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Dennis Doyle3 said:I know what Parkour is—watched a few decent clips on YouTube once or twice.
I was specifically talking about those links posted above. One of them actually looks pretty impressive, but the other one? Just hilarious.
I don't go to the gym, and honestly, I never have. I’m not judging you for going, and I don't care how much you pay for a membership, but I am a little confused why you're so interested in my physique... I just play soccer for fun. And if you ask me, that's way more exciting than scaling walls.
Back in elementary school, even jumping a couple of steps and grabbing a handrail felt like a high-stakes stunt. Now? I just walk up the stairs like a normal person.

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If soccer is "exciting," then I guess golf, chess, and watching Formula 1 are basically extreme sports!

edit: I used to be more active, but things aren't quite as intense for me anymore. I mean, I'd love to get back into it, but with a hundred different errands and jobs on my plate, there's just no time for anything serious...

@ Manchester United - Back when I was in elementary school, my life revolved around soccer, simply because I didn't know any better. These days, however, I find myself practicing Parkour purely for my own satisfaction and a genuine desire to live a healthier lifestyle.
If you had been paying closer attention, you would have realized that I don't frequent gyms; I see little point in them, given that all those repetitive movements are crammed into single, suffocating rooms where the air is stale, everyone relies on artificial weights, and people tend to trust a trainer they’ve met for five minutes more than they trust their own physical intuition.

Your stance was somewhat misguided, which is why I felt compelled to dismantle your argument.

Some might find it foolish to watch twenty-two people chasing a single ball, yet nobody feels the need to criticize or insult the sport for it. 😉

If you were to actually attempt it—and I mean doing it properly—you would discover that Parkour possesses a much deeper purpose than merely jumping over obstacles or climbing walls.

@ everyone - We will be hosting our first Parkour workshop in Kansas City very soon! 😍

I see a lot of people out there claiming that Parkour is some kind of extreme sport, haha 😂, but let me be crystal clear: Parkour IS NOT A SPORT, because there are NO COMPETITIONS in Parkour !😉 🙂"We really shouldn't be blurring the lines between Parkour and Free Running. Free Running is a skill where you take elements from Parkour but then start throwing in all these random acrobatics and tricks. The whole point of Parkour is that every single movement has to be efficient, EFFECTIVE and useful, like if you were actually in an emergency situation. Any move that messes with your efficiency just isn't part of Parkour. (quoting Wikipedia here)
Look, imagine you're a paramedic. You show up to help someone who's been hurt, and there's this wall in front of you—it's not massive, maybe like 6 or 8 feet tall, but it's taller than you. What are you going to do? Are you going to sit there waiting for someone to bring a ladder while the patient bleeds out—or worse, dies in a serious case—or are you going to use Parkour knowledge (instinctively) to vault over that wall and get to them? You're definitely not going to scale that wall just to pull off a backflip. That's one example. Here's another: some psycho criminal is chasing you, trying to kill you (the reason doesn't even matter 🤣). You've got obstacles, fences, walls, and junk in your way, and you need to get past all of it as fast as possible to escape. Obviously, you aren't going to pull off flashy tricks or inefficient moves (because clearly, the criminal is going to stop and clap for your amazing form instead of chasing you—yeah right, as if—you can't seriously think that), you're just going to run and clear those obstacles as efficiently and quickly as possible while burning the least amount of energy. You aren't doing flips or acrobatics or anything else that's inefficient even if it's just some unnecessary jump from Parkour . So, yeah, I hope those examples make sense. Now hopefully you guys see the difference between Parkour and Free Running. In Free Running (and Tricking), you can have competitions, but in Parkour, you CANNOT. Free Running uses elements of Parkour, but adds this "flow" to make everything look pretty with flips and stunts. Just because something looks COOL (and slick 😁) doesn't mean it's good (healthy) (meaning EFFECTIVE in real-life situations). That's the main distinction between Parkour and Free Running (at least in my book 😉). And just to be clear: I am NOT downplaying Free Running (or Tricking)—I'm just TRYING TO EXPLAIN to everyone (and myself, honestly) WHAT Parkour actually is (and what it isn't 🙂). Go ahead and read the Wikipedia article on Parkour: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkour Also, jumping between skyscrapers isn't Parkour, because it's much more efficient to just walk around the building than to take UNNECESSARY RISKS jumping between buildings. Parkour is practiced at ground level, maybe slightly higher, but certainly not at heights of 30, 50, or 80 feet 😂. Sorry if anyone took offense.😉 THANKS. And driftinggull33, major respect to you for spreading the true meaning of Parkour. I appreciate that.😉 Check this out: THIS IS PARKOUR: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l833q8BY66M -Parkour Literally

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spGDb...ture=recentlik - It's just straight up Parkour, man. (part 2)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpLCoZKnIq4 -
Actual Parkour. (part 3)

Alright, let's hear from someone with some actual brains 🙏

And just to add to that: every single person I’ve ever met who claims to do "Parkour"—or whatever their version of it is—is just incredibly exhausting... all because they can pull off a backflip from a meter up 🙄

