Now that more and more people are getting into parkour there have been a few instances on the media where a dark side of parkour is shown. Just like in any sport or activity there are always negative aspects, and parkour is no different. There have been a few stories online about traceurs being arrested and getting in trouble with the police. That being said, is parkour illegal? A martial art is a discipline which teaches a person how to fight by using his own body or weapons to fight an opponent.
Parkour is a discipline which teaches a person to run away from danger in the fastest way possible, it can also be used to chase someone in a fastest way possible. Developed from military obstacle course training, parkour is running, swinging, jumping, and climbing from point A to point B in the quickest way possible.
Freerunning is similar, but it emphasizes the flashy side of parkour, with fancy flips and stylistic acrobatics. If you are looking for a new pair of nike shoes for parkour, the Nike Roshe Run shoes are a great option for you.
I have been using these shoes for street workouts and for the parkour and nowadays for practicing for the 50KM marathon and these shoes never a show even an inch of the problem. Work on basic calisthenics like push-ups, pull-ups, sit-ups and squats. These are the basic building blocks for practicing parkour.
Experts say you should be capable of performing 25 push-ups, 5 pull-ups and 50 full squats before you formally get started in parkour.
Practice landing and rolling moves. These exercises will develop your back, shoulders, and arms, the muscles that are most engaged during your parkour training sessions. You do not have to have extreme flexibility to start practicing parkour, though once you start you will probably want to develop some. Yes, doing parkour will increase your flexibility just from the increased use of the muscles and the dynamic range of motions you will be asking of your body.
You can train your muscle in a gym to benefit parkour skills as well. Just remember to use low weight and do lots of repetitions. How dangerous is parkour? Is Parkour hard to learn? Has anyone died doing parkour? Can parkour be self taught?
Is Parkour illegal in America? I personally practice parkour and find it no more dangerous than when i played football and was running full speed with a guy pounds heavier than me standing in my way. Yes you wear protection in most sports but really and truly it doesn't help that much. In a way , they should ban pupils from practicing parkour in school as it is dangerous and the school will be held liable.
But they have no right to stop students from practicing parkour outside of school provided they are under professional supervision. No, of course not, Firstly, where do you draw the "dangerous" line?
Do you draw it at parkour, or do you draw it at football or rugby? Are they talking about banning students from doing things outside school, or in it? If it is outside school, then they have no right to interfere. For instance, what if a child's father wind surfs, and they have also done so since a young age? Should they be stopped from doing so because the school says so?
It would be practical to ban students from practising dangerous sports at school, since schools may have to take responsibility if students get injured. But what sports students get involved in out of school hours should be none of the school's business - that's something for students and their parents to decide.
Parkour has lower injury rates than any other sport, due to the fact that people, as they grow more experienced in it, learn their limits and do not rush headlong into something stupid. We work our way up to goals, and we take pride in the accomplishment of a goal. Parkour is not simply a sport, it is a way of going through life.
The mindset it teaches is that any obstacle can be overcome, so long as you have the will and determination to persevere. Why, then, should these valuable life lessons be withheld from the youth? By all means, it should be embraced.
When someone practices parkour safely and in a way where they have control over all they do, there is virtually no risk in it. I have posted a link to a very good documentary by practitioners on the subject. I suggest all who want parkour banned watch all four parts. First off: parkour is NOT an extreme sport. It is a discipline, much like the martial arts.
It was derived from the French military's "parcours du combattant", an obstacle course designed to teach soldiers how to get from point A to point B as efficiently and safely as possible. This would involve vaulting over obstacles, jumping to small landing areas rails, tiny ledges, etc.
Secondly: It's only dangerous if one practices incorrectly. It is highly frowned upon in the parkour community for practitioners to take huge drops such as 20 feet , do monstrous flips, or jump building to building. In fact, a study was done at a renown parkour academy, and they found that there was an average of two injuries per thousand hours of training. Compare that to four injuries per thousand hours in soccer, and 7. I couldn't find any numbers right off for cheerleading, but it's widely known that cheerleading is among the more dangerous sports.
Parkour really isn't dangerous, and all the videos on Youtube of people jumping from building to building? They may get loads of support from people who don't participate, but those of us that do shudder at those videos.
The risk vs reward factor just isn't in their favor. What makes parkour so dangerous? I believe as a practitioner, a sponsored athlete, and somebody who's convinced the police force in my town that it's NOT dangerous that the biggest reason people have a problem with it is that they don't understand it. When we jump from one rail to another, we're not thinking "oh gosh, what if I miss?
We're thinking "jump in an arch, land on the balls of the feet, bend knees to absorb the landing". When we do a flip, we're not worried we're going to slip and break our neck. We think "set high, tuck tight, open up and land on the toes". We don't go out on day one and just throw this stuff with hopes of landing it.
We take our time, progress at a reasonable rate, and let things come naturally until these movements become second nature.
Now, of course there are injuries. What physical activity doesn't have injuries? But why would it be okay for cheerleaders and and gymnasts to practice what they do and for traceurs parkour practitioners to be banned from training?
A big argument is that we don't train in gyms, or padded safe areas. I find this a GOOD thing! We will only do things that we know we'll be safe doing. We're used to the concrete outside, and found ways to adapt to almost any situation. If, in the off chance, something goes wrong, we know how to avoid major injuries "You must learn to fall before you can learn to fly".
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