Someone on another forum labeled this "a real-life Prince of Persia."

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid … n+climbing

I haven't watched the whole thing yet, but I have yet to see him do a wall run. ^_~

I remember reading about this in PSM about a month ago. Extremely athletic youths doing insane, video game-grade stunts, using old buildings and structures as their launch-off points.

Seems so dangerous . . .

PS: I think it only took 1 shot. If the dude screwed up even once, he'd probably not even be on film, right?

Very nice parkour stuff going on that video. Makes me want to start it as a hobby.
But more info about parkour in Wikipedia and at Parkour.com.

I agree that parkour can be quite impressive.  It reminds me of some of the things we do in tae kwon do.  However, we generally don't try techniques where a fall will likely kill you.  Maybe that thrill is part of the fun for some people, but martial arts tries to teach you to avoid injury.  I also wonder how many people have been hurt and possibly killed while attempting such leaps?  Still, I do admit it's impressive.

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That was sorta (the presentation took away from the skill) cool, thanks.

WAY f'n cool.  Thanks for the link!

I have gotten the idea that you don't have to try to break your limits at parkour, you start with the simple leaps and when your skills and confidence in them grows, then you're start doing stuff like that. So what I'm saying that the basic concept of parkour is to do stuff what you're capable of and not to try leap like spiderman instantly.

Certainly, that makes sense.  Nevertheless, no matter how good you are, no matter how many years experience you have, eventually you make mistakes.  If you trip and fall down outside while practicing martial arts, you get back up and try again, with maybe a bruise.  If you trip and fall from a building, you're unlikely to get back up again. 

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