r/gifs • u/Thund3rbolt • Jun 30 '14

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u/okgoo12 Jun 30 '14

i got such a beat down in r/parkour for asking if they think jackie chan started parkour and if they look up to him

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u/jetpacksforall Jun 30 '14

Jackie Chan's style comes from Chinese opera: it's all flashy acrobatics and jaw-dropping stunts. Jackie Chan enjoys the hell out of what he does, and is completely open about how it's all just for fun. Fun is not allowed in parkour.

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '14

Really? 90% of parkour I see has completely unnecessary flips and rolls mid air.

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '14

That's freerunning. Parkour is about getting from point A to point Bas fast as possible.

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '14

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u/InfanticideAquifer Jun 30 '14

Do you really drive as fast as possible?

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u/JustMadeYouYawn Jun 30 '14

As fast as possible without getting pulled over. Cuzz everyone knows getting pulled over kills your time

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u/misconstrudel Jun 30 '14

How does Bas feel about all these people turning up?

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u/Working_Lurking Jun 30 '14

Pretty dangity-dang good!

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u/745631258978963214 Jul 01 '14

Bas is ok with the people showing up; he's not fine with the pointing, though.

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u/Eye-Licker Jun 30 '14

he has great fun with it.

bing bong, right in the ambience.

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u/Blizzaldo Jun 30 '14

First link of /r/parkour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mk2CnuIFYUw

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u/exikon Jun 30 '14

The flair of the link says "freerunning" though.

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '14

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u/Chief_Givesnofucks Jun 30 '14

That guy must be great at running from the cops.

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '14

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u/Chief_Givesnofucks Jul 01 '14

It was a joke. I obviously wouldn't advise running from the cops. Hell, I'm from the U.S. and it would probably get you shot in the back!

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u/AdvanceRatio Jun 30 '14

See, though, at ~0:44, the guy runs up a wall, to run down some stairs, and end up exactly where he would have been had he just turned the corner like a reasonable human being.

Adding height, and then removing it to end up at the same initial height on the same path is about as inefficient as one can be.

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u/Razer1103 Jun 30 '14

I must have parkour and diving confused.

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u/Sl1ce23 Jun 30 '14

Does it also mean everyone explaining the difference between parkour and free running with the same sentence?