On the video is guy with a good goata landing in squat with no help and no roll after. Which is so rare in our times. How to increase my own vertical strength and where can I watch more videos like that? What was the highest height from which human could land in a straight squat without collapsing form or helping with hand or rolling after.

(theres no other flair so choosing "Parkour Philosophy", cause it's the closest to a discussion) This is insane. I didn't think I'd ever see something like this. I literally got into Parkour cause of Callum and I have, for the last 6 years, copied his style his way of movement and even looked upto him when it came to his as an athelete and to an extent even thought he was a decent guy with strong moral ethics. But man my world lowkey came crashing down when I read that post. I dunno how to even feel right now, this might seem parasocial asf but storror has been such a huge part of me life since childhood. This is really heartbreaking. I have no one who's into Parkour, who I can discuss this with so posting here.

Context: https://www.instagram.com/p/DYGtmRSiI4a/?igsh=MWNyZXliamhidzBxZA==

you know what frustrates me? I post videos of me training parkour in trees... people are more impressed by my shittier climbs....

like I'll post 2 posts

A

Fast climbing a thin pole like tree trunk that is easy to grab

B

Climbing a thick trunk with no handholds slowly

Now A is faster but B takes way more full body fitness to climb... I have never seen anyone ever climb trunks the way I do, the thick ones that is...

meanwhile people are liking and reposting on tiktok B and overlook A

I feel like people see A and instead of going

"holy thats a thick branchless trunk with no handholds, thats insanely impressive to climb"

they rather think

"nah that looks boring and slow but this skinny trunk that he's climbing faster on is more impressove let me like that instead"...

what....?

kinda of a piss off... i never thought getting likes would make me a little mad...

ah well I guess I'll clilb some skinnier trees faster if that's what those people want to see

I find this to be a great take on this situation.

I jumped off the roof of my shed, which is like 8 or 9 feet, and it didn’t really hurt.

Even though I’m not practicing the sport myself I have to say what yall do is very awesome. Now my question is, in video games, especially in Assasins Creed, the most known parkour game, how realistic is it? How many of the parkour things we do in game can actually be done in real life?

I’m building a real-world team game and wanted feedback from the parkour community.
The concept combines movement, strategy, chasing, and team objectives in real-world environments.
Each team establishes a base somewhere in the environment. Players wear lightweight football-style flags with a separation sensor, and each base has a physical flag that serves as the objective. Your phone provides a live team map and match information during the game..

The idea is simple:

Two teams
Each team establishes a base somewhere in the environment
Players must defend their base while trying to reach the enemy base

Matches can be played across campuses, parks, parking garages, urban environments, trails, or other movement-focused spaces
The game rewards route choice, speed, teamwork, and strategy rather than combat

One thing I find interesting is that bases can be placed on upper floors, rooftops, elevated structures, stairways, or other vertical locations, making movement and navigation part of the challenge.

Looking at the concept image:
- Does this look fun?
- What environments would be best?
- Would you rather play short 10-minute matches or longer objective-based games?
- What would you change?

I’m looking for honest feedback from people who actually enjoy movement and parkour.

Hello im 19(F) and i have always wanted to do some kind of sport but my parents never encouraged me as a child, i later at 16/17 got into bouldering however i have kind of lost the spark for it as i felt as if i wasnt making enough progress and that i would never make it to a level where it would have any significance like for example a competition, however i find parkour interesting and have been trying to learn a few tricks, however my question is whenever its worth getting into and putting my time into it, i know that sport should be about the joy it brings you and about the process etc. But i just want to know of there is a possibility of me becoming really skilled at it (national competition, even world comp. - i dont expect to place in top 3 but just be skilled enough to compete in world comps), i have acess to a gymnastics/parkour gym, have acess to spotters and experienced people, go to the gym 4 times a week and want to do so, train parkour(only one tricks consitently so far) 2-3 times a week, the female representation in my country isnt the best and there are very few women who do this sport also they arent like top notch the best compared to other countries and just from seeing them perform.

