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Parkour has a very high probability of injury. Even a sprained ankle or broken foot spells the doom for many wild animals, let alone humans constantly "adapting."
Originally posted by Morning Revival
I think Parkour is amazing and Id love to get into it but theres no place around where I live to really do it.
Originally posted by stevegmu
I guess if you are stuck downtown and zombies are chasing you, it might come in handy, other than that, not so much, as the 'sport' seems to have quite a high rate of injury.
Originally posted by nrky
Parkour has a very high probability of injury. Even a sprained ankle or broken foot spells the doom for many wild animals, let alone humans constantly "adapting."
Parkour is not being an idiot and jumping around on stuff cos it's fun, parkour is a philosphy of fluidity and efficiency of movement. If you're being chased by psycho's with swords, you'd want to be able to get as far away from them as possible, no? You wouldn't take the time to make yourself vulnerable by flipping and doing wall springs unless you absolutely needed to.
What I think you are referring to is 'freerunning', which includes tricking and flips.
Parkour is a philosphy as well as an activity, freerunning includes stuff from parkour, but in itself isn't parkour.
PK4LIFE!
Originally posted by citizen smith
A few friends and I used to do something similar as bored teen lads, garden-hopping
Start at the top of a long row of terrace houses and make your way down the street through back-gardens without getting caught, breaking anything, bitten by housholders dogs, etc
A true urban 'sport'
Originally posted by Wotan
Originally posted by citizen smith
A few friends and I used to do something similar as bored teen lads, garden-hopping
Start at the top of a long row of terrace houses and make your way down the street through back-gardens without getting caught, breaking anything, bitten by housholders dogs, etc
A true urban 'sport'
Hahaha, when I first read the first couple of posts, I thought the exact same thing as you, except, where I live we called it ''Hedge-hopping''. It was even more refined whilst under the influence of alcohol. Oh, to be young again!