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Originally Posted by behindthemask
I'm part of this Parkour thing that meets every wednesday. It's pretty fucking sweet. So far i can almost do all the vaults but the only issue is I can't vault over things higher then my nipple.
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Ok, good work with having a group of traceurs. its great to have others to help, share and encourage, but it sounds like you need to get back to the grass roots of Parkour philosophy.
You shouldn't be doing "all the vaults" because then you're following a formula, a pattern. Parkour is about removing the limitation society puts on you "Walk, don't Run" and all that. Parkour is using the flow of the environment. So although there are some ways of jumping and landing and stuff that many people use, don't be limited by them; if one 'move' doesnt suit your environment, ditch it. if you can do a jump that noone else does, but it works for your environment, run with it.
Good work.
YoungHypnotiq,
You should read up about David Belle (the 'creator' of Parkour) and his views. its great that you are getting involved in Parkour, but Parkour was not designed to help you commit crimes. Belle, when perfecting his style would complete a run and think 'If I was going into a burning building to help someone, would that have saved their life?'
note the difference between that and this 'if I was escaping cops would I be able to commit another crime because that run helped me escape?'
Basically, its great that your freeing your mind with Parkour, but your not using it how it was meant to be used. Don't be so selfish- you aren't fighting a great ethical battle; you're smallfry. You're giving Parkour a bad name, and people like you may lead to it becoming illegal. And then you'd have a whole heap of angry uber-traceurs each wanting their pound of flesh. Please be considerate.
(PS. PK is for sissies :P )