When I was younger, around 10-11 years old I had many health problems and spent most of my time bed ridden. I would get sick a lot, and was unable to attend school and interact with other people my age. Because of this, I was in a very depressed state of mind and around my first year in middle school I discovered parkour and free running. I was immediately drawn into the art form because of how free and fun it looked, compared to my life stuck in a bed; unable to move. Whenever I was healthy enough to go to a park, I would do it, even if it was by myself. Throughout my journey with this art of movement, I found that it was one of the things gave me a sense of freedom; the freedom that I always longed for. Along with the philosophy of being helpful and useful in any situation, as well as overcoming obstacles both mental and physical.. It helped me feel so alive; a way for me to be creative with the stagnant environments that I was surrounded by. It expanded my thought process and the world that we live in, making it so much more exciting. I don't like saying "I do parkour" because there's so much more to it then just "doing it". It's a lifestyle that I've adopted and nurtured. It's lessons are something I breathe.. And I continue to practice this discipline, for all that I've learned about myself, and for how much it free'd me from this place, designed to keep us contained. That's the jist :)

Parkour is the most amazing thing. I've been doing parkour for a year now and the thing I like the most about it is you feel like you have no boundaries and you feel completely free, like your in a completely new world.

I really don't think that we can truly appreciate architecture until we consider it from the perspective of parkour. How far is the roof from the other one? it is far enough that you can't jump, which you have to measure really precisely by eye. Soon, the exact height of the ceiling is a tangible quantity, something to account for, you become aware of the space around you, you can see a waterfall and imagine yourself flying. You can actually understand how a squirrel sees the trees. It's intimate understanding, and the environment is like the music that you dance to.

@precisionsniper2012

10 жыл бұрын

Amen brother

@sefflikejeff1917

6 жыл бұрын

the more you know the ability of your body, the better you can gage whether you can do a move

Everyone has a friend who doesnt understand why you do parkour. My friend is always saying crap like, "Im gonna laugh at the day you get hurt doing parkour" or, "PK isnt for kids, thats why you only see adults doing it." I try to explain it to him, but he is a kind of person who cant accept hes wrong about some things. Doing parkour isnt for others, its for yourself. The ability to fly through your environment, the flow you feel as you combine moves just makes my day perfect. My friend says hes gonna laugh the day I get hurt doing PK (believe me Ive gotten injured) but im gonna laugh the day i dont get back up to do PK.

@stella845

9 жыл бұрын

Today, I found out that one of my classmates knows parkour and trains at the parkour centre nearby and I can't go there because of my parents,so I asked him to teach me parkour. He just looked at me as though I've got two heads and asked me, "You wanna learn parkour?" He then laughed at me and went to the door, put one of his hand and lifted his whole body with only that hand and told me,"Only if you succeeded in doing this, find me. What a jerk!

@TheOnlyGhxst

9 жыл бұрын

Stella Kuek He isn't wrong though. You need to have a certain level of physical fitness before doing serious parkour... so the first step to doing parkour is exercise, eating right, and learning about your own body. You *can* start doing parkour without being super fit though, you just start with very basic movements, like jumping. If you are serious about parkour and want a place to start then check these links out: americanparkour.com/getting-started/ , www.nerdfitness.com/blog/2010/08/12/the-definitive-guide-to-parkour-for-beginners/ , parkourfederation.org/content/what-is-parkour?id=44, www.nerdfitness.com/blog/2011/11/10/healthy-eating/ , www.nerdfitness.com/blog/2011/10/11/how-to-eat-healthy-without-breaking-the-bank/ There are more online resources as well... also you should look for a parkour school or group near you, just type in "parkour" next to your City, State. For me my nearest Parkour school is about a 45 minute drive away, which isn't the best but it's better than nothing.

This video had me to tears. Even as a kid now, my parents are like what he said in the video,"Don't do this, just do this and that." And when I found out about parkour, I swear I've never felt so alive.

This video encapsulates everything about why I train. The freedom that parkour allows me to experience is amazing! I hope this sport continues to grow and open the minds of others, as it has for me.

