TOM21
i have a freind in sheffeild, n he does it n its getting big round ther, im glad its starting to get kick of notts
Hyona
Once i knew about freerunning i knew it was going to be put across the wrong way and thts exactly whats going on.
i completely agree with DaN on this!
i havent rerally been keeping up with the media side and concentrate on my self!
Hyona
I have been freerunnign for 2 and a half years, the best way to begin to freerun is to teach urself, dnt always look for advice off of people who have been doing it for a long time, its self taught. When u have been doing freerunning aslong as i have the eye comes to analise good locartions, i garentee there are good places to go arounf YOUR area!
Dont be intimadated by other people who can Flip ect start with your own thing, one of the most important things in freerun is balance, jumps u can be a very good freerunner withpout doing flips, trust me :)
Hyona
unamed
Freerunnign (parkour) is to get from one place to another by travelling forward i ma seeing more and more groups coming up and thinking its all about fliping! its not atall, people are fogetting the big jumps! CATS, running precsions. many arts have been fogotten and moves like wall flip and wall spin are tyaking over! its not the way.
uNaMed :/
Dan
Parkour is really good sport to be involved in lets you be more free in the way you move. it's a friendly atomosphere to be in with everyone. Also that link needs changing, as they have a new website which is www.parkournottingham.co.uk go check it out for your self.
Daniel Willcocks
I've been doing parkour for around 4 months now and i haven't looked back since, it's good exercise and great fun and i'd highly recomend it
Safraz Mohammed
I from trindad and tobago an island in the west indies.
Saw documentary on bbc ,very inspiring.Plan to trian myself and if i get the hang of it start a club.If any of you visit trinidad one day give me a shout.Contact me at my website blog safraz.net
Justin
Im a traceur from Aus who has been doing parkour for 1 year, I have gained knowledge over all the basics and learnt them well. Flips are just to add fun when your slowing down from being tired or thinking of somewhere to move next, they can be used to overcome things, but usually not very fluidly. When i travel around my neighbourhood, i try to be cat like, not when walking of course, but if i see a run, i invision myself as a cat when doing it...i also try not the do parkour in front of ppl to be noticed, but rather as a way of telling people its out there...I have inspired ppl in the local community and it makes you feel great, but most of all, parkour makes you feel great!
Benz
The best definition of parkour I have heard came from David Belle, and if you are really into parkour than you know who that is, and he basically says that parkour is the integration of movement into life that allows you to adapt to your surroundings so that nothing interferes with your movement. Whether you're a freerunner or a traceur, movement is important, so stay up and keep it in the flow.
henry s
how if you people who can play parkour verry well can take it to indonesia i really want learn this sport man its awesome
tdkjay
Parkour is about freedom of movement but now that Freestyle Parkour has been ''created'' and flips have been introduced the old way of parkour has been neglected a little. Parkour at the roots or purist Parkour is generally just Parkour as it should be. Its not restricting because you improve yourself in moving fluidly and efficiantly through the environment.
Say if you wanted to get from a bench to a train station as fast as you could, would you really take time to precision jump on a wall and take 2 seconds to frontflip off of it when you could clear the obstacle much more fluidly and efficiantly just by speed vaulting it? It would be much quicker... all i want to say is dont discriminate purists for doing Parkour the old way just because you prefer flips and flair in your movements.
peace out
oli
we should have a sort of parkour training course over the holidays from pro's
Marijus
I gues i'm one of the first Traceurs in my country :) i live in Lithuania :)
Elliott
hey guys wots up i am from urbanfreeflow i have been doing parkour for the last 3 years if u guys ever need tips try and find me a urbanfreeflow n e way chow
Jon (A.K.A boy)
Hi i do parkour and i started a couple of days after seeing the T.V. show Jump Britain which enspired me to start with my friends!
jack
hey im 13 and i am a free ruuner with all my m8s.we live in blackpool but there arent very many spots to free run but we find places.
Matt Kneale
Ok, a few things.
