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Here’s my opinion on parkour…. it is in fact a sport. Just like any sport it is somewhat dangerous. it requires training and is actually alot more fun to watch than most other sports. would u rather watch a guy throw a 95 mph fast ball to Fukodome for 2 hours or watch a man shimmy up the side of a builing and jump off the other side onto a rooftop of a smaller building in less than 10 seconds?
its NOT a sport, its a lifestyle, but because of tv and competitions, it has almost lost the philosophy and the because of that, it has caused many problems for those who have lived it for years. people now see it on tv and everywhere and have no idea what there getting into. it is fun to watch. the videos, REAL videos show each specific movement with the flow and the idea is to open peoples minds the fear is optional, its not about risk, its about living in the moment, every step is carefully planned out and every movement is designed to keep us safe from falling or breaking bones bones. we make videos because its poetry in motion and thats how we love to exspress areselves.
Amen to that. I personally am a tracuer and love the sport so the media can tell you what it thinks because there is a bigger feeling of freedom than any other sport ive ever seen.
Parkour is much more of a discipline rather than a sport. I agree its much better to watch than a boring game of baseball or football, but I would much rather practice it than watch. The only time I’m watching is when I trying to learn a certain movement.
Personaly our group loves parkour its not a sport its a lifestyle , yes it can get dangours but most people get the kick from the danger , atho i love it i feel that the point of parkour is turning in to comapition.
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Parkour its not a sport, sports have competition, u win or loose, in parkour u enjoy and thats all!
And for who doesnt know this: “Safety First Allways”…
I completley Agree
http://www.americanparkour.com/smf/index.php/topic,415.0.html
Follow the link(or copy paste into your URL bar) and you’ll get a much better description of Parkour.
I don’t believe parkour is a sport. In sports you win or you lose… Sports are competition… Parkour is against competition. I believe parkour is a discipline to help you do things the human body was never able to do without training. Don’t listen to idiots saying its a sport… forget the gossips and rumors about parkour. Ignore the world and do parkour without any worries… People think its stupid? I’d like to see them outrun their enemies or find a way out of danger… we’ll see who survives last…
Base jumping is a sport, kayaking is a sport and there are so many more examples. You are competing against the human form in essence it doesn’t have anything to do with winning or losing. It’s extreme enough to be a sport.
No, When Would you find it nescessary to out run “danger”? I understand your Argument But we train to Run and be free not Steal and be chased. So Unfortunatley I have to disagree with your statment And argue that parkour is indeed a sport and not all sports need to involve competetion.
I Think Its Retarded for them to oppose parkour. This sport Is more of a self expression form of art. If anything it should more encouraged! They should put up parks for people to use! Parkour is something anyone could do and its absolutley Retarded for anyone to say its bad.
Parkour is a sport, its you against your mind and inticts take over most of the time. If anything people should stop criticizing us as we practice. They always think were going to get hurt and go after the land owners for money. PARKOUR IS AWSOME!!
parkour is more than a sport, its an art form, the whole philosophy behind it makes it so.
ive heard of it as “physical graffiti” and it really is, in a way, and like any physical activity, you can get injured, but unlike football, your injuries are entirerly dependent on you, as the tracour, if you think your pro and do something way above your level, its your fault, if you stick to your limits, you dont get hurt. in 2 years of practicing, the worst ive got is a few grazes, because ive developed a sense of what i can and cant do, just by looking at the obstacle, and after a while, even if you do fall, you have developed the reflexes and discipline to automatically pull yourself around, and land on your feet, something you cant learn in a book, so people dont believe its possible, but it is, it would have saved me my legs, and life, on several occasions.
as for suing, if a soccer player trips on a tuft of grass in the field, breaking a leg, do they sue the owner? no, its up to the athlete to use the field, and not trip. a parkour field is just more up and down than a soccer field, but by using the area, you accept its layout.
Yes i agree with alot of you. I parkour alot, i have videos. Parkouring is all about taking risks but those risks shape how well you are at the sport. Even if you cant get them at that point, practice. Practice makes perfect. Its adrenaline rushing and it is alot of fun.
no offense i dont think parkouring is a word
parkour is simply amazing its the fastest way through any obsticle in your way you do with it what you please it is indeed a sport there is a competition but mainly with yourself and your limits
I have been pracrticing parkour for over 7 years. And i find that there is nothing better than improving and watching others improve I keep getting back to this site it’s kinda weird
Parkour isnt a sport. there are sports that involve parkour, but i think that parkour is really more of a skill. saying it’s a discipline is being way to metophorical. It’s dangerous and most of the time when people get hurt it is there own fault. And a parkour injury is alot more than just you’re average scrape on the knee. but practice makes perfect and if you never push yourself you’ll never know just how good you actually are.
i think that it is a very
goodgreat way of exrsicing… and it teaches many things such as balance, timing and diciplineforget all of u (unless u like parkour) im a parkourest and it is a sport but some (like me) do it just for fun
it a sport thers dangers in it…but thers dangers in all sports…hell thers dangers in swiming but i guess thts stupid to thers not a sport out the that isnt dangerous.
granted parkour is a little more dangerous but with parkour u dont need and $120 skate board,a $40 bat or even a feild. you need a decent pair of shoes and a obstical. sure it dangerous but thats were the thrill is and parkour is more of a sport than anything out ther it requiers confidence athletic abillity and to commit your self to something
nick, i completely agree, if its not a sport then why have they got shows of it like “ninja warrior”, “viking”or even “Cha$e” (http://www.syfy.com/chase/index.php)
in the 500m dash or more…there run from A to B…in parkour, you can do the same thing…race!, but on buildings E.T.C…
I’d rather watch a guy plummet off a building onto a smaller building that watch football (NOT SOCCER!) any day…
I’d like to see football players do this, all they do is cry over a scraped knee…
Pussys ¬¬.
or any other sports player tbh..
I saw this article and it made me mad. I run parkour myself and I have a ton of friends who run it too. I’ve always loved running and climbing stuff but when I heard about parkour, it just blew my mind. so for them to call something that many people call a lifestyle “stupid”, it’s just disresectful. I saw it so I had to comment on it. And parkour is very dangerous concidering we’re all only human and we all make mistakes. And parkour is a lot more of an adrenaline sport than any other sport. You can snap your leg in half, break your neck, smash your face on a wall, etc. Knowing this you need to be cautious of everything around you and try your best not to slip up. It’s way more dangerous than say, football or bullriding (if you can even call that a sport). So no FOX, parkour is not stupid. It’s an expression of yourself in a lot of ways.
Yes parkour is a sport and anyone that says other wise your the stupid ones take sky diving for intensive that’s a sport and all you do is just jump out of a plane why is that a sport then.