@stefanos_revenge9903

6 жыл бұрын

Vinh Tran I am new to this.....I want to try it too...definitely not gonna jump of a roof though

When you are kid you want to do so many things, but you are capable of so little. When you grow up you can do anything, but you do so little!

@michelangelolimueco5089

9 жыл бұрын

Deep.

awesome.... 44 year old master martial artist and i enjoy the challenge and the freedom. Truly a novice but I am better than I was 6 months ago.. I look at the world and architecture with a completely different set of lenses since starting parkour. I love it

Great video!! Love this!

Parkour is freedom I've been doing parkour for 6 years i have learned that wall is a challenge. Most people would just walk around a rail. No i vault i do rail combos. I feel the freedom and the happiness parkour gives me. Its also a great way to not be stress. Just feeling the flow. Parkour can't be stopped parkour won't be stopped!!! TRACUR FOR LIFE!!!

I think of parkour as a escape to another world , when I do parkour I feel like I can do almost anything

@inthebush88

7 жыл бұрын

Becouse you can.

inspiring!! lots of fluid movement as well good job on this!

I can't really express how much this makes sense. Love it so much!

There needs to be more videos like this; people talking about parkour and gymnastics and how it benefits them is just so enlightening.

This is an amazing video! I feel honored to be included with such a great group of guys! This is very well worded and truly a treat to watch. :)

great video Trevor!

Awesome and really inspiring , thank you !

That's awesome, Robert! Great work, keep it up! -CK

YEAAHHH!! That dog is amazing!!!! ♥♥ We gotta get our pups together and let'em run around!

Keep going brother! Losing weight is a long arduous process, it took me 4 1/2 years of parkour training to get where I am now (-100 pounds), but I've finally done it, and I know that if you stay consistent you'll get there too! I can't wait to see videos from you, I'll go ahead and subscribe to your channel now to keep updated!

This video is absolutely amazing, a perfect embodiment of what it means to do parkour.

I want to hug everyone in this vid... I really do because I am so grateful you're all fueling this wonderfully empowering movement, this lifestyle of joy, health, freedom, and control! Fords fail to express my gratitude, respect, and fondness for every one of you for bringing this wonderful concept to life and to lives! ROCK ON!!

This is a great video. Well said Mark.

Yes Mark2!! Good to se you in a video moving!! Excelent video!!

wow, amazing vid guys, as always APK you have motivated to keep training and im gonna lace up my trainers now and keep working hard to get good enough to become an APK ambassador. M2 your the fucking man, dont ever forget that.

For me, parkour is about my art, my creativity. I never do big, crazy jumps. Because this is something, everyone can achieve, if they train hard and don't mind their body to get ripped apart maybe. For me it is more about how you do parkour, I try to do a new movement or achievement every training, that makes me feel alive and inspires me every day to get out there again.

Good as man, great video.

Awesome video!

I do this to get away from life and all the judging eyes in the world today. People always give me strange looks when im out training almost as if im doing something socially unacceptable or im acting like a child. This really annoys me but at the same time I couldn't care less because during parkour and freerunning you feel amazing, as if nothing in the world can stop you.

@daniyil4843

8 жыл бұрын

Inspirational

@lethalassassin1754

8 жыл бұрын

Well parkour and free running aren't the same but glad you enjoy it. One thing you should know is that it isn't an escape for life nor should it be, its a method for life. Its a training system for life, it shows us who we are, our own life, our own desires. The ultimate goal of parkour is to overcome every obstacle. This could be a tall fence or wall or a fear of something like heights or expressing yourself.

@jabadabadabado5909

7 жыл бұрын

FreeRunner95* that happens to me way to much

This was so on point to why we do parkour that it made me cry I loved it cause I use parkour in everyday life and it gave me lots of stress when people crowd around me and watch me as I do it because I don't see it as a sport I see it as a way of life

i’ve been doing parkour for almost a decade now specifically 8 years now and parkour is truly a amazing sport/exercise on top of that it’s really fun parkour can and has changed many people from having a unhealthy lifestyle to a really healthy lifestyle and it gives you a new perspective on life myself included

just started doing flips. learned my sideflip two days ago and i want to continue learning since it makes me feel like spiderman. its fun and my mom wont yell at me for it since im outside. I have a parkour friend i talk to so thats nice.

