Why Doing Parkour Alone is WEIRD
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- Опубликовано: 9 фев 2025
- There is something about training parkour alone in public... that is just weird. No matter how good a freerunner you are it's very common to feel weird when training alone. Today we look at why!
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Hi pls repli
Ok.
Yay
Freaking cool
I feel the same bruh
When I started parkour I went out 6am Sunday mornings to avoid the public 😂
I'm not even that determined 😂
amen to that
Haha 😂 right
Lol
Same with me now, cause im only 2 years in parkour and im 22 years young😅
People, I was 26 and overweight when I started parkour. Never say you're "too something" or "not enough something" to start parkour. You're not.
I'm 17 and 100 kilograms what do u think of me jumping alone on big rocks and and slides
Yeah I do that pretty awkward 🙂
I was 32 with two bad injuries and weak knees. People stop themselves before they even try. I always try to explain to people that you start where you are and you progress yourself and it's up to you to choose how hard/big you're going to push depending on your own unique body. Most people get it, but don't act: conclusion, they're actually just lazy and are using their age as a an excuse.
I'd think: cool he's able to have fun with such common things like rocks.
I'm 21 and wanting to start parkour real bad, but I live in a small rural town in australia, not only do I get more stares than someone in a city, but I can usually be recognised
That’s fucking awesome man good shit. People always assume or block themselves from doing something. It gets annoying hearing people give the lamest excuses when I’ve seen people medically obese start parkour
Idk why when he says “most adults see walls as walls and rails as rails” that made me kinda sad 😢
Yes, it is sad we do that, isn't it? We lose our child's sense of wonder, where everything is our playground, and our world becomes that much more drab and uninteresting. Keep jumping!
@@josephbyers4183 Israel is my playground - Fabio Wibmer
@@Habsnska or the World!
@@josephbyers4183 I think you didn't get it
@@Habsnska maybe I did not; can you explain then. I am obtuse in the winter.
Parkour is still young.
People were weirded out the first time they saw skaters, yoga, or tai chi in public.
@First well modern parkour
I'm a yoyo thrower, calisthenics athlete, butterfly knife thrower, and martial artist. Trying to add parkour tricking to my repitoire. Everything I do is weird on purpose, to make me stand out.
parkour is there since prince op persia
Idk?? I think those are abit different than grown men running around & scaling the town centre
I can confirm that bailing alone in public is one of the most awkward feelings ever 😂
It hurts too
it hurts in all levels :)))
Once I tried to jump from a metal pole to a fence and overshot it and sprained my ankle and kinda just sat there
Lmao same.
I don’t even get to the bailing part because I am already out of the spot haha
MY SOLO EXPERIENCE
I'm 21 years old, and I didn't really start applying myself fully to the sport until this year. I've also been an introvert my entire life, and never really found a "click" to group up with, so I'm no social butterfly.
It was weird trainings alone at first, but I noticed that more often than not, people are fascinated and awestruck (even by my basic vaults and rolls), more than they are anything else.
I've had several random strangers compliment me saying something like:
"I miss when I was younger and able to do things like that."
"I wish I were that flexible."
"Wow, look at how strong he is!"
(I was only doing a static hand stand up against a pole for about 30 seconds while taking a breather.)
I even had a gentleman *timidly* approach *me* yesterday asking if I could do some vaults for him and his son to see up close.
I'm still learning to do all the vaults and rolls I've learned so far ambidextrously, so I have not "arrived" to some legendary level by any stretch of the imagination, and still peoples' puzzled looks are overwhelmingly positive. I wave at strangers from 1 - story roof tops and they smile while waving back.
MY ADVICE
If there's any I can offer, is be friendly, even if from a distance. Other people will see you are a decent and approachable human being, and will welcome your unusual practice more readily.
Don't ignore everyone and everything the entire time while your face is so contorted from frowning that it looks like a crumpled pice of paper.
If you're at a playground and parents with kids come by, let them know you're willing to stop Kong vaulting over the seesaw if they want to use it, and smile when you talk to them. Parents seem to love it, and will sometimes specifically not use whatever you're practicing on to return the kindness.
Be courteous and implement common sense. Also, watch behind you for little kids, if the best spots near you are also playgrounds. :3 Playground Gang.
This helped
@kenny donachy ... I perceive that you don't read much.
@kenny donachy books are underrated.
Where tf are you training? The people don’t even have to come outside and the cops show up where I am. It sucks everyone hates it. Only the older people like it and watch me.
