Parkour is one of the fastest growing activities in the U.S.  Parkour is very much like a martial art in that it is a fun and beneficial form of physical and mental exercise, and looks cool too!  At the Modern Self Defense Center, we see that there is a desire by the general public to take part in this amazing new sport, but very few legitimate outlets to do so.  That is why MSDC has put so much effort into creating a program tailored to the needs of the monkeys lying dormant in all of us.  The training conducted in our program is focused on safe, creative repetition of fundamental movement in order to acclimate the Traceur's body to the stress experienced during Parkour training “in the real world.”  We hope you’ll come down and try out one of our seminars, or even start in our weekly classes!  

Central Connecticut Parkour Members Scott Hoffman and Jose Pacheco starred in the short film “Assassin’s Creed – Betrayal,” a Runner Up entry in the IFC Assassin’s Creed Filmmaking Challenge. 

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Our Facility – The Modern Self Defense Center

Our 7,000 sq. ft. facility is home to all sorts of fun and challenging obstacles.  We currently have: 6 ropes, 6 pull up bars (including two vertical bars and a muscle up trainer), rings, parallel bars (to train gymnastics as well as underbars), parallel trainers, over 25 precision jump trainers (4”, 3”, 2”, and pipe), a spring board, a 6” balance beam, a cat walk pipe balance beam, a 30ft slack line, hurdles, 3 vaults (2.5 ft, 3 ft, and 4 ft), 3 cat leap boxes (8ft, 6ft, and 4ft), and an indoor rock climbing wall with an inverted bump out.  We are constantly adding more to the facility simply because we love what we do! 

Schedule

Weekly Classes:

• Monday: 7:15 - 8:15pm
• Tuesday: 8 - 9pm
• Thursday: 9 - 10pm
• Friday: 5:00 - 6:00pm

Once monthly, we offer an "Introduction to Parkour" Sunday Seminar.  

Pricing

We currently offer our aspiring Traceurs and Traceuses unlimited monthly training for $30 ($10 for MSDC Members). You do not need to be a member of MSDC to join our Parkour classes. *Membership dues will go up to $50/month as of July 1st for new members. Join by June 30th to permanently lock in the low, low rate of $30/month!*

The monthly "Introduction to Parkour" Sunday Seminar costs only $20 and is open to all. 

The Instructor

My name is Scott Hoffman.  The most important thing about me is that I’ve always been a monkey and Parkour is just my excuse to act like one in public!  I’ve been doing Parkour for over 3 years and have loved every minute of it.  I started out as the typical internet fan that would go out and try the things I saw on Youtube.  After lots of learning the hard way, I decided to start studying the art, rather than just trying it.  In the last year I started training under an amazing gymnastics coach, became a CrossFit Gymnastics Certified Instructor, trained with members of Aero Parkour (Chicago) and learned from The Tribe in Washington D.C.  I intend on getting certified as a tumbling instructor under my gymnastics coach during the spring 2010 as well.  Outside of the Parkour I’m also a very active martial artist.  I have a 3rd degree black belt in American Kenpo Karate, a 1st degree black belt in Filipino Modern Arnis, a blue belt in Roy Harris Jiu-Jitsu, and am a Bram Frank Level 1 Knife Instructor.  I have trained or currently train in other styles such as: Tae Kwon Do, Savate Kickboxing, MMA, and JKD.  My teaching style is detail oriented but focuses on repetition in many different contexts rather than lecturing or long demonstrations.  If you have any questions feel free to email me at: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or (860) 462-3303.  Thanks for checking out the site and I hope to see you soon at MSDC. 

Read more on our dedicated site:  www.AMParkour.com!

Questions about Parkour?  Reach Scott directly at (860) 462-3303.