ORANGE - Broken Spine Story | Parkour 

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Hey guys, i would like to thank you for a such a great feedback and also BIG thanks to Jason who made this video.

This is the type of documentary I'll save at my heart. Thank you Zony for being the person you are, thank you Farang for presenting us such an amazing story, you really don't know the positive impact you are causing with your actions, and I really hope to one day be able to retribute that. Thank you.

three weeks ago I broke my ankle and will have a cast on for 2 months. Then I start my journey to learn how to walk again, and everyone has told me give up, slow down, stop doing what you do. Funny thing is I didn't even break it doing any flips, it was playing a "sport". I too have gone through the mental anguish of being told I will not be the same ever again. I agree. I won't be the same because I will be better. Zony your injury has put a lot of things into perspective for me today. If you have passion and a dream that is authentically yours then nothing can take that from you. The greatest in anything have suffered adversity but their dreams were too real to give up on. From countries fighting for freedom to you fighting for your passion, grit, drive, and zeal will move you forward. I hope to have the honor of training with you one day brother but if not in this life then in spirit. I dont even know you but I love what you have done for me today and I am beyond grateful. Thank you Farang for publishing this video, it has done more for me than words will allow me to express. We are truly a blessed community to have so many inspiring individuals.

such an inspiration!

Czech power💕💕💕

17:03 I do girlfriend... Yes probably.

This video is such an inspiration for freerunners never quit no matter what 💪

I'm seriously loving these video experiments Team Farang has been doing, lately. This will go down as one of the most beautifully told Parkour story.

Been doing pk since '08 and just as of right now I totally remember watching videos from him at that time. Thank you for reminding me of such a monster he was at the time and still is!

Thanks FARANG i never knew who he was till today , he is one among you who inspired me to do freerun parkour There was a random parkour compilation video there he was the orange dude smashing those huge jumps and side flip EPIC its good to know him 😊

When Parkour Becomes Harmful: #1: Going too far beyond your skills. #2: Going too far when you are tired. This is a very great short film. It really drives home how we ought to measure ourselves and stay just on the line when it comes to pushing ourselves further to do it safely. Thank you.

Wow. Absolutely amazing and inspiring story!) He's very lucky to stay not even paralised after brocken neck. And that's amazing that he is jumping, training and enjoying the movement after all of that. The happiest man!)

I use to train back in the mid 00's. Did Parkour for around 5-6 years before life got in the way and I basically didn't have time to train (job, wife, kids, responsibilities etc). The thing that was very big at the time when I trained was that Parkour is non-competitive and Parkour competitions are against the very essence of what Parkour is about. A lot of people think that running and jumping, doing flips etc is Parkour, but it's not. That is merely a manifestation of what Parkour actually is. Parkour is a philosophy in which the practitioner strengthens their mind and body through movement. It just so happens that jumping, vaulting etc is the most efficient way of achieving this, hence why people often think that doing these things means they are doing Parkour. The point of your training when you do Parkour is to gain mastery over your mind, strengthen your ability to assess what you are capable of and develop your ability to enact it. This is why Parkour and competition don't mix well. When you have a Jump and every fibre of your body tells you that you are not capable of doing this you walk away. You go and train on a similar jump that you are capable of doing. After days, weeks, months you return to the original jump and suddenly find every fibre of your body tells you that you can do this, and you do just that. That is how you train your mind and develop your ability to assess what you are capable of doing. However, when you approach that original jump and your body tells you no and instead of walking away you listen to your friends telling you "you've got this". Or you use the cheers of the crowd to spur you on. What you find is that if you are successful in doing the jump you have in actual fact failed at Parkour. Because the way you were able to achieve such a feat was not through mastery of your mind. But instead was by turning off your brain, using the judgment of your friends or the power of people cheering in order to enable you to successfully land the jump. This is a great way to rapidly progress in terms of movement but is a terrible way to develop an understanding of what you can and cannot do and ultimately gain full control over your mind and thoughts. It is also a sure-fire way to get yourself seriously hurt. When you train your ability to judge what you can or cannot do (which is a learned skill). And only ever rely on that ability and block all outside influences you find that you very rarely get hurt. As the best method of determining what you can or cannot do is yourself. But when you rely on others to determine what you or cannot do you often find that they are wrong. Thus, drastically increasing the risk of hurting yourself, but most importantly denying yourself the opportunity to train in the actually thing that Parkour is designed to do. Master your mind. This Guy seems like an awesome guy and his physical abilities are incredibly impressive so top marks from me. The point of my comment though is to point out something that in my opinion seems to be lost in Parkour community i.e. What Parkour actually is. Food for thought.

