Steve Casimiro at The
Adventure Life posted the following video a couple of weeks ago. If
you haven’t checked out The
Adventure Life, it’s definitely time to take a look. They have a
very good blog.
Parkour is the urban climbing, bouldering,
gymnastic movement that has become popular in some circles. The Urban
Dictionary defines Parkour as:
Parkour can be
thought of as being chased by someone. You want to get away as fast as
possible, right? But lets say you begin running into rails or walls or
other obstacles as such. If you go around them you’re only wasting time
and energy.The trick of parkour is to use as little wasted
movementt while going past an obstacle. This is why most consider
tricking and flips “not parkour” as they simply aren’t necessary and
will most likely slow you down in someway.To parkour is to be
able to control your body and mind into one being, so that you can find a
path quickly, and move your body in a way that the path can be followed
into the next path you’re given. If you’re running towards and obstacle
and start to slow down in order to maneuver around it, most likely you
need to practice more.
In the following video an
artist has developed a cartoon of sorts showing parkour movement…and
it is awesome. Check it out below:
–Jason D. Martin