• Parkour, the Art of Movement.
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[QUOTE=ghuh;16305632]Is there a decent playground where you live? Because those can be fun if nobody's watching you.[/QUOTE] No, I live out in the country, next to the highway. So I can't bike/get a ride into town, because it's such a hassle getting there. Until I get a car and a driver's license, I'll just have to practice whenever I visit family that lives in city.
You could always make a course of haybales. Just saying.
[QUOTE=ghuh;16328685]You could always make a course of haybales. Just saying.[/QUOTE] Our haybales are big and round, you have to climb them, I can't vault them, I'd only end up sitting on top. I could jump from one to the other, but I can't even move them without a tractor. Though we have a barn full, I'd only be able to do some stuff. If it was half empty like in the winter, It would be great for jumping across.
Brilliant thread, almost everyone wants to do freerunning / parkour but we .. or I cant be fked... [editline]02:32AM[/editline] [QUOTE=j00g0t0wnd;16284869]The Art of Movement? I hate it when people go "The Art of X," where X will be something usually pathetic and easily learned. In this case, how is dicking around on rooftops and having no fear of being assfucked by gravity called art? It's called having decent balls and a non-shithouse body, but anybody with a right body can do it. Not everyone can draw. See the difference?[/QUOTE] Alot of things are not totally dependend on the physical body but actually the mind... the strength of your musckes is the strength of your mind.
A little advice for anyone just getting into parkour. If you're actually serious about it, and not just wanting to run and jump off shit, then start training. No, not training as in jumping off shit, training as in push ups, sit ups, your basic physical fitness. A little help below, and yes, you might actually have to work to be good at it. [url]http://www.americanparkour.com/content/category/12/37/385/[/url]
Love this thread.
[QUOTE=Vandl92;16339335]A little advice for anyone just getting into parkour. If you're actually serious about it, and not just wanting to run and jump off shit, then start training. No, not training as in jumping off shit, training as in push ups, sit ups, your basic physical fitness. A little help below, and yes, you might actually have to work to be good at it. [url]http://www.americanparkour.com/content/category/12/37/385/[/url][/QUOTE] You're making it out to be way harder than it is. Your acting like you nee to be able to do three backflips at any time, lift a car, and sprint for three hours or else you won't be able to do anything. To do most stuff you just have to be somewhat fit, not absolutely ripped.
[QUOTE=Letters;16339560]You're making it out to be way harder than it is. Your acting like you nee to be able to do three backflips at any time, lift a car, and sprint for three hours or else you won't be able to do anything. To do most stuff you just have to be somewhat fit, not absolutely ripped.[/QUOTE] I'm not saying that at all, but if the kids reading this think they're going to be able to just go out and imitate the people they see in parkour videos, they're wrong. I'm just saying that if you actually want to be good, you're going to need to be reasonably fit and able to do things such as pull-ups and push ups and such. Edit: or they're going to end up looking like dumbasses and probably hurting themselves Edit: [quote=FunTykoon]How fucking badass would it be to have a start a group of traceurs and equip them with all sorts of high-tech shit then going to Harlem at night and stopping crime?[/quote] Like that.
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How fucking badass would it be to have a start a group of traceurs and equip them with all sorts of high-tech shit then going to Harlem at night and stopping crime?
[QUOTE=Vandl92;16339577]I'm not saying that at all, but if the kids reading this think they're going to be able to just go out and imitate the people they see in parkour videos, they're wrong. I'm just saying that if you actually want to be good, you're going to need to be reasonably fit and able to do things such as pull-ups and push ups and such. Edit: or they're going to end up looking like dumbasses and probably hurting themselves[/QUOTE] Yeah, you won't be able to do everything, but most, is not all vaults and jumping up walls and stuff is easy. Jumping really far and trying to roll perfectly when you hit the ground is when most of them are going to fuck themselves up. And you only need to be able to do one o two pull ups. [editline]08:54PM[/editline] [QUOTE=FunTykoon;16339601]How fucking badass would it be to have a start a group of traceurs and equip them with all sorts of high-tech shit then going to Harlem at night and stopping crime?[/QUOTE] That sounds like an actual movie plot :/
[QUOTE=Letters;16339621]Yeah, you won't be able to do everything, but most, is not all vaults and jumping up walls and stuff is easy. Jumping really far and trying to roll perfectly when you hit the ground is when most of them are going to fuck themselves up. And you only need to be able to do one o two pull ups.[/QUOTE] Yeah definetely, most anyone can do the basic vaults and whatnot. Like I said, if you're serious about it then there's more things you have to know and be able to do than jump and fall.
