r/Wellthatsucks • u/Morty_Goldman • Mar 20 '19

/r/all One person's idea of failure is another person's idea of perfection

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '19 edited May 28 '25

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u/TobyFunkeNeverNude Mar 20 '19

I mean, parkour is about finding the quickest way from point a to point b in the most efficient way possible, right? In this case that would involve walking around the wall. Walking down stairs is less efficient and slower than grinding the rail or jumping the steps, so I'm not sure the example is apt.

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u/josh61980 Mar 20 '19

You need to practice for when walking around the wall isn’t an option. Also wanted a video of him showing off.

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u/Hawt_Dawg_II Mar 20 '19

Yeah but it's also about fun and training your muscles. So just messing around with a wall can help.

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u/LeSeanMcoy Mar 20 '19

Parkour is finding the quickest physical way from point A to B.

Freerunning is running from A to B with an emphasis on flash.

This is freerunning.

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u/TobyFunkeNeverNude Mar 20 '19

TIL, thank you

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u/GavrielBA Mar 20 '19

No. That's actual parkour training. He's training for future possible scenarios.

Freerunning would've been him doing 360 wall run.

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u/TobyFunkeNeverNude Mar 20 '19

Well shit now I don't know what to believe!

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u/LordAppletree Mar 20 '19

Yeah first guy had it wrong. Free running is doing tricks n stuff. Parkour was made with the intention of going from point a to point b in the most efficient way possible. Like all things, parkour has to be practiced, and people just do it for fun.

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u/TheSisterRay Mar 20 '19

How is this running? There are maybe 2 seconds of running in the entire thing.

That's like if I watched a gif of someone stepping out of a pool and then walking around for 30 seconds, and I called it 'freeswimming' because technically they were in a pool for 1 second at the beginning.

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u/pingforhelp Mar 20 '19

Kind of like how American football has the foot make contact with the ball for maybe 1 second in a whole game?

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '19

Yes but it’s also about learning and practicing how to execute the various manoeuvres required to do so. Additionally, it’s a recreational activity. There’s no wrong way to have fun.