with the golf thing i jus meant that golf causes more injuries per person than other sports (ppl falling in lakes, hitting eachother with clubs, twisting ankles, eaten by crocodiles (happy gilmore style) etc). lol a mate of mine still cant run properly a year after a golf accident. i dont feel bad about lol as he drives everywhere an faster than he could run aswel
. was trying to put parkour in some kind of context an say thats theres no need to avoid something if theres some risk.
id say a fool in any sport is a dangerous thing. this is definitely true of parkour. the way i have learned to do parkour is a way without misjudgement. the fact that i have never sustained a serious injury shows that. when doing parkour i know exactly how many steps (simply the length of my foot) i can jump. this way i never fall short of a target as i can check the distance if im uncertain. height difference between start an end point can also be included with experience. eg i know i can go 7metres across from 3metres height. its quite easy to adjust this for different heights with experience. ill say experience again its that important. experience.
you're right, its true that theres always a chance or an error in judgement but once you learn what you can do theres no more risk than playing golf. i didnt start leaping off 3 metre walls onto concrete an rolling etc. i started jumping from a small height onto grass (or passing ppl
). parkours meant for stationary objects so nothing can really change. theres always possible risk of things like uneven ground where i land or a weak wall i grab. for the dangerous moves id always check these things out (experience teaches what to look for) so if something goes wrong its not on something that can kill me. when something goes wrong in midair there is usually time to react. links back to being able to make your body soft when required. if you collapse, parachute drop style, you can often avoid painful inconvienance or slight death.
WTH do i know dude. i jus do parkour. i know how i do it and how my mates do it. parkours an individual thing so its all down to personal choice. ppl can do whatever they want with parkour. thats the beautiful freedom it spreads. i hope to spread some of that to some ppl. maybe someone will see this, wonder what parkour is, look it up and then take it up. that would be great. id always say be careful to anyone who does it. but if someone goes an jumps off a roof thinking they are doing parkour then they are fools, an the human gene pool will probably be better after they are gone.
hmmm you have a point lol maybe i shouldnt compare with golf but it was 1st to my mind. parkours way more fun anyways
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you have wings while other folk walk.
. i just meant that i was writing as if what i know about parkour is correct. it is correct, but only for me and my friends. others have different methods etc. any debate will help others learn and take an interest so its all good dude. i agree parkour can be dangerous but id say theres many more dangerous sports (extreme ironing for example. its real lol check it out). 