While the concept of Parkour cannot be grasped by looking at the physical movements alone, it is necessary to "drill" some basic movements to attain a level of proficiency in Parkour. The movements can be thought of as tools in a toolbox, or paints on an artist's palette. At first one must learn the basic usage of the tool, or the usage of the primary colors, this is an elementary level. After that, someone can become masterful at the basics and start to experiment with other colors and blends. Finally, when one can think of only the end goal or destination and be unhindered by their choice of tool, color, or movement, this is when it becomes Parkour, for the individual movement is not important, only the intention of reaching a certain chosen point.
To see descriptions and and animations of some of the building blocks of basic movements please see our Lexicon and Tutorials.
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05-07-2007 12:59
cool
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05-22-2007 10:49
Parkour is awsome i want to learn all i can about it
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07-13-2007 15:22
cool :-)
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08-10-2007 17:53
I started Parkour about 6 months back then lost time and now i am starting back up
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09-20-2007 12:03
funny -->
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11-19-2007 09:58
:-( :-( ;-) :-) HI!~!!!!
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11-20-2007 15:28
Awesome Article. Really detailed. So thanks!
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12-31-2007 16:31
cute->
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01-12-2008 05:37
:-) ;-) :-(
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01-18-2008 22:58
Someone do a swanton bomb filp but land it
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01-25-2008 11:42
coolZ
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01-26-2008 10:41
What is the best way to get started in Parkour? please answer
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01-27-2008 05:17
http://
www.americanparkour.com/
content/view/887/270/ is the guide on how to get started at parkour.
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03-05-2008 08:56
COOOOOOOOL
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03-17-2008 10:29
awsome i just need to knoe how to start
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03-20-2008 10:21
me and my friend do parkour everytime we have a chance to do it i love parkour and so does he but the only thing bad about it is its alot harder to do in the winter.
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03-21-2008 19:48
i'm his friend ^(sirfoxalot) we try to do as much as we can but ice and parkour don't mix well ...
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03-31-2008 12:54
Me and a friend started parkour about 3 months ago...we really enjoy it and are very basic free runners right now,we really wanna step it up in the near future though
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04-02-2008 17:29
oh ya Adam and i are pretty good now we've come a long way in a short time and are really starting to see results and parkour and freerunning is like changing my life so much so thank you David Belle for introducing parkour to the world and thank you to everyone who helped i love this and if anyone needs help with something than feel free to message me and ask me
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04-19-2008 16:45
so why does it say im unauthorized to view the full tutorials, but i can log in and stuff...????? any help would be much appreciated
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04-25-2008 10:44
i was wondering if any of u could help out with the wall spin?
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05-18-2008 06:20
exactly! parkour isn't like skateboarding where you just bust out tricks, it's about finding flow, about making gracefull movements that blend with other movements!
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05-25-2008 05:05
hey, my friends and i have started parkour about a month ago..... n americanparkour.com has help alot!! we also made the first clan of parkour in pakistan! www.shiftpk.com....... DARKSHIFT
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06-06-2008 20:47
i love Parkour, but i always get in trouble when i do it.
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07-10-2008 11:54
Don't do it when there are teachers/police around, and make sure you're not trespassing. Public parks would probably be a decent place to start.
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07-16-2008 12:56
well some parks dont have that much stuff to do, like a lot of them dont have monkeybars, mine doesnt so i climb up the swingset pole(its like 10 ft) or ill climb up a soccerpost (like 8 ft) its really hard for me to train, i do as much as i can, but i cant find a good spot? what should i do??
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07-18-2008 04:37
Im like yourself. I am very passionate about pk and yet cant find any good spots to train. Heck, I dont even have a park!!! I just climb onto the school roof and practise around where ever i possibly can!!!!
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07-20-2008 07:22
lol well here in the vally of californa it dosent snow and we dont get ice that often so winter here is awsome to parkour and summers even better lol and my fav place to parkour is a little place in californa that i call parkour heaven realy good place lots of stuff and no cops not alot of people if u go at the right time and u can do what ever u want lol lol and no i wont tell u where it is its my place lol
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07-26-2008 13:28
where do you do parkour, green monster? I just started recently (live in Los Angeles) and haven't found a good place yet.
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08-17-2008 01:00
parkour is the best "sport" i have ever meet. a fried told me about it an i've started to look up on sites like parkour.net or urbanfreeflow.com about new tricks. it is awesome you just have to go with the flow.
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08-25-2008 15:58
parkour philosphy?
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lol and no i wont tell u where it is its my place lol 