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Parkour is a discipline not unlike martial arts, but rather than practicing fighting or self defense, it is about moving efficiently
Parkour is a way of moving from one place to another as quickly and as efficiently as possible by means of jumping, vaulting, climbing and other such things.
Parkour is not to be confused with freerunning, which is more focused on aesthetics (i.e. flips, aerials etc.) rather than efficiency. Freerunning is considered an extreme sport, wheres Parkour is a practice for personal benefit rather than showing off.
One who practices Parkour is known as a traceur
Parkour is a way of moving from one place to another as quickly and as efficiently as possible by means of jumping, vaulting, climbing and other such things.
Parkour is not to be confused with freerunning, which is more focused on aesthetics (i.e. flips, aerials etc.) rather than efficiency. Freerunning is considered an extreme sport, wheres Parkour is a practice for personal benefit rather than showing off.
One who practices Parkour is known as a traceur
I saw this guy using Parkour to get to wherever he was going. I saw him climbing walls, vaulting shorter walls and jumping to get wherever he needed to be as quickly and as efficiently as possible.
by InfiniteSingularity December 15, 2008
Get the parkour mug.Le Parkour (also known simply as Parkour, PK, or free running)was invented in 1988 in the Parisian suburb of Lisses by a group of teenagers including the legends David Belle and Sebastien Foucan, who formed a clan called the "Yamakasi", or new (modern) samurai. it is a sport in which practitioners, called "traceurs, run, jump, climb, and roll rhrough rooftops, gaps, pipes, practically anything in an urban environment. it demands great physical agility, and masters of PK, such as Belle, are able to jump over cars, leap 9-meter distances from one rooftop to anotherIt has been described as "obstacle-coursing" or "the art of movement". the fluid art of parkour is sometimes combined with the smooth flow of such arts such as capoeira and Xtreme martial arts. examples of such hybrid practitioners are Team Ryouko, the famous Toronto martial arts stunt team, and the mysterious Xyndicate, a tiny, underground clan located in the eastern United States.
"PK is as 1337 as break-dancing!"
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1.)A dumbass attemting to do some stupid shit the body wasn't meant to do trying to be cool and ends up permantly injuryed.
1.)A dumbass attemting to do some stupid shit the body wasn't meant to do trying to be cool and ends up permantly injuryed.
Dude thought it would be cool to flip off the balcony until he landed on the fence and broke his back and became parkourplegic.
by Ponyboi69 December 28, 2022
Get the parkourplegic mug.Bus Parkour is a game that all bus drivers play but still deny playing it.
The game begins when two buses following the same route are within 1 or 2 stops range between each other.
The objective of the game is to get to the end of the route before the other bus. If a passenger wants to get off the bus or a passenger wants to get on the bus at a bus stop, the bus must stop at the bus stop and let them on/off.
It is this principle that brings the parkour element into play as both buses are overtaking each other as the route is followed up until the final stop (In the sense that the buses are "jumping over each other" as in parkour).
This can cause massive frustration for passengers both on and off the bus as Bus Parkour can slow down the journey and/or make the even later as they already are.
The game begins when two buses following the same route are within 1 or 2 stops range between each other.
The objective of the game is to get to the end of the route before the other bus. If a passenger wants to get off the bus or a passenger wants to get on the bus at a bus stop, the bus must stop at the bus stop and let them on/off.
It is this principle that brings the parkour element into play as both buses are overtaking each other as the route is followed up until the final stop (In the sense that the buses are "jumping over each other" as in parkour).
This can cause massive frustration for passengers both on and off the bus as Bus Parkour can slow down the journey and/or make the even later as they already are.
Dude 1: Why were you so late man?
Dude 2: The bus drivers were playing fucking bus parkour
Dude 1: Fuck I hate it when that shit happens
Dude 2: The bus drivers were playing fucking bus parkour
Dude 1: Fuck I hate it when that shit happens
by JimmyRussell October 29, 2012
Get the Bus 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.
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