Parkour/Free Running

[Bloodwrath970]

Not Mirrors Edge! Actual parkour! Anyone practice it? I'm starting to get into it. It's a good bit of fun. Falling on concrete hurts a bit though. Smacking a wall after slipping seconds before a wall run hurts too. Anyone got any tips? I need to work on my rolls, and the distance of my Kong vaults. Discuss.

[iron]

The cops in my area don't like me playing on the roofs and what not.

[Bloodwrath970]

i practiced at school today. the dean didnt give a s*it. and just dont get caught, and you should be fine! and people asked me for directions after watching me, as if i hadnt been doing anything out of the ordinary.

[Guirec730]

Well, yeah, that's the whole idea!

I'd still rather train for the "fight" part of my "fight or flight" response, though.

[Bloodwrath970]

yeah, as would i. but it cant hurt to be able to get away. pick your fights you know. and it can be an outlet for creativity. which is more in line with free running (more stylized, less efficient).

[The One And Only]

Bloodwrath, I have to ask, if ur really from Gainesville, are you familiar with Less Than Jake?

[Bloodwrath970]

Gainesville's a (relatively) small place, but probably not. is that his GT? if so, then i dont think so. I go to school in Alachua, but spend most of my time out in G'Ville, so i dont know many people in either.

Edit: to keep on topic; Neither Gainesville nor Alachua is a good place for parkour or free running. too little, too far between.

[The One And Only]

No its a band from Gainesville. They're pretty renowned.

Here's their newest cd:
http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:rlj0M5MVbPqkhM:http://www.punk76.com/img/reviews/big/Less_Than_Jake_Gnv_fla.jpg

[Bloodwrath970]

nah, not my kinda music. Which brings up another thing about PK/FR. anyone got ideas how to listen to my ipod touch without the possibility of destroying it while practicing?

[The One And Only]

Haha good luck with that man

[Guirec730]

Wrap it in lots and lots of bubble wrap taped to your chest.

[Bloodwrath970]

haha. yeah. right. that'd be a good gag if i ever make a vid. that'd be great.

[The One And Only]

Do it, i'll watch it. Hell I'll put it in my sig

[Bloodwrath970]

haha. yeah, once i get some stuff smoothed out, work on my fluidity, and find some good lines (for running, not snorting!), i might make a vid.

[Beyond Birthday]

Falling on concrete hurts a bit though. Smacking a wall after slipping seconds before a wall run hurts too. Anyone got any tips? I need to work on my rolls, and the distance of my Kong vaults. Discuss.

Well, rolling is by far the most important thing you do, especially from long falls.

Which is hard to do, especially after certain vaults



The cops in my area don't like me playing on the roofs and what not.


My friends are the reason there are cameras on salk :p

[iron]

My friends are the reason there are cameras on salk :p

When did they put them in, because I still don't remember those. And I went to Salk. Still go play on the roof every now and again too...

[Icarus 413]

Well, rolling is by far the most important thing you do.


Stop talking about Too Human!

[OogYan]

Regarding the iPod question, use a wristband. There are special ones designed to keep them in place while running.

I used to practice it a lot a few years ago, my friend is still doing it. He has 4 professional practice sessions a week. He didn't like Mirror's Edge all that much though..

[Magnum]

Regarding the iPod question, use a wristband. There are special ones designed to keep them in place while running.


I was actually going to suggest an arm band and just rotate the iPod around to the inside of the bicep between your arm and chest. That area shouldn't come in contact with too much, right?

[Blazer]

http://ww.break.com/index/parkour-jumper-falls-through-roof.html


just dont do this and you should be ok

[Bloodwrath970]

hahaha. idiot, jumped on an aluminium roof. and rolls hurt a bit on concrete if not done properly.

[OogYan]

I was actually going to suggest an arm band and just rotate the iPod around to the inside of the bicep between your arm and chest. That area shouldn't come in contact with too much, right?

Right. You might bump it when you're rolling, but that's about the most secure spot on your body except inside any kind of hole. It might slip if it's a regular armband though, get a special one.


hahaha. idiot, jumped on an aluminium roof. and rolls hurt a bit on concrete if not done properly.