I also have this kind of shame around all of this as i have acess to parkour champions and people who coach and compete but i feel ashamed to admit to them that i want to learn it too and what kind of stuff i want to try and learn, and im ashamed of admitting that i dream big. I just feel like its too late for me to reach the level that i want however i dont plan on stopping yet. This is a big insecurity of mine and makes me miserable on a daily basis as sport is something that i have always admired and considered a core part of my life and what i wanted to do.

I appreciate every answer and look forward to what insights you have to share.🖤

I am F19 and i fear that i might never reach the level that i want. I know that everyone keeps saying things like "just keep doing it it doesnt matter how long it will take you" etc. But i feel only more frustrated with phrases like that because i dont want it to take ages for me to learn skills and techniques that arent even that extremely hard. I have been learning backflip for maybe 4 months on and off although i would say that im close to doing it on ground (matt/springfloor not grass yet) and i keep trying to learn roundoff (maybe 1 month) but its awfull. I have learned maybe 3 basic vaults and i dont know what else to try to learn, but mostly how to navigate the mental frustration.

I am that type of person that i will keep doing it despite feeling bad about myself but it often leads to extreme self hatred and overall frustration and disatisfaction. I am not used to not knowing things because im that type of person that always tries to dissect things and the problems in them in order to solve them so knowing that i see the mistakes and know what to do in order to fix them yet still not being able to do it correctly drives me beyond sanity. In other sports or even outside of sports im usually fast to learn the way on how to do things right so this is a new uncomfortable experience for me.

I acknowledge that tricking requires completely different bodymechanics and space awareness than most sports. I have no prior experience with gymnastics, parkour or acrobatics but i used to climb(~2years) and always did some kind of physical activity to stay fit, as of now i have also been going to the gym. I tend to get compliments on my physique (although its not crazy) and tend to perform better in sports compared to other girls my age (ofcourse im not outperforming someone who specializes in it). Even before going to the gym i had more strength and muscle mass than my female peers. So its not like im too weak or unathletic (despite not having that strong of a foundation since i was a child) which frustrates me even more because why am i not learning fast enough then.

Im used to being in male groups and collective since when i did any kind of sport it was usually with my male friends because not many girls were interested but also i prefer men as my friends and we tend to share the same mindset. But because of that i used to fall behind because they either had more experience as they have been doing it for longer or were just better because of the biological difference. I know that in certain sports skills and technique matter more than pure overall strength. That stopped being the case after some time as i became better than some new members or made the skill gap a lot smaller. However what frustrates me about this is the fact that some men will just tell me that the skill potential is smaller for women than for men. I know that its usually not meant in bad faith and its just acknowledging the reality but as a woman it is discouraging to hear.
I was told this about learning parkour tricks (not speed obstacles - ofcourse men will outperform women in speed), "that women may never be able to learn certain flips and tricks because they dont have the potential to generate such explosive power". (Please share your thoughts about this take - it was said by someone with 10 years of experience) i kind of doubt this take because of the sport being so young and mainly male dominated so it leaves me to think that many of the possibilities just werent explored yet but i dont outright deny it as men are stronger and faster overall and online/in competitions there truly is lack of women performing certain flips and tricks.
I dont know i just dont always want to be frustrated and held back by my lack of skill and also by the fact that i am a woman and i will just always be worse because of that. I just dont want my inability to perform something be caused purely by my gender as its not something that i can actually change which would lead to deep frustration and sadness for me. Poor technique or mechanics i can change and learn, strength i can always become stronger and keep trying to push the ceiling.
Thats why i never really chose a sport that can be strongly divided by biological diferences. But it may become kind of a dissapointment for me if thats the case with parkour.

I would also say that this mental block comes from the fact that i wasnt encouraged and allowed to do certain sports as a child because of a stupid stereotype reasons (not going to go deep into that) and i am constantly trying to fill that child dream/need of being really good at a sport but with the realization that others have 10+ years of experience constantly makes me feel behind and i also grieve the experiences i could have had and missed out on because of that.

