need your help w/ a parkour project

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need your help w/ a parkour project

« on: May 03, 2009, 06:28:43 PM »

Guys, I need your help. I'm doing a project about parkour for school and I have this quick survey that I need filled out. Anybody want to help? It's just a few questions about your likes, dislikes, and parkour in general - hopefully not too painful!

You can take it here: http://tinyurl.com/c7u45p.

PS: It asks for your email address, but that's just so we don't get duplicates. We won't use it for anything, I promise!

THANKS!


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Eli Kurtz

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« Reply #1 on: May 03, 2009, 06:53:33 PM »

Done.

Make sure you let us know about your results; this is a cool idea!


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Re: need your help w/ a parkour project

« Reply #2 on: May 04, 2009, 12:18:19 AM »

Well interesting project, i have now filled it out and hope to see results of said project soon


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« Reply #3 on: May 04, 2009, 07:03:02 PM »

Done and done!

Thanks for the question about the description of parkour. I get asked all the time, but I've never actually sat down and thought out an answer before. I write much better than I talk, and I'm pleased with what I hammered out:

[Parkour is...] A physical discipline in which your goal is to master how your body is capable of interacting with the environment around you, by training a combination of creative and efficient movements as a means of overcoming obstacles and taking a more direct path. The underlying ideal is "to be strong to be useful" and careful, diligent progress is emphasized. Strength, balance, coordination, and improvisation are all essential skills for success in parkour training. Were one to witness a practitioner of parkour (called a "traceur") in action, they would observe a man running, vaulting, rolling, climbing, and even crawling at times in a clear direction. The idea is to move fluidly and maintain momentum in the desired direction, without being slowed or stopped by obstacles in the path (be they stairs, a wall, a railing, a gap, etc.).

That is parkour in a nutshell.


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« Reply #4 on: May 05, 2009, 07:10:53 AM »

"they would observe a man (or woman?!?!) running, vaulting, rolling, climbing, and even crawling at times"

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I like it, though! I wrote something very similar.


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« Reply #5 on: May 05, 2009, 04:27:36 PM »

Quote from: Eli Kurtz on May 05, 2009, 07:10:53 AM

"they would observe a man (or woman?!?!) running, vaulting, rolling, climbing, and even crawling at times"

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I like it, though! I wrote something very similar.

Lol. I meant in the general term, like "huMANity." Heh. But thanks, Eli. It's so hard to be politically correct these days. Wink


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