Posts by placidmaker61

Here’s a fresh documentary about a parkour crew training out in Chicago 🙂
(It aired on ABC earlier today)
part1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWHqabjNys8
part2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J12whB9fNQM
part3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbZfPP2cR5w

First off... it’s called parkour 😉

Anyway, there's a link above and everything you need to know is right there...
(lol, I guess I'm just getting tired of being the only one actually checking this site regularly X)
Come on, traceurs, let me hear from you 😁

Look, if he told you to check the forum, then just do it. There’s a specific thread for "sessions and training" under the "LA training" topic where everything is laid out for you...
(And obviously, I mean on the main parkour forum, not this one xd)
🙂

Look, I know what a double kong is. I was just asking what exactly he's struggling with during the execution of the move.🙂

1. Parkour isn't some sport. It's a discipline. There aren't even competitions, because those go against everything the philosophy stands for.
2. Flips, spins, or any other flashy stunts that mess with efficient flow don't belong in parkour. That’s just freerunning...
3.

(And this is already my third thread about PK 😁 )

Larry Davis5 said:Does anyone have advice on double conquers??? please, I really need help...🙂

Well, maybe describe what's actually bothering you...

rustytinker9 said:Hey guys, I was wondering if there's an American parkour forum out there, or maybe just some local groups or something...

Just look at a few of the posts up top... 😉

wanderinghound6 said:I basically had to go to the ER because of some parkour stunt.

What on earth were you doing?? 😁

@ Matthew Anderson4 - I think there might be, but just check the website...

Everything you need to know about parkour is right here:

www.parkour.com (check the link, specifically the "what is parkour" section)

(it lists where the practitioners are located, and by the way, parkour isn't some sport... it's a discipline...) 🙂

1. You can always lend a hand to people like that...
2. I don't think you should coddle her, but maybe she needs some encouragement. I guess nobody actually wants to be alone.
3. She isn't going to just show up on her own, especially not right now. Maybe things will change down the road, who knows.

Man, how did I miss that? Haha.
So you're saying you were just like the woman in the post. What exactly was bothering you, and maybe—if you're comfortable sharing—how much?
Gonna drift off-topic for a second. Or, if you actually feel like talking, we could move this to private messages.

I've been ignoring her regarding this for 17 years, but honestly, she’s just a typical old lady. In her eyes, everyone should be some chubby little cherub. Heh. But after a while, it starts getting on my nerves... and you just can't reason with her. And yeah, I guess I just broke my promise from two posts up. Sorry.

Yeah, exactly. That’s what my grandma asks me every single time: "So, when are you going to find a girlfriend?" It gets on my nerves. Honestly.
I won't go off-topic anymore. I promise.

She gave short answers because you were all ganging up on her. She was alone against a group, which obviously made things awkward. She just wanted the conversation over with as fast as possible. I’ll say it again: one-on-one is the way to go. Just walk up, give her a compliment—maybe mention she has a cool shirt or something. The point is to make her feel comfortable talking to you. Act genuinely interested in what she has to say; if you do that, she'll actually want to engage.
My replies might sound like I'm putting words in her mouth or acting like I know her perfectly, but honestly, I used to be exactly like that myself... so I guess I know what I'm talking about.
(If anyone wants to chime in or correct me, go ahead.)

This isn't some joke. What she might say right now doesn't even matter...
Look... if you actually want to help her at school tomorrow, just go up to her and follow one piece of honest advice...
That's it.

No. The fact that she even made it into second grade isn't really the point...

She ought to figure it out on her own. That’s really the whole point. Once you've written yours down, I might just tell you mine, haha.

Donna Wood52 said:I know she only just started her sophomore year here, but I heard from some of her old classmates that she
really struggled to find her footing back at her first school during freshman year, and even through middle school.

I’ve also heard people say she’s actually a perfectly fine person—it's just that everyone always says the same thing
about her: that she's incredibly withdrawn. Look, I don't mean to stick my nose where it doesn't belong, but she's young,
and it honestly pains me to see someone like that.

Besides, isn't three years plenty of time to finally relax? I went through the whole school-switching thing myself,
since my family moved from city to city quite a bit, yet I still managed to chill out and be social.

You could give her a hundred years, I guess, but if that’s just who she is, nothing changes in a century—unless she decides to change herself.

Maybe try a one-on-one conversation. Just ask her straight up why she acts this way, though don't lead with that 😁. I'm curious about the answer, even if I already suspect what it'll be...

The issue is probably that she didn't make any "first contact" when she moved here two years ago. Now she feels like an outsider... and since then, she hasn't even tried to reach out because she’d feel like an intruder in your circle. Time just kept passing, and now things are only getting worse...
The best move would be if someone from your group, or maybe you, Donna Wood52, initiated a conversation with her. One-on-one, though. That's how she'll actually open up... and we'll see where it goes from there.
I find it hard to believe she actually enjoys being alone; I think she's just dying for some kind of connection...
There it is.