On Safety and Safety Notices

I came across this article on AmericanParkour.com a couple of days ago about a boy who fell 30ft because he was imitating videos from YouTube. Please do read it. We need to avoid such occurences in Chennai, because once Parkour develops a bad reputation in our city, it could mean that we’ll have a more difficult time while practicing.

This is why I will be searching out and posting links about the “right way to train” on this website in the coming days… Please do read them, and if you have suggestions, they’re welcome…

Meanwhile, here’s what APK says about the incident:

American Parkour wants to take this opportunity to remind people of two things:

1. Parkour and Freerunning should not be trained on rooftops or over big, dangerous gaps. it is dangerous and reckless.
2. Take care when producing videos of your own. By showing dangerous techniques without the proper warning, disclaimer, and explanation of how much you have trained for this technique, you might be inspiring someone who doesn’t know any better to do something that could injure them.