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Parkour
Topic Started: Apr 27 2008, 05:54 PM (125 Views)
Kai Stormwalker
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Parkour (sometimes abbreviated to PK) is an activity with the aim of moving from one point to another as efficiently and quickly as possible, using principally the abilities of the human body. It is meant to help one overcome obstacles, which can be anything in the surrounding environment - from branches and rocks to rails and concrete walls - and can be practiced in both rural and urban areas. Parkour practitioners are referred to as traceuers, or traceuses for females.

Founded by David Belle in France, parkour focuses on practicing efficient movements to develop one's body and mind to be able to overcome obstacles in an emergency.

An important characteristic of parkour is efficiency. Practitioners move not only as fast as they can, but also in the least energy-consuming and most direct way possible. You want to move in such a way, with any movement, as to help you gain the most ground on someone or something, whether escaping from it or chasing toward it. Thus, when facde with a hostile confrontation with a person, one will be able to speak, fight, or flee. As martial arts are a form of training for fight, parkour is a form of training for flight.

Traceuers claim that parkour also influences one's thought processes by enhancing self-confidence and critical-thinking skills that allow one to overcome everyday physical and mental obstacles.

Some movements involved in parkour include:

Landing - Bending the knees when toes make contact wiht the ground 9never land flat-footed).
Balance - Walking along the crest of an obstacle.
Cat Balance - Quadrupedal movement along the crest of an obstacle.
Underbar; jump through - Jumping or swinging through a gap between obstacles.
Dismount; swinging jump - To hang or swing (on a bar, on a wall, on a branch) and let go, dropping to the ground or to hang from another object.
Pop vault, wall hop - Overcoming a wall, usually by use of a kick off the wall to transform forward momentum into upward momentum.
Vault - To move over an object with one's hand(s) on the object to ease the movement.
Roll - A forward roll where the hands, arms and diagonal of the back contact the ground. Used primarily to transfer the momentum/energy from jumps and to minimize impact preventing a painful landing.
Tic tac - To kick off a wall in order to overcome another obstacle or gain height to grab something.

To me this seems somewhat similar to the kind of movements you might see Jackie Chan perform.

This seems like a perfect art for the Jedi Guardian to master.
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