free running is often mixed up with parkour. Although the two are often physically similar, the mindsets of each are vastly different. free running is moving from point a to point b as effeciently as possible with style involved such as flips, gainers, and spins. Freerunning is essentially complete freedom of movement. parkour is the same without the style involved. From the start the parkour community has been always against the idea of serious competition as it violates the foundations of the philosophy of parkour . it spawned off of parkour which was started in the 1980's by david belle. The term free running was coined during the filming of Jump London, as a way to present parkour to the English-speaking world. alot of free runners practice in groups and have a philosophy about it which is really david belles whole idea. The philosophy is dicipline mentally and physically. If you dont think it is a mental discipline you are completely wrong the fact that you try to jump a 20 foot camp 15 eet of the ground can really get you.but this is what free running really is for even more info wiki it.
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Not to be confused with Parkour, which is moving from point A to point B as quickly as possible using objects in your way as shortcuts rather than obstacles. Well, as the need for efficiency declines throughout the years, more of a focus was based on aesthetics, such as flips and spins. Moves such as these weren't as efficient as much as the were aesthetic, so these were classified as free running moves.
There is no mindset of movement when doing free running as opposed to parkour.
Parkour has within itself the intention of moving from one place to another very quickly, whereas in free running you could be in the same place for hours on end with no intent of movement.
Not to be confused with Parkour, which is moving from point A to point B as quickly as possible using objects in your way as shortcuts rather than obstacles. Well, as the need for efficiency declines throughout the years, more of a focus was based on aesthetics, such as flips and spins. Moves such as these weren't as efficient as much as the were aesthetic, so these were classified as free running moves.
There is no mindset of movement when doing free running as opposed to parkour.
Parkour has within itself the intention of moving from one place to another very quickly, whereas in free running you could be in the same place for hours on end with no intent of movement.
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Commonly mistaken for Parkour,(Getting from point A to point B as efficiently as possible) Free running is more or less a mixture of Parkour and tricking(a kind of extreme sport where the "athletes" do fast, flips, and kicks continually in sequences) Free running is a mixture of vaults, flips, spins, and other flashy tricks in an outside environment. Free running is practiced with a different mind set then parkour. Free running is practiced often to express ones self through movement, to enjoy the tricks for fun, and to become more free then an average human. to be more physically equipped. to free ones self from an ordinary life style. Some may use these ability's to show off rather then just for fun but it is their choice not anyone elses. It Takes Great skill, strength, technique, and fearlessness to practice free running.
"The only reason free runners cant fly is their balls are so big it weighs them down"
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If i was to go Free-Running, i may jump on to a wall n could put in a 360 turn or a half flip. Just make things more complicated add a reverse.
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it is a 'sport' as some call it usually in illegal spots where a group, club or gang do tricks and flips off gaps walls ledges you name it.
it is a 'sport' as some call it usually in illegal spots where a group, club or gang do tricks and flips off gaps walls ledges you name it.
gangmember1:"yo, man are we going to go free running at our spot?".
gangmember2:"nah man, i found this sick new spot with gaps, you in?".
ganmember1:"fo sure".
gangmember2:"nah man, i found this sick new spot with gaps, you in?".
ganmember1:"fo sure".
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