Oh yeah. Been there, done that.

[Bloodwrath970]

now, tell me. how did that work out for you? lol. and i dont think im going to be practicing with my ipod. just wont work probably. and ewww... not in any holes, those are off limits.

[OogYan]

The concrete rolls? Well, I was stupid in the beginning, tried to be cool right away. When my spine started hurting, I realized that wasn't the way to go.

Good idea. You should get one of those plastic 3x1cm MP3-players for when you're out running. Costs like nothing and mine can carry 2 GB of music.

And yeah, i wouldn't advice you to use the holes... :(

[hitemhigh]

does running from the cops count? cuz we have to do that sumtimes.....we're not what you could call "pros" but it at least looks kinda cool

[Bloodwrath970]

yes it counts! and i almost got a referral (the bad kind) at school today. i got on top of the gym! and landed right next to a teacher! he didnt give a s*it, so it was cool. but my co-hort, Stevan, was seen by another teacher, and i was by sheer luck, not seen by him. Stevan kinda saved my ***, by getting out of it, cause id have been next probably.

[OogYan]

Me and my friends got beaten up by some 17 year old pricks (they were black. I'm not racist, the reason I'm mentioning this will be revealed later) because they saw us on a roof (I was 13 back then, I'm 16 now). They chased us down on bikes and punched my friend. Now he's racist :(

And all the unforgetable times we've been discoveret climbing roofs and such.

[Bloodwrath970]

unfortunately, my right a*s cheek has been injured since writing on this thread last, and i have done little-to-no PK. even worse, the leg shows no signs of improving. it continues to give out consistently. i cant even tic-tac efficiently.

[exkon]

I love nothing more than watching those free runners fail...good stuff.

[Bloodwrath970]

it can be amusing. and it helps if you can laugh at your own fails *remembers failing at Kong vaulting*

[OogYan]

Haha, there's like 4 feet of snow here. Impossible to practice parkour.

[Bloodwrath970]

haha. That WOULD put a hamper on that kinda stuff. Good thing I live in Florida, so the worst conditions I get are wet, damp, and moist.

[Bloodwrath970]

and im healed! PK is gonna be back, and great!

[OogYan]

Dang it... there's about 5 feet now... getting worse and worse.

[CannabisPrime]

Free Running? Parkour?

Is this like...extreme running or something?

[hitemhigh]

more like free running. people running up walls and jumping over **** just because. plus its one hell of a work out.

[Bloodwrath970]

'tis indeed. WAS designed to save lives in war (getting to wounded men faster) but most including myself, do it for s*its and giggles now.

[Redenbacher09]

I've always thought this stuff was amazing... I don't really know anyone that does it so I've never gotten in to it. Watching the videos on YouTube and seeing some of the things these people do blows my mind.

The heights and distances they jump and just keep going is mind boggling...

Much respect goes out from me ;)

[Bloodwrath970]

i probably dont deserve that. i do PK (less flip-y, trick-y), and i am not that good. im just beginning. my leg has been hurtn, but im comin back strong. ill try and get some stuff up on youtube eventually. just rudimentary stuyf, cause theres not much stuff here in Gainesville.

[Redenbacher09]

For anyone who doesn't know what we're talking about, here's an example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jquXcwooV6A

Absolutely amazing. You'll get there soon enough Blood ;)

[hitemhigh]

lol, we do it as more of a, "o ****, police/gang, jump these fences and over the wall maybe up onto a shed". i live in the suburbs so most of the big buildings actually recquire you to drive to em.....and no one wants to go to the mall ever, its populated solely by 6-8th graders with too much money/time.

[Bloodwrath970]

Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6KXyfn9axs) is a group of free runners at work. Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvGy7QRZS-I) is my PK idol, King David. And i use those shoes for fencing, they are the s*it. Here (http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=20217525) is a random video.