Good times! What a throw back!

Truly inspirational.

I appreciate that you published this because I'm choosing to packour for some time

Sweet vid idea! Might try it for my group. We subbed :)

INSPIRING...love the commentary! Thanks to Chris O Okruhlik for sharing the video on FB. Shared on Pinterest! :)

Awesome described, I'm an APK fan ;)

Awesome.

Winter just opens up new possibilities! Like the Minne-snowta jam!

I've always been a bit of an oddball. I've never really been afraid to be the one to do something when everyone else is sitting. I learned my lesson from that a long time ago. I used to train gymnastics, but it didn't quite work out, but i loved the feeling of moving. Parkour is even better because there are no rules, I can do whatever I can imagine. Moving is my passion and parkour is my love. I hope everyone who sees this video can take that first step and just run. Good luck guys

@inthebush88

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah! I have a story to tell. So I started training parkour like 2 months ago and people would see me like a weirdi and laugh at my fails.I learned parkour after like 2 weeks and the same people who were laughing at me and calling me a weirdo now are like "wow, how do you do that?" So the moral is, I didn't gave up on my dream even when people said I couldn't do that and now I laugh remebering them fools say that. Never give up on what you're doing even if it's hard or painful or anything, keep doing it and I promise you'll make it happen. If you read all this, have an amazing day!

@thewhateverturtle347

7 жыл бұрын

+Artis hells yeah where u from?

@inthebush88

7 жыл бұрын

+TheWhatever Turtle Lithuania

@thewhateverturtle347

7 жыл бұрын

+Artis Noice :3 how's the training over there?

@inthebush88

7 жыл бұрын

TheWhatever Turtle Winter is coming it's all rainy so I can't do it as often now, but I'm using every oportunity I get. How about you?

Finally! a video i can show people of why parkour changed my life!

I love you guys.

I totally agree with you! When I got sent the audio I cringed at the pops and such. Tried cleaning it up as best as I could, but you can never do much with audio... :)

Awesome =]

I do parkour because I have always had limits put on me. When its like that, I feel trapped in this little world that you have to follow specific rules to fit in with the social "norm". But I have always wanted to go BEYOND those limitations and be free and not controlled by rules and regulations. I do it because I want to push myself - to be able to see what my limits are, then pass those limits.

I freaking love it

For me parkour is like meditation. I often struggled to keep my mind focused and my thoughts silent but rarely succeeded until I've started practicing parkour. Whenever my thoughts take over I fall so that after a few months I've learned to shut them down. Of course I practice for all the other reasons mentioned in the video too.

so beautifully put. i honestly thought the core of the movement had been lost until i saw this video. in my area the only pepole i see doing parkour anymore are 14-17 year olds that love to brag about the injuries they arent taking care of and fundamentally don't believe in stretching as a principle... they make it look exactly like a poor mans skateboarding

Well said.

i love it

I like parkour im only 11 years old asking my dad to get some running shoes to test parkour it was excellent trick everythink is awsome in parkour i am going to keep on trying thanks for putting this on youtube parkour is best nobody stops us i belive in u guys try your best come on try thanks for doing this it is a life changing

one day I'll have a team and be an APK ATHLETE

Parkour is an amazing, awesome way to experience the world more intimately. Any tracer or freerunner can tell you that. This video captures that very well. Also, how cool would it be to have a parkour dog?

so true i am a kid (loves to explore things) i love parkour i can do a front flip on ground and land on feeds

Make sure to break that negative perception when someone approaches you; always be polite and respectful! Thanks for being part of The Movement! -CK

Please start a parkour gym in New York?? i would love to come and train with all you guys even though i am seventeen i still have been training in parkour for 4 years now and just being so young hurts my ability to train. but also great video i loved it!

