...Or within the constructs of an art that set it apart from other similar forms of art. I think the term sport has a tendency to dredge up thoughts of competition and a system of ranking individuals according to their ability. That isn't necessarily the only meaning, though, and I have a tendency to refer to Parkour as a sport when I'm describing it as a means of physical activity that leads to improved wellness while at the same time being enjoyable.

your own style ? simple.   take a parkour video, for example, la releve.  it has approx. 9 different traceurs in it.  check out the movements of each one.  they dont look like 9 clones, each of them moves different.  some prefer monkeyvaults over long obstacles, some the french dash, some a speedvault, some run over them, but its still all effective.  its still all the right way but its also still their own style.

the basic idea is to do YOUR movement, and not copy other peoples movement. the french use saut de chat (or as FRscum ppl would call it, 'king kong vaults' ) a lot, and now in britain theyre all so obsessed with saut de chats that they forget about all the other possibilities of movements.  when i was there, there was this hip height wall and this little curb, and what i did was i jumped up , just took a step on the wall, and landed after the curb and kept running. then this british guy (dont remember who it was) said 'but you could have done a monkey to precision' and i said, yea, i could, but i could also have done this, and probably be even faster. and his answer ' yes but a monkey to precision is more parkour '   and i laughed my ass off. reason ? they dont move as their body prefers (cause everybody has different preferrings in how to move, some people never saut de chat (raimundo from team adrenaline, EXTREMELY good traceur, but doesnt saut de chat, still is better than any british guy) ) they just copy what they see in videos, and this is the point. move as YOU feel, as YOU prefer, not copy others.

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damn how can one single person contain so much misinformation.  if wrong information had a mass, you would be a great sumo-fighter

u could sit on me if you could catch me ;-)

and hmm.. too bad that you not even understand what point i was talking about.

Andi said "you can have your own style because you choose to move the way that's best for your body, within the mindset of Parkour. You don't have to copy exactly what other people do"

You said "You can have your own style, and by doing so it makes it FRPK. You should and WILL copy people"

There's the difference, and it's pretty glaring...or is that just me?