Would just like to mention, wearing gloves is a bad idea. Parkour is training the body to overcome obstacles, and in doing so, it is training the hands to toughen up. What if you had to outrun someone when you didn't have gloves? That's when you get dumbfucked.
[QUOTE=Vandl92;16339577]I'm not saying that at all, but if the kids reading this think they're going to be able to just go out and imitate the people they see in parkour videos, they're wrong. I'm just saying that if you actually want to be good, you're going to need to be reasonably fit and able to do things such as pull-ups and push ups and such. Edit: or they're going to end up looking like dumbasses and probably hurting themselves Edit: Like that.[/QUOTE] Well, I did all that typing for a reason you know. But it's a good thing for you to post because some people can't be assed to read the OP.
[QUOTE=ghuh;16339773]Well, I did all that typing for a reason you know. But it's a good thing for you to post because some people can't be assed to read the OP.[/QUOTE] And it is a good OP, just saying it always looks easier when someone else does it. No need for someone to get hurt because they were inspired to do a backflip off their 12 foot high garage roof.
[QUOTE=Vandl92;16339804]And it is a good OP, just saying it always looks easier when someone else does it. No need for someone to get hurt because they were inspired to do a backflip off their 12 foot high garage roof.[/QUOTE] I cannot stress this enough. Also, to the gloves post. I forgot to put this in the OP, but you probably only need them for when you're just starting out or practicing new moves.
Guys how far have you dropped before? I usually hang down from branches and than drop, so I fall 3-4 feet, probably less. If I just jumped out it might be 10 feet. [editline]09:13PM[/editline] And fuck gloves. I climb trees with out gloves, unless you plan on climbing concrete that'll actually rip your skin off/you have a condition, you shouldn't be using gloves.
[QUOTE=sltungle;13936917]Parkour is like the martial-arts version of flight, right? Well somebody should start teaching a combination of the two: fight and flight. Use your environment to escape, and if your faced with a situation in which you must fight use your environment to aid you there, too.[/QUOTE] i would LOVE to know the last time you were being chased by ninjas.
I've played Mirror's Edge and Assassin's Creed, that's mainly what got me into it. I oughta start practicing, it oughta thin me out and put me in a good physical condition. And I think it could be fun.
Anyone live in North Carolina? Would be sweet to hook up and practice at NCSU.
Parkour is useful, especially on poorly designed college campuses where the alternative to jumping down from one area to another is taking 300000 miles of ramps designed so even people with a 9v battery powering their electric wheelchair can make it up. Freerunning seems a bit more fun, although I've never been succesful at doing a backflip after 2 years of trying. (always stop rotating halfway through.)
This ought to help you [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9vbk7b4dVU[/media] It's how I'm gonna start learning to do it soon.
lol I've watched almost every video on youtube, doesn't change the fact that I freak out halfway through and stop rotating. It's weird because I actually rotate farther on the ground than on a trampoline. finding someone who isn't a completely incompetent spotter is hard too.
What happens if a lake gets in your way? Do you just jump it or what?
I'd love to get into Parkour but I'm too fat :frown:
[QUOTE=Dashiel;16343425]I'd love to get into Parkour but I'm too fat :frown:[/QUOTE] Turn that fat into fatty muscle.
[QUOTE=That Ninja;16341792]Anyone live in North Carolina? Would be sweet to hook up and practice at NCSU.[/QUOTE] I live in NC, but my parents will probably go overprotective and not let me go (plus I'm way younger than you'd think). What county do you live in?
I tried to parkour... kind of missed a ledge. Only two stories
[QUOTE=Wat;16339763]Would just like to mention, wearing gloves is a bad idea. Parkour is training the body to overcome obstacles, and in doing so, it is training the hands to toughen up. What if you had to outrun someone when you didn't have gloves? That's when you get dumbfucked.[/QUOTE] I wear gloves in winter (I got gloves that matched my grip, essentially) because I have a condition with the blood vessels in my extremities that makes them go almost completely numb if they're below around 15 degrees (60 Fahrenheit).
How could you guys forget the guy that inspired this whole sport? [media]http://magisnef.files.wordpress.com/2007/03/bruce-006.jpg[/media]
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