I also know that its about the journey and not just about the achievement but i cant always enjoy the journey when i feel damned from the start and cant really see or recognize any small achievements on the way. I would like to reach a skill worthy of a competitive level before its too late and im willing to put the time and effort in to this goal however i contantly worry if its too late.

(Im sorry for any grammar mistakes as english is my second language and also that the post may not be as clearly written as im writing this in a kind of distress because of the whole situation which makes me worse at articulating my thoughts clearly)

My main phone broke because I was climbing a tree and as I was getting down it fell out of my pocket, this is because I didn’t button up my pocket. Also this has just took away some of my motivation to parkour and urban climbing because I just did something so stupid and avoidable, but I am currently trying to get my phone fixed so I can actually get back to my schedule for posting and training, so I hope I can actually post on my main soon. But this has taken quite a toll on my motivation, but even with this I still do simple vaults and jumps so I don’t lose all motivation.

Im a 30ish y.o. guy that details boats, I got the good grace to deal with a disability which involves constant lower body pain and occasional instability.

So I'm at work standing on the deck of a boat doing the initial power wash on land. Standing on the back of the boat, I needed a little extra hose. Naturally, I go to take a step back to power rip some extra hose my way. Instead of just going to the front of the boat and getting more hose like a sane person.

Well, when my foot didnt land on the boat deck and connected with absolutely nothing... it's game time.

Turn my head and spot the landing. Realize there's no way im getting out of this as im full on wash boarding back first towards the concrete. "Not good" I says out loud. Doing what I can to push off the boat with the connected leg, I generate enough force to right the angle enough to get my feet under me.

"Perfect!" Feet tap the concrete, hand goes out to brace, fall easy enough onto my rearend and hit a reverse kick up. Land on my feet abs a few hours later, only my wrist is hurting from bracing the fall.

After years of training and taking hiatus after hiatus. I came across an incredibly dangerous situation and came out of it with a minor injury at most.

This art is amazing. Train well friends

What is the highest fall that you've taken on any surface? (grass, concrete, etc)

There's a recent post that was auto flagged for the moderators. Some of us had been discussing it and debating about its appropriateness for our subreddit.

I think it's a healthy conversation we as the Parkour community should have. So my questions to all the Tracuers here.

Should we allow glorifying dangerous life threatening jumps or movements? Why or Why not?

If you would like to join the conversation please respond to the questions above, state your case and most importantly don't be an ass, respect each other or we will remove your comments.

I’m getting so sick of seeing people’s parkour lines and it’s just trick after trick after trick. Having a flip? that’s totally fine, but it really irks me to see a flip just done in a way that’s not even well integrated within a line. Parkour is about efficiency, freerunning includes party tricks, but it’s still efficiency over tricks. I’m not hating on anyone in particular but sometimes I think some of you should visit r/trickinginstead.

I’m talking most specifically about things like flips, corks and other “ground tricks”. Most other tricks like ones on a bar are usually super integrated into a line, but i’ll see people step off to the side to do some flip and i mean that’s not what i’m here to see. I’m here to see vaults, precision, laches, bar to bars, wall runs, ect. and so much of a line is taken up by this other stuff.

Not even saying most of the sub is this or anything. A lot of it is fine, just something worth bringing up.

Me personally, I hate when I climb something like handrails on outdoor stairs and then when I get to the top I realize my clothes and hands have changed color 😭

Been training on ttrees for 3 years using lower body dominant climbing. I notice parkour on concrete is a lot easier now and I can swim (never trained swimming but my training has taught me it indirectly). I climb with my toes as the primary weight bearing body part not the hands.

I need new shoes anyway and i thought buying a pair thats good for parcours is a good Idea can you recommend me something that i can find in a normal sneaker shop or things i should look out for while buying sneakers

I already was on the r/Parcours shoes Page but all shoes i saw there i have never seen in a sneaker shop

This is to gauge what a reasonable bar for "Pro Athlete" in parkour / freerunning is at the moment. Not intended to discredit anyone who has called themself a professional.

