APEX School of Movement Boulder

Great parkour school. Very structured curriculum. Even has a free gym area for adults to get a work out while waiting for the kids. Great staff and sense of community.

[EDIT 6/18/19] After putting in this review and disputing the charge through my credit card, management reached out to me to give us a full refund. I'm glad they did this, but wish it hadn't wasted a whole bunch of our time and raised our anxiety for an entire week. As I told them in prior communications, I think they have some good things going on at this gym, but they need to rethink how they run this camp.Original review:My experience with APEX was a $300 week-long ninja-camp for my five-year-old son. Short version is that they did not create a safe learning environment for the kids there, and I want to give others this information to make an informed decision about sending their kids there.- Ratio was 15-16 kids aged five to teen with one instructor, and one "apprentice", who seemed to be a young high schooler. Given that we were each paying $20 per hour ($300/hr total from all the kids), this was woefully understaffed, and created an unsafe environment in their large space. The nature of their gym is many blind spots/levels/etc, and there was no way their one coach could keep an eye on them, especially when...- The majority (literally 2+ hours) of the 3 hours was "free play", i.e. no skills being taught. This was very different than what we experienced in our hour-long free class that had made us want to sign up for this expensive camp. This was very different than their posted "example camp schedule" on the website, which indicated a lot of structure and skill development. We want our boys to play, but when we are paying this much, we expect more structure. Plus, the coach was late and made the 16 kids and parents wait outside until he arrived one day. He admitted to being late to the manager, but later the owner denied it.- Age range of the class was way too large. The older boys broke off and did some games during free time, but the younger ones just sort of wandered around. Neither coach seemed to know what to do with 5 year olds. Given that the APEX website suggests people use their child care tax exemption to offset class costs, there should be some more knowledge around how to care for children. Several parents noticed that there was no safety around who can pick up kids and when, since no one was at the front desk while class was going. Again, with >$300 per hour coming in from the camp tuition, this seems like a poor business decision.- We clearly and diplomatically approached the manager about our concerns (via phone, as our experience is like many other reviewers who have said it is very difficult to get customer service) after two days, as I always feel that is better than taking grievances directly to online review. Both manager and owner gave excuses for all concerns, and refused a refund of any sort, saying "all sales are final." Again, poor business practices.There are several similar small businesses in the area, and we will be encouraging our friends with similar aged children to frequent those instead of APEX.

My daughter and I both decided to take classes at Apex School of Movement in Louisville. Through the professional instruction, I found myself performing maneuvers I thought I would never be able to do, and I witnessed my daughter become stronger and more confident in her agility, something every child needs. All of the instructors have been amazing and passionate in their teachings. As soon as my son is old enough, we will sign him up as well (they have an amazing additional family member discount program)!

Great atmosphere, excellent coaches, friendly people everywhere. There is something for everyone, from beginners to parkour experts

My kid lives this place.

Space is great, staff is great.

My grandson loves it.

Super fun and convenient!