Amazingly ture

Thank you ill do some research its just sort of difficult because i dont live in the city but i live on long island which its only a 40 min train ride away... anyways thank you so much!!!

YES! That's why I made this video, to inspire people to train to work hard and be the best they can be. You just made this video worth making sir :)

You would! lol Miss you

You're never too old to start doing Parkour. -CK

this is deep man

I started at 32, I'm 43 now - and learning every time I train!

I really want to start parkour but I don't know where I should go to do it. Where is the best city to start doing parkour in?

@lethalassassin1754

8 жыл бұрын

Look up how to start parkour for beginners by the tapp brothers. But also just keep in mind that when you start training you have to be creative. I live in the middle of the woods in a small country town with not much to do by the look of it but I've achieved so much and gotten better just on my own. I'm the only one that does it where I live so the only way to learn things is to look up proper tutorials and safety. I mean that for everything. Don't just think you know how to jump and land properly by seeing it watch tutorials. Other than that good luck, be respectful, if someone asks you to leave if your on private property just apologize and leave. Don't get in other people's way. Don't be reckless or show off that's not what parkour is and it discourages that behavior.

I used to train with the very first guy on that vid! Ellet i think his name is. that bridge is in my home town! Frederick, MD represent!

Wait do what can you possibly do with parkour, such as get around places. I personally do parkour, and i will like to know what can i do with it.

Nice video ! I don't do parkour but I do find it interesting !

I really can't wait to get started w/ Parkour...but I'll at least have to wait until a few months after I give birth. ;) This video made me smile in anticipation. :D

Any thoughts of APK Ambassador to the PH?

Amen.

Freedom is the key.

i love APK.

heck of course i would love to be an apk sponsored athlete

Been a traceur for just over 15 months. Best months of my life

"we were told get down from there, we were told grown ups dont do that, we were literally told not to play" so true:( BTW AWESOME VID! those crazy precisions and kong-precisions.. amazing! parkour FTW:D

im really scared to do most of the bigger parkour moves, so i might just stay a beginner for a while/maybe forever. any help?

@marktoorock5264

8 жыл бұрын

+Johnny T. Clover -If you can stay a beginner forever then you will be a true parkour master. Never stop training the basics, and never let it get old or routine. - M2

@jabadabadabado5909

7 жыл бұрын

Mark Toorock agreed

Ive trained with a few of these traucers lol beast video =]

1:00 so graceful

The APK homepage has a ton of great tutorials. We also have exercises and other solid info to help you improve! The link is in the description. -CK

I do parkour because I like doing amazing feats and awesome athletic moves. because I want to be an amazing individual, and accomplish something great in my life. I like to inspire and awe others. because i want that bewildering advantage in certain physical situations and challenges. because i want to look at myself and think im a "badass" in some way. because i want something in my resume im proud of. so when that time comes, i am a potent force.. and i aint gonna be easy to catch.

You should check out Brooklyn Beast, they're in NYC

classic

TRUTH!!!

Parkour is perfection

Thanks Megan! :)

When you do, don't hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions! We have lots of tutorials on our website, as well. Send us a video of your progressions! -CK

Cool so he is the founder of apk!

I'm trying to kong and I've just been face planting and I'm trying and trying so can I get some information

Its true, almost every where you go your told not to do that or to get down. Its seems preset in what you have to do

Whoa, how the heck was that last jump even possible?!

Parkour. It. Changed. Everything.

that's deep holmes

I do parkour number one is its fun and I love to do it I love jumping over things and just being free and number 2 all the boys in my school think they can only do it and not girls and boys are much stronger (witch is true) but I'm going to show them

This is exactly what I want everyone else to see when people see me doing parkour they think it's to show off and to be cool and I hate that

I do parkour cause it's so much fun and it makes me fill good and happy when i do it ^_^

That's Winnie I met mark when I went 2 months ago

i never even heard of this until one day @ school some kid said he did it this Summer

Mark started Parkour and Freerunning and follows a Paleo diet! -CK

DO A BACKFLIP! -CK