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Offline Shadowcat

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Re: Too young?
« Reply #20 on: August 06, 2008, 04:57:58 AM »
As a dad and a budding traceur let me throw out one more idea for you.  Try showing your parents, and maybe getting them to try a few things out.  A playground has a lot of possibilities, the ground is usually safe, and your parents look like they're just playing with you (most adults need an excuse to play it seems, and being a good, involved parent is a pretty good one).  Jumping into a cat on a set of narrow-gap safety rails is satisfyingly exotic, safe, and relatively easy.  I don't know your parents, and the odds of them taking up parkour as a hobby might be low, but if you have an oppertunity some time, show them what you're doing, how safe it is, and what a good workout/confidence builder it is for you.  Good luck, and good training!

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Re: Too young?
« Reply #21 on: August 06, 2008, 08:59:25 AM »
LoL..  It's HUGE in Australia!  You guys have the Australian Parkour forums over there.. AND the Australian Parkour Association!
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Re: Too young?
« Reply #22 on: August 06, 2008, 09:50:08 AM »
Tom, in my opinion there is no certain age to become a traceur, if it is your wish to practice parkour, then by all means, do it, just go about it with patience and take your time. Think of all the prodigy guitarists that are playing jimi hendrix by their 7th birthday :P just do what you need to do bro, we're all behind you.


sweet mate thanks a lot for those kind words  ;D   ;D

No problem man, I wish the best of luck to you.
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Offline Tom Walker

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Re: Too young?
« Reply #23 on: August 07, 2008, 12:38:02 AM »
As a dad and a budding traceur let me throw out one more idea for you.  Try showing your parents, and maybe getting them to try a few things out.  A playground has a lot of possibilities, the ground is usually safe, and your parents look like they're just playing with you (most adults need an excuse to play it seems, and being a good, involved parent is a pretty good one).  Jumping into a cat on a set of narrow-gap safety rails is satisfyingly exotic, safe, and relatively easy.  I don't know your parents, and the odds of them taking up parkour as a hobby might be low, but if you have an oppertunity some time, show them what you're doing, how safe it is, and what a good workout/confidence builder it is for you.  Good luck, and good training!

Thanks for taking the time to write all that Shadowcat, they are some great ideas! I'll give them a go :)
my parents don't really mind me practicing parkour, they just tell me to be careful and i try to be.
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Re: Too young?
« Reply #24 on: August 07, 2008, 12:39:33 AM »
LoL..  It's HUGE in Australia!  You guys have the Australian Parkour forums over there.. AND the Australian Parkour Association!

Yea  :-\
i feel like such a dumbass for saying that :)
iv been surfing the web and i discovered that PK is acually really big down here ha ha ha
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