Parkour

[Lazy Lemon]

I can do it when I'm drunk.

 

[ViolentlyHappy91]

I can do it when I'm drunk.

.....go do it while drunk then, I don't advise it, but if you really want to, go right ahead, just don't get killed.

 

[Daveman]

I don't get it, you just run around jumping on shit. That takes talent?

I run everywhere anyway. Just because I can. But jumping over stuff I find is just tiring and will slow you down.

That said, my town isn't very built up and there is very little stuff to jump over.

 

[shwnbob]

I wanted to get into it but I stopped cause the stunts look to hard but I do free running though

 

[ViolentlyHappy91]

I don't get it, you just run around jumping on shit. That takes talent?

I run everywhere anyway. Just because I can. But jumping over stuff I find is just tiring and will slow you down.

That said, my town isn't very built up and there is very little stuff to jump over.

In an episode of Topgear, it was made evident that Parkour is fast than a car in some situations, watch it on youtube. Parkour does require a lot of skill later down the track, it's gotten me out of quite a few situations in town, and it involves discipline.

 

[ViolentlyHappy91]

I wanted to get into it but I stopped cause the stunts look to hard but I do free running though

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?

 

[Koeryn]

It looks like a HELL of a lot of fun, but the area I live in is... Not the best suited to parqour. I'd love to get into it, Houston Texas just ain't the best place for it.

 

[Daveman]

I don't get it, you just run around jumping on shit. That takes talent?

I run everywhere anyway. Just because I can. But jumping over stuff I find is just tiring and will slow you down.

That said, my town isn't very built up and there is very little stuff to jump over.

In an episode of Topgear, it was made evident that Parkour is fast than a car in some situations, watch it on youtube. Parkour does require a lot of skill later down the track, it's gotten me out of quite a few situations in town, and it involves discipline.

Yeah, I saw it, but I beat a car driving through a city the other day because I jogged, it's hardly amazing.

 

[ChromeAlchemist]

Just went and Wikipedia'd up on parkour and freerunning. Sounds interesting, although I'm not a very active person. If I ever got into a sport-like thing, that would probably be it.

One of the greatest things in parkour is that there is no competition, that's why it's one of the better sports to do. If you're holding competitions with parkour, you're doing it wrong.

One thing that most people don't realize, is that they've done parkour before in a way. Ever jumped over a fence to get somewhere faster? If so, you've done parkour, even though it's simple, it's still parkour.

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]

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?

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.

Yeah, I saw it, but I beat a car driving through a city the other day because I jogged, it's hardly amazing.

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.

 

[Goldeneye103X2]

I was once into parkour.

But then...

Rainy day. Slippery surfaces.

Ouch.

 

[Sevre]

I've been going to the gym so when I get in better shape (from a cardio point of view) I'll try it.

 

[Mockingjay]

I love watching Parkour, I find it attractive and yeah xD

 

[ChromeAlchemist]

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?

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.

Yeah, I saw it, but I beat a car driving through a city the other day because I jogged, it's hardly amazing.

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.

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.

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.

 

[ViolentlyHappy91]

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.

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.

 

[The Last Parade]

I do parkour, and then after 2 months of it I bought mirrors edge, most people would be the reverse I think

 

[Captain Wes]

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.

 

[AdmiralWolverineLightningbolt]

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

 

[Amethyst Wind]

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

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.

EDIT: I'm in England too, the north which is the problem, since it seems most of the scene is down south.

 

[ViolentlyHappy91]

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.

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.