parkour/free running

[John B.]

Any one here do it? possibly have videos? I have some friends who are trying to find some areas around our town to do it and wondered if any of you guys did it.

[Don Boyer]

Any one here do it? possibly have videos? I have some friends who are trying to find some areas around our town to do it and wondered if any of you guys did it.

I saw a video clip of a pro teaching newbies somewhere out on the West Coast.  He was using a simple incline - I forget if it was sand or dirt - and going over the real basics; jumping, leaping, going up and down the incline, etc.  Better to practice on something SOFT-ish...


Beyond that, I got nuthin'.

[John B.]

yea the guys i knew did this for a long time, they are new to the thing. they are trying to find an interesting place to do it. I just though I would see if anyone on here did it to see if they had clips, its fun to watch.

[Utterfool]

Isn't Parkour the French Martial art of running away?

[John B.]

I dont think its french. its a  physical discipline of movement focused on overcoming obstacles.

[Joker and the Thief]

Parkour is French. Originally invented by the French Military, it was used for getting from point A - B efficiently. Parkour is derived from its given French name: Le'Parkour. It is not actually described as a sport but more like an artform, just like cardistry or magic.
There is a difference between Parkour and Freerunning. Parkour is, like I said before; getting from point A - B efficiently. Freerunning is the same but incorporates flips and crazy stunts into the actual parkour itself.

How does he know all this? 

My best friend and J&T colleague Reuben, does Parkour/Freerunning, Gymnastics and Breakdancing as well as Cardistry and Magic.

Here is a video for an SNC entry he entered: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuXgpzQsZXs&feature=youtube_gdata_player

[Knobz1]

Any one here do it? possibly have videos? I have some friends who are trying to find some areas around our town to do it and wondered if any of you guys did it.

Funny you should bring this up.  Just came across a video yesterday called, "Assassin's Creed Meets Parkour in Real Life."  Pretty bad ass if you ask me.

http://youtu.be/aAhPaiajwDY

[John B.]

that was not half bad. I have seen some really good stuff, but that was still really good.

[Joker and the Thief]

John, have you heard of Ryan Doyle?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_Kfk1fWvKI&feature=youtube_gdata_player

[John B.]

no i have not. any good videos post them here.

[Joker and the Thief]

no i have not. any good videos post them here.

There's loads of videos of him, just look up Ryan Doyle on YouTube.

[Jin Jian]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAhPaiajwDY

this is cool

[Angel_magic]

A couple of my friends are big into parkour, and I'd do it with them sometimes. We mostly went to our local middle schools/high schools because they have a good variety of obstacles (best to go after school's out though, when there aren't alot of people around. We've gotten in trouble a couple times )
But when they were teaching me the basics, they used a small hill near one of the football fields as Don had said. It was pretty helpful to know, once we got to the bigger stuff... gotta crawl before you can walk, ya know?

[NathanCanadas]

Parkour is French. Originally invented by the French Military, it was used for getting from point A - B efficiently. Parkour is derived from its given French name: Le'Parkour. 

It's actually from the french "Le Parcours".

gotta crawl before you can walk, ya know?

Actually my cousin from just sitting without moving to walking.