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Parkour falls / crashes. What WILL happen to you.

Susheel Chandradhas — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 05:10:35 +0000

Something like this is bound to happen to you when you train for Parkour. Train hard, build up your strength and endurance and you’ll make it through.

Conversations with the Yamakasi

Susheel Chandradhas — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 05:10:58 +0000

These three videos are crucial to help you understand “why” anyone would want to practise Parkour, L’art du deplacement, or freerunning.

Parkour Generations – Yamakasi Q&A – Rendezvous 2

More Glorious Parkour Crashes

Susheel Chandradhas — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:08:45 +0000

Some old, and new ways to crash.

Remember that falls like these are quite ‘normal’ when you’re training for Parkour. However the more you train safely, within your limits, the less you’re likely to fail bigger jumps. And “more” is something like thousands of times, not dozens of times.

Let them serve as reminders. Train Hard, Train Smart, Train Safe.

On Safety and Safety Notices

Susheel Chandradhas — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 04:27:53 +0000

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:

Parkour and Freerunning should not be trained on rooftops or over big, dangerous gaps. it is dangerous and reckless.

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.