American Parkour

Now we all know that david belle wanted parkour to be strictly a basis of escape from a situation or the ability to get from point A to point B as fast and efficient as possible without any extraneous body movements.

What I would like to know...

Has Anyone actually used their skills from parkour in a dire situation? Like actually escaping a pursurer? or maybe even chasing someone down?

let us know, i'm sure you deserve the brownie points for using the training you know and acting on it in a situation that requires it.

I had a dream I used parkour to escape some crazy dude

thats about it

You should read this article (really... there is an interview portion with David himself).

It gives you a good idea about the experiences and a little more into what "David" had intended for "parkour," because your idea of parkour and being a tracuer seems to be a little misconstrued.


edit: forgot the article

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/04/16/070416fa_fact_wilkinson

Same. Except I stole a Dragon Ball Z video game (nes) and there were crazy cops after me.

I escaped from a bunch of guys in a dream, after I had smashed some guys face repeatedly against a table for not being able to use decent social dynamics. It was quite a run, they never got me. xD

THE DUDE DESERVED IT!

Yes, we had a thread like is a bit ago.

About a year ago some little punk was picking on my brother stole his wallet one day and he wanted to fight him the next for it back. It was a one on one fight but I came instead of him and told the guy if he messed with my brother he messed with me. I'm a bit bigger then my brother (6'3" 210lbs) and the kid freaked out and ran away. I chased him down and it was amazing because I used PK instinctively. I remember doing a few lazy vaults over some railings and a few monkey vaults over some walls. The chase went for a few blocks and it ended when he went around the big hedge because he couldn't jump in and I dash vaulted it as he went around it and cut him off, got the wallet back and everything was happy.

But other then that I use PK on a daily basis when I'm just walking between classes when I see a more efficient way to go about something.

Thats a REALLY amazing article.

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Hehe, that is amazing. Nice signature, btw. Fort Minor ftw.

Absolutely. I have it saved to my harddrive, and still read it occasionally.

Back on topic, I've never actually *needed* to use parkour for anything, and, frankly, I don't expect to. But I keep a purpose in mind when I'm out practicing, to remind me what I'm ultimately trying to accomplish. I'll ask myself, "If someone was chasing me down, right now, with blood in their eyes, how would I get over this obstacle as quickly and efficiently as possible?"
I never expect someone to be chasing me down with blood in their eyes, but I think it's good to remind myself of the potential applications of parkour, I guess.

I don't know if any of that made any sense, but it's kinda hard to put into words. :S

I used some techniques that might be considered parkour to access a roof in Iraq.  It wasn't as a means of escape (I was occupying an overwatch position), but it saved me from using a ladder (which I didn't have).  Granted, I had to do it without my gear on, but a carabineer, rope, and buddy soon remedied that.

Sometimes when im at a jam i'll use parkour to get somewhere. (ex: Store, Food, etc) Other than that theres not really a need for me to run from point A to B. I'll still vault a rail while walking down the street instead of going over it.

(We all know we are secretly training to be NINJAS and we call it Parkour to keep the goverment off our backs  ;D )