I'm thinking the guys before me don't even practice parkour in the first place...
Parkour is not a sport, in that there are no rules, teams, or points. It is not about competition or showing off.
It shouldn't be confused with freerunning. Freerunning is more about free-movement and involves more tricking.
Parkour can be thought of as being chased by someone. You want to get away as fast as possible, right? But lets say you begin running into rails or walls or other obstacles as such. If you go around them you're only wasting time and energy.
The trick of parkour is to use as little wasted movementt while going past an obstacle. This is why most consider tricking and flips "not parkour" as they simply aren't necessary and will most likely slow you down in someway.
To parkour is to be able to control your body and mind into one being, so that you can find a path quickly, and move your body in a way that the path can be followed into the next path you're given. If you're running towards and obstacle and start to slow down in order to maneuver around it, most likely you need to practice more.
Parkour is not a sport, in that there are no rules, teams, or points. It is not about competition or showing off.
It shouldn't be confused with freerunning. Freerunning is more about free-movement and involves more tricking.
Parkour can be thought of as being chased by someone. You want to get away as fast as possible, right? But lets say you begin running into rails or walls or other obstacles as such. If you go around them you're only wasting time and energy.
The trick of parkour is to use as little wasted movementt while going past an obstacle. This is why most consider tricking and flips "not parkour" as they simply aren't necessary and will most likely slow you down in someway.
To parkour is to be able to control your body and mind into one being, so that you can find a path quickly, and move your body in a way that the path can be followed into the next path you're given. If you're running towards and obstacle and start to slow down in order to maneuver around it, most likely you need to practice more.
"This guy was chasing me but completely gave up when he realized he couldn't keep up with the path I was going."
"The bus didn't come, and I only had 10 minutes to get to work. I realized it was the perfect opportunity to put my parkour-training to work."
"The bus didn't come, and I only had 10 minutes to get to work. I realized it was the perfect opportunity to put my parkour-training to work."
by Danny Day October 15, 2006
Get the parkour mug.An event where parkour practitioners (traceurs) gather together to 'jam', or do parkour. During one, everyone meets at a particular, set place, and jams it out there, and it can sometimes be followed by food and drink, or some form of sustenance, as the day has progressed and energy has been spent and needs must be replenished.
Traceur 1: "Dude, you coming to the Jam today?"
Traceur 2: "Of course, man! i wouldn't miss a Parkour Jam for ANYTHING!"
Traceur 1: "Brohammad! You coming to the Parkour Jam today?"
Guy: "Brobi-wan-kenobi, i couldn't do parkour if my life depended on it."
Traceur 1: "That's cool, there are always a few people tagging along just to watch because they aren't cool enough to do parkour."
guy: "Alright, Sweet!"
Traceur 2: "Of course, man! i wouldn't miss a Parkour Jam for ANYTHING!"
Traceur 1: "Brohammad! You coming to the Parkour Jam today?"
Guy: "Brobi-wan-kenobi, i couldn't do parkour if my life depended on it."
Traceur 1: "That's cool, there are always a few people tagging along just to watch because they aren't cool enough to do parkour."
guy: "Alright, Sweet!"
by FreerunnerNathon December 16, 2011
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Not really parkour, but walking over chairs/tables to get to where you need to be, usually very slowly.
Jim: Dude, can you move the chairs? I need to leave the room to make a phone call.
Tim: Softcore parkour! Climb over shit.
Jim: I guess that's my only option.
Tim: Softcore parkour! Climb over shit.
Jim: I guess that's my only option.
by pageofspace October 4, 2013
Get the softcore parkour mug.An activity mostly done Saturdays by city people, forced to step over and sideswipe tourists and weekend visitors who don't know or disrespect city street rules. Especially brutal when you are in a rush.
*walking on a usually normal city street now packed with strollers, window shoppers, tourists groups taking up the sidewalk, etc.*
"We gonna have to do some urban parkour to get around this."
"We gonna have to do some urban parkour to get around this."
by alarive March 14, 2017
Get the Urban Parkour mug.Parkour (or 'le parkour'; 'freerunning'; 'pk' or 'pking') is the sport of fluid urban movement. Invented in 1988 in the Lisses suburb of Paris by a small crew of traceurs including the ledgendary David Belle and Sebastien Foucan who recently featured in the BBC documentary 'Jump London', the sport (or art) of pk is essentially a conbination of running, athletics and acrobatics in urban environments.
It includes such techniques as the tic-tac (wall step/run); kong (a form of vault); and precision (two-foot to two-foot jump) among myriad others. Most watching traceurs pk would describe their movements as series of of actobatic techniques fluidly integrated into a continuous run from A to B, past, over under and through any obstacles in their path. However, that would be during a run (most of which are filmed, as with skaters). Most often, if you saw traceurs practicing they'd be honing individual components of their technique.
Certain individuals have chosen to explore alternative forms of parkour, such as running through traffic or passing through crowds quicky, while others, such as Team Ryouko or Xyndicate have attempted to blend pk's unique ideals with other forms of martial and athletic arts.
It includes such techniques as the tic-tac (wall step/run); kong (a form of vault); and precision (two-foot to two-foot jump) among myriad others. Most watching traceurs pk would describe their movements as series of of actobatic techniques fluidly integrated into a continuous run from A to B, past, over under and through any obstacles in their path. However, that would be during a run (most of which are filmed, as with skaters). Most often, if you saw traceurs practicing they'd be honing individual components of their technique.
Certain individuals have chosen to explore alternative forms of parkour, such as running through traffic or passing through crowds quicky, while others, such as Team Ryouko or Xyndicate have attempted to blend pk's unique ideals with other forms of martial and athletic arts.
by Nic January 19, 2005
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Puppy: a young doggie, a spaz.
When you get an untrained puppy and the motherfucker goes completely batshit insane every waking moment.
Puppy: a young doggie, a spaz.
When you get an untrained puppy and the motherfucker goes completely batshit insane every waking moment.
Jaylene: oh... I'm so glad school is out. Let's watch tv.
BOOM!
Jane: what was that??
Jaylene: oh... my new puppy. Bouncing off a wall.... or the couch... or...
Jane: I haven't seen him yet...
Jaylene: Every minute or so he'll hit a wall and slide down. That's the best time to see him.
BAAMMM!
Jaylene: Puppy Parkour... what can I say?
Jane: What breed is he?
Jaylene: Part Chihuahua... part Pug.... part retard. He's a designer breed.
BOOM!
Jane: what was that??
Jaylene: oh... my new puppy. Bouncing off a wall.... or the couch... or...
Jane: I haven't seen him yet...
Jaylene: Every minute or so he'll hit a wall and slide down. That's the best time to see him.
BAAMMM!
Jaylene: Puppy Parkour... what can I say?
Jane: What breed is he?
Jaylene: Part Chihuahua... part Pug.... part retard. He's a designer breed.
by PDXJohnny99 April 28, 2013
Get the puppy parkour mug.The worst game ever made. A game made for physically retarded people who waste away clicking their keyboard flying around the map and being stupid in the Discord.
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