Topic: Dilution a short parkour Essay from Blane

[hardcoretraceur]

lately when we train together we train in an indian-running kind of line. different people will lead. if you are leading, you are choosing the path, you are learning your abilities. if you are following and you feel like what was done was too hard or too easy, you're encouraged to push your own boundaries and creativity by finding a different method or path.

often this gets each person focusing on following a set path but not set techniques, they will do what they feel is within their ability. at random intervals we might stop though, tell eachother to go back to something and try something different, so we can push eachother. its kind of like alone we stick to our boundaries, and together we expand our understanding of our boundaries.

[RuKuS]

I think colbyakarukus is rukus nere from our boards

yeah, thats me.


i'm glad that this post is getting to some of our newer traceurs as well as maybe opening the veterans eyes to helping the parkour community by giving advice to the...shall we say, people with a lack of common sense...i know that some of the veterans already do this, knowing how bad it feels today from a 20 foot drop that they did 2 yrs ago. i know how it feels...i used to be one of those "idiots". shit, i still test myself in those ways everyonce and a while. i know i shouldnt and i know i will pay for it in the long run. but the difference is, i know that this will happen. those little guys out there crippling themselves might not know that they will start to have problems when they get up in the cold morning. they might not know that jumping off a three story building might just hyper extend your knee. THEY DON'T KNOW THE DANGERS OF IT.

some of them need to watch some "professionals" in their accident video. as an example (yeah, i know it's old), the vid of david belle screwing up on that kong to cat. that was a bad fall. they need to see more things like that. that's what opened my eyes. not some guy ranting at me telling me that my knees were gunna have problems later on in life. when i saw that vid (and of one guy trying to long jump a pool and messing up and doing a split on the pool edge), i knew that this was dangerous. thats when i started conditioning heavier (off topic, i know...).

i just think that the new people to this art should greatly understand the dangers of everything by giving them examples of stupid mistakes. thats what helped me and thats what is keeping me from backflipping of the roof of the building next door.

i guess thats how i see things...