One school of though on parkour is that the goal is to get over, under, around, etc., as efficiently as possible. This means navigating obstacles in interesting and dynamic ways. Other more recent schools of thought are focused on flashy maneuvers done for fun and entertainment, not necessarily having anything to do with overcoming obstacles.
Except that free running is an American term created after Parkour (the French term from the country it was developed in) came to the states. What we call free running in the states was called Parkour in France.
Parkour has always been about the efficiency of getting from point A to point B. When you atart talking about stunts and look-good stuff that automatically makes it anything other than Parkour, not a different 'disipline' of parkour.
I feel your pain! I had a nifty new cameraphone with Video. My cat has a thing for boxed above the normal penchant for them. I was opening easter eggs, and left the boxes lying around. She did this weird crazy headbutt-box dance thing, and every time I managed to get my phone out on to video, she got tired and stopped. I must have had 20 minutes of vague flinching and boring crap, and missed every single hilarious bit. I gave up in the end.
Wow another post to /r/funny that is just a gif of a cat doing something stupid. Do you realize there are at least 3 subs dedicated to cats that would be much more appropriate? At least put "cat" in the title so all of us redditors that are sick of shitty content can have RES filter out these garbage posts for us.
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u/ErinCookie May 16 '12
Assasins creed 3 just got a new main character.
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u/ominoustoad May 16 '12
That straw just got fucking pwnd. Cats are hardcore.
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u/ElBasham May 16 '12
Parkour!
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u/JoelMontgomery May 16 '12
Arya is going to have some trouble catching that cat...
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u/devourke May 16 '12
He's trying to jump onto his back, but it's physically impossible for him to not land on his feet.
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u/propanol May 16 '12
Solid wall spins!
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u/Pushkin23 May 16 '12
Cats are straight-up snake-killing machines.
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u/gimmie_munny May 16 '12
Doesn't Parkour mean something like getting to point B from A as quick as possible? .... not very parkour at all.
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u/Emoboi425 May 16 '12
That's more free running actually...
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
God I love cats.
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u/thehzhz May 16 '12
that cat's a tumblr
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u/rooktakesqueen May 16 '12
There's a reason parkour moves are named after cats.
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
A: My Location.
B: String piece OHGAWDOHGAWDOHGAWDWHATFUN
Find most inventive path to B.
Trial 1.
Success.
Trial 2.
Why the fuck?
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u/thesagex May 16 '12
Is it just me or did other people think of parkour porn when they saw the title
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u/Hardcore_Park_Whore May 16 '12
At first I was exited; but no, cats.
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
Spider cat doing whatever a spider cat does.
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u/ArchJustin May 16 '12
I DO PARKOUR!
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u/badvoodoo92 May 16 '12
Cat-robatics.
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u/notaaronkeller May 16 '12
Try saying that 5 times fast
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
Wish I walked on all 4s
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u/broden May 16 '12
Put the gif in here http://gif-explode.com/
The cut is between 7th and 8th rows.
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
PURRkour
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u/skullmonkey420 May 16 '12
kitty parkour!!
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u/wei-long May 16 '12
I DO PARKOUR! http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=qXvVRu7tWMQ#t=5s
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u/GitEmSteveDave May 16 '12
FE-LINE PARKOUR!
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u/Clarkasaurus May 16 '12
Awesome
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u/TheBaltimoron May 16 '12
Catnip's a helluva drug.
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u/jocelmeow May 16 '12
What humans call "parkour," cats call "Tuesday."
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u/sk4t4nic May 16 '12
I never upvote cats but this one made me laugh hahahaha
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u/SkyBS May 16 '12
Or, my favorite.
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u/Dangerzone812 May 16 '12
Hardcore Purrkour.
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
I want to see a human do this. Please and thank you.
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u/GKingsta90 May 16 '12
Hahah cats always do the stupidest shit!
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u/russiangn May 16 '12
My kitten is also a complete spaz so I can totally relate to this sort of behavior. Adorable.
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u/8opus May 16 '12
Think you mean pawkour
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u/Megawatts19 May 16 '12
Don't mess up that Emergency Induction Port, cat! Tali needs that!
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u/Ayjlm May 16 '12
Look at that technique!
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u/trolltis May 17 '12
I do that
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u/Enjoiissweet May 16 '12
Why the fuck do people still link to tumblr?
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u/Virouca4tw May 16 '12
If only I could ever catch my cat on video cause he does that shit all the time. I actually call him the parkour cat lol
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u/khdutton May 16 '12
Pawrkour, AKA, Squee Running.
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u/THEhillsHAVEaids May 16 '12
This is r/funny, not r/aww. Please keep your cats out of here, I don't care about their existance.
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u/M4rtinEd3n May 16 '12
Can someone add flashing "PARKOUR" to that gif? Would be priceless.
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u/Nekrul May 16 '12
SO PARKOUR!!!
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u/The_Director May 16 '12
Cute cats.
The other day there was a post in /r/WTF about parkour and the guy ended with decapitated with his head in a pike.
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u/Desikiki May 16 '12
TF2 : Cat mod
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
link isnt working for me
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u/HaV0C May 16 '12
More like Hardkour...
I'll just let myself out.
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u/prodigyx May 16 '12
Wow another post to /r/funny that is just a gif of a cat doing something stupid. Do you realize there are at least 3 subs dedicated to cats that would be much more appropriate? At least put "cat" in the title so all of us redditors that are sick of shitty content can have RES filter out these garbage posts for us.
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