Hi, I just watched the 'Jump Britain' documentary tonight and loved it. However I do remember doing this sort of thing when I was younger (jumping school buildings/crossing roof tops/jumping walls etc) in the late 70s early 80s I think it is a natural thing which has been around for ages - does anyone else remember doing this sort of thing when they were younger?
I love Parcour, and i loved the programmes on before the one tonight.
I was generally one of those children that did leap about and roll around and climb etc. If iw as a bit fitter i would love to train myself up and possibly get into a parcour group. I think its a very skillfull discipline. Not simply leaping about but judging and thinking of what to do next etc.
This looks so lyrical and free when edited and put to some cool tunes.. What does "parcour" mean anyway? Seems to me a very French thing to do... I can't see it becoming mainstream here. You don't need any "kit", so where's the merchandising "cult" angle ? I suppose "parcour" classes could be offered to trendies at the gym.
It started in france hence it sounding very french. As for parcour classes, if someone wants to learn how to manuvour themselves safely whilst doing acrobatics on buildings then i think classes are definately the way to go. These are not people doing it just to look cool jumping and tumbling off of buildings, they teach themselves to do these things safely otherwise they will break their legs or worse their necks. Practice and being physically fit comes in to these things. If they didn't then people practicing parcour would just be lemmings jumping off to early graves.
Not everything has to have socio-geo-politico-economico-artistic meaning! People like free running and jumping, releasing and channeling energy in a way that i find far more elegant and interesting than, say, hurdles or modern dance...i'm far too unfit to join in the whole running and jumping -i'm actually typing with my nose since i'm holding my vodka on my left hand and my cigarette on the right!- but fair ****ing play to them !! If you did it 'first', fair play to you too! I quite liked the fact that there didn't seem to be any competitiveness amongst them, though.
quote:Originally posted by steffi: since i'm holding my vodka on my left hand and my cigarette on the right!
LMAO, can't fault you!
quote:fair ****ing play to them !!
Exactly! Couldn't agree with you more (your whole post) I'd love to do something like Parkour however im unfit, i drunk too much, possibly eat the wrong things and am always knackered. BUT if there were lessons at a gym and i felt i was up to it i'd go along, i already fling myself about enough and being taught to do it in a way that stops me from knocking myself out would come in handy.
Seriously though i admire these people for having the self discipline and physical training to do what they do. And enjoying what they do too! How many people actually enjoy what they do these days.
I have a crush on Jean Reno, completely irrelevent but the Luc Besson link reminded me .....
I used to jump off the top tread of ours stairs at home when I was about 7 or 8. Be and my older brother used to start from the bottom tread, daring each other to go higher and higher until we eventually had to jump off the top step .... way ahead of the times, me .... the last time I did it i broke my nose on the bannister though, hence that being the last time I did it ...
The black french man you are referring to is Sebastian Foucan, he did not invent the sport, him and David Belle founded the sport, If you watch the Interview featured on the Jump London DVD it gives you a better insight and as it says on UrbanFreeFlow.com, this is more of a discipline than a sport.
I myself do parkour, im not amazing or anything but its good fun, great exercise and a good way to help you overcome certain barriers in yuor life, its just a shame people frown upon us climbing up walls and running over rooftops!
