Parkour and Freerunning

I have been doing parkour for awhile now and it's a really good workout. I was thinking that combining parkour and martial arts training would make a really good physical activity and help build reflexes like crazy. It would be kind of like freerunning but may be a little bit more simple. Any way I highly recommend trying parkour for part of your physical fitness regime.
Here's an example of parkour: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVc8btZeAsg&feature=related


Freerunning is a little different than parkour because it has more flips and tricks, here's an example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92k9-7g8m-s&feature=related


You can freerun and parkour in cities or forests, whichever suits you. Be careful, don't do anything dangerous without enough training.
MTFBWY

interesting idea of blending martial arts with parkour/freerunning...that would definately create a very unorthodox defensive method.

we do have a thread somewhere on here about parkour/freerunning and its benefits. it's definately something i find interesting to watch.

where is that park at?....that place is incredible....i haven't seen scenery like that since i left guam

I would think many of the skills passed on to Ninja (no pirate jokes please) are comparable to parkour/freerunning - at least in the more ancient teachings.

Something to consider?

MTFBWY - A

quite true master Kana....although i don't recommend trying to climb modern buildings with shuko(hand claws) :laugh:

probably not a great idea - you'd be sued for damages and the like

better to use suction cups these days - or be sneaky and use the elevator

for the really tricky stuff i prefer to use my ninja monkeys....or if it's really high up the flying ones....thanks to monkeys i now know an easier way to peel bananas... :laugh:

monkeys, suction cups, and hand claws. Might I add that you two got to these subjects from talking about parkour?

:laugh: the mind wanders...so i let it...besides ya just never know when something else interesting may crop up...sometimes the most illuminating topics come up from the most off the wall origins :laugh: funny how things work sometimes

least i didnt say this was the real reason men dont change underwear too often :lol:

Anyway - back to odour I mean parkour