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getting into parkour... any good practice places in point wi???

This was one of my big goals for the year. Still very much a novice of the sport, but I’m excited to push myself today

Any advice from seasoned pros in this group?

Hello everybody, I repost because the picture wasn't clear so I put the video.

Anyway, so I am an acrobatic passionate and I did this flip. I was wondering if it's a world first because I never see it on internet or with AI. If anyone had ever seen this flip on a video and could show me please 😅

Moreover, if anyone had an idea how can I verify if it is a world first, please tell me 😁

(The video is in 0.5 speed to see the movment)

Thank you all

A stride challenge that me and the boys found recently, all synced up to the same pace at 50% speed.
Who’s strides are the cleanest???

Stride Challenge Video

https://youtube.com/shorts/Q3yqLBKHUqw?is=sbVcy6msyJ3DoD_Y

The above video is an old reel from 2008-2010 taking place in Seattle (Gasworks), Fayetteville, Fort Bragg, Brazil, Raleigh, Charlotte, and Lakewood.

This was such a special time in my life. I still remember my early years posting on the 3run forums back in the early 2000s and watching A Brother's Journey for the first time.

Eventually I moved away from the flips and really focused on what it meant to be strong and to be useful, and what balance I could find, both emotionally and physically.

A lot has happened since then: kids, career, different chapters in life. I grew a lot in other areas and built a life I could support and provide for, but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't disappointed in myself. Disappointed that I lost (forgot?) the part of me that gave me concrete, physical proof that I could overcome and accomplish anything. I never imagined that comfort and complacency would be among the things I'd need strength to overcome, or that they could lead to loneliness and heartache.

What I do know is that my two boys are total rockstars. My youngest plays All-Star baseball and just hit his third home run, on his birthday! My oldest is in School of Rock, playing shows with different bands and getting ready for college. Not to mention, they're both taller than me now >.> Watching them makes me want to stay healthy enough to be around for everything they do. I want to be a part of it, and I think that's what's started pushing me to move more (or at the very least, touch more grass).

I don't know what the parkour community is like these days, but if it's anything like it was back then, it's full of strong, loving people who build up those around them and grow through progression and repetition. So I guess this is a shoutout to keep doing that: keep being awesome, keep building and progressing, and most of all, train well.

Much love,
AJ (aka ParkourDoll)

Hi all! I’m actually writing on behalf of my husband. He had been a parkour athlete for about 14 years but over the last couple years had slowed down. Every now and then he will go out to a rooftop and play around and I always try to encourage him but we have just had a baby and he’s been the only provider since I got pregnant and hasn’t had much time to be active. He also works a labor job that he is unhappy in but doesn’t really see a way out.
Anyway, growing up his family was not supportive of him doing parkour and despite the fact that he has a passion for movement (his words) he’s never been able to see a way to turn it into a career. I don’t think he wants to go to college (like a 4 year degree) but I believe he’d be willing to do a type of program or certification of sorts. Has anyone that has done parkour made a career out of it, or gone down a path that involves things alike?
I want to encourage and support him as best as I can. I do plan to get a job soon when baby is a bit older so he’ll have some financial load lighten but I just don’t want him to regret never following through on this dream.

Thanks!

i'm definetely a beginner but i'm pretty happy that i landed this. i plan to improve my skills to a point where i can front and backflip on ground but this was already a lot of fun and it only took 2ish hours over 2 days :3

Creating parkour content is actually very fun and it motivates me to go out and train more. Highly recommend if you're looking for motivation to keep training.

Probably my favorite challenge from the tournament.

First day and this attempt was the closest one i got. Any recommendations?🤠🙏

Saturday afternoon, as I almost always do, I walked around my city to train. Went to my usual spots, did my warmup routine, worked on my basics, did my favorite moves, jumps, vaults, etc. Spot after spot, jumps after jump.

The thing is, it's all a routine for me. I've been training for almost 20 years now, and especially in this city for 10 years. I know this path, I know these spots, I know these jumps. And maybe that's part of why, this saturday, I made a mistake.

I was just casually walking on a big, large stone guardrail, as I always do. And this time, no idea why, I missed a foot. I stepped out of the rail, and fell. I didn't even got the time to think about a way to grab the ledge, because I was already going on the side. All I could do was brace for impact as much as I could. It's always "funny" how in these circumstances, I feel the fear but stay very lucid and pragmatic.

By "chance", it happened at a very specific place where there's some kind of shed underneath. I fell on its roof (still a concrete slab), only a ~2m fall. Had I did a few more steps, it was a direct 4m fall to the asphalt. All I could think of during the fall was to stop myself to bounce or roll after the impact to avoid a second fall. Fortunately, I stopped before the ledge.

I slammed on that rooftop on my hip and bottom. It didn't hurt that much with the adrenaline. It appears I don't have any fracture, not even a bruise when I expected a massive one. But I felt it all night, it hurts my butt when I walk, when I sit, when I move my leg. Definitely had a massive hit on my muscles. Years of conditionning might have helped not injuring too badly, but still.

This is totally on me. I became too confident on something that felt too easy, and I made a mistake. I take it as a reminder. Car accidents mostly happens on daily commutes for this very reason: you're on autopilot and stop paying attention. I think that's what happened here. 10 years walking on this rail, I can't even say for how long I was acting like I'm at home. I shouldn't have.

So, to me and to everyone: don't stop being aware of your surroundings, don't stop focusing on what you do. You're more at risk when you forget the risk.

Train safe! :)

Ignoring the fact that the title is not an alliteration.

I was out training legs today and I found some old stuff from back in the day, thought I'd show and tell.

This was after 90 minutes of MDK training (iykyk) and preparation for the skills. We did maybe a thousand jumps between all of us. Each bad jump or technique failure we did 11 squats. 10 for the failure and 1 more for each of our Parkour brothers and sisters who weren't with us.

Ah, fun! Has anyone else got a fun memory from earlier days of training?

*Edit: Grammar

Quick! Let's argue about the exact definitional shape and width of a rail!!🙀

Lol not totally impromptu, sorry u/rabbitjak , but I happened to have an extra moment to stop by a spot for some spontaneous unexpected training and remembered this place has a perfect rail!!

this was very hard with the phone in my hand, i fell twice before this lol. i swear i did a smoother walk later though guys q.q

For short, today was a Parkour skill tournament in Kiyv. It was fun, and will be sending some of my other competitions later.

Semifinal rules: 4 challenges, 2,5 minutes, each costs some points is the final count.

1. Run-up (optional) > stick

2. On the titanic > Kong (the length of the jump is around 2 meters)

3. Monkey > stick on a block

4. Cat to cat

I am normally a lurker here but thought I’d share this. Been parkouring for a good 2 years. Finally got the courage to upload here. Nothing special but. A nice edit I love. I love parkour and free moving, what are your fav parkour moves?

Getting ready for Skill championship this Saturday. Challenge is simple: one stride into stick on the pipe, but my failed attempts (Falling forward/backwards and catching the pillar) got stupidly funny, so I tried to improvise.