Do you have an Instagram man? I’m 21 and I’m in the exact same position as you, been doing it for years but never seriously until this year, I was training at the playground today and actually had a single mom approach me and ask me to flip for her daughter and I copped a single moms phone number lmao
Right on the nose man. Another great video! 🙌🏻
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Yep
@@malgareth = stfu
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When people look at me i would look directly at them and try to maintain eye contact for as long as possible to make it extra awkward
I do that too. Thats so gooood😂
Y tho 😆
That's one way to make the other person awkward
Crazy dude hahaha
😂😁
Someone should make a “nothing to see there I’m doing parkour” t-shirt
124 like, no comment, btw good idea i think i make it then im gonna have money for an animating program and im gonna have a good merch lol
that is exactly why I stopped Parkour while in England, because I don't know anyone and it just feels weird, so looks like I am going to start again when I come back
I’ve always felt like solo training is essential for improving my head game and technicality. For me, these are essential for my progression in the sport. Therefore, I’ve never experienced feeling awkward for doing so, regardless of what looks I get and opinions people will make. This is what I love to do, so there isn’t any reason for myself to feel awkward about this
I also get scared because what if I’m alone and I slip and injure myself because then no one would know I’d be injured because I’d be alone
Yeah this is a concern with me as well. I always keep my phone charged and handy but it's not gonna help if I break my neck. It means I hold back somewhat sometimes with my solo training for safety reasons.
@@theparkourlady894 That would be something you should try and avoid thinking of,
Ironically It happens to me too but, it is what it is, if you always think that way you will never go out by yourself, solo sessions is probably the ones you get more progressive in.
@@TefaUK when u've broken as many bones as I have there are just some days/moves/situations u walk away from some days to wait for a better opportunity. To be and to last not to be now and never again...
@@theparkourlady894 Ok i get what you're coming from now, It's true what you're dealing with i guess i didn't realise that untill now haha my bad, cuz i had that one shin injury before like literally 4 to 5 years ago because of a kong i wanted to do and literally till THIS day, i avoid kongs, but do them really slow day by day to not injure myself again, so yeah i kinda understand you now hahaha
That just forces me to take less risks while training. Which I think is a positive thing, actually
I'm 49 and I train alone most of the times. The trick is to know that people are nice, really.
I'm also almost your age. I train alone for like a decade already. When you visit Berlin ping me and we can train together.
Hey, I do agree. 42 yo here, mostly training alone.
I am 45 and training alone is for me preferred as I have been let down, either people don't arrive, go to the wrong location or arrive too late. Either way, the only person I can rely upon is me.
I think if you see just one guy doing parkour, you think: WTF is he doing?
But if you see a group: Damn, this guys are doing crazy stuff, looks professional, nice.
Yeah when its a group of people its an event, with one person its just a random crazy dude climbing on stuff.
That is quite common.
Brain oversimplifies judgements when analyzing a group so it can save energy.
when I get that feeling that I'm being judged, i just do a sideflip so whoever is looking at me knows what I'm doing alone
Or you can stare at them so whoever is looking at you just leave. If they don't, keep staring at them and smile
Wish I could do a sideflip
What if you can’t do a flip?
Lol same, for me it’s front flip cause I can’t side flip
Actual JimmyTheGiant Parkour clips. Let me just pick my jaw off the ground really quick
I tend to find spots away from people. As much as I love people, I also really hate people 🤷🏼♂️😂
I feel u bro 😄
Haha lol. Can relate.
Yeah
Jimmy. This one struck a chord as a 30 year old rolleblader who is learning parkour for about 8 weeks.
Your never too old or too fat to start.
These things MAKE you young.
And they will certainly help with the Fat.
Shout out to Jimmy, Ed Scott. The Storror lads. For inspiring me to start so late.
I'm 35. Just train safe. It's better to progress slow rather than progress fast and then get injured. Safety first!
I had no idea that so many people are feeling self conscious while doing Parkour. Be proud of what you’re doing. You’re changing the perspective of so many people. Be as strong mentally as you’re physically.
Great vid. I’ve been training Parkour for 3 years and am now 50, you can imagine that if it feels weird for a 26 yr old how it must feel for 50 yr old! But I find most people actually are a bit inspired by it , and if I outrun, out jump or out move the youngsters they’re often shamed into trying harder... no one wants to be left behind by the old man!
