Friday, April 16, 2004
Le Parkour
A few years ago, Nike ran this ad, showing a young French man running like hell, away from the angry chicken chasing him.
The guy does all sorts of crazy things, like flipping off of buildings, landing and rolling, jumping off of all sorts of things. To him, an urban environment is a playground. While he may have seemed to be a unique character, he's actually a follower of one of the newest alternative sports: Parkour.
Parkour is a mix of martial arts and gymnastics, and it involves moving through an urban setting as fast as possible, with relative ease (I've heard of a guy using it to get to work on foot in 15 minutes before).
I'll try and write some more about Parkour later, but right now I'm at CCN, so for now just enjoy the UK website:
http://www.parkour.org.uk/
The guy does all sorts of crazy things, like flipping off of buildings, landing and rolling, jumping off of all sorts of things. To him, an urban environment is a playground. While he may have seemed to be a unique character, he's actually a follower of one of the newest alternative sports: Parkour.
Parkour is a mix of martial arts and gymnastics, and it involves moving through an urban setting as fast as possible, with relative ease (I've heard of a guy using it to get to work on foot in 15 minutes before).
I'll try and write some more about Parkour later, but right now I'm at CCN, so for now just enjoy the UK website:
http://www.parkour.org.uk/
