heya all. after much deliberation, ive decided to train up and learn the art of parkour.
whadda ya think?
heya all. after much deliberation, ive decided to train up and learn the art of parkour.
whadda ya think?
it's going to be hard i tell ya
do you do it?
well, i plan to do lots of pullups on the top bar of the swing set at the park.
i can do two consecutive pullups (palms facing away) and 3 with palms facing me. *cough* sucky*cough* im also gunna do lotsa jogging with my dog, and condition my jumping.
no i don't do it... but i can imagine it's very demanding... but of course it depends on what you want to do exactly.Originally Posted by borgdrone89
So how long until you can pull this off?
Thanks to Wikipedia I know what you're talking about.
I'd never heard of parkour before. Sounds really interesting. I'll pop it on my list of "Things I'd love to do but probably never will" ... right under Aikido. There we go.
it will take a few months of working out before i can do the moderate difficulty stuff. basically, i need to be able to safely land from heights, and i need to be able to jump up, grab the top of a wall, and pull myself over.
Try not to kill yourself in the process!
i wont
man my calves are killing me! so is my maths assignment due tomorrow!
Well, have fun with it. I wish you good luck, too.
man, in real life bond wouldnt have been able to keep up.. :P
Maybe Parkour is part of Mi6 training these days. He did a better job using the tools of the environment to move forward, differing from his adversary who was better at moving his body through the environment. Definitely one of the best foot chases in movie history, all thanks to Sebastian Foucan
it was a good chase sequence, but a little unrealistic...
what am i talking about?!?! the whole bond universe is fictional!
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o.O quit it...
ok.... but only because jitb rox!
*sings that song that was pmed to jackinthebox*
also, ive started doing rolls on the carpet at home. im pretty crap at the moment
well, ive given up on rolling for the moment, because of carpet burns. but im getting pretty good at rail jumping (one and two handed), and jumping no hands over lowish fences. yesterday i banged my shins on the edge of a brick bbq at the park, and i had massive painful lumps on my shins.
wait... what? parkay... isn't that the stuff people can't belive it isn't butter?
This guy should be in the illustrated dictionary next to the word Parkour.
talk about who you would want to hire as an assassin... with the way they move they would be goodThis guy should be in the illustrated dictionary next to the word Parkour.
Forgot to mention, Assassin's Creed plans to give the player character a lot of parkour abilities as demonstrated from around 2:15 in this gameplay demo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zn95rW3Hm-Y
Can't wait.
the skills you see with Davide Bell, Dvinsk clan, etc. took many years to perfect. they are very impressive. i urge any of you that like parkour to watch the movie B-13 (B for banlieu or something). here's some screenies:
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I think it's illogical to equate parkour with agility and adepthness at environmental maneuverability...
[Woah... Just had some déjà vu...]
Anyways, Le Parkour needs to include an element of efficiently getting from point A to B, preferably in the context of fleeing or pursuing. Furthermore, a lot of emphasis is paid to personal safety so there's really not as much rooftop or crane running as the videos suggest. Complex acrobatics and fighting are not part of it at all.
but, the skills you learn in Parkour can certainly help you fight. i agree that everybody seems to think parkour is about spekky jumps and lots of far-above-ground stuff, but it seriously isnt. hardly any parkour is practiced high up there. its all around ground and first floor level.
Have a friend who does it but shamefully not anymore since he has broken a leg (falling down a pair of stairs near a park)
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