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"Le Parkour Forum"

You've all seen Jump London/ Britain. Yes, it is the best sport ever, and so deserves a forum. I grant you all permission to share your thoughts and feelings, aswell as images and videos about/on Freerunning or Parkour.

Begin!

Game wrote:
> Who can't jump over a bloody bench?!

I doubt you've seen the film have you?

J-42 wrote:
> Cong_Man wrote:
> Ok. I still have no idea what any of you are talking about and to be
> quite honest, I'm happy for it to stay that way.
>
> [URL]http://www.urbanfreeflow.com[/URL]

"Parkour is very basically the art of movement where participants (otherwise known as 'Free-runners') use objects within their urban surroundings, to create new and interesting ways of moving. It encompasses running, jumping, vaulting and climbing to overcome these obstacles, where the ultimate aim is to do so in the most fluid and flowing way possible. For people unfamiliar to Parkour, the easiest picture to paint is to say that what we do is the closest you can get to the Matrix, Spiderman and Hong Kong martial arts movies in the sense of movement, but without the need for special FX or wires. Get past that mental picture and what you have in front of you is a deep discipline where, as a beginner you'll find yourself practising plenty of singular moves (similar to how skaters practise) but as you become more proficient, you'll find yourself automatically linking things together with the eventual goal coming in the form of one fluid run without any hesitation. Parkour has always been there from the very beginning....You just need to open your eyes and then go out to explore."

Umm, sounds a bit pretentious to me. I'm going to go back towhat I was doing now.

My friend does the Birmingham one every Saturday, and i've seen some of the more 'high-profile' stuff they do. But there are about 2 people from France who are decent and everyone else sucks.

Plus, it doesn't exactly take skill. Just balance and a certain level of fitness.

Cong_Man wrote:
> J-42 wrote:
> Cong_Man wrote:
> Ok. I still have no idea what any of you are talking about and to be
> quite honest, I'm happy for it to stay that way.
>
> [URL]http://www.urbanfreeflow.com[/URL]
>
> "Parkour is very basically the art of movement where
> participants (otherwise known as 'Free-runners') use objects within
> their urban surroundings, to create new and interesting ways of
> moving. It encompasses running, jumping, vaulting and climbing to
> overcome these obstacles, where the ultimate aim is to do so in the
> most fluid and flowing way possible. For people unfamiliar to
> Parkour, the easiest picture to paint is to say that what we do is
> the closest you can get to the Matrix, Spiderman and Hong Kong
> martial arts movies in the sense of movement, but without the need
> for special FX or wires. Get past that mental picture and what you
> have in front of you is a deep discipline where, as a beginner you'll
> find yourself practising plenty of singular moves (similar to how
> skaters practise) but as you become more proficient, you'll find
> yourself automatically linking things together with the eventual goal
> coming in the form of one fluid run without any hesitation. Parkour
> has always been there from the very beginning....You just need to
> open your eyes and then go out to explore."
>
> Umm, sounds a bit pretentious to me. I'm going to go back towhat I
> was doing now.

I agree entirely, in fact I laughed when I first read that. Anyway, thats just one person's idea of what it is. The beauty of it, is that you can call it what you want.

Game wrote:
> My friend does the Birmingham one every Saturday, and i've seen some
> of the more 'high-profile' stuff they do. But there are about 2
> people from France who are decent and everyone else sucks.
>
> Plus, it doesn't exactly take skill. Just balance and a certain level
> of fitness.

You say that, but fitness and balance are just a small part of what you need to be good. Agility, pereception and determination all come into it.

It sounds crap.

Why waste energy doing that when you could be smacking a football around?

While were on the subject, I thought La Parka was a Mexican wrestler???

mattributé wrote:
> It sounds crap.
>
> Why waste energy doing that when you could be smacking a football
> around?

Because Mrs. Tribbers loves you twice in the face for every hour you do it.

Also, it helps in everyday life. If you're trying to evade the police, you can look back on your freerunning days for help.

Cong_Man wrote:
> While were on the subject, I thought La Parka was a Mexican
> wrestler???

...

I've never had a run-in with the police in my life, homeslice.

And if only there was a Mrs. Trib. I'm trying to get one, but she's sending the whole mixed signals thing.

And Pakour sucks. Footskating owns it. And Footskating is so 2002.

Owned.