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Thanks for sharing and making this, guys. I remember when i was younger and first getting into parkour, Zony's videos were a big inspiration to me and i always wondered where he went but now we know and he is still training after that crazy injury! Big up to the No.1 crazy orange bastard.

Holy Shit. One of the best videos I have watched on parkour and freerunning, of all time, period. Unique, different, motivational, positive. Well made

Fantastic documentary, it really gets you to just go and train. Makes you think to not waste your time sitting at home doing nothing :)

Best film I’ve seen since roof culture Asia, loved the old school footage and vibe, along with the story and message behind it!

so nice to see you still at it! one of the first athletes i was watching when i started training years back! absolutely amazing story!

Simply wonderful. Thank you Farang and Sonic for the video.

Awesome Video. It´s amazing how much passion you have, ver inspirational. (The editing was superb too^^)

This was beautiful. Thank you for sharing your story!

Man the dedication that this guy has is almost unreal. It's so inspiring to watch this guy's story & to realize that life thrives when u want it to.

Thanks for such a great video team farang! Zony is legend. Salute.

one of the most touching documentaries I've seen in a while, pure passion :)

Thank you Jason for making this, we need more stuff like this!

this shows how amazing the human body is at recovering. this was so inspirational!!

the save 7:42

It's so amazing that he was able to recover from such an injury. He's an enormous inspiration!

This is so inspiring. He did something no-one believed he will do again. That's passion! Respect!

wow that's just inspirational and gives you goosebumps!

Sayy whaaat, It's pleasure to see this badass from same country where I live on Farang channel! legend_

The best video to end the year! Bless for you hood!

Youre really an inspiration.... I will never forget this..youre a hero for freerunners..

wow .. this is such an amazing video! back when i started he was one of my favourite athletes and biggest inspirations. enjoyed it to be able to spend some time with him and learn stuff at the fam jam back in the days. so sad something like that had to happen to him but so awesome to hear his story and see how well he did. glad you're back zony!

7:47 That precision jump was so OP...

A massive message to the whole community. Keep inspire.

you actually gave me so much inspiration in parkour&freerunning back in the day .. i was always like : wow that guy in the orange clothes is just so amazing :)

I got injured last year while practicing Parkour..still recovering. it's so inspirational and amazing story. Hopefully soon I will start doing Parkour again.

I love this idea of giving other freerunners with great stories a space to tell theirs

best thing in months coming from You guys :)

I really appreciate this move from you guys. We all love Zony.

That’s incredible!!! Amazing story.

amazing story, so glad you could keep doing what you love

One of the most inspirational videos I've ever seen awesome

thanks for sharing this story with us . so much positiveness I feel now .no more afraid of injuries anymore 💝

wow, so inspirational... huge respect

So emotional. Keep doing what your doing

Stumbled across this video in my feed... your story is quite amazing. I admire your “never-give-up” attitude.

Respekt Zonymu, je to bojovník! A ani tohle zranění ho nezastavilo.

Super inspiring watch

Absolute legend, glad he survived and glad he's still doing what he loves

I love this. This really Inspired me, and changed my way of thinking about freerunning and parkour❤️

Thanks for staying strong and brave.

Love you bro!