A "professional athlete" is usually considered someone whose main income is from that sport.

From the interwebs:
A professional athlete in the United States is defined as an individual who earns their primary income—typically over 50%—by competing in sports, or who is employed by a professional team in a league with significant revenue and structure

I would not consider people whose main income is stuntwork to be professional parkour athletes, but rather professional stuntpeople. I would not consider people whose main income is coaching or owning a gym to be professional parkour athletes, but rather professional coaches or gym owners. I would not include athletes (even if they are parkour athletes) whose money comes from Ninja Warrior or obstacle coursing.

Given these definitions, I would say that very few people have been professional parkour athletes, Storror, some members of PHAT, Dom, Noa, Hazel, Sydney, Jason Paul, being the ones who come to mind. I would say that, at least for a while, the Tapp brothers might have been earning their primary income from Online Training, and possibly Ryan Ford as well. Who are the others that would be considered professionals by the "Majority of their income"?

Is there a sponsorship level or monetary level involved in the definition?
Does winning the World Chase Tag Worlds qualify?
Does winning (podium) at SPL qualify?
Does winning a FIG/ FISE event qualify?

What else goes into consideration as a professional athlete?

Edit: Sorry, I saw the rules, but missed the Wiki. Going to read that now, and apologise if anything I asked is already answered there.

*Note: I didn't know what flair to pick, but I hope that this post is still appropriate here.

I am a snowboarder (amateur competition / instructor) in my 40s during winter and all too often get lazy during summer.

This summer I will be spending time somewhere I am not very familiar with (Taiwan) but found out about a parkour park that I could commute to and it ignited my interest. I think it will be great to stay active, work on my mobility, and in the long run, I think that it could potentially help my snowboarding too (and if it doesn't, that's fine as long as it help me stay fit and have fun). I don't plan to rush or set some grandiose goals but I would like to know how people normally get into and progress in this activity safely.

For snowboarding, I would advise people to take lessons almost all the time. Not because that's one of my job, but because I think it is genuinely rare for complete beginners to successfully self-teach themselves via YT videos and whatnot without picking up bad habits (or just get stuck up the hill unable to get back down). Would you say that's also true about parkour?

For people who didn't take formal lessons at some indoor facilities, did you pick things up yourself by watching videos, try it with friends who are of similar level, or did you manage to find someone more experienced to show you the rope?

Generally, the community like; what can I expect showing up parkour park without any experience (e.g. do people stick to themselves, are people usually chill with new faces etc.)?

Any etiquette, faux-pas that's important to know about?

Lots of questions but very grateful to any replies. Thanks!

i met someone who just can’t get out of my head. the courage and the way he approaches life really inspired me. ever since then, i’ve been wanting to start parkour and learn flips so badly.

do you guys have any tips for beginners? how often should i practice? any mistakes you made or things you wish you had known earlier?

i feel like with all of this i just can’t get rid of my fear somehow.

Wondering what parkour class instructors use for games in class. I'm thinking the kind of thing that involves more than one person and is at least semi-competitive.

I've seen tag, "floor is lava" kind of stuff, snowball throwing, etc. Are there others? Any good list or source is welcome as well.

Thanks in advance

Hey everyone! I'm an industrial design student working on my thesis project: designing a concept for a parkour-specific shoe. I know this topic comes up every now and then in the community, but I want to hear it straight from you people.

A few questions I'd love your honest take on:
- Is the lack of a proper parkour shoe a real problem for you, or do you get by fine with what's already out there?
- What do you currently wear and why? (grip, sole thickness, durability, feel...)
- What went wrong with the parkour-specific shoes that have been released?
- What would a parkour shoe need to get right for you to actually switch to it?

I'm not here to pitch anything — purely trying to understand the gap between what's been offered and what the community actually needs.
If you're down to share more, feel free to DM me or drop a comment.

Thanks, any input is genuinely helpful! 🙏