r/Parkour

Hi Guys,

Me and my mate are putting together a sponsorship pitch for DJI, and here's the idea:

We want to find one person in London who lives and breathes parkour – not for the clout, not for the brand deals, but for the pure, raw love of the game. A proper purist. A bit of a nutter, honestly. Someone who sees the city as a jungle gym and doesn't care if nobody's watching.

We want to tell their story. Why they fell in love with parkour. What keeps them moving when nobody's filming. The late nights, the near-misses, the flow state. The whole thing.

The plan:

• 1–3 minute cinematic Instagram doc
• Sit-down interview + 1–2 days of filming on the streets of London
• We're shooting on the same camera they used for Adolescence (the Netflix series) – so expect serious production quality

We're also reaching out to the boys at Phat, but I wanted to throw this into the community first.

So who's the right person?
If you're that person – or you know someone who is – drop a comment or DM me. Bonus points if they've got a unique philosophy, a wild backstory, or just move in a way that makes you go "how the hell did they do that?"

We want a name for the doc to revolve around their vibe. So if you think your story deserves to be told, let's talk.

Our Socials :

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/aidanwud/ / https://www.instagram.com/jakedowsett1/

Previous Documentaries - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OoFSHhI4Vk&t=84s

Cheers 🧱

looking for a space i can learn

I've always had a complete mental block about flips that go backwards and over my head.

I've still managed to learn a solid backflip even outside and a wallflip on a spring floor, because those were moves that I had a spotter for which made the initial commitment easier. Once I'm past that stage where I've done it before, I'm usually at a place where I can attempt them myself.

However now I'm trying to progress to moves that the people around me can't spot anymore (like cheat gainer, backflips off obstacles, palmflip, flashkick), and I've been struggling with it for months.

The problem isn't that I'm scared, I can deal with that. The problem is that my brain blocks my entire body when I prepare to do it, and I can only fall to my back.

It pisses me off so much, because I know I have the physical ability to do it without hurting myself, and I also know that I would have all of this down in a month or two if I just committed it one singular time which makes it even worse.

But instead, I attempt something, I can't commit to it, this goes on for a few attempts, and I have to take the walk of shame and call it a day, because I somehow can't win the fight over my own fucking body.

I have no idea what I can do now, and I've been feeling stuck for months. Progressions don't work, mats don't work, and honestly I have no idea what does work apart from having someone spot me which just isn't possible with certain flips.

Im a 30ish y.o. guy that details boats, I got the good grace to deal with a disability which involves constant lower body pain and occasional instability.

So I'm at work standing on the deck of a boat doing the initial power wash on land. Standing on the back of the boat, I needed a little extra hose. Naturally, I go to take a step back to power rip some extra hose my way. Instead of just going to the front of the boat and getting more hose like a sane person.

Well, when my foot didnt land on the boat deck and connected with absolutely nothing... it's game time.

Turn my head and spot the landing. Realize there's no way im getting out of this as im full on wash boarding back first towards the concrete. "Not good" I says out loud. Doing what I can to push off the boat with the connected leg, I generate enough force to right the angle enough to get my feet under me.

"Perfect!" Feet tap the concrete, hand goes out to brace, fall easy enough onto my rearend and hit a reverse kick up. Land on my feet abs a few hours later, only my wrist is hurting from bracing the fall.

After years of training and taking hiatus after hiatus. I came across an incredibly dangerous situation and came out of it with a minor injury at most.

This art is amazing. Train well friends

I absolutely cannot to a forward or back roll without rolling off of my neck/head. Tips please?

Hey everyone!

I've been training parkour for a while—since before cell phones could take HD footage. In that time, I've watched the culture surrounding training shift as access to filming technology has become more widespread and, recently, it has got to the point where most sessions have at least a little filming if not a lot.

This change over the years has jaded me a bit as the sessions have shifted from skill development to skill performance, and I find that the act of filming causes most participants to stop training and watch (or get roped into filming.)

This has gotten me wondering if other veterans are feeling a bit jaded about training with folks who make a big part of every session about filming clips. Within my community, it's something we older folks talk about from time to time, especially when the things being filmed are unnecessarily dangerous, but I don't see it get discussed online.

I was at a session the other day where two of the participants decided to film a big standing precision and asked us to stop what we were working on (a big stride precision challenge) to come and get a second angle. Of course, being agreeable and friendly is important in situations like that, but we stopped what we were doing, stood around for 3-5 minutes, and then the moment of what we were working on had passed. It bummed me out because I was working with another participant on it and I feel like we were about to break the jump for him.

Back in the day, when everyone released a sampler once a year, you might grab clips a few sessions here and there, but generally speaking a "filming session" was more of a rare thing. I feel like everyone was a lot more conscious of what the group was working on and generally I enjoyed those sessions a lot more because of how collaborative they were. The lack of the camera kept the really good traceurs in the trenches with the newer people and everyone kinda just worked together until we were too tired and ended the session.

Anyway, I don't intend to start drama. Obviously so much of this sport relies on filming and sharing things online. I've benefited from that as much as anyone else. I'm just curious if anyone has any insights or solutions on how to build better sessions where everyone is hanging out together rather than inviting the "viewer" into things.

Thoughts?