Wait....what? Freerunning is the stylish version of parkour that is a lot harder today because you're flipping everywhere rather than just being as fast and fluent as possible. How do you get that parkour stunts look hard?shwnbob said:
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Interesting. I thought Parkour, even though it would violate the basic principles, could be done competitively considering it's about getting from A to B in the fastest way possible is it not? While Free Running (which was coined in London, YEAH! LONDON!) was a combination of stunts and parkour? Or am I wrong?ViolentlyHappy91 said:
I don't see how it can be done competitively, you can play parkour tag, or you can go on a run and keep up with everyone else or lead yourself, but it's not a competitive sport, it's more of a fun game in that sense. Free Running on the other hand, has been used quite a lot in a competitive nature.ChromeAlchemist said:
Okay, scenario, you come to an 8 foot high wall in your daily jog/run, it will take 3 or 4 minutes to go around, or less than 30 seconds to go over it. Parkour is about getting from point A to B as fast as possible, and overcoming any obstacle in your way.Daveman said:
That's it though, I seem to have an opposite opinion. While you obviously know what you're talking about, and I only have an opinion from the outside looking in, and you have explained it's not a competitive sport in itself, I would have thought that time attack-like matches or some kind of race from A to B are still possible, but I guess not.ViolentlyHappy91 said:
Free Running is the one where I can't understand how it could be competitively done, could you explain please? This is mainly because I can only see it being acrobatic movement and not much else.
Looking from an outsiders perspective, parkour can be seen as competitive, but when you're doing it, everyone is in it together, rather than against each other. Free Running has been used as a competitive sport because of style and things like that, similar to gymnastics. There are Free Running championships now, but not Parkour championships.ChromeAlchemist said:
I do parkour, and then after 2 months of it I bought mirrors edge, most people would be the reverse I think 
Am I the only person that finds parkour rather silly? I had some friends who did it in high school and I joined them once or twice but frankly there's no point in it as a sport. When going some where if there's a fence in my way I'll jump over it sometimes but to call that a sport seems a bit off to me. Yeah it looks cool to jump over a car but why do it in practice outside of parkour? I could jump a car and all but why not just walk around it? The fact that you're putting yourself in the way of injury when it's not required is just silly. There is no purpose of it outside of itself, unless we go to a post apocolyptic future filled with tracking robots that can't understand the concept of elevation while floating you don't use it outside itself. You say you can use it to jump a fence that's in your way but sometimes fences are there for a reason, like to keep tigers or changelings in (or more realistically to keep people out). To me it seems a bit twatish and conceited.
However I will say that it's decent exercise (there's alot better ones though) and it does look good, but really it's more of a way to show off how cool and hip you think you are.
However I will say that it's decent exercise (there's alot better ones though) and it does look good, but really it's more of a way to show off how cool and hip you think you are.
i would love to learn parkour!
but i live in england and dont know anyone who does it
so i dont try cause id look like an absolute jackass as i was failing parkour by myself basically
but i live in england and dont know anyone who does it
so i dont try cause id look like an absolute jackass as i was failing parkour by myself basically
This. I've always wanted to get into Parkour (Was interested in it years before Mirror's Edge, it was the reason I bought the game), but I've never really tried it as I've never found anyone else who was interested or could show me the basic forms so I don't hurt myself. If I knew where people were doing Parkour or Free Running I'd be there in a second, but no luck so far.AdmiralWolverineLightningbolt said:i would love to learn parkour!
but i live in england and dont know anyone who does it
so i dont try cause id look like an absolute jackass as i was failing parkour by myself basically
EDIT: I'm in England too, the north which is the problem, since it seems most of the scene is down south.
In Australia, there are pointless fences and walls, like, really pointless ones. In Toowoomba, i've come across walls that do nothing but collect bird shit, and at a bus interchange near one of the schools, there's a fence to keep cars from barging through, so parkour can be used to get around that. I've saved a lot of time on the way to work by doing parkour to get around people and things like that, never on someone else's property, like a car. One of the main things with parkour is safety, don't do it if you think you can get hurt, and certainly don't do it if it's just plain dangerous.(ZHU) Michael said:
PArkour is something you should definitely learn from a more experienced person. and i suggest you take their advice, i didnt and i had to have knee surgery. Not to put you off parkour or anything lol.
The idea of parkour is a lot more appealing to me than most (any?) other sports, but considering the low, low opinion I have about sports in general that's not saying much.
Still and all, I'd probably try it out, but it seems to me it carries much higher risks of loss of life or limb than, well, sports in which you don't jump over/under/from very hard, tall and bone-breaking things.
Still and all, I'd probably try it out, but it seems to me it carries much higher risks of loss of life or limb than, well, sports in which you don't jump over/under/from very hard, tall and bone-breaking things.
Haven't tried it, but it looks fucking awesome. Though i hate running.
The "getting over stuff" part could be kinda fun.
I used to do sports climbing, and won the junior national championship at age 15, (and came in 10'th in the adults 2 weeks later) so if theres a climbable obstacle, i can prolly get over it, even if most people wouldn't consider it climbable.
I'm planning on starting at martial arts this fall, and since they'll prolly force me to run, learning some parkour would actually be nice.
The "getting over stuff" part could be kinda fun.
I used to do sports climbing, and won the junior national championship at age 15, (and came in 10'th in the adults 2 weeks later) so if theres a climbable obstacle, i can prolly get over it, even if most people wouldn't consider it climbable.
I'm planning on starting at martial arts this fall, and since they'll prolly force me to run, learning some parkour would actually be nice.
Parkour is getting from point A to B as fast and effectively as possible, using the surrounding environment and jumps, leaps and vaults. It's a discipline, a sport and a good workout. Look it up in wikipedia if you want to know more, or just visit one of the parkour forums.Spirit_Of_Fire said: