Thread: Parkour

While Researching it a little bit, It turns out its a sport. Its almost like Free Running if anyone knows what that is too. Explaining it in words is hard to do, but this video shows what it is more or less about:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0oY85AGFrg

I think it looks interesting and would be fun to learn, so im trying to learn it to a point, theres just nowhere good where I live to practice it (at least compared to the places shown in that video).

Woah that's impressive!

Parkour is freerunning

http://www.parkour.com/pk/homepage.htm

Yeah, Parkour is freerunning. It's cool isn't it?! I mean it's just climbing trees and stuff like we did as kids but taken to another level - wicked! Have you seen that french film with it, Borough 13 I think?

Originally Posted by Jess

Have you seen that french film with it, Borough 13 I think?[/b]

got a clip from that, somewhere
I'll see if I can dig it out and up it

*edit*
found it on youtube instead

http://youtube.com/watch?v=08mHtYt01p0

the reason i said it was like free running is because on most forums that discuss it, they get mad when you call it free running, and have a seperate section for it...

But yeah, I guess the guy that started it was David Belle, theres a couple videos of him doing it on youtube.

Wow, nice clip Ynot.

I wish I did this stuff, might come in handy when running from the cops.

MT, did you watch any other Parkour clips? Theres one that someone left a comment saying that same thing about running from the cops...

yep, i heard of it, bout 7 monthes now. you have to be really athelitic but you could do some sweet matrix stuff if you can!

yeah, i've been doing stretchs and practicing to increase my vertical leap so I can try to do it. Are there any videos you know of that show girls doing it? Every video i've seen has been guys.

There are some on youtube, RoP. Like: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OipMCtzJ9BQ...ted&search=

maybe we are learning to defy(sp) gravity, or just turn back into monkeys.....

thats pretty awsome.... only 3 years of hard core train to reach that level.....lets go 6 to be safe...lol

Aye, they did a documentary ages ago on UK TV called 'Jump London'

The principles behind it are, getting from A-B as quickly as possible and as fluidly as possible. Tricks such as wallrunning, backflips and vaults arn't actually considered PK until you can incorperate them into a run and they flow really nicely.

Just out of interest, has anyone played Prince of Persia Sands of Time -> Throne of Darkness?

Originally Posted by Dagget

Aye, they did a documentary ages ago on UK TV called 'Jump London'

The principles behind it are, getting from A-B as quickly as possible and as fluidly as possible. Tricks such as wallrunning, backflips and vaults arn't actually considered PK until you can incorperate them into a run and they flow really nicely.

Just out of interest, has anyone played Prince of Persia Sands of Time -> Throne of Darkness?
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^^^ spot on

same as b-boying, to be honest
it's all about style and finesse

The power moves are great 'n all, but they're nothing without the style

but yeah, Jump London (and it's sequal, Jump Britain) were ok, but they didn't really capture what Parkour is about.

This guy I used to go to highschool with has a fuckin' incredible video of him doing this kinda stuff on his myspace page. It's one of, if not the best I've seen, so far.

I'll find it after work today and post it.

Prince of Persia (The 2 Thrones) was an awesome, I beat that and the first one, but skipped the 2nd....

To be honest, I didn't think many people at all here would be interested in this or think it was cool, but I see that I was wrong. Im going to make a video of me doing it in like a week or 2, and im probably going to hurt myself, but i'll post it up anyway if anyone wants to see it.

http://thatvideosite.com/view/1005.html

Originally Posted by Ynot

http://thatvideosite.com/view/1005.html
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Holy #@?*! The way he just gets up and walks away cool as a cucumber afterwards

Originally Posted by Ynot

http://thatvideosite.com/view/1005.html
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seem to have broken it, now

If you thought that was cool, wait until you see this one:

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

OMG that dude doesn't get up...quite funny after the third time watching it though

Holy shit...OUCH @ the guy missing the gap jump.

Here's the guy I was talking about. (I'm sure you can find the vid, but I dunno if it's the same guy, younger, or someone different.) Anyway, there is a part around 1:00 - 2:00 where the camera just does all this weird shit that really takes away from the vid (I think) but then he gets into the running, afterward. I just love his style. Mofo's got some moves.

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea...iendID=21045949

Wow that geezer is a bloody super ninja!!! Unbelievable stuff there...the bit where the camera does funny stuff is crap yeah. I loved when he was being chased by the dog lol, and when he scaled that wall! There's just too many good bits. It's Russian I think, either that or some Eastern European country.

Anyone seen Tony Jaa in Ong-Bak? That bloke is nuts too, awesome film.

I think Tony Jaa is wanting to be the new Jet Li, just like Jet Li was the new Jackie chan...

Lol @ Jess. Yeah, I like the dog part, too.
There's so much dope shit that he does in that video. It's crazy.

And yeah, Tony Jaa is badass. I've got a clip of him doing the making of Ong Bak, and it shows him doing this wall run where he runs diagonally up the wall and over some like 10 foot shelf without touching it with his hands. Insane.

Originally Posted by Rage

I think Tony Jaa is wanting to be the new Jet Li, just like Jet Li was the new Jackie chan...
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...No.

...and No.