Topic: Parkour survey

[Roman Zakharyak]

I am doing an english paper on parkour and i need a survey. lol i couldnt think of a better place to have it then here.

1. What does parkour mean to you?

2. How long have you been doiing it?

3. How many hours a day do you train?

4. Do you eat healthy?

5. Is parkour a large part of your life?

6. How hard was it to start?

7. Where you scared to do any of the movements?

8. What is your description of parkour?


Thank you for your help

[alxsmpgmr]

1. What does parkour mean to you?
It means that i can move unlike all the people around me, it makes me more unique.
2. How long have you been doiing it?
Almost to my 6 month mark.
3. How many hours a day do you train?
probably only around 1 or 2. depends on the day.
4. Do you eat healthy?
yes and no. i eat healthier, but not super healthy. but i have a good metabolism.
5. Is parkour a large part of your life?
yes.
6. How hard was it to start?
pretty tuff. i wasn't in very good shape.
7. Where you scared to do any of the movements?
yes. kongs were pretty scary at first.
8. What is your description of parkour?
getting from point A to point B in as little time as possible, as efficiently as possible, and using only the human body by going over, under, through obstacles.

[Joseph Gorman Pugh]

1. It fills a an empty void in my life that I couldn't fill until I discovered Parkour and free running.

2. Five years, but not straight..off an on..as far as training go's I probably have less then two months. But now I train everyday.

3. Six to eight hours

4. No

5. Yes

6. I had an easier time starting out then many.

7. I was scared of the kong, but now I am scared to do a dash vault.

8. Parkour is what you make of it, its core principle remains the same and that principle is the art of movement. However its you who chooses how you move, whether you do PK movements alone, more flashy moves or just tricking. To me its all the same, just different styles and they do not warrant different names. To me its all free running.

[mdude2244]

1.  Parkour means freedom and fun to me.
2.  2 years
3.  1.5 to 2 hours a day
4.  Yes
5.  Very large (that's what she said)
6.  It wasn't hard to start
7.  Yes, still am
8.  Geting from one point to another as quickly and efficiently as possible.

[Kendy]

1. Parkour means freedom, determination, and ultimately triumph.
2. We'll call it one year seriously
3. 2-3 hours a day
4. I'm starting to, yes
5. It is probably the biggest part of my life now
6. Not hard at all; I was in pretty good shape, it just took a little time to rid myself of the laziness
7. Sometimes, but it never takes more than a few moments to get over the fears
8. Getting from point A to point B the quickest and most efficent way possible, while looking badass.

[WoodlandGhillie]

1. What does parkour mean to you?
It means everything to me. It's my life, my world. I may soon be homeless and parkour has always helped me through hard times.
2. How long have you been doing it?
I've been around 2.5 years, however I've only trained for about 1.5
3. How many hours a day do you train?
I'm starting to go above 3 hrs a day.
4. Do you eat healthy?
Better than most. Parkour changed my diet.
5. Is parkour a large part of your life?
Absolutely. See Q1.
6. How hard was it to start?
All it took was the vague mention by a friend that an aikido roll is like parkour.
7. Where you scared to do any of the movements?
Of course. Fear is what keeps you alive as well.
8. What is your description of parkour?
Parkour is a discipline in which traceurs, the parkour practitioners, overcome mental and physical obstacles in their life.

Good luck on your essay!

[Stephen Westbrook]

1. What does parkour mean to you? It's movement in general. Not just any movement. It's MY movement.

2. How long have you been doiing it? I've been doing Parkour since September of 2009. Which puts me at.. Seven months? Yep.

3. How many hours a day do you train? At least an hour. Or I try. I've been slacking lately, to be honest. Dx I need to stop that.

4. Do you eat healthy? I don't eat 'unhealthy', but I wouldn't say I eat healthy. There are definitely some things I can do better in that area.

5. Is parkour a large part of your life? It's one of the larger portions, yes.

6. How hard was it to start? Wasn't hard at all. Thanks to my background in Martial Arts, it wasn't hard for me to get up and go out and start training. I've always been an active kid.

7. Where you scared to do any of the movements? Of course. But after some research on the correct way to perform said movements, the fear subsided and I was able to perform them. :] In particular, the Kong. That vault had me stuck for a while.. But I got it! (Thanks to Keith and team Silver-Sprint.)

8. What is your description of parkour? The ability to move more efficiently. In every aspect of the term 'movement'. It's not just about getting from point A to B with me. It's much more complex than that.

[wflemer]

1. Parkour is what you make it.

2. I just started a few weeks ago.
 
3. I'm in school all day during the week, and i have track practice after school, and then I have homework to do after that: so barely at all during the week. On the weekend I'll get out for a few hours on Saturday and Sunday.
 
4. I don't eat fast food at all really, but I don't eat enough fruits and vegetables either.

5. It definitely will be when I get better.

6. It's been kind of hard so far, mainly due to the fact that I don't have a martial arts background like many traceurs, and my fear of getting hurt. But I'm a distance runner, so that makes it easier than having no athleticism at all.

7. Yes, definitely. I'm still scared, even of small rails (I'm much more afraid of rails than walls for some reason). I'm also afraid of over doing it at this stage; I'm afraid that I'm going to destroy my knees doing precisions or my shoulder doing rolls, etc. I also just don't really trust my abilities yet. I'll have to get over all this stuff and just do it!

8. Parkour is the art of moving through your surroundings/environment with the most ease, grace, efficiency, and speed as possible. It's the ability to go where others cannot. It's the ability to go places you could not before. I think that as I get better, I will also become more philosophical about parkour, but that's what it is to me right now.

[majicalmijit]

1. id like it to be my life
2. monthish
3. spontaneously through out the day XP
4.haha ummmm not as much as i should
5.uhhh yeah i could say that
6. well it turns out that Ive been doing this stuff with running forever...just didnt know it had a name...but its still pretty difficult
7.well im still afraid of flips i cant do them yet....jumping over high things used to though
8.ever played mirrors edge?...i know its not completely like that but ya get the jist n stuff.
                                                       

[J Kyle Smith]

1. What does parkour mean to you?
It contributes to my life of adventure, a day without adventure is a day wasted

2. How long have you been doiing it?
Roughly 4-5 months

3. How many hours a day do you train?
Depends on work/ school/ social life, usually try to get in a minor workout once a day.

4. Do you eat healthy?
Ever since I started parkour I have been eating healthier, not 100% healthy but healthier

5. Is parkour a large part of your life?
It is now that I have completed Boy Scouts (I'm turning 18 this Sunday so I can't participate as a scout anymore )

6. How hard was it to start?
Somewhat hard, mostly because when I first discovered it and tried it I thought it wasn't right for me, then I decided to go serious and now it's easy. But sometimes it's hard to get off my lazy-ass and train still

7. Where you scared to do any of the movements?
Yeah, the kong vaults, I finally got the monkey vault down but those dives.... they're just too intense for me right now. haha

8. What is your description of parkour?
An outlet of freedom, a lost art that will guide my life in the correct direction. Before I started parkour I wasn't 100% physically active, sure I would go on occasional backpacking trips, but the closest mountains to my house were a good 6 hours away so I would only do those a couple times a year.
Parkour has contributed to my over all well-being and has opened my eyes to new possibilities, I am a more daring person now. Unlike I used to be I want to be an old man who looks back on his life and says "Man I was stupid back then, but at least I had fun"

[Roman Zakharyak]

Thank you for your creative responces, i cant wait to write it now