Don't even sweat those idiots. You're training for yourself, not for some random crowd 🙂 I see people online claiming they do parkour just because they jump off massive heights or pull off flips—but let me tell you, that's NOT parkour! 🙂 Those guys jumping from rooftops straight onto the pavement and calling it parkour? They aren't practicing the discipline; they're just looking for the fastest way to snap their legs. Then you hear people say parkour is "hard"—as if gravity doesn't exist 😂. If we actually train properly—slowly, steadily, and with actual technique—you don't end up with those massive injuries. People who get seriously hurt basically just skipped the fundamentals 😉. And for the record, parkour has zero connection to gymnastics . 😉 Honestly, I don't even think parkour qualifies as art, because art implies there's something aesthetic about it, which isn't really the point here (art is more about those flashy, fancy, Hollywood-style tricks 😛); the goal is just to make sure your movements aren't sloppy and stay efficient. If you can't nail a specific vault or movement, don't just force it. Stop, take a breath, chill out, and move on to something else. Parkour demands serious willpower and grind. You have to start with the tiny things, building up gradually and safely. You've got to listen to your body instead of fighting it. It's a marriage of body and mind, strength and control. Control is everything in this game; you have to accurately judge what you can actually handle so you aren't taking stupid risks. You should be progressing based on your own limits , finding your own unique way to navigate obstacles. And look, there will ALWAYS be people who refuse to grasp things they simply DON'T UNDERSTAND. It sucks, but that's just how it is.

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If you think football is exciting... then golf, chess, and watching F1 are basically extreme sports!

Edit: I used to be into it, but it doesn't hit the same anymore. I'd love to get back into it, but my schedule is packed with work and a million other things. No time for anything serious.

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Nah, parkour is actually sick.🙄

The only thing that ever made parkour look cool to me was this clip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjgzwrnSoVE

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@David Martin71/">@@David Martin71: I’ll forgive you for thinking ninety minutes of just kicking a ball around a massive field counts as "fun."

@Krešimir: Well, I don't really do parkour anymore. Sometimes a buddy and I will hit up a local gym to work on some obstacle lines with balance beams and things, but nothing crazy... we aren't trying to pull off stunts, just trying to get from point A to point B as fast as possible 👍.
I mean, I'd probably train more if I could, but I've put on a little weight lately. Plus, I play rugby now, so I actually need the mass... and you definitely can't be carrying extra weight if you're doing parkour 😁
I did pick up a few techniques for vaulting and clearing higher walls, though. My biggest struggle was always mastering the monkey vault... my legs are just way too powerful and my arms are too short 🤣

David Martin71 said:The only thing I’ve actually found remotely interesting about parkour is this one clip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjgzwrnSoVE

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That is NOT parkour!🤦 🙂 :asshole:

Austin Flores35 said:That’s NOT parkour!🤦 🙂 :asshole:

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Oh, really?🙄

Yeah, let’s be real, this isn't even parkour!! 😉

David Martin71 said:🤦

really? 🙄

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Now this is what I call actual parkour! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgFKMKaIX3s&NR=1
And check this one out too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRuN0nRKWHg! 🙂 😉

fadedbison2 said:And to build on that—every single person I’ve ever met who claims to be into "parkour"—or whatever their version of it is—is just exhausting as hell... mostly because they think being an athlete means being able to throw a backflip from a three-foot ledge. 🙄

Don't take this the wrong way, but you clearly haven't met anyone actually practicing parkour then... 🙄

A backflip isn't parkour...
And neither is breaking your legs or arms or any of those other stupid stunts...

I scrolled through some of the first posts, hit the last page, and saw that Getz and Krešmir have already jumped in to set the record straight. 🙂

The whole issue with parkour is that there's always some attention-seeker doing flips or nearly killing themselves, then running around claiming they "train parkour," which just gives the whole movement a bad reputation.
Because honestly? It's more entertaining to watch someone on the street who looks like they're about to snap a bone than it is to watch someone actually training parkour, which—let's be real—isn't even that extreme most of the time.
It's a classic distraction tactic... like, I saw this video on YouTube once titled something like "fat guy almost dies" or whatever. It was just this overweight dude struggling on some tiny skate ramps—really poorly, too—but the title baits you into thinking it's going to be some high-octane, extreme spectacle. And the video gets tons of views just because of the clickbait and the fact that you spend three minutes watching, waiting for the inevitable crash.
That's exactly what these clout-chasers are doing when they act reckless without actually training. People watch them because they're expecting a disaster, and that's what builds the public image of parkour.
These types claim they've been training for a year, but then they get bored once everyone realizes they aren't actually putting in the work and stop taking them seriously. They're just out here dragging down the reputation of people who actually treat this as a serious skill. 😢

And saying there aren't good traceurs in America is just flat-out wrong. You can't even explain it...
My advice? Just try training. Learn the basics, find the people who actually know what they're doing, and judge for yourself. You won't lose anything—you'll basically feel like you're flying and see what it's really about. 😉
Look, you've got the idiots looking for attention, sure, but you also have people who see parkour as something much deeper than just jumping off walls. Most of the community is great and always willing to lend a hand or give some solid advice. 🙂

Well, nice one. What did I actually say? I put "parkour" in quotes, specifically referring to those people who think what they’re doing is actually parkour. That’s why I said anyone who identifies as being into "PARKOUR" (meaning their version of it—just freerun or tricking) is incredibly obnoxious...

