Parkour - The Nature Of Challenge (2/4) 

"We live in the age of convenience" Simply great! Such a simple sentence, still expressing so much about today society.

Strength training and conditioning is an essential part of parkour training and helps to reduce the chance of injury whilst performing the kids of movements usually associated with parkour. You shouldn't train every single day though as the body needs rest days to properly recover and repair muscle. Personally, I do conditioning on Tuesdays, parkour on Thursdays and Saturdays and some other cardio and conditioning exercises on Sunday. I generally rest on other days.

The roll helps to dissipate the force from the drop, translating some of it into horizontal motion. This reduces the force taken by your legs and helps to avoid the likelihood of damage to the knees.

I've used to do Parkour but then started playing more video games and exercising less. This video has inspired me to start Parkour up again. I love it!

You can start parkour at any age, no matter what your fitness level. Even if you did nothing for the next 40 years and asked the same question again, the answer would still be yes, you can train! The only prerequisite for starting parkour is wanting to improve. Find a local parkour group and go and train!

This is the best part of the documentary and the most meaningful for me.

No excuses! I do it alone the majority of the time. I simply watch tutorials on youtube go outside and find a spot to do it. It was hard to find a good wall for me to vault so I took an old dresser and set it up in my backyard.

the world needs more people like this guy

"We like it because we don't have to think about it." lolreligion. Fantastic documentary; everything you say perfectly sums up my thoughts about life.

This is one of the most intelligently written things I have ever watched. Just wanted you to know that. Thanks for uploading.

not only is the parkour incredible but the message is inspirational!! :)

Parkour is more than just the ability to move. Parkour is the practice of using movement to get past obstacles in order to develop your abilities. The difference is important. Movement develops physicality and getting past obstacles develops many mental aspects as well. You may not need all abilities on every obstacle, but every obstacle is different.

Absolutely great !! Great idea, great words great realisation!!! Iwatch part 1 & 2, can't wait for the two others ! Keep it up to other challenges !

Reaches in deep to the meaning and purpose of parkour. Wonderfully narrarated and you incorporated many reasons and facts about parkour and the world around us, you'd be hard-pressed to find somebody who could argue against this.

I started parkour at 25, so I'm sure you'll be fine!

this is inspiring, me and my friends do more freerunning, but i watched this yesterday, and we put free running aside for the night and just focused on the parkour aspect of movement, it teaches how to look at things in a different way, more than just a talent.. its a lifestyle, and me and my friends live it, parkours more useful than freerunning in the long run, freerunning just eye-candy.

Jesus, that black dude climbing out of the crevice in the rocks is brave man, I couldn't do that man. You guys have inspired me, I haven't got the body for parkour but I'm gonna try just to see how hard it is.

Very inspirational! Well done!!!

What ever your name is Obsidian , I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS AND THIS DOCUMENTARY IS TRULY INSPIRING HIGHLIGHTING THE TRUTH ABOUT PARKOUR AND THE TRUTH ABOUT HOW SOCIETY CONDITIONS US WITH BARRIERS I LOVE IT , ive started training for parkour in my gym , since i havnt got the strength yet to do everything you do ive been doing box jumps and sprinting and some of the exercises you do in my garden and started climbing over my fence a lot and up the side of my house! I love parkour now !

i legitamently just started parkour and i love it, it's night so i don't want to wake anyone up so i'll continue the rest some other time. u encouraged me to do something i now really like. thanks bro your a big help.

this has got to be one of, if not the best documentaries i've seen about parkour, can't wait to see the other parts :D

(im not quite good with english but i wish you to know my thought) This video has information that i havent seen in other videos or websites. Many people spend his life searching something that give them this freedom that we have found in parkour. I have take a transfomation course in my country (mexico, DF) that have change my life in all senses and also have free my mind of many mental barriers, and with parkour that complements my life, now im living like never before, like a kid again

I love that spot at 1:12!! I Really wish i could train there!

I really dont know what to write, just great !! Really great :D

Everything you've said is nothing I haven't thought about or considered but just the fact that you've shared it and it confirms what I already believe in is fantastic. I love you guys and it's because of your videos that I was inspired to start parkour, looking forward to your new videos. Much

@Sabuncar Cheers :) It took us a while to put together, as we wanted to make sure it was right. I'm glad that so many people are finding it useful.

@JacktheDaniels I think you're right in that a lot of people have been attracted to parkour largely because it's new and different. However I don't think this means that parkour doesn't affect how you think. After all, it's not your muscles that have to deal with fear, it's not your bones that choose how to get past an obstacle, and it's not your ligaments that decide to train for months to get over the high wall. To move you need to think.

