Welcome to our site, we'd like you to have a good look at Parkour and Freerunning which are part sport, part art, and part discipline. Please click "Read More" at the bottom of this blurb for more information and a great intro / start to Parkour and Freerunning.
Parkour itself contains very little if any acrobatics, it is about
moving directly and effectively through your environment, training so
that obstacles don't hinder your movement and even aid it. Picture a
game of tag, you're being chased and turn a corner, there's a railing,
do you give up, or go over the rail? If you've been practicing, you’re
past the rail before you probably even realize it. The "cousin" of
Parkour is called Free Running, Free running involves mostly similar
movement, but a different intent. In Free running you are free to
choose your own path through a space - so if you choose to do
acrobatics because it is your way, then so be it. Back to our game of
tag ... if you came to a 6' wall, you'd hop up and over it, whereas a
freerunner doesn't have the "constraint" of moving with economy, they
can choose to run two steps up a wall and then flip off of it, because
Freerunning is about choice.Through diligent training you can work
easily within your limits. The first things we learn, and that we
practice over and over and over, are the landing and the roll , these two help us to learn to disperse energy from a drop. Even then, no matter how proficient, we recommend
that high drops not be taken for the sake of doing it, Parkour can be
done entirely at ground level, don’t let the videos fool you. As for
the videos, there are generally two kinds ... people falling and
crumpling into a horrible ball, I wish they had a tag that said how
long they have been "practicing" Parkour, and people who have been
practicing a long time and have become very skilled, who are doing
things which are within THEIR limits, but would be very dangerous for
other people. Again, I wish the videos had a tag of how long they have
been practicing, IE don't try this in your first two years. Parkour can
be a very fun, safe way to stay fit. For more info on Parkour as part
of overall fitness check out Primal Fitness . For more info on Parkour, please see our FAQ
, or at least read the select articles on the top right of the homepage
before you watch the videos. at a minimum, if you'd like to try
parkour, please read this .
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04-28-2008 03:19
Great job on showing the difference between parkour and freerunning. This article clearly explains the difference without confusing the reader.
oh, and:
FIRST!!!
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04-28-2008 03:30
It may be that 2 years is the "standard" but in the end, every person is different. Some people accomplish more in a couple of months than another person in one year. Its all based on PATIENCE! Great article!
3.
04-28-2008 06:15
i saw this yesterday...in the beginning of the show that kid did a dash over the wall...that room would have better outdoors
4.
04-28-2008 08:50
What happened on the show? I didn't see it.
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