[Bloodwrath970]

lol, we do it as more of a, "o ****, police/gang, jump these fences and over the wall maybe up onto a shed". i live in the suburbs so most of the big buildings actually recquire you to drive to em.....and no one wants to go to the mall ever, its populated solely by 6-8th graders with too much money/time.
sounds like you got some motivation to move your a*s!

[hitemhigh]

yeah, we dont have real "thugs" since its the suburbs, but i wouldnt try telling them that unless you want to fight....which we often do. and yeah, its not too hard to get away since most of us have been active in at least a few sports since we were 5yo.

[Bloodwrath970]

good good. i have always been the wimpy nerdy kid, but i'm fast ( or so ive been told, can sprint almost 20 mph, and run a 6:19 mile.), and have a high strength:weight ratio.

[hitemhigh]

lol, skinny kid here too, but i had to work out alot for lacrosse, being small and fast isnt exactly the best idea for a sport where you run around w/ metal poles and beat the **** out of each other.

[Bloodwrath970]

if we had a lacrosse team, i would be on that b*tch. lacrosse is the second coolest sport (after fencing :P). if you say "What about PK?", i will reply "PK is not a sport".

[hitemhigh]

of course not, its a hobby/past time.....like girls lacrosse.

[Bloodwrath970]

haha. most of the serrious traceurs describe it as "a state of mind and discipline". to me its just a physical dicipline.

[hitemhigh]

lol, i think its just something fun to do if you're able to do it.

[Bloodwrath970]

its amusing seeing people try and fail. Including myself.

[hitemhigh]

its even more so when you know the person is actually incapable of what they are saying they are.
true story. a guy i know (known him most of my life but he's not what you call a friend) was w/ us one night and a bunch of people (not my friends) were blazin. of course out of ****ing nowhere a cop pulls up. we of course book and the guy i know tried to follow us but he couldnt keep up. kinda funny to see him tryin to climb a wall and whatnot

[Bloodwrath970]

sounds like hilarity

[hitemhigh]

yeah, but this dude is like 280lbs, which only makes it greater.

[Bloodwrath970]

haha. i'd've paid to see that.

[Shikamaru07]

lol..wow thats funny

[Bloodwrath970]

Possibility of practicing today. Gotta work on tic-tacs, and climb ups.

[hitemhigh]

dont practice too hard, its TH day

[Bloodwrath970]

ive taken a break from TH anyways. :P ill be back to it in less than a month probably.

[Bloodwrath970]

Ah. PK was good today. My feet and hands feel bruised, and my arms and legs were on the verge of cramping. but i stopped, so i pushed the bondaries, and with no injuries. a good day. but there is abolutely f*ck-all to do in GVille.

[SamuelMarston]

Has anyone started a PK school? I think that would be brilliant. That's the sort of higher education I think I could apply myself to.

[Blahgeeha]

This is freaking awesome. I had no idea that people actually did this.

[ThEoRy]

Man there are sooo many places on campus and around Gville in general just begging to be free run. I used to do a bit of it just for fun nothing serious though. Of course this was almost 10 years ago when I lived there. At the time I didn't even know of parkour or that it was a "sport" or anything like that. I just used to like jackie chan films and such and would always enjoy wall running or climbing to achieve the same feeling.

Apparently you just missed a pretty big practice session right there in Gville http://overflux.com/news.php

videos posted here.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akKCt7hxWH4&fmt=22

and here.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76sN-E-nJGA&fmt=22

Man all those scenes are so familiar to me. The campus looks the same as I remember it. Like I said, just begging to be ran...

[Bloodwrath970]

I wasn't on campus last night. And I don't know any places on campus. I'll have to check it out.

[Bloodwrath970]

Has anyone started a PK school? I think that would be brilliant. That's the sort of higher education I think I could apply myself to.

there is one place (I have no idea where) that does formal PK training. None for me though. I'm just having fun figuring it out on my own.

[hitemhigh]

there is one place (I have no idea where) that does formal PK training. None for me though. I'm just having fun figuring it out on my own.

hurting yourself is just part of the fun. what better way to learn than, "ok, that one hurt alot...maybe i wont do it like that"

[Bloodwrath970]

The best way to learn. not necesarrily the most FUN way to learn (unless you're a massochist). But it definitely does the job. after the first time i messed up a kong vault, im always sure to bring my knees up to my chest if the rail etc is above where im jumping from.

