These qualifications are designed to find the right people for the job and are not designed to qualify anyone and everyone who decides to have a go at the qualification. This qualification is for those who wish to build and support communities of people with the purpose of learning and developing parkour. If your interest is purely in getting a qualification in teaching parkour for the purpose of bettering your personal training business or other reasons that don’t fall in line with developing a community then our other course (insert name here) would be better for you.

The qualifications are subjective. This means that you don’t just need to tick some boxes and pass some tests to get qualified. While there are elements of ticking boxes and some tests, your assessment, in many cases is based on the judgement of your mentors and assessors and whether you fit the criteria that have been laid out as important for an instructor to possess. Being the right person for the job is just as important as showing you can get boxes ticked and pass tests. You don’t have to posses all of the specified attributes, some people develop specific skills and attitudes over time, but you will be assessed on your potential to develop those attributes.

Some of the criteria are simple to fulfil such as demonstrating knowledge of exercise science and physical testing for your ability to perform certain techniques competently. Other elements that are more subjective and may need development over time are:

• Empathy – The ability to put yourself in the position of the student and understand what they are going through. Knowing which student to leave alone to work on a jump and which student to encourage ‘just jump’.
• Communication – Effective ability to use the right terms, communicate effectively so that students understand what is being explained.
• Kinaesthetic awareness – The ability to know where your limbs are in space. This seems to have some correlation to individuals ability to understand and analyse the movement of others, which is an integral skill for a parkour instructor.
• Ability to Provide a Diversity of Experience – Can the instructor keep things interesting, or do they run the same class every time? It is considered a good attribute to find different ways to do the same thing, to provide students with new experiences to help them develop.
• Humility – Not in it for the kudos, has a genuine desire to help others for the sake of it.

If you willing to begin the journey to become an instructor click one of the links below to find out more.

Level One Instructor

Level Two Instructor