Has parkour lost its meaning?

Re: Has parkour lost its meaning?

feeds@yuku.com (kanahmal) — Tue, 13 May 2008 04:09:18 GMT

Yeah why say that when you can correctly state "mathematician and neglectful/abusive husband/father".

Why add extra crap to what could be a great thing. Should it be available? Yes. It humanizes an idol figure like Einstein, and a philosophy could be helpful to SOME people who practice parkour, but it shouldn't be the first thing you hear about, nor a prerequisite for parkour.

Re: Has parkour lost its meaning?

feeds@yuku.com (Zer0) — Mon, 12 May 2008 23:37:58 GMT

I don't often post, but I've been around these boards for quite a while. I just think that this is a fanastic topic and want to add my $.02

When I first started PK/Freerunning almost 5 years ago, I started because it looked fun. I'd been climbing things and busting out the odd wall run for years, PK/FR was the next logical step. For me the philosophy was not important. I just wanted to push my body farther than I ever had. Every day was about adding another inch to my...

Re: Has parkour lost its meaning?

feeds@yuku.com (Biomech) — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:21:54 GMT

Nice philosophy

Re: Has parkour lost its meaning?

feeds@yuku.com (DjuXa) — Thu, 08 May 2008 11:16:26 GMT

Meaning is inside you, not somewhere in space. If it's lost, then you are lost. Nothing to discuss.

Re: Has parkour lost its meaning?

feeds@yuku.com (seal36) — Wed, 07 May 2008 23:36:11 GMT

ahhh memorys. When me and a group of friends started we were kids with a vague idea of what parkour was and we thought we were god at it. i doubt we could even vault properly back then..

Re: Has parkour lost its meaning?

feeds@yuku.com (dsfargeg) — Wed, 07 May 2008 11:23:30 GMT

I don't know about all this silly philosophy though.. it just looks fun!

That's how it starts.

Re: Has parkour lost its meaning?

feeds@yuku.com (Biomech) — Mon, 05 May 2008 15:18:23 GMT

Loads of girls do Parkour, you'll have no problems

Re: Has parkour lost its meaning?

feeds@yuku.com (ErisParkour) — Mon, 05 May 2008 14:26:28 GMT

I only just found out about parkour from a couple of days ago on youtube... The only thing is, i'm a girl and none of the videos I have seen have girls in!! Would it still be alright for me to do it? I do running sometimes already... I don't know about all this silly philosophy though.. it just looks fun! ~x

Re: Has parkour lost its meaning?

feeds@yuku.com (dsfargeg) — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:27:53 GMT

If it wasn't for the internet, I guarantee that 99% of people in the UK who do parkour wouldn't be doing it, and would have never heard of it.
The internet's helped with so much in the past years. It's the ultimate way to spread information quickly. It's a testament to the modern world that a new discipline, such as parkour, has spread as fast as it has done with the help of modern media.

Re: Has parkour lost its meaning?

feeds@yuku.com (ravenpkloser) — Fri, 02 May 2008 17:13:39 GMT

Biomech wrote:

e says that the philosophy of parkour is of always moving forwards, never stopping

It's interesting that that is his philosophy given that he/his fan boys object to so much.

let them argue and bitch at one another thats what i say. there's nothink wrong with people having an opinion and there's certainly nothink wrong with you or anyone...

Re: Has parkour lost its meaning?

feeds@yuku.com (Biomech) — Thu, 01 May 2008 18:00:15 GMT

e says that the philosophy of parkour is of always moving forwards, never stopping

It's interesting that that is his philosophy given that he/his fan boys object to so much.

Re: Has parkour lost its meaning?

feeds@yuku.com (ravenpkloser) — Thu, 01 May 2008 17:40:50 GMT

My understanding of the philosophy of parkour comes from David Belle's statements on the subject, and he says that the philosophy of parkour is of always moving forwards, never stopping. The ideal of parkour is a man who is stopped by nothing, who always continues his way.
The other way he explains this point is by thinking about obstacles. Parkour is the art of overcoming all obstacles, everything that is an obstacle. Everything that may potentially stop you from going your way is...

Re: Has parkour lost its meaning?

feeds@yuku.com (LabratX) — Thu, 01 May 2008 17:01:16 GMT

I actually love you Tauros
Parkour is just part of my 'way'. All the cool people and fun i've had doing it is very important to me, but I don't try and philosophy onto parkour in itself. Put philosophy into your whole life, not just your sport.

Re: Has parkour lost its meaning?

feeds@yuku.com (pk tauros) — Thu, 01 May 2008 11:49:56 GMT

I personally wouldn't care if my whole town took up parkour and didn't give a shit about the meaning behind it... I'd still be ten steps ahead of the lot of them, parkour is only a small part of my 'way'. Your 'way' isn't much to with parkour, it is every single part of you and what you do, everything you think, how you do things and, most importantly, why you do them... and it most likely isn't complete enough to be called a 'way' yet anyway......

Re: Has parkour lost its meaning?

feeds@yuku.com (sneaky chinese ninja) — Thu, 01 May 2008 07:41:38 GMT

the reason to argue comes when what some other people make parkour to be, destroys it for others.

Re: Has parkour lost its meaning?

feeds@yuku.com (fluid freedom) — Thu, 01 May 2008 00:27:54 GMT

havent been around these boards for a while but saw this topic and took interest. The one thing i learnt from parkour was that it started out as a discipline and them became comercialised and people started making money from it, which to be honest is in all fairness... i learnt that parkour is whatever you make, if you have a way then go for it, if you just wanna do it to keep fit then fair enough, if you use it for social networking there are all sorts of reasons to free run at the end of...

Re: Has parkour lost its meaning?

feeds@yuku.com (dsfargeg) — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:39:44 GMT

Can't wait for this year man
No drinking this time...

Re: Has parkour lost its meaning?

feeds@yuku.com (LabratX) — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 21:33:32 GMT

Well we are all very proud of you. Also, I know what you mean; training in London can be epic fun with no drama to be seen.
wwj wannabes though? not sure what you are getting at there.
What dsfargeg was talking about is the best gathering of traceurs I have ever been to too though, better than any London jam witnessed by me by quite a way.

Re: Has parkour lost its meaning?

feeds@yuku.com (Biomech) — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 19:06:57 GMT

Actually the old days before all these wwj wannabe's, we used to gather at south bank and have loads of fun, none of the bullshit. Infact it was so nice that I used to travel for 3-4 hours on a train to London, to jam with people I didn't know, smoke about 100 fags, fail at parkour, pay about £100 for a hotel, then travel 3-4 hours back on the train the next day, all by myself.

Re: Has parkour lost its meaning?

feeds@yuku.com (ez) — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 18:39:51 GMT

Riiiiiiiiiiight.

Has parkour lost its meaning?

feeds@yuku.com (Traceur Vert) — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 21:37:41 GMT

I am posting the question, 'has parkour lost its meaning?' and I say this because I have found that nearly everyone has lost sight of the philosophy of parkour. Sebastian Foucan talks about everyone has their own 'way',and he calls it 'my way' and no one seems to talk about their own way. So I am asking, what is your 'way'? and if you can't answer that then ask your self why you can't. Because if nobody has their own 'way' then has parkour lost...