The Unlikely Rise of Parkour's Most Creative Athlete 

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How do you order them to Europe! I can only select USA.

Jimmy, please can you tell me the song of the beggining? 0:00 Pleeaseee😭😭

Lol. Sounds like fam.

U?

XD

Ha

@@lewis8200 wrong person

Nice plug bro

@@stanleyezepk Thanks!

@@ChasePhillipp I was being sarcastic 😂 you plugged yourself by adding 'which I made a video about'... Maybe be subtle next time? You're welcome 😉

@@stanleyezepk 😂 oops

@Paul Martin creativity is key in parkour!

ADHD gang

@@brantlauweryssen8527 yeah yeah ADHD gang

Yeah! I have ADHD too. It's really bad to have ADHD considering the system that society works, that's not really good for people with ADHD, but have some qualities like Hyperfocus, the energy level, creativity and other stuff.

Same here :D

@@dxaisy same here I read AUTISM and I was like OMG. Autism and Parkour ❤

I'm not on the spectrum (afaik!), but I've come across the issue of *having* autism vs *being* autist a few times. Where are you guys at on this, if you don't mind me asking? Do you feel "having" autism somehow misrepresents who you are?

@@tempestive1 yep it does

@@tempestive1 I'm high function some have even said Very high functioning

So like I have adhd and parkour and tricking help so much, especially when you do something super scary. Like getting the adrenaline rush of a double backflip made my focus like insane for a week.

Thank you. This is interesting comment and definetly made me think about the reasons I like posing and dance in Bodybuilding.

Autism is different individual to individual so it should only really be handled like this, focusing on the individual in question.

Big crowd, lots of cheering and noise. Probably just too stressful

He is good and all but those guys are on another level

@@minhhoang4612 that's just like your opinion, man! Seriously he has something that not many others have, is creative and inventive as all hell and still puts out some "big" moves. Why shouldn't he be able to compete on that level?

@@minhhoang4612 More like what the first reply says

If youre not diagnosed, youre not autistic.

@@ravedoyer that implies that one only becomes autistic after being told that they are, which is false. And that is precisely why I used the word "perhaps", before specifying that I am undiagnosed. 2 of my siblings are diagnosed and my mother, a professional psychiatrist, is quite convinced that my father is, too :)

@@ravedoyer *psychologist, not psychiatrist. It's my dad who's the psychiatrist. My bad.

I will always hate that terrible stigma that autistic people are fucking stupid or cant speak for shit, I know some are but it feels like those ones are the only versions ever talked about

