Parkour?!!?

[DarkCarni]

Best sport out there. I think. i practice it quite often and its pretty damn fun.

If you don't know what it is...here ya go.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH114yikV34

note: i didnt make the video...so yea.

[SgtD]

Best sport out there. I think. i practice it quite often and its pretty damn fun.

If you don't know what it is...here ya go.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH114yikV34

note: i didnt make the video...so yea.
my brother does parkour, and i keep telling him to find something else, but to no end.

[chadfitzy]

ive heard of it. i actually really want to do it. is it something you can pick up or do you have to be in peak visical form with super human strenght?

[xAllTheRagex]

It's also refered to as 'free running' over here, there were a bunch of programs about it when it became popular. I thought it was cool, but I don't have the strenght or acrobatic skills to do it.

[DarkCarni]

It's also refered to as 'free running' over here, there were a bunch of programs about it when it became popular. I thought it was cool, but I don't have the strenght or acrobatic skills to do it.
Freerunning is different....WAY DIFFERENT!!!!!! sorry i have to emphasize that. mainly because freerunning includes flips


ive heard of it. i actually really want to do it. is it something you can pick up or do you have to be in peak visical form with super human strenght?

No you can pick it up. but you'll have to start working out to get better at it. Endurance is important and being able to multiple pull ups. So you can pull yourself up over a ledge. Ive seen some pretty scrawny kids do it. But you gain muscle the more you do, do it.

[D1988]

This is actually classed as a sport now?

[DarkCarni]

This is actually classed as a sport now?

Well yeah..i mean some people call it a lifestyle...But essentially it's a sport.

dictionary.com - Sport- an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.

its not competitive but id does require physical prowess

[xAllTheRagex]

Freerunning is different....WAY DIFFERENT!!!!!! sorry i have to emphasize that. mainly because freerunning includes flips.

Oh right. I guess that's uninformed documentaries on Channel 4 for you.

[DarkCarni]

Oh right. I guess that's uninformed documentaries on Channel 4 for you.

yeah...thats what happens. i think they just say that because parkour is hard to understand whilst freerunning is a little better.

[Segadoway]

my brother does parkour, and i keep telling him to find something else, but to no end.

encourage him to do it, but get some proper coaching and learn about the sport itself, do it responsibly and learn what it is about, dont just go out and jump of shit

yeah...thats what happens. i think they just say that because parkour is hard to understand whilst freerunning is a little better.

i cannot believe you just said that

Well yeah..i mean some people call it a lifestyle...But essentially it's a sport.

dictionary.com - Sport- an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.

its not competitive but id does require physical prowess

its more of a martial art, but it also a sport a way of life and an art




Freerunning is different....WAY DIFFERENT!!!!!! sorry i have to emphasize that. mainly because freerunning includes flips




No you can pick it up. but you'll have to start working out to get better at it. Endurance is important and being able to multiple pull ups. So you can pull yourself up over a ledge. Ive seen some pretty scrawny kids do it. But you gain muscle the more you do, do it.
ANYONE can do it, its not that they are scrawny that is called tone.

freerunning is more about self expression through movement and is more flashy and thus inefficient, parkour's goal is to be fast, efficient and safe