Totally agree, just started doing parkour like 2 weeks ago an none of mi friends wants to join me so I'm alone
Look for facebook groups in your area to find training partners man 🤙🏼
Good luck bro stay at it and have fun 👍
Keep at it dude! All of my friends thought I was joking and that it would be a thing that lasted a week so they joined me for a couple sessions and then never did it again, I kept training on my own at school and everyone judged me and called me out but I did it anyway and 5 years later I’m still at it
Bring a camera and record! I wish I had documented my early progress. It was humongous! A camera is also a good excuse to act weird.
Because I’m young all my friends say I’m weird and that it’s not cool to do parkour and do everything else that I do
As a skateboarder and bmxer i can promise you most of us going out by ourselves also feel awkward and self-conscious 😅
This video was AWESOME!
I’m 35, started training 3 years ago. Training is so weird alone, especially when you’re a grown adult who’s mediocre(at best) at the sport and pretty self conscious.
I tried to get involved with the local community, but they’re all super young and at my age it’s weirder texting a 17 year old than it is training alone. So I kinda just stopped training.
Parkour got me into taking care of my body and getting stronger. I still work out 5 days a week and am in the best shape of my life, which wouldn’t have happened without discovering PK so at least there’s that 🤷
Thanks for making this video! As a 43 year old that's just starting to do parkour I totally agree that people think your weird and that's what kids do. But I see myself as a role model for all the grownups, showing them it's ok to still be a kid, to enjoy yourself and be free! Let's all be role models and not continue these social fears that turn you into a grown-up. 😃
💗💗💗 Keep going!
Same with breakin'. It's the energy and motivation your peers give you, just by being there, without even realising it.
Never say no to training with someone, you never know how much fun you can have.
Yo I just want to say that I'm amazed at the quality of your videos and the amount of comments/interaction your videos get. It would be cool if tricking had a channel like yours
My experience of being a solo freerunner for 9 years. I found a cool spot in Alaska where not many people traveled through. But every once in a while, there would still be that one guy who walks through and I would just stop what I'm doing and go on my phone and change the music or something until they walked all the way through. Even after of many instances where people stopped to watch or take videos and pictures. Some people even tried things. It was an awesome experience to have that sort of impact on people who are just out and about. But yet after 2 years of training in that one area, and knowing when regular people would pass through, I STILL had some feeling of discomfort. It's like the ankle thing, but for your brain. This video gave me some inspiration. Appreciate you.
love you jim, this one stands out my friend.
I always do parkour by myself, I'm too introverted to seek out others who would go with me, and I just moved.
I found some pretty cool spots recently (and used google maps for the first time haha!) but I've been so concerned to train in this new town that my technique is getting bad! This video honestly encourages me to get out there and break the mold. Thanks!
And don't forget to be friendly so nobody thinks your gonna break into their house!
This is literally how being in a group works. It’s not parkour specific. But certainly it’s true
I like how the channel includes a wide range of topics like psychology, history, compilations, philosophy etc. . I think the mindset of parkour is very interesting and a thing most adults lost. The childlike aspect of exploring the world and expressing yourself aswell as the overcoming of obstacles are useful and important character traits in life
didi alaoui said he spent most of his career training alone and it worked for him and it's kind of his source of inspiration and what made him the athlete he is today, it's all about perspective in the end of the day as you said
I started Parkour at the age of 32. Every time if I train on my one it's feels weird. But after a while I forget, I'm feeling weird. 😊 And my experience is that most of the people like it! I'm 39 years old now and I love Parkour!! ❤❤
Awesome. I started at 36. I train alone for like a decade by now. I lost my fear of looking stupid after a year or so. Sometimes it returns but only on bad days, in populated areas, or when I try something I suck at. Most of the time I just ignore other people unless they block my path.
@onreact Very nice!! Are you over 40 now?
@@MeneerParkour Yeah, of course but I'm fitter than I was at 35. I fit into the same pant size I did as a teen.
@onreact O, that's really nice!!
@Jason Houps Klopt, te zien aan mijn slechte Engels 😁
I haven't done parkour actively since I was 13, 17 now ,still love the art form and watch videos and research parkour avidly ,but I definitely preferred doing it with friends instead of by myself ,not only is it more rewarding to improve your parkour skills alongside another person ,there's a level of bonding that came with it ,but there was also less fear that I'd be in danger if I got injured badly , because you have your friends to help you and you all support eachother
hey mr giant, i’m doubting your height and gigantism, so tell us how tall you are
7ft 10
@@JimmyTheGiant whats that in meters🤣
@@JimmyTheGiant believable.