@@dragonmaster3030 I suspect that is the reason behind Asperger's being included in more modern times as an autism spectrum disorder rather than its own thing. There are plenty of people that aren't higher functioning geniuses, and plenty who have enough communication skill to not be labelled (formerly) as autistic. It's a spectrum that includes low, middle and high. And a win for any one of us, low, middle or high is a win for all. I'm undiagnosed, my next notable birthday will be my 50th, and I just don't see the point of jumping through hoops to get a diagnosis for something I've dealt with all my life, and become accepting of. I know that loud noise and bright lights make me nervous or anxious. So I don't go to crowded places if I can help it, I don't go to firework displays, I don't even go out that time of year unless I have to, and I wear tinted lenses year round. When I was a kid, unless you didn't speak you weren't autistic. Even then they'd have investigated a dozen other likely causes first. Times were different. Just how different was illustrated when my own son was 4 and going from nursery to preschool, at which point they told us they'd like him to see a psychiatric nurse! He had friends, he played normally, but he didn't want to learn to read. That was their reasoning at that point. Again a year later we were recommended he see a psychiatric nurse, this time because they couldn't get him to change into his PE kit. Anyway, the long and short of it is he taught himself to read in two weeks after I found a SpongeBob game that was largely text driven, and with which he became quickly obsessed. He did eventually start changing for PE some years later too. I understand why there's early intervention these days, but to be honest I'm more scared of too much than too little. He's now 15, goes to a mainstream school, has friends and is a good, if not excellent academic performer, depending on how much he enjoys the subject. In computer science there's no one close, but I build him his own PC when he was 4 to redirect some of that hankering for knowledge that he had. On top of that I've always sought to backstop anything I teach him, with an underlying explanation of anything he needs to understand this new lesson, something which doesn't seem to be taught at school. We started assessment for ASD in the third year he was at school, just before COVID hit, so some of the process is still ongoing, but were you to meet him, other than the fact he's quiet, there would be little to indicate autism. He's able to learn and reason, though he doesn't really understand social dynamics, and probably never will. I do talk through human behaviour and some common motivators for certain behaviour, to help him understand people a little better. I think with all children, understanding them and catering to their needs is more important than simply slapping a label on someone. As I said, I'm undiagnosed. But if I'm am goddamn it I'm proud to be in the company of people like him. His lack of awareness of other people's ways mean he doesn't understand spite and malice. At 15 he's still almost as innocent as a 4 year old in terms of the things that tear down most men. Not to mention that we can spend a day together or a two mile walk with no more than a handful of words. He's one of few people that enjoy a comfortable silence as much as I do. Or, if you're into what he's into, he won't shut up about it, and I'm happy to listen. I learn almost as much from his interests these days as he does from me. I'd hate to think that things might have been different if I'd been told to do X, Y and Z in a prescribed manner for the last decade. Individual growth is important too, for me the time to make a move was when he starred needing a little assistance. He isn't able to travel alone because he has difficulty making decisions when he's confronted with the sudden need to. So at 15 and beyond he might need a chaperone to get around, and I'm not sure he'd be safe living alone both because he's so trusting but also he doesn't like to interact with people he doesn't know. He's sort of selectively mute by preference, though occasionally he will talk to a doctor or nurse, just not voluntarily, I usually have to prompt him and emphasize that on this occasion it's important, and as I don't ask when it's not important, he does his best to give answers. At school he's used to people so it's not so hard, and he's plenty verbal there with his friends. I'm glad that didn't get taken away from him, as there's also a special unit at the same school, where he would have gone, as did his best friend since he was 4. She unfortunately went to a different secondary school, where she was punished for tics and anxieties beyond her control, as well as subject to bullying. Thankfully after two years she started at the special unit at my son's school and has been improving, but at 15 it's too late. Her dad went through all the assessments with her much younger, took all the advice, jumped through all the hoops and placed her at q school that took the extra cash for a kid with extra needs, and then gave no care whatsoever for those extra needs. At my son's school, any pupil that needs some time out for any reason can access a safe space to reduce their anxiety. At her school, a supposed pastoral school, when her anxiety overtook her and she sought to leave the immediate environment, she was punished. She didn't want to cause a scene, she just needed to get away for a few minutes, but they constantly punished her for it, which then worsened the bullying. When she left the same primary school as my son, she was in class for a full school day usually, as long as she didn't have a bad day (often a result of bullying, something my son also went through there). But she was coping with the work, left alone or with nice kids she was fine. And I can't help feeling that two years at that other school ruined her chances of having a full life. If she does sit exams, she'll be well behind, and she's not slow, but at special school they don't always take that into account. Still, it's better than the other school where she ended up going to school 3 days a week for 2 hours locked in a room with a teacher than resented her. So by and large, diagnosed, undiagnosed. We are all the same, whether or not we have a label or choose to wear it. I've seen the damage done by early intervention and it was very much a wake up for me, that even in these times, where it's supposedly taken very seriously, mental health care can sometimes cause more problems than it solves. I don't have regrets about the way I did it for my son, or for myself or his mother, also undiagnosed, but very likely.

Literally every video Fr

the video that hit me the most recently is his monkey style video, to this day, I rewatch it consistently and train whats in it.

Same as m8 but I now want to do parkour bmx skateboarding and everything else my head just says you can do that 🤔

@@adambomb3650 Why not combine some of them then? Thats what I do

Where u at?

Yeah, I teared up too - that part really hit home for me. The parkour community is so accepting and that sense of belonging is incredibly validating. It makes you really want to give back to the community; it's a big reason I started hosting jams and teaching. Jimmy really captured that feeling of needing to push yourself because of it. Keep doing what you're doing and you're bound to inspire someone! :) - Tom

I really feel you. If you cried from relatability theres probably something to it. I also have lived in an area where theres nobody else to train with before. I plan to travel though, I'd totally train with you if you'd be down.

Maybe there's traceurs and freerunners in your area? 😉

If any of yall are ever in the Netherlands then feel free to hit me up, I'm not a pro (yet, fingers crossed). But I know some good spots and friendly people (:

Enjoy the ride bro✊🏼

disability isn't a bad word or insulting, and I think trying to use different phrases like this seems like it is trying to sugarcoat things. We're all different and disabilities exist, whether autism, deafness or amputee, it doesn't make any of us more or less of a person

Look into it, theres tons of Autistic or ADHD adults who didnt know they were until later in life.

You might be or you might not be. Autism is said to be a spectrum for a reason - there is a lot of variance in symptoms and their severity. If you are curious about it, consulting a mental health professional is a good idea. Just keep in mind that is your quality of life that matters, not diagnosis.

I know I'm diagnosed but I don't know with what "level" but personally I'm quite the solo person whos hobbies are extremely niche and or dangerous this making it hard to talk about or experience with others, I also can't stand light cause it gives a burning sensation and can see better in the dark because of it

I always envied people that could do that, instead of binge doing whatever for a month and stopping. All I can say is 'I tried it and it's cool' as an answer for almost anything imaginable in the area of crafts... with never getting really good at any of them. Recently I made a switch to more physical activities and it works the same way here ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (I don't have any disorder diagnosed)