1. Dillon, its not about the publicity, I didnt write this just to get famous or anything, I did it to inform other Nottingham residents about the art, so they are more understanding. And I also did it to get more people into it. :) Ashdude, you dont sound like a very good traceur (or freerunner) for one reason, you use it to escape the police. You're missing the entire point, its about freedom of movement. And Freya, I was dead unfit before I started, but you just have to carry on until you prevail, and get used to the demanding physical side. You dont need a gym or a garden, just go to your Village/Town/City centre and practise! Brido, check out the UF Forums, theres a link at the side of this page. Same with you St3am. AJ, they'res a lot more to it than just doing flips :) And yeah moonie I completely agree.
Dillon Jepsen
You guys are so lucky i wana get the news lol i do parkour and i been doing it for 5 months now and i am in love for it i do it alot nonstop its the urge of being someone uncommon to landlovers lol i like it when i run and jump off my roof and roll and do the casual walk away i do backflips aeril flips frontflips without a care Parkour is designed in a very fluid and aggressive way just a thrill packed run.Nobody really dies in it unless, they jump off a 7 story building and swishes their arms around lol.
ashdude
lol iv been doin parkour 4 about 2 yrs now i saw it in france n it looked kwl and now im quite good so i just use t everyday n it comins i handy wen u get chased by da police!!!! dey crnt vault cover a rail 2 a 8ft drop very easly aparntly lol peace out dudes keep up da gd wrkn its is mre about vaults not flips people
freya
help me! im unfit and i cant even do a handstand yet, but i want to do parkour more than anything. whats a good way to start? (i dont have a parkour gym or a garden or anything!)
Brido (largs scotland)
anyone pk around dis area i.e glasgow
St3am
I do alot of pk but find it hard to track down other traceurs.
aj_
i also do free running i am really intrested in it and amazed when i see people showing there talent, i can also my self do forward sumies and back wards is really an amazing sport
moonie
if parkour is freedom of movement, these so called 'pk purists' cannot be as hypocritical as to restrict how other people move, be it through flips or tricks.
Matt Kneale
I advise that you try getting into town, its much better than clifton.
Matt Kneale
Jordan Wray-coward
im into le parkour but clifton doesn't have many good places to practice it at all and were there are good places we arent aloud and get banned from
Matt Kneale
Well said Tom, couldnt of put it better myself.
Matt
Tom
Karl, look outside the window, there's your Parkour gym.
karl morgan
can any1 tell me were theres a pk gym in west mids
Matt Kneale
Glad you liked it Tom.
And Kamal, you dont need one :P Just go on the Urban Freeflow forum, go to Local Action and find the Leicester thread.
Matt
kamal
we need a parkour center in leicester
Tom
Great article, it shows that Parkour isn't just about doing small jumps and stuff, it's a different way of walking, do what you want, I love the flips, they really show a sense of freedom. Anyway, now I'm off to do some Parkour!
Matt Kneale
Man its easy really :) I recommend you read the Fundamentals on the Urban Freeflow website (http://www.urbanfreeflow.com/fundamentals/fundamentals.htm) and also I recommend joining the local Notts PK forum, the link can be found just above this comment thing. :) Hope to hear how you're doing when you start.
Matt
Luke
it's not bad with flips, it's just we just include flips into our way of parkour,we all still have very good parkour skills.
max (notts)
how do i get into pk??
Matt Kneale
I didn't write the first bit about jumping between buildings, the BBC added that. It is now changed.
More pics will be added to the gallery soon, hopefully more vaults etc. and less flips.
Matt
dave (liverpool)
the way they have explained parkour is bad parkour is a filosiphy not a leaping from building to buildings
Fart
Yo everyone!!! first one to say sumet :D
n e ways yeh i been doing parkour for bouth 4 months now its great way to keep fit, have fun and adapt to ur surroundings more love it!
Dan
A lot of those pics in the gallery are tricking and not parkour. You are giving the wrong impression by having pics of ppl doing backflips etc...
Matt Kneale
Glad to see you got it up. Thank You.
