Parkour

[sonic-fast-fingers]

Parkour, also know as "free-running," is an awesome sport. It involves adding your own personal style into almost anything you do with it. If you have never heard of it you should just search "free-running" or "parkour" on youtube. The videos are absolutely amazing and make you want to get up and do backflips off of the nearest ledge (unless of course you are like me and don't know how to do backflips).

I just wanted to start this forum to ask anybody on this website if you have ever tried Parkour. Maybe you recorded yourself, or you could put a link of your favorite parkour video here.

It is starting to get very popular, it is even starting to be in the media. If you have seen the most recent James Bond movie there was a big free-running scene, so I'll start this off with an interesting video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=7tj3rxug_h0 the video is only a minute long so check it out!

[Commandersa1]

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Have not tried it, but I have seen many videos of it. It looks really cool. Also, some of my friends have started practicing it.

[sarahxjane]

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I love Parkour.

Just love them.
<3

They look like they are flying.

It seems effortless.

[sonic-fast-fingers]

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I have tried it a few times, but I need to take a gymnastics class or something, because then it would be more natural for me. oh ya...im not very good ahhah

[windsurfer-sp]

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www.leapfreak.com

My friends website. He got into a bit of it. Nothing too special but im guessing about the level of stuff the average guy like me or you could do.

[jugglinguy]

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www.leapfreak.com

My friends website. He got into a bit of it. Nothing too special but im guessing about the level of stuff the average guy like me or you could do.

add an "l" to your URL.

[windsurfer-sp]

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Whats up with the url? www.leapfreak.com

Opps, my bad. Thanks my juggling friend.

[kaiylan_vs_veirmalth]

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Well, I have tried it and wasn't very successful so I decided to stop before I seriously hurt mysel, haha!. If you want to see some fun stuff look up Team Ryouko on YouTube. I'm not exactly sure if their stuff qualifies as parkour, they're actually and XMA group (extreme martial arts) which makes them even more amazing in my opinion =P

Here's a video of them in Toronto, which is where the team is based.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ij1ELsqLZ8Y

[sonic-fast-fingers]

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i really would like to get better because i think that it would be awesome to get picked for G4's American Ninja Challenge and travel to Japan to compete in "Ninja Warrior"

[kaiylan_vs_veirmalth]

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Wow, that's pretty awesome, haha. If you really want you could visit the XMA HQ at 5140 Lankershim Blvd, NOHO ARTS DISTRICT. They have a really amazing facility for learning acrobatics which could come in handy. Of course that's if you live near there although there are other XMA schools that are quite as equipped.

I suggest working on your athleticism and strength. Please don't try to jump of ledges if you're not sure you can do it. Oh, and practice, practice, practice. As Forest Gump would say, "that's all I have to say about that." haha

[Tokzic]

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I don't get why people suddenly decided to rename basic acrobatics. Give it a new name if it makes you feel good about yourself, but don't pretend it's this amazing new sport. It's not "finally getting popular", it's been popular for thousands of years.

[SammyWinchester]

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It's awesome

[~One~]

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Me and my friends go flipping off roofs and stuff. Parkour is amazing and its very fun. I never recorded myself. I havent done it in about a month either. You guys should all nut up and do it.

[Psychotik]

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They're like ninjas.

[hoochan]

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I don't get why people suddenly decided to rename basic acrobatics. Give it a new name if it makes you feel good about yourself, but don't pretend it's this amazing new sport. It's not "finally getting popular", it's been popular for thousands of years.

If we're going by this logic, then why do we call Basketball "Basketball" and Lacrosse "Lacrosse" since they was originally made by the Mayans (or some other ancient civilization).