Author Topic: I feel embarrassed practicing in public... (Read 39029 times)

NikAs · « **Reply #240 on:** June 04, 2009, 03:41:41 PM »

Quote from: Muhammad Howell on August 15, 2007, 02:50:30 AM

Overprotective Parents: This obstacle can be overcome smoothly and efficiently by presenting the art of parkour to them in a positive light, simplified by use of the professional parkour documentary by film-maker Julie Angel, titled Jump Westminster

Show this to you mom: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4001097277208720031

I wish I found places like that in the video, around Illinois probably some spots like that in downtown Chicago.

Brian Dayton · « **Reply #241 on:** June 07, 2009, 02:43:16 PM »

If you feel embarrassed when people are watching train you just use your parkour skills to get to a place where no one can watch you train.

The Fat Traceur · « **Reply #242 on:** June 08, 2009, 07:26:02 AM »

Being Quite possibly the fattest person on this site to even practice parkour, I can say that the public eye does suck. Yesterday, (national parkour day), I decided to celebrate by going to the park with my 9 year old brother and playing tag in the playground. I started to use rolls, Precisions and underbars to my advantage and then thats when the stares and comments came. I got "aren't you a little old?" and "There are kids here!." I'm more of the silent type so I just ignored their comments and continued to have fun with my brother until we Got absolutely winded. What angered me is that they must've thought I was gonna crush one of their kids. I understand that I'm a fat POS but I know how to control my body. The only thing that kept me in that playground was the look of awe in those kids' faces when they saw that a kid as fat as me could move fluidly throughout his environment. So to wrap it up don't let words or thoughts hurt just continue to do what you love cause you'll always have a fan section!

Phoenix69778 · « **Reply #243 on:** July 06, 2009, 02:32:08 PM »

I agree with you guys. I am 25 and people look at me like im naked or something just for being on a playground or practicing were kids play. No one has ever asked me what i'm doin but I would try to atleast explain it to them if they had the guts to ask me what I was doin.

Elektrik · « **Reply #244 on:** July 06, 2009, 08:19:32 PM »

no1 goes to our local playground, so ive nevr experienced this. no1 evr goes there becuz the entire thing is like a pullup bar. which is actually a lot of fun.

as for practicing with other people, it really does keep you from getting embarassed. if someone confronts you and you dont feel comfortable explaining parkour, you can just say you're hanging out or something

Hunter23 · « **Reply #245 on:** July 06, 2009, 09:38:01 PM »

usually if the people are watching you they might be interested in it... And sometimes they might think you are gonna injure yourself lol... For example I was having a training day at a school near my house i was doing various vaults over a wall that had a ten foot drop after the initial vault... And this lady was watching me and she came over and said "you should stop doing that before you hurt yourself" and i proceeded down to her and explained to her what i was doing and that my body was capable to handle a vault and a drop like that because i know how to land and how to execute a proper roll... So i guess the moral of this story is dont be afraid in public what is the worst that is gonna happen, they are gonna come over and ask what you are doin and you just explain parkour and what its about and hey maybe you convinced the person to perhaps try parkour out one day...

Matt Stick · « **Reply #246 on:** July 06, 2009, 10:07:26 PM »

i dont think you should do vaults over something with a ten foot drop. unless you train a LOT. :/ It may not hurt today but tomorrow... you never know

Hunter23 · « **Reply #247 on:** July 06, 2009, 10:19:59 PM »

it was into grass btw i forgot to mention that and it probably was only like 8 ft, sometimes i have a problem of over exagerating haha

Matt Stick · « **Reply #248 on:** July 07, 2009, 08:06:12 AM »

lol well thats still quite a bit. Of course, i dont know your fitness or level of technique, but you should definately be careful, im not doing anymore big jumps until ive trained and perfected, and i mean PERFECTED rolls.

Elektrik · « **Reply #249 on:** July 07, 2009, 08:30:47 AM »

Quote from: Matt! on July 07, 2009, 08:06:12 AM

lol well thats still quite a bit. Of course, i dont know your fitness or level of technique, but you should definately be careful, im not doing anymore big jumps until ive trained and perfected, and i mean PERFECTED rolls.

lolz same

Hunter23 · « **Reply #250 on:** July 07, 2009, 11:04:19 AM »

Quote from: Matt! on July 07, 2009, 08:06:12 AM

lol well thats still quite a bit. Of course, i dont know your fitness or level of technique, but you should definately be careful, im not doing anymore big jumps until ive trained and perfected, and i mean PERFECTED rolls.

Okay thanks for the heads up

David Hawisher · « **Reply #251 on:** July 31, 2009, 07:26:23 AM »

I have found that a great place to practice to at least work on the basics is an empty parking garage, especially if its the summer and its still light out then.

zayn · « **Reply #252 on:** September 17, 2009, 07:57:20 AM »

get used to people, good spots may have alot of them. and when u really need to get somewhere does it matter what people think?

Columbus PK · « **Reply #253 on:** September 20, 2009, 03:53:09 PM »

im never rlly an awkward person so im comfterble in a good number of situations...like parkour lol but i like doing it in public cuz then peole are like wow ur doing these flips and leaps and climbing stuff where did u learn? its funny lol

ParkourBoy217 · « **Reply #254 on:** September 30, 2009, 08:15:52 PM »

You should practice in a place where there isn't very many people and slowly get comfortable with people watching you.

alxsmpgmr · « **Reply #255 on:** October 30, 2009, 09:34:40 PM »

i am a newbie, i can admit it. but i don't know of any traceurs in westminster colorado. i want to train with some more expierienced people, but i don't know who there is. HELP!!!!

Nick Casey · « **Reply #256 on:** November 01, 2009, 05:32:19 PM »

Oooh, no.....
I dont like public training. But I usually take a friend with me to show them whats up. That always helps

Sezon · « **Reply #257 on:** November 07, 2009, 12:37:19 AM »

I'm a pure traceur who has been practicing on college campuses, so I'm use to the public eye.

I think many of them know me for my parkour, but don't know what parkour is. So many people do not even look at me anymore, since I've been training on the college campus and other campuses, for a long time now. Soon I'll teach myself flips, then really attract the public eye.

kharvilak · « **Reply #258 on:** November 09, 2009, 04:55:46 AM »

I've always been one to not like drawing attention to myself. I mostly train on a college campus and a city playground. Our local group usually practices together on weekends, so the campus is not very active, but the playground is filled with people during warmer weather. If people see me training, so be it, but I don't go out of my way to be noticed. We've had younger teens approach us at the playground on several occasions and ask us what we are doing, so we explain and show them a bit about what we do. Some have heard of Parkour, most have not. The attention we have gotten though has been positive.
Though I train in public, what I do is for my own benefit and to help others, not to be "noticed". It is keeping ourselves physically and mentally fit, it is for building community, and it is for having fun as well.

Sezon · « **Reply #259 on:** November 09, 2009, 09:48:03 AM »

I'm the same way. But, if I were to add aesthetics to my movements, then I'd be able to attract people to Parkour. Without aesthetics, people just see me doing "reckless" activity. It's one of the reasons I really want to learn flips, and such.

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