Crunches, are probably one of the best things for Parkour work outs- pressup position - Jump to your feet Starjump Back down to pressup position, Pressup, then repeat.

That literally changed my life.

If you feel that your movement is too loud, work on the precision of each movement (also define the term "too loud" for yourself, according to your level, and your goals). In the same time, you could shoot for less challengeing obstacles, but more precise execution of the given moves. As you improve, you will feel that it's much more easier and "better" to train quietly than loudly.

Continued... To move past physical obstacles you need all of the parts of the brain that handle problem solving, because that's what you are doing. That of course means learning, abstract thinking and memory, as well as concentration, imagination, perception, relaxation, evaluation and almost all of the brain's other capabilities. These are demands that are common to many situations, not the least of which are social situations.

I really understand using parkour for escaping fire or people, but catching a bus is great.

@Yumut0123 That's up to you. If you want to do it, then find some people who train in your area and make a start!

@JacktheDaniels Yes, communication is one of the areas that is needed less for the basic practice of parkour. Parkour doesn't emphasise only physicality. It emphasises physical and mental skills. To get past an obstacle you have to overcome the mental barriers as well as the physical ones. I would define parkour as a practice that has been heavily misunderstood.

these videos, are enlightening

man keep those last words in ur heart man not as memories!ncie ass words!

My name is Paul ;) It's great to hear that you've started training parkour. The strength will come with time. Just keep working towards goals and build up to things gradually. Good luck with your training!

You're truly enlightened.

wonderful thoughts man, you truly are a free man

some very good views on the world there that I agree entirely with

wow this is amazing very well put together . best doc ive every seen, really highlights all the amazing reason why i do parkour.love it gonna watch the next one now peace Neal .

@JacktheDaniels What I was pointing out though is that parkour requires the use of more of the brain than just the parts that directly handle physical ability. Parkour isn't just about movement, it's about using movement to get past obstacles.

I LOVE THESE VIDS SO MUCH

AWSOME documentary

at about 8 minutes it starts to get a bit anarchist, i like it!!!

@energysage Yes, somewhere around that height. The guy who you see getting the top is the only one to have ever made it. Then again, we haven't really tried that particular wall recently.

@UrbanSomething Thanks. Danny actually does quite a lot to help people out, from what I'm told. Anyway, thanks for your comments :)

No problem. I'm glad to hear that you've started training :)

i know i hate when i am doing parkour at 1st ppl think i am jogging but as soon as i vault over something i hear sirens and boom i am getting hand cuffed out of no where and being blamed that i ran past a car that later its alarm went off so they have to blame the kid having fun and assume he was stilling. that is what happened to me last week but at least i dint get into any trouble. THANK GOD FOR ME HAVING MY MOMS IPHONE i showed him parkour videos i wish i could have shown him this one

Keep being awesome.

@WalkerRunnels No, but I might create a high quality download when I get the time. Remind me in a couple of weeks! ;)

@jeff45x You should always consider how you'll get down BEFORE scaling a large obstacle. Plan ahead! ;)

Truely exceptionnal piece of work. How many parts are there in total ? When will the other be availabe ? Any chances of a downloadable version ?

very nice guys I am looking foreward to the next parts :)

i love this video alot

@maxmosesman Dave Sedgley wrote the script (the guy doing the voice over!). You can train with us whenever you want. We train in Manchester every week. Feel free to come along.

It's Blake! Blake love u :D You were really kind at psp the way last time! Great ducumentary btw

@Yumut0123 im 14 and me and my friends do it, i love parkour possibly 1 of the best sports ever

Really like this video !!!

very nice and smart documentary!

you put things in a almost anarchistic way,i know thats not what your intending but i keep hearing a ''down with society'' undertone,anyways this videoes amazing,its really inspirational if you get past it appearing cheesy, makes practically everything seem reachable

Another awesome video!!

It's not quite that simple, the brain has many different areas with many different functions; it's a highly complex organ. For example, the cerebellum governs coordination and balance, while the neocortex governs learning, abstract thinking and memory. Therefore one wouldn't be able to merely think about balancing on a rail and hence do it, since balance isn't governed by the 'thinking' portion of the brain.

your videos are really good and it helped me to start doing parkour...i wanted to ask that if i do strength training & conditioning everyday then when should i practice the moves & is it good to do strength training & conditioning everyday?

I'm 11 and I agree wit dat code...dude,there is nothing like that here!