And now, look at you, just looking totally clueless.

And if you're genuinely curious, no, I haven't met a single person who does actual, legitimate parkour. Everyone else is too busy showing off with flips and handstands. I'm probably the only one in that crowd who actually trained to get from point A to point B as fast as possible, instead of wasting half an hour because I feel the need to pull off twenty backflips or frontflips, walk up a wall on my hands, and instead of just clearing the obstacle, perform some flashy palm flip on it just for show.

Man, I’ve been grinding away at this for three years now—well, if you count my one-year hiatus as part of the journey, it’s three; if you don't, then it's two, lol, whatever, logic is subjective I guess 😁. ANYWAY, I just dropped a new video over on my YouTube channel, so if you’ve got a spare minute, go give it a look. I’ve also got a bunch of other useful tutorials floating around there too... here’s the link
: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1RZbeKhd-0

David Jones18 said:Man, I’ve been grinding on this forum for like three years now—well, if you count my one-year hiatus, then maybe it’s only two, but let’s be real, we all know how that works lol. Anyway, I'm coming at you from around the Chicago area. 😁 Alright, I just dropped a new video on my YouTube channel, so if you guys can find a spare minute, go check it out. I’ve also got a bunch of other useful tutorials up there if you're looking to learn something specific... here's the link.
I honestly can't believe I'm even sitting here watching this garbage right now because it’s such a massive waste of my time, but here we are. This video is just proof that people have absolutely zero clue what they're talking about lately, and frankly, it’s getting exhausting to watch these half-baked takes get treated like gospel when anyone with half a brain cell can see how flawed the logic is from start to finish. It’s one of those things where you start watching thinking there might be a point, but then you realize it’s just a bunch of loud, uninformed noise designed to trigger people rather than actually say anything meaningful. I’ve seen better arguments written on a napkin at a diner in Chicago than what’s being presented here, and quite frankly, if this is the direction everyone's heading, we are all pretty much doomed to stay stuck in this cycle of misinformation.

Honestly, this was trash, just like everything else before it. It’s pretty obvious you haven't learned a single damn thing or even accepted the reality of where you're at. You're out here throwing salt everywhere, but you clearly have zero clue how to execute a controlled, precise jump. Even the footage was garbage—I don't know why you even bothered filming it like that, seriously. Look, either get your act together and stop wasting everyone's time if you aren't going to see any actual progress, or commit yourself to two, three, maybe even four years of relentless strength training, specifically focusing on your legs. Obviously, you need to condition your entire body, but your lower body looks incredibly weak right now, and your precision on jumps—which shouldn't even be an issue at this stage—is honestly pathetic.
It’s pretty obvious you’re struggling with those climbs, which means you seriously need to start working on your upper body strength—something that clearly isn't happening right now. If you can't handle the basics, you shouldn't even be attempting high walls in the first place. Then there's that SDC you put together from 1:00 to 1:04, which is just straight-up garbage because your landing is completely botched. And that flip? Absolute trash. This isn't even close to actual parkour or freerunning! Honestly, those gloves are just pathetic. 😁 It looks like you didn't learn a single damn thing, and honestly, it's like you completely ignored all the solid advice those veteran traceurs tried to give you. Don't go getting all sensitive on me about this, but I'm just telling it like it is. Peace.

Better than the last few videos, but you really need to drill those basics if you want any actual control. There were also some silly editing mistakes that would've been an easy fix. 😉
Oh, and
don't start throwing in moves you haven't mastered yet (like that frontflip).

Anyway, it's an improvement over before.

@Kresimir: Stop roasting him just because his knees are bending more than 90 degrees lol.
Why shouldn't he attempt a frontflip if he hasn't nailed precisions yet? And why can't he climb if he's moving slow?

So what, you're saying he shouldn't do anything until he gets stronger?

Austin Flores35 said:It’s bad, just like it always was.

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what advice would I give someone who's only 15?

Most parkour videos don't even bother with a two-angle shot, so👍

Does Parkour actually have organized clubs, or is it just one of those "figure it out yourself" things? I’ve always thought it looked incredibly cool, but where would I even start in Washington, D.C., without absolutely wrecking myself? 😁

By the way, @mojsije1234, maybe it isn't the best idea, but you definitely need some level of... well, you know, that physical grit required to attempt a backflip onto concrete 😉 I can jump into the ocean all day, but doing it on solid ground? No thanks.

northerncyclist8 said:Does je'l Parkour have actual clubs, or is it just a "teach yourself" kind of thing? It’s always looked pretty cool to me, but where could I actually start in Washington, D.C. without totally embarrassing myself? 😁

By the way, @mojsije1234, it might not be perfect, but you definitely need some grit—you know, that toughness guys need to pull off flips on concrete. 😉 I can jump into the ocean all day, but onto hard ground? No thanks.

Check out the parkour forums online. There's tons of info and plenty of people from the D.C. area there. 😉