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« Reply #15 on: August 15, 2007, 01:50:47 PM » |
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You have to have a sincere desire to improve yourself, this makes the opinion of others relatively worthless, just another *small* obstacle to overcome in effective training. Keep your eye on a concrete goal and you have little to worry about!
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« Reply #16 on: August 15, 2007, 08:58:31 PM » |
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Haha, I have the same issue. All of my friends have been away at camp all summer, so I've needed to find practicing places for myself. Problem is, the ONLY available places around this small town are the inhabited areas.
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« Reply #17 on: August 16, 2007, 03:15:17 AM » |
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Who the hell cares what people think? you're not there to amuse them you are there to train (unless of course you are there to amuse them). but put yourselves in their perspectives they see you moving that way wouldn't you have some sort of reaction?
hopefully their's will be one of interest and not one that is simply annoying.
I can't tell you how many times I've tried to go somewhere to practice and have someone either call me spiderman or urban ninja
or the allways popular "Hey! do a flip!" which trust me even if you do one they will still won't stop asking.
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« Reply #18 on: August 16, 2007, 12:49:45 PM » |
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Thanks guys.
Just yesterday I was practicing at the school near my house, and they have this huge base ball batter area fence thing with a bar across the top of it. I always like to do stuff on it. But when I got there there was a TON of people on the field, like around 300 people just sitting on the lawn having a pic-nic or something. So I just decided to do it anyway. SO I climbed all the way to the top of it (around 40 feet high) using just my arms and when I looked back every single person was looking at me, so I did one of the upside down hanging things in the very middle of it, and then climbed back down. When my feet touched the ground everbody started clapping. It was kind of inspiring...
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« Reply #19 on: August 16, 2007, 02:44:40 PM » |
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....And I bet every single one of them was thinking... "I wish I could do that"  |
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« Reply #20 on: August 16, 2007, 03:01:46 PM » |
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And there you go.  It will get easier the more you do it, I promise. You overcame an obstacle in your mind, which are the hardest kind. *tumbs up* |
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« Reply #21 on: August 16, 2007, 03:40:05 PM » |
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THanks guys!
And I also showd my mom that video (good idea Muse!) she started nodding and stuff when they where talking about how it shows disapline and issue solving. I think she is going to support me now...
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« Reply #22 on: August 16, 2007, 04:10:09 PM » |
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i still have the same problem. im very self conscious. it's really hard when you're a month from 17 and you've only been training since augest 10. when people see you messing up on vaults it looks like you're acting like your 8. but as soon as i get better im sure i'll loosen up.
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« Reply #23 on: August 16, 2007, 04:21:11 PM » |
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I love it when i know people are watching cause most of the time they will come up and ask me what it is I am doing. Also just wait another year or two when Parkour has blown up even bigger and the dudes that were making fun of you are now taking lessons from you.
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« Reply #24 on: August 16, 2007, 04:30:04 PM » |
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I love it when i know people are watching cause most of the time they will come up and ask me what it is I am doing. Also just wait another year or two when Parkour has blown up even bigger and the dudes that were making fun of you are now taking lessons from you.
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« Reply #25 on: August 16, 2007, 04:40:10 PM » |
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How do you know its going to get big?
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« Reply #26 on: August 16, 2007, 05:26:11 PM » |
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because it is. the only reason i started is because it started getting big.
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« Reply #27 on: August 16, 2007, 07:50:57 PM » |
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Well I suppose we don't "know" its going to get big but honestly its already booming from what it was. Front page stories in the news paper and news programs about it. I don't see it getting any smaller thats for sure.
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« Reply #28 on: August 16, 2007, 08:21:09 PM » |
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It's going to get big because its easy, its super fun, and everyone can do it to stay super fit and help themselves mentally. Plus the whole community is pretty tight, who wouldn't want to be part of it?
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« Reply #29 on: August 16, 2007, 08:24:59 PM » |
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Lazy people.. There's always those couch-potato types that hate physical exertion. I know it's hard for any traceur to imagine, but it's real!
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