Zony is one hell of a badass

Awesome parkour evolution

Parkour sports personality of the year award would go to this guy, mad respect and such an inspirational mover

Amazing video. Go to favorites😍

Coming off of two ankle sprains i feel so lucky, inspired, and so optimistic. You are one of the legend Zony, no matter what. Stay Orange and keep jumping.

Absolutely amazing your doing great 🍊 !

Very inspiring and motivational!❤

The most inspiring story!!! He just said "I will jump again". And so it is. Stronger than before, I suppose, on every level. Admiration to his mum, too.

this is just beautiful.

Huge respect to him, I've had a few injuries, twice on the head, but nothing as serious as his. It makes me glad to see he recovered and continues on. Inspiring.

Epic dude!!! Real man. Amazing story. Keep pushin, bro.

*So inspiring💛*

I remember meeting this guy in Denmark in 2013, when he was visiting for "Lachette Birthday Jam" at BGI akademiet, and i sat next to him in the bus. He is the most gentle and humble man I have ever met, and when I saw his movement at the Jam he blew me away. He won a precision competion as far as I remember. Nevertheless, his power and control has since been a motivation for me, and I am glad to hear his recovery went well.

For Czech parkour Zony is the legend of comeback

Very inspirational. You are very talented

awesome Inspiration!!

The best video on parkour and freeruning i watched

two words: deeply inspiring !

Amazing man. Respect for your positivity and respect to the farang team. You guys are all awesome!!!

Met you at fam jam, good to see you recovered mate!

Beautiful and inspiring

Keep on inspiring, keep on moving.

I watched orange as a kid. Great viddie

This breaks my heart, I wish you all the best!

The roof of the swimmingpool of gerlev at sunset. Classic! 👌

Awesome video!!! Amazing work by Jason. And emotional, motivational live story of Zony, though his english wasn't so good was pritty super. I'm happy that now more people can know about his story and let inspired by it.

Never felt so much respect for a person before, amazing

My respect man, you are a true hero. When i saw your injury i frezee, but you can do all that moves again. Unbelievable

awesome story dude! keep doing you bro!

So beautiful!

I have the ultimate respect for this dude!🙏🏽

Thank you for the inspiration! I Remember this guy from the FAMjam 2014 he is Amazing

Thomas, I think that all traceurs in Czech Republic know you. And I think that you are a legend and great inspiration for everyone. And I am honored that I can live in the same country as you live and that I could meet you personally. We are all glad that you couldn't stop, and didn't stop... You are a hero to us. Just do not hurt yourself again. Be carefull, jump and make us proud.

Two years ago I was going palm flip, & once I fell on matrices as well on my neck, but I couldn't move completely for almost one hour, then I moved, but my right arm kept fkr a month, it was so heavy & weak. Finally I started 6 months ago to return to the basics & I can do combos now, I even intend to do twists. Happy new year people!

Inspirational story! I have always wondered what happened to the freerunner in the Orange shirt 🙂 Glad to see you were able to make a tremendous recovery Tomas, keep training and doing what you love!

You really are a strong man with the heart of strong will. something to get inspire of. :)

What an inspiration.. He is legendary

When I first met him I don't know that what parkour exactly means ... I just wanna do flips and twists, but when I saw him at first time 2012. At that moment in my head was only this "One day I want to be like this guy, maybe this is meaning of parkour". You know he loves what is he doing and you don't even need to talk with him. Zony is motivation for life

Man, you're such an inspiration ! Even if my injury was not like yours, I experienced something like you (I broke my crossed ligaments and 2 menicus), that was so bad that my surgeon said that i will never do parkour or free running. I cried like a baby and i said to my self ''not possible, that can not end like this'' so i do a lot of re-education and want to do it again even if my parents didn't agree with that xD. And now here i am i can do free run ! Anyway you are a great man ! Keep on going !

Omg. I am from Czech republic and i was on his workshop and i did not knew that. Respect Zony. Thank you for this video.

All the love and respect in the world to Tomas!

This was so inspiring before 2017 ends T.T thumbs up for you Orange

Amazing video!

Awesome person, awesome story, just awesome!