"...it's about using movement to get past obstacles." Pretty much every organism without roots moves for that very reason. However, if you want to define parkour as a philosophy that emphasizes physicality, rather than a physical method that has attracted some deviants (no negative connotation intended) for whatever various sociocultural reasons of the time, no worries. Being the pragmatic that I am, though, I would only sample the physical aspect.

Aye, i think it is as well. I couldn't remember it at the time- I wrote that comment at about... 1 in the morning. xD, Thanks for putting the name down- And yeah, i think that is what it is. It's one of the best things for working out- I used it loads in rugby.

hey there, your videos are very inspirational! I had a question concerning the learning process, I used to do alot of parkour when I was a kid, but that's at least 6-7 years ago at least, I am now nearly 19 and haven't done anything sports like since that time when I used to parkour, I'm still not fat but I wanted to ask if it's still viable and for me to learn and how possible it is for someone in my situation?

u..... aweome.... so far one of the best thought out doc's ive ever seen

@Arzenimus Thanks for the info :) What classification should I use instead?

@DinoSwede Do you mean the exercises which were included in the 'no excuses' sessions? If so, you can find a list of the stuff we did, from week to week, if you search for 'northern parkour no excuses' on google. I'd post a link here, but RU-vid doesn't allow links within comments unfortunately.

Aye- You guys should maybe do a tutorial for the new ones, First thing first... Drops n rolls. ;P

They didn't get old, or rather, they died younger, for reasons such as disease and famine, problems we couldn't control at the time.

Omg .. It's sounds relly true what u tel us, that because of the cicaity we are losing our indivudality and ower thouths of beleve... Sry for my english ;P relly good documentary

I have a question, I live in a very small village in the middle of Norway, and it's getting close to winter. We don't have any specific parks or anything, but I would love to atart training parkour. Any ideas of what I may do as a starting exercise until the winter goes away? :)

if you are training parkour... have you never been send away from the spots you where training? because of you are standing on roofs or training your climb ups against walls?

@EdwardSancheezy He's squeezing through a very narrow gap, from a small cave below.

@Arzenimus Could you not consider the destruction of the cell a form of feeding? It seems like essentially the same process of changing something else into more versions of itself, only done externally rather than internally.

Well if its a public place and your not bothing anyone its ok. But if your in a area that is really populated say a privite housing section, your going to get in trouble. But other wise do what you want, try looking at some other videos & see if you can get some ideas for places you want to train.

@Feraess they are classified as viruses :P they are the border between living organisms and other matter. an organism is defined with cycle of birth, feeding, growth, reproduction and death. viruses are only capable of reproduction, which makes them hard to define. in addition, they often behave as a solid matter in extreme environmental situations.

Almost directly quoted from Tao Chien

If you watch, my other video, The Path Of Least Resistance, you'll see Mike who is now 39. I'm 33. There are plenty of other people who train who are in their 30's and 40's.

great stuff!

is being perfectly fit, the same as being healthy? i mean people along time ago didn't get that old, although the needed to move to survive....nice vid

That was great

awesome video i like the ideas that are in this video cheers from israel XD

i really want to train this but i dont live near things like that in a city.=(

Thanks :)

@parkourazzy24 At which point in the video?

@FCBacralonaRules I'm sure there is. Where do you live?

Where can I download the complete documenatry? I would love to show this to my parkour team.

What about the impact on your joints? after awhile does it take a toal?

I was wondering where I could find your workouts that you do (you talked about them in "Nature of Challenge 1"). I've been to your website and registered, but I can't find the workouts. Please queue me in on it!

Thank you very much for the videos it's inspiring, I started the training and all cramped out :) I want to ask is there a special shoes for training? Thank you again guys your awesome :)

man i've been wanting to parkour since i was 15 now im 17 n i'm barely starting i just cant do it here in my place cause there's not much to jump over or climb n all that any tips? i really wanna have you guys's stenght and condition n i know witha lil help i'll get there

@Obsidian1138 Yes, that it! Thank you.

@JacktheDaniels I'd disagree. The brain you use for movement is the same brain you use for everything else. Even if you're thinking about different things, you still think about them in the same way. You use the same processes to make decisions and use the same experiences to guide your actions. A lot of the internal process is the same whatever the obstacle. Your brain knows that reality doesn't change depending on whether or not you're wearing trainers. :)

@masterdude192 There's a download link in the description for part 1 of the documentary.

Try to find a parkour group in your area then. Wherever you live, there are people who train somewhere nearby!

How tall is that wall that you guys managed to make it onto at around 3:23? About 12 and a half feet?