[OogYan]

There's a Parkour training team here in Umea, Sweden. My friend goes to their practices about 5 times a week. The best PK team in Umea split up, then they created a thing called "UPKF" for swedish parkour practicers.

[Bloodwrath970]

Cool cool. it seems more popular in european countries.

[OogYan]

Oh yeah, since it originates fron France and is pretty popular in Britain. There's tons of parks and stuff made specifically for parkour.

[Bloodwrath970]

while i admit that parks specifically designed for PK would be useful, i think it would spoil the fun for me. finding new places to practice is half the fun.

on the topic of my conditioning: i have started to run 3 miles a day, when i dont have fencing. will be running later today. my goal before i leave highschool (class of '11), is 5 miles in >8 minutes per mile or less. 10 brownie points if you can tell me where i got that goal from.

[iron]

10 brownie points if you can tell me where i got that goal from.

The insane asylum.

[Bloodwrath970]

nope

/10 char

I ran 3 miles in 23:48 today. right time frame. now i gotta do 4 miles.

[Bloodwrath970]

ran the 4 miles, and legs are not in pain. gotta see if i can do it in >32 minutes.

[hitemhigh]

lol, i might have been able to do that last year during Lax season, dont even bother tryin to get me to try it now. i'm gettin way too out of shape.

[Bloodwrath970]

haha. Try PK. it can be a great workout.

Edit: will be timing my 4 miles tonight.

Edit Edit: 4 miles completed in 34:00. Now, i gotta get it down under 32 minutes. preferably under 30 minutes.

[Bloodwrath970]

Ran tonight in 32:57. getting closer.

[Bloodwrath970]

decided to revive this thread... lol. can now Kong vault over the concrete tables around my school, length-wise. finally. took me damn near long enough.

[OogYan]

It's summer soon, it's gun be epic.

[Hawk280]

I've been wanting to do this for a while now. Saw a show about it on the Discovery Channel ever since been wanting to try.

How did you get started and learn the stuff? Just by going and seeing what you could do and make you own sort of workout regime or are you part of a team?

[OogYan]

I started off just doing it street style with my friends, looking at tutorial videos and stuff. I did some bad things, including rolling on asfalt and jumping from 4 meter roofs. My friend was REALLY into it, and he'd probably seen every video about it on youtube, and he concatced the leading PK group in our city, Umeå. It was pretty brave by him, and they held "practices" once a week. Now they're a real group, like a football team, and they train lots of youngstes.

So just run around a bit, grab a friend and get the feel for it. Take it easy and use grass. When you feel ready, contact any pk-organization in the neighbourhood and join practice if possible. Otherwise search for tutorial videos and you'll improve yourself :)

[Bloodwrath970]

everything OogYan said. But you gotta learn how to roll on asphalt, hell i do. this is one thing that the phrase "It's built from blood, sweat, and tears" is applicable. **** hurts the hands for a while then you get callouses. You fall on your back, get the wind knocked out of ya, get back up and keep goin. trial and error, trial and error.

[hitemhigh]

its easier if you have an adreniline rush, but that isnt always going to be the case, especially if your just doin it for fun. main thing is to not get discouraged and dont do anything that you dont feel quite up to, thats how ALOT of accidents happen

[Bloodwrath970]

Aye. Adrenaline rushes do come in handy, but they leave you super weak usually.

[hitemhigh]

lol, well usually by the time it wore off we were sitting in sum1's basement laughing nervously

[Bloodwrath970]

yeah. or if something just scares the s*it out of you for a moment, and you get that amazing jolt, but it fades so quickly. then you're sitting there all weakened. Generally speaking: dont try anything you cant accomplish without an adrenaline rush when you're training.

[Hawk280]

Alright thanks guys. Unfortunately theres not much around where I live so it would be kinda hard. I'm sure I can find something though so its all good.

