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« Reply #15 on: September 24, 2006, 05:21:34 PM »

huh, you learn something new everyday
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« Reply #16 on: September 24, 2006, 08:22:02 PM »

yesh very
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« Reply #17 on: September 25, 2006, 06:10:38 AM »

When I was a kid in RI I would do something vaguely parkour-ish on the jetties at the beach. I just liked the flowing movements I could make although sometimes my knees got banged up, and some of the rock was sharp.

Now at 30 the past week I have been spending an increasing amount of time climbing trees near my apartment...forgot how much I enjoyed it, and my iguana climbs with me Smiley Plus even though I still need to lose some weight before I seriously jump into pk, I can get up a tree pretty easy.
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« Reply #18 on: September 26, 2006, 08:58:44 PM »

OMG DOOD YOUR AWSOME!!!!!!!!!!
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« Reply #19 on: September 30, 2006, 07:35:51 PM »

lol sweet an iguana! Shocked
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« Reply #20 on: October 10, 2006, 08:41:06 PM »

It seems to makes sense that, since parkour is really an art of moving quickly and efficiently, that it shouldn't be constrained to any kind of environment. Practice in whatever is your "natural habitat" - urban, rural, whatever... I've been trying to apply that principle myself, as where I live it's very flat and not conducive to what you'd see in a pk video. Not quite full-on suburbs, but my neighborhood is light urban and doesn't have much in the way of anything you could call an obstacle. (of course, I'm still developing my pk-vision; it's cool to look at things in new ways!!) I've had to seek out places to train, both in the park and deeper into the city. Perhaps for this flatness, parkour could have more of a vertical interpretation? Climbing up the sides of houses, getting on higher porches and roofs? Don't really want to jump over cars yet =)
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« Reply #21 on: October 11, 2006, 06:46:22 AM »

The most effective technique in a flat area is to just be faster than the other guy Smiley
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« Reply #22 on: October 13, 2006, 08:49:23 PM »

i've train manly urban area's i did train a few weeks in the woodland while visiiting my uncle. I loved it. way more natrual. But now im back at home and the nearest tree is at the local park and im taller then it?  Cry
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