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new video - the art of parkour
« on: October 02, 2008, 07:37:31 PM »
hey guys i just finished with this new video its almost all in slow mo and black and white, i was hoping to do an artsy job on the editing.
anyway im just looking for feed back tell me what you think.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67IacI7PqI8

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Re: new video - the art of parkour
« Reply #1 on: October 02, 2008, 07:49:18 PM »
I'd work on drilling techniques to clean up your form, particularly landings.  And PLEASE, for the love of God go easy on those drops.  A small part of my soul died when I saw the one at 50 seconds, with an extra jump to boot.

As for the video itself it was pretty spiffy, the editing went along with the music nicely.

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Re: new video - the art of parkour
« Reply #2 on: October 02, 2008, 07:58:50 PM »
Some pretty good stuff, and some stuff that made me want to cry. Whats with the little spinny things sometimes when you jump? And drill your rolls, and your landings. Spend at least half of your training session on drilling landings before you try any more jumps like the one at 50 sec.


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Re: new video - the art of parkour
« Reply #3 on: October 02, 2008, 08:00:53 PM »
yeah the landing on that jump was pretty bad, but jumps that high don't seem to make me sore or hurt me and i did start with far smaller jumps normally im pretty good about rolls but that one was just bad. yeah ill work on the landings.

about the editing thanks this is the longest i have spent editing a video so far so im glad you like the editing :)

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Re: new video - the art of parkour
« Reply #4 on: October 02, 2008, 08:08:40 PM »
jumps that high don't seem to make me sore or hurt me

I could dig up a couple dozen threads about this but I'm feeling too lazy right now so just trust me when I say that feeling okay after big jumps doesn't mean squat.  You're still hurting yourself, just not where you can feel it....yet.

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Re: new video - the art of parkour
« Reply #5 on: October 02, 2008, 09:06:04 PM »
Its not so much the height.  I mean Most people who know what they are doing and who can roll decently can pull off a jump like that every once in a while and not have much damage done.  But your technique was... well ok man, you jumped UP off the roof.  A little height is ok on that jump but you wanna go OUT to help the roll.  You just went straight up and then straight down.  You had almost no forward momentum so the roll, well sucked, no offense.  Drops like this are not necessary at your level of training.  You will feel it trust me.  Maybe not yet but you will eventually.  In your quads and knees and back.  Let me ask you thin, how many days a week do you train?

Any ways, some very nice fluidity in there, be care full on that first stair set you jumped down where you didn't roll.  I literally nearly broke my wrists doing that.  i could barely use my hands for a week!

But yeah you are on the right track.  on the one handed reverse vaults you are using, I suggest you bend your knees and tuck them.  kinda curl them around the bar.  The less they are flying out the better.  Not only is it more efficient it looks better.  Practice whipping around the trailing leg very fast.

Good job though.  Really try to take our advice and learn from it.

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Re: new video - the art of parkour
« Reply #6 on: October 03, 2008, 11:10:08 AM »
Anything that could be said about landing technique and drops has already been said, but there are a few other things that I think you guys should be drilling.

Your top outs could use some work.  Never use your knees when you're getting on top of an obstacle.  At least swing a leg to the side if you're afraid of hitting your shins.  Also, I imagine that your climb ups could use a little work as well.  Good top outs and good climb ups usually go hand-in-hand.

I saw a lot of double-foot punches.  If you really want to work on flow and fluidity, eliminate those pauses in momentum by using a split-foot take off.  This will also significantly speed up your runs.

Control is extremely important.  I could tell that you felt a little rushed on some of those longer runs with the staircase.  Take it slow and build up the confidence and technique to do things faster.  Never sacrifice good technique for speed.  Also, watch out for your recovery from landings (without rolls).  Make sure you're absorbing that energy from the fall.  If you feel yourself bounding forward to dissipate the momentum, you're doing something wrong.

Lastly, don't overlook the variety and creativity that parkour offers.  Use some different vaults, do some rail work, execute precisions, mix it up.  Watching different people do the same exact moves over and over again gets old fairly quickly.

Hope this helps a little.  Best of luck!