Parkour & p4cHI

The Uehiro Academy’s intern Ryan Roberts has started to spread some of the p4c philosophies with his peers! Here is what he has to say:

The community Ball has worked not only in p4c. The concept was also used in a club meeting at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. I have had an internship with the great people at p4c and I was able to use what I have learned and applied the community ball method for our first Parkour club meeting. The meeting was held at the student center. Since this was our first meeting, everyone in attendance was a stranger, so in order for us to properly introduce ourselves, I decided to use the group to build a community ball together.

The process involved the members sitting in circle, saying their name, hometown, parkour experience and their interest in the activity. While answering questions, the speaking participant was wrapping yarn around a cardboard tube. After everyone shared, we took the wrapped yard and tied the strings together to finally make a community ball.

Now, we use the community ball for all meetings, using it as a marker for whoever wants to share. The community ball can also be able to used to invite people to share within a group.

The community ball was used successfully with the college students at UH Manoa. The activity was well received; everyone enjoyed it very much. I was personally pleased that during our first meeting that we were able to build something together and further build our relationships together as a group.

-Ryan Roberts