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| | | PK, what is it? What is it not? < on 3/20/2006 8:49 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | "What Parkour Is
Parkour is the art of moving through your environment using only your body and the surroundings to propel yourself. It can include running, jumping, climbing, even crawling, if that is the most suitable movement for the situation. Parkour could be grasped by imagining a race through an obstacle course, the goal is to overcome obstacles quickly and efficiently, without using extraneous movement. Apply this line of thought to an urban environment, or even a run through the woods, and you're on the right path. Because individual movements could vary so greatly by the situation, it is better to consider Parkour as defined by the intention instead of the movements themselves. If the intention is to get somewhere using the most effective movements with the least loss of momentum, then it could probably be considered Parkour. What Parkour is Not
Parkour is not acrobatics, tricking, stunts, recklessness, or jumping off high objects for no reason. It is not any movement or activity that doesn't fit in the above description "What Parkour Is". It is also not "What you make of it" ... it is predefined and has a purpose, if something doesn't suit that purpose, it is not Parkour."-Written by M2 of APK and Tribe The following is what i consider to be the most important part of parkour. "Parkour Philosophy
Many people take the principles they learn through parkour and apply them to their lives, the art of navigating obstacles efficiently. By challenging themselves physically, it becomes easier to deal with everyday life situations. When an "obstacle" or difficult situation comes up in daily life, a Traceur (parkour practitioner) can see this as any other obstacle which they've learned to overcome quickly, efficiently, and without disruption to their intended path."-M2
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| | | | Re: PK, what is it? What is it not? < Reply # 9 on 4/27/2007 8:58 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | I've been a Traceur/Free-Runner for a few years now, and for some reason, every time someone calls parkour an "art" it bothers me. Art implies that you are in some part doing these movements for the sake of aesthetics. Parkour, by it's common definition is done solely for the sake of efficiency, which completely negates the idea of the aesthetic qualities. It occurs to me that parkour is more a sport than an art. You prepare for it like a sport, you set a common goal (A-B, as opposed to a unique, or undefined goal) like a sport, it is commonly practiced in groups/crews/teams like a sport. Parkour is a sport, no matter what you want to call it. You don't have to agree with me, I'm just calling it as I see it.
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| | | Re: PK, what is it? What is it not? < Reply # 12 on 12/8/2008 4:09 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Posted by azuro1125 Ok, are PK and free running the same thing? I watched a doc on the Discovery Channel a few years back and it had this French guy talking about how he and a couple of friends invented it. He was also being snobbish and trying to say that he didn't want free running to become all commercialised(bear in mind I watched this on a cable documentary, that also covered a couple of product commercials he was in!)I dunno. Hey, am I too old to get into free running? I'm 31 years old and I run about 20 miles a week.
| Essentially, yes. Some purists say that parkour is more of a point a to point b / efficiency of movement art, while freerunning allows for more show, flair, and tricking. But practice for either of them looks pretty similar. If it was David Belle ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Belle) then yeah... he's amazing, and essentially did invent it. I don't really care about the commercialization debate. I figure its inevitable, so why argue about it. But some people (urban free flow vs the world) get into huge arguments about it. I don't think anyone is ever too old to get into free running, because it scales with the runner. Parkour can be anything from a few vaults and gap jumps, to buildering gymnastics. Just know your limits and stay (almost) within them so as not to f*ck your knees, ankles, or anything. Also, watch Banlieue 13, and both of the les fils du vent videos. BBC also did two documentaries on the subject (Jump London and Jump England) that are pretty enjoyable and help keep the motivation up.
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