Parkour

Parkour is a creative way to move the fastest and the efficient way possible. There is such an absence of limitations and a unconditional liberty in Parkour that sometimes it is attribute to a form of art. The distinction between sport and art have always been so confusing. In this text, I will argue that parkour should be consider a sport at the same level of any other individual sport. The idea of sport is over all an athletic activity. Parkour could not fit more into this definition. I’ve never seen such a complete sport where you need to jump, climb, run, and adapt yourself to any situation. It requires hours of practice in the gym in order to bell well prepared for the challenge of the urban environment. If you are not well prepared,…

After emailing and coordinating with the team captains, I was able to go and take photos at six different practices: jitsu, archery, table tennis, badminton, fencing and rock climbing. While these sports are very interesting and different from each other, I was still looking for something that showed the different body movements of sports in a more obscene way. I did more research and talked to classmates, when I was given the idea to go to a Parkour Gym and to go to the skate park at the…

Parkour and free running has lots of inspirations and sources behind it. The origins of this practices cannot be directly determined because of this, but when it was first put together can be traces back to the 1980s in Southern France. There was a group of childhood friends, which called themselves Yamakasi which meant strong man, strong spirit. This group was looked down upon from the public, and French authorities. The group consisted of 9 people, David Belle and Yann Hnnautra being the…

end up climbing something you didn 't tell him to, or jumping the wrong way, silly thing 's like this can mess up some of your mission 's especially when you are trying to stealth a mission. For some people these minor flaws maybe annoying but for everyone else who can look past these minor issues then the game has very consistent, fluid and solid graphics. For myself, I just laughed and took screenshots every time a silly error happened. The environments range from busy shipping towns,…

Parkour is a method of physical training that develops one's ability to overcome obstacles. It is not just the way you move that makes you a practitioner of Parkour, but the movement combined with the philosophy that defines it as Parkour. However, a lot of people have been asking the same question. Is Parkour a sport or an art form? In this essay, I will argue that Parkour should be qualified as an art form. This essay will attempt to defend two claims: Parkour doesn't have any regulating…

by definition, is “a declaration that one will do or refrain from doing something specified”. Promises can range from promising to throw out the trash or promises made during wedding recitals. They can be of great significance and meaning to some or forgotten about just as easily as it was to say “I promise”. The significance does not depend on what the task is, but who is reciting the phrase. This means that a person can give out promises all the time,but as long as they keep them they can…

Parkour is my passion and I personally have been practicing it since a year and a half. In the article ‘Parkour: Adventure, Risk, and Safety in the Urban Environment’, the author Jeffrey Kidder talks about what Parkour is and what is other people’s perspective on it. He also talks about the risk taking in the sport itself and the social norm by the regular practitioners who consider Parkour as a discipline like any other martial art. At first, Mr Kidder states, “I position parkour as a form of…

Parkour is a relatively new sport that in the recent years have grown to become quite popular among young people around the world. Youth engage into this kind of physical activity, because it is active, interesting and provides a magnitude of landscapes to practice and acquire new skills. However, it is considered to be high-risk sport, as a lot of movements involve jumping from heights and interacting with new environments, so a traceur or traceuse are not able to identify for sure what is…

The documentary ‘Concrete’ focuses on two parkour practitioners and the stories they have to tell as well as their opinions of the misconceptions the public have about people who do parkour. These interviews are supported by Public interviews/vox pops, Archive footage, breath taking parkour footage including point of view footage and public shots filmed general crowds of people completely their daily tasks and errands. The purpose of this documentary comes across and informing people of why…

It’s really funny thinking back about how it all began. A kid with no experience whatsoever of Parkour attempted one of the higher level tricks and succeeded. It was hot, the sun was bright and my clothes were sticking to my red body. My palms were sweating, was it nervousness? No, it was excitement, or it could just have been the furious heat of the fiery orb we called a sun. Maybe I was overthinking things and being overly cautious, but I look toward Shaggy and asked, “You sure I can do…