[hitemhigh]

i feel for ya, i live in the suburbs. so if i actually want to do anything cool i have to go down to the shopping center areas

[Bloodwrath970]

same here guys. first things you can do (well, first thing i learned to do) is a proper wall climb/climb up. just start out on a small building. i have a small shed, and it was my first step. Then i learned how to get on the roof of my house. if you have a porch with rails, practice vaults (i suggest putting some rugs/other padding, if youre gonna be landing on a hard surface). Exercise, exercise, exercise. The better conditioned you are, the easier you'll be able to preform the actions (abilities-wise, not finesse-wise).

[Hawk280]

same here guys. first things you can do (well, first thing i learned to do) is a proper wall climb/climb up. just start out on a small building. i have a small shed, and it was my first step. Then i learned how to get on the roof of my house. if you have a porch with rails, practice vaults (i suggest putting some rugs/other padding, if youre gonna be landing on a hard surface). Exercise, exercise, exercise. The better conditioned you are, the easier you'll be able to preform the actions (abilities-wise, not finesse-wise).

Yea I'm a competing rock climber so I am in pretty good shape so that should help a lot.

[Bloodwrath970]

it will, trust me. i dont suggest you try and use rock climbing shoes for PK though. it may seem like a good idea, them being grippy, and light, but they lack padding. unless you can take the drop barefoot, dont use them is my advice.

[hitemhigh]

so i just ran a mile and a half (approximation) in about 7 minutes.....and i think i also broke my hand. i jumped over a fence then tried to jump onto a gazebo (spell check on that?)...but i didnt make it...my hand slipped as i gripped the top of the gazebo and i fell and landed on a hand and a foot on concrete. ouch

[Bloodwrath970]

*wince* ouch. Get it checked out...?

Nice time on the 1.5 by the way. very nice. I need to start running more consistently, but preparation for Finals is time-consuming.

[hitemhigh]

lol, i doubt i could do that again if i tried lol. we were haulin ***.
and my hands better, i guess i just really hurt it, the bruise is gone and the swelling went down the next day.

[Bloodwrath970]

Getting chased? and good to hear that your hand is better.

[jaklol]

concrete doesnt hurt that much i fallen on it plenty of times of really big heights. never broke a single bone.

[hitemhigh]

not all of us get to live with the added benefit of having adamantium adhered to our bones ;)
but seriously...concrete can hurt...ALOT. call yourself lucky and hope your luck doesnt run out, cause i am gonna laugh my *** off when you break something
/joke

[galei]

ive recently started to get into PK any tips on how to get started and what to work on in the beginning

[hitemhigh]

start small

[Bloodwrath970]

Pics to come soon. Had to do a collage fro A.P. English, and I chose to do them on my parkour.

[Bloodwrath970]

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[Bloodwrath970]

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[Bloodwrath970]

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[hitemhigh]

good ****.

[galei]

good lol make me feel very timid i cant even do that or haven't tried it really no were to do anything were i live =(

[Bloodwrath970]

@HeH: Thanks, man. Helps that the photographer was good! My friend Geden. Cool guy. I'm trying to train him.

@Galei: Keep goin', it'll come. That Dash vault took ages to get! Remember: Practice doesn't make perfect, perfect practice does.

@Anyone else who practices: Get a buddy to come with. Not necessarily to practice, but at least spot you if you get hurt!

[hitemhigh]

or take you to the hospital ;)
i started to do some over the long weekend...but quickly realized i was way to drunk lol

[Orange]

I'll stick to the ground and play my Mirror's Edge, where it's safe o.o

[hitemhigh]

lol, enjoy your massive reload times, thats the one thing i disliked about the game.
it was fun and challenging (especially doing the "test of faith" acheivement on the first run through) but the damn reloads for after you die took alot of the fun out of it

[Bloodwrath970]

Okay, okay, I said in the OP NO Mirror's Edge...

Well, the hospital was a site of interest to us. We were trying to get a pic of me tic-tac-ing from a tree to a wall, and then quickly getting over a fence. Well, a cop came by and told us we had to go, because you can't take pics of gov./state funded buildings... That was a bit annoying...