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Post by reevesyzapha on Jan 28, 2008 12:41:39 GMT
I am doing research into Parkour and Free-running for my dissertation at university and i wondered How did you originally come in contact with Parkour or Freerunning, and what made you begin practicing? Any thoughts are greatly appreciated.
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Post by pkjsy on Jan 28, 2008 12:43:42 GMT
well i started parkour because i was inspired from seeing a david belle video so i tried it and enjoyed it then was fanscinated by the philosophy of it and all the other background stuff. But originally i saw it and thought it was amazing,
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Post by mayhem2004 on Jan 28, 2008 13:19:03 GMT
i got into it threw my girlfriend she didnt stop going on a bout it so i gave it a try and really enjoyed been training pk ever since
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Post by reevesyzapha on Jan 28, 2008 14:00:39 GMT
i don't mean to sound stupid, but what was amazing about watching david belle? and to mayhem what was enjoyable?
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Post by mayhem2004 on Jan 28, 2008 14:29:51 GMT
everything the feel of movement and getting over any obsticall and also when i just want to get away from the world i can get to places that other people cant
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Post by pkjsy on Jan 29, 2008 9:47:51 GMT
because david belle really shows what parkour is about obviously cos he helped make it lol but his movement is so smooth and effortless, what parkour should be but also his focus as well it made me try it
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Post by reevesyzapha on Jan 29, 2008 17:27:33 GMT
pkjsy: you mentioned the philosophy of parkour that is something i have found really interesting, how has that effected you or what attracted you to it.
mayhem: I think it is interesting that you can use parkour to escape the world by going where others can't, do you think that then that it will never be a sport for the masses or do you not want it to?
Has it changed the way that you see the world then?
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Post by crawty on Jan 29, 2008 18:34:32 GMT
I got into parkour from watching videos on you tube and google video. I was just amazed of the ability and of the moves that they did. From there i found pakour.net and ukpka and just continued practising from. Now i mainly practise tricking.
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Post by mayhem2004 on Jan 30, 2008 12:03:16 GMT
pkjsy: you mentioned the philosophy of parkour that is something i have found really interesting, how has that effected you or what attracted you to it. mayhem: I think it is interesting that you can use parkour to escape the world by going where others can't, do you think that then that it will never be a sport for the masses or do you not want it to? Has it changed the way that you see the world then? na i want it to become a masse sport i get so bored training on my own sometimes but then other times i want to train on my own and yes it has changed the way i see the world before i started trainin i just used to walk from a to b now im allways looking for new things to do most of my mates say i look at the world as a playground which in a way i suppose i do |
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Post by ANTISFIT on Jan 30, 2008 14:53:25 GMT
you WANT it to be a mass sport..
okay, basically
right now, parkour is hidden. it is something personal to you, though there are thousands of other practitioners, it just feels personal.
you walk down the street, see people trying to climb over stuff, or just simply walkig, and you realise that you are better than these people, and it feels absolutely amazing.
if it becomes large and known, there will be nothing personal to you, you'll blend in and not stick out from the crowd.
just be another normal face
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Post by pkjsy on Jan 30, 2008 15:13:34 GMT
yeah and plus parkour shouldnt b a sport how can you judge stamina vs efficiency vs speed vs flow. it just doesnt work, one of the targets of parkour is whoever you teach, u aim to help them surpass your level. Not to beat them for awards.
and yer reeves i think the philosphy is amazing about being free yet mental and physical strength. It is a way to live not a novelty. I liked it because its more than it seems on the surface
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Post by mayhem2004 on Jan 30, 2008 16:06:17 GMT
you WANT it to be a mass sport.. okay, basically right now, parkour is hidden. it is something personal to you, though there are thousands of other practitioners, it just feels personal. you walk down the street, see people trying to climb over stuff, or just simply walkig, and you realise that you are better than these people, and it feels absolutely amazing. if it becomes large and known, there will be nothing personal to you, you'll blend in and not stick out from the crowd. just be another normal face ye i see what you mean but there is so mush you can learn the possibiltys are endles like i was saying if it becomes a mass hobbie then you will have others who share the same interests as you but then if ya train on ya own its still personall as you can try new things with out getting imbarassed if ya bail and ant mate you seen me bail a couple of times now and i got imbaresed |
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Post by ANTISFIT on Jan 30, 2008 21:11:29 GMT
haha, we all get embarrassed mate.
i just would not want to be just another face
i love how people react when we train, its amazing
it wouldn't be... the same if mass participation came into it
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Post by pkjsy on Jan 31, 2008 8:47:53 GMT
i see wat your saying ant, but remember that parkour is about community, but it definately wouldn't be the same if everyone did it
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Post by Ronin-ukpka admin on Feb 1, 2008 8:35:59 GMT
i like the fact that its a little hidden, but you have to remember that belle and co, could have kept parkour to themselves and if they did you would never have known about parkour, it wouldnt have changed peoples lives like it has.
keep it personal, but our goal should be to help as many people as possible find this amazing discipline we were GIVEN.
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