/annualreport2020.pdf ..read more

(German translation below) The project Swiss Parkour Tour, launched in 2019, has the goal of bringing the Swiss parkour community together while creating a series of events that would both preserve the jam culture and at the same time create a framework for suitable competitions for the Swiss parkour championship. All events are meant to be organised by the community, for the community. 8 tour stops were planned in 2020. These parkour events should have taken place throughout the whole year in different spots of Switzerland. Some of the events were planned as “jam only” while others would add ..read more