Progression Video

werepanda wrote:
kainui did you read the first post of this thread or just skim it? "The series of competitions will be created TO MAKE LIGHT OF the strongly opposed stance of competitions in parkour." we are not pushing anyone to train hard or be involved in this comeptetion. it is for FUN. and it hopefully help you set goals that you can literaly watch yourself achieve. to awnser the question in your last sentence. WHEN YOUR MAKING LIGHT OF THE STRONGLY OPPOSED STANCE OF COMPETITIONS IN PARKOUR.

Personally, I'm just not strongly opposed to the idea of competitions in parkour, I believe it's very possible to look at it like skate boarding, surfing or BMX. Of course, there isn't a philosophy with skate boarding, surfing, or BMX, but it's really up for interpretation. I don't see some "Ten Commandments of le Parkour" anywhere, parkour is definitely not a rigid, unchanging sport. But wait, can I call it a sport or is that competitive? I don't know. I am positive TXPK calls parkour a spartipline. I'm beginning to get off track here though.

I definitely believe you can have self development in parkour aswell as competition rather than having to choose between one or the other, but I believe that if you don't maintain a good balance and maintain the inner development, then parkour will just become something else without holding onto it's philosophy. Skateboarders can improve themselves aswell as compete against others, and it really isn't all that different for parkour. I look at it realistically, in that if you are doing parkour only to better yourself, when it comes to actually using it in a situation where you are escaping a murderer, a burning building, James Bond, whatever... If you don't have a certain element of competition with the outside world and it is entirely internal improvement, then you are definitely missing out on parkour.

Also, on another note, I'd just like to point out that typing in all capital letters is considered very rude, there are other ways of highlighting important text to make it stand out. A few ways this can be done is by using bold, italic, or underlined text.

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Now to address admin, mind if I call you Dai2? I don't see how someone's post count reflects their intelligence level or how long someone's been doing parkour. I'm definitely not saying this project is a bad thing, but rather it is hypocritical. Promoting people to better themseleves and do what they enjoy doing is definitely a good thing, don't get me wrong. But when you call something a "No competition in parkour, parkour competition" it just reeks of hypocrisy. That's like saying, "No killing riots in America, American killing riots." Now I realize that the competition wasn't based in parkour, but the point I was attempting to raise was that perhaps the parkour philosophy transcends just parkour, but extends to one's everyday life. Therefore, a traceur should always look at their own growth rather than comparing themselves to others even when not doing parkour.

Really and honestly, no hard feelings towards anyone, I'm just doing my best to make a point and defend it as well as I can. Let us please continue this discussion.

Kainui wrote:
But wait, can I call it a sport or is that competitive? I don't know. I am positive TXPK calls parkour a spartipline.

I don't think that particular portmanteau has been used in months or years.


Kainui wrote:
If you don't have a certain element of competition with the outside world and it is entirely internal improvement, then you are definitely missing out on parkour.

I agree that the internal improvement should always be linked back out to the external world, but I don't believe it need be competitively. Helping others is how I relate my progression to the world at large, but it's wholly noncompetitive.


Kainui wrote:
I don't see how someone's post count reflects their intelligence level or how long someone's been doing parkour.

WIN! A person's value is in his words and actions, not in his post count. Every idea should be considered individually, since even people who have had a history of saying and doing stupid things can offer valuable insight. +1.

Well, I think the point of the competition is to try and push people to work their hardest at Parkour and try their best to improve. Personally, I think it's a great idea.

One thing I don't understand, though - do you make the video over time over the course of one month? Or shoot at the beginning and end? Someone explain it to me.

over the course. it says every training must be filmed. pretty much everythign you need to know is under requisits.

We only have about 24 days left. Get working on it guys. THANKS!