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« on: June 18, 2008, 10:21:58 PM » |
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Ehh I couldnt seem to fit this into a current topic so yah. Any of you guys experience a time where parkour just kinda saved you like a reflex, pretty much you did it without thinking? I was jumping across this creek yesterday. I took off from my jump off of a tree stump going for a higher one across the creek. As I took off a part of the bark of the stump where I was standing broke off and messed up my momentum. I felt myself not going high enough to make the jump, I looked down and totally though I was going straight in the water, but it never came. Next thing I knew I was hanging in the cat leap position. I had NO idea how I did it, it was totally subconcious like seriously I was freaked. Parkour reflexes come in handy  hahha. |
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« Reply #1 on: June 18, 2008, 11:48:59 PM » |
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Repetition creates instinctive reaction. Good job man, you just experience real PK. Keep on practicing and that will happen even more often.
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« Reply #2 on: June 19, 2008, 08:13:16 AM » |
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i had something similar happen to me i was walking on some scaffolding and accidentally caught my foot on this stupid random pole and fell sideways off the scaffolding. because i train flips from every direction my body took over and i tucked and kept myself from landing on my head. unfortunately i didn't land it quite on my feet, but it was like a feet then butt kinda thing but thats better than my head  |
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« Reply #3 on: June 19, 2008, 09:09:48 AM » |
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this isn't really parkour but it is an instance were my reflexes have saved my life. i was pole vaulting about two years ago in high school and it was my first day jumping good for a few months cause my heels had finally healed up. anyways i was jumping 2 ft higher than before, and as you can imagine i was really excited. anyways i went up for this one jump, swung upside down, did everything right and it felt perfect, then i look down and notice im at the top of my jump (my head is about 12 ft in the air feet about 16ish) and im falling upside down over the metal box. i had already let go of the pole and it was starting to fall slightly and the bottom had "jumped" out of the box. Somehow without thinking i managed to grab the pole, plant it back in the box and hold on for dear life. my body swang back around so i was feet down but kept going so i was upside down and falling again. but this time i had the pole which was bending with my fall. i landed on my neck on the nice soft pad less than a foot away from the metal box with a 12'6" pole in my hand still planted in the box (tip to tip was less than 2 ft) and thinkin shit thats gonna hurt let go of the pole cause the pressure is so strong and it recoils straight into my leg giving me the worst dead-leg ever. but i walked away unharmed so i was happy. my teamates could not believe what had happened and told me every detail i didn't remember. it was crazy. oh and i stopped jumping for the day. but jumped 12" at districts and pr'd (personal record) by 2 ft  . |
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« Reply #4 on: June 19, 2008, 03:15:39 PM » |
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I've only had reflexes help me in Parkour once enough for me to remember. I was working on balance, walking across these spaced out, curved poles that they had at my old elementary, and I fell. I hadn't yet practiced my cat balances, but I watched a few videos, and I already had good enough grip from other things. Anyways, I fell to the side (inwards) and landed legs first on the rails. Not too bad, bruised, but with the way that I fell, my upper body fell forward away from the structure. I was right near the end, and there was a ladder attached to it, and when I fell forward, I grabbed onto one of the ladder's vertical rails, and had my toes holding onto the top of the initial rail. I didn't think about it right them, but when I got back home, I realized that my feet were together, and I was holding the rail in the exact same position that I saw in all the videos. I thought it was kind of interesting that I used a technique I only saw on YouTube. It might have been a coincidence, but it was almost identical to the videos I saw that the hand-balancing techniques they used. Cool, huh?  |
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« Reply #5 on: June 22, 2008, 02:37:31 AM » |
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I havn't had Parkour save my life but I can see it affect my everyday routine. Gaps and bounds come much easier and I begin to have more flexibility. I am more agile and dexterous than I was before. PK has improved my upper and lower body strength.
It's all good.
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« Reply #6 on: June 22, 2008, 06:55:02 AM » |
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The last reacue I made at work (lifeguarding) I presisioned right in front of the kid who was drowning from a guard stand about 8 to 10 feet away to avoid having to swim. I didn't realise it till a couple minutes later.
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« Reply #7 on: June 23, 2008, 03:50:56 AM » |
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Well, once i was balancing on this huge wall and I had to precision across this gap. So.I jumped, not realising my shoelaces were untied, and tripped over them and fell down. I rolled and got up without any injury. a good reason to practise rolls isn't it?
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xian.[denver family]
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« Reply #8 on: June 24, 2008, 08:33:30 AM » |
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Lol nice to know I'm not the only one. Makes you feel like a badass doesn't it? rofl
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« Reply #9 on: June 24, 2008, 10:48:11 AM » |
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Lol nice to know I'm not the only one. Makes you feel like a badass doesn't it? rofl
I'd say so. Gaining strength through discipline, dexterity and agility doing something I love and not some boring workout plan! Damn I love PK. |
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« Reply #10 on: June 24, 2008, 02:29:39 PM » |
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Whilst riding my bike I almost ran into a car (no stop sign there I guess) so I slammed the brakes and flew over the handlebars. I guess I rolled through it.
I was actually fine. I just got worried about my camera since it was in my backpack but nothing happened. Some guy was like "Are you ok???" I said, "Yeah... I know how to land." He said, "Looks like it."
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