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Friday, 02 June 2006
 

June is Creativity Month!! We have David Belle's contest running right now, and Demon is challenging us to once again take a look around and get more creative about the way we move.

Creativity Challenge

 

This month’s drill is simple. It is a call out to the Parkour scene as a whole. The majority of videos nowadays contain little creativity and originality. What does this tell me about the majority of the Parkour scene? There is a lack of creativity and originality.

 

Instead of being creative and truly adapting to the environment, the majority of people are limited in their Parkour vision. Too many people limit themselves to what they see in videos and from other people. Read more for the challenge and the video.

 

 

The Challenge:

 

-           Find a small area with several obstacles. By small, I mean something that can fit in the frame of a camera from about 20 feet away.

-           Spend several hours in the area doing every possible movement you can. Adapt to your environment and come up with creative and unique movements and combinations.

-           Film about thirty seconds of what you came up with and share it online with the Parkour community.

 

Even if everything you do is not Parkour, you will still be training yourself to be more creative and to see more opportunities for movement. In addition, all the different combinations and variations are bound to improve your agility, step planning, ability to link movements, and much more.

 

I hope everyone will choose to take part in this month’s drill because I think it has become a big problem in the Parkour community. Please take the time to try this drill and post up a short video if possible.

 

Watch the video. (please right-click and "save as")


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1. 11-10-2006 00:12

whats the music used in this vid? Good work demon, being linear is not parkour :grin
Wolfzor

2. 12-07-2006 08:47

since I've started to video myself I've been able to keep track of my progress. I can also look at it and see what I "should have done". This is a great idea 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Treehopper

3. 12-11-2006 18:52

dont be shy to put your vid on the net this way people can give you tips
flipinG

4. 01-07-2007 09:37

Wolf, dude. Being linear has everything to do with parkour. You think fast on your feet and find new ways to overcome things other than just what has already been thought up.
Default13

5. 01-21-2007 15:39

I just thought that linear meant straight, as in just running (no jumping or vaulting) I thought we had to adapt? 
 
Peace
Wolfzor

6. 04-01-2007 03:35

do you know the name of the song please?
pete

7. 05-19-2007 23:18

Remember Me by Cunninlynguists
Demon

8. 02-09-2008 05:07

awesome video!! i was wondering how i can upload some of my movies?

9. 03-21-2008 20:34

Beutiful :cry It was cool to see so many possibilities in such a small area...Awsome

10. 03-29-2008 08:55

i think this type of training is just as important as repitition. You wont always have the luxary to have mastered a jump 5 billion times when the times comes, you need to be able to think on you feet and move with confidence in unknown situatuation.

11. 06-18-2008 15:35

dude i can't watch the video it just comes up as some kind of code... im new so i kind of wanted to see some stuff you could do in a small space :cry  
 
is there a way you could get it on youtube or something?

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