Comments on: TIME Magazine Parkour Article

By: Jake

Jake — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 01:23:49 +0000

Its only been 11 months for me. No horrible injuries but I’ve broken one toe and severely sprained the other. First time was from jumping up stairs (Be careful doing this- most people look out for falling, but watching your feet don’t clip either). Second time I was jumping onto a pole and sliped off and smashed my toe against a pole behind it. What I’ve learned from all this is watch your feet. Its something I used to take for granted.

By: Jamal

Jamal — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:17:43 +0000

I think this is very true. Parkour shows us what our bodies are capable of achieving through practise and repetition. With this, we create a better sense of our surroundings and what we are capable as human beings to achieve. Other sports, such as football hockey etc all share one common purpose and that is to “win” or “lose” but with parkour, it’s never to compete against someone else but rather for you to embrace nature and the world and even though it has come quite a long way, I don’t think people see Parkour for what it is but take it as “What the heck is that guy doing” which might put off some people from practising and to improve on themselves.

By: PKm

PKm — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 06:05:45 +0000

Thanks for the reply Tyson.

I will try to form a group first. I think the only chance I might have is if I correctly demonstrate parkour to the group and the club coordinator focusing particularly on safety.

Thanks again

By: Tyson

Tyson — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 06:58:00 +0000

Well, I’m not going to be able to tell you if they will let you or not or what they will think. My advice is just to develop a responsible group of interested students first, then start talking to general faculty to see what they think.

Let me know if I can help.

By: PKm

PKm — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 02:48:51 +0000

Hi, I would like to form a club at my UC…can any of you help out as to how? would they let me?

Thanks

By: Dara

Dara — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 22:36:08 +0000

I read the article also, but it was your name and location that caught me eye. I looked up your site and was pleased to see a very familiar scene for many of your videos. I am disappointed I haven’t seen you in action on campus, but am excited that its going on right here at UW. Keep it up, good luck with the nonprofit and club. Hope to see you around.

By: alexandria

alexandria — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 07:05:03 +0000

Hi,

I was just reading this week’s Time in Australia and this article about parkour caught my eye. I had a quick search on the internet and found your clips – very artistic. When you mentioned you were in the magazine I looked back and found your quote and pics.

People can copy high level sports/gymnastics without the proper training and hurt themselves just as easily as with parkour. Anyone who thinks they can skip the intense training and years of practice will obviously get hurt: what’s so confusing about that?

I don’t think the author of the article really gets what parkour is about.

cheers
alex