@@JimmyTheGiant reasonable height
@Ignacio Peñafiel Urzúa feet for height meters for everything else except running which is km unless it's a marathon which is miles cm for everything else except inches are saved for ... Well you know
I love this video so much. I totally have that mentality of "it shouldn't matter" and I'm generally pretty good at reminding myself that it doesnt matter what other people think but I still catch myself hesitating when I'm standing on a wall and 4 strangers are whispering about me 15 feet away... I still tend to prefer practicing alone frankly, but I relate strongly to a lot of what you said in this video, thanks @JimmyTheGiant!
The way I find best to negate the feeling or almost get rid of it entirely is I just get super into the zone. I put all my thought into what I’m doing. Sometimes when I’m causally training I can’t do that tho only when I’m doing something hard
4:25 pro tip : whenever doing parkour on your own ,carry a skateboard so you look like a skater messing about
You’re legit one of my favorite RUclipsrs
Such a great use of your training clips!
I remember when i was attempting to do a kong to precision on a wall with 3-4m drop. Then one old man stoped next to me and started looking me like weird as f. Then i was like "ok i'm doing this for you old man" and i sticked it just perfectly from the first try. Then he walked away.
As you said, it is a challenge to overcome (maybe not entirely get rid of the feeling, but learn how to deal with it and control it). And I think there is a lot of value in getting in these kind of difficult situations where your being watched/ glanced at/ stared at by strangers. Because it requires you to build up courage and self confidence, and to learn how to not get distraced by your surroundings and focus on your self instead. It is such a precious ability to have for all sorts of competitions when your under huge pressure and hundreds are watching. So actually in sports like calisthencis that can be trained inside (with no strangers watching), it can be practise of great benefit to go outside somewhere where there are people watching and do your thing.
Every time I train alone, I just focus on what I am doing and create like a bubble, that doesn't allow anything ar anyone in. And I often don't even see the people staring at me.
... nor the car that is coming at me
Around the end when you were talking about how freerunners see the world, ngl it actually inspired me, because of watching your content I would love to attempt to get into parkour but my location isn't the best for it, I think the best i could do for now is just go to airtime or something and practice flips, slowly making my way up, and i can't really search for places to train because, well im 13, and because I now know that London is a Massive influence for Parkour, it's only made me want to move there more lol, Keep up the good content man.
I've gotten a lot of funny reactions from people when I train parkour. Most of them are positive though, which is nice. :D
7:43-8:13 perfectly sums up this sport to me, this is the point I always try to get across to people when they ask me why I do it but you put it so eloquently
I mean as a hip hop dancer I feel this. Whenever you’re freestyling in a parking lot with your headphones in and somebody is just walking to their car i feel so weird lmao
I get that same feeling whenever I practice my Chicago footwork whilst walking my dog around the neighborhood.
I don’t even do parkour and have found myself watching every single one of your videos. You make it interesting for someone that’s not even involved in the sport. I wish every niche sport had someone doing what you’re doing.
Well I dont have friends so
OOf same
What are ''friends''?
This video was so wholesome the way you talked about it and brought awareness to the fact that were not alone in feeling self conscious when training. Made me feel better about my own self consciousness when training. Thanks Jimmy
I go out at night by myself because I don't want to run into people
With music solo training doesn’t bother me but yeah without it it’s hard to keep motivated
Yes true
I have been training alone for 3 or 4 years, ever since, I had a strange felling when people looked at me, but then I thoght to myself "if I don’t do the things I love and care because of me thinking what people are thinking then it’s better to stop training parkour .. "since then, I don't rlly care what people think of me, although I love when they say nice things to me like "lovely" "wow" "you rlly have b"#ls" "thats impressive"
I find compliments from strangers awkward personally 😂 Though I have had people pay me for showing them a frontflip the other day. That was cool 😂😂
@@lukasbuchelpk yea its a bit (awkward some times)...wow they rlly paied you for a flip xD thats cool.
I enjoy both for different reasons. Don't feel bad Jimmy, the awkward is just another wall, I'm 42, been training PK exclusively for 16 years. Thanks for another great piece sir🙏
When I go out with friends to train I get so much more confidence
I just wanna say thank you for this 1!!
I'm 47, n teach and train parkour in a relatively small, not very urban "city", in Australia.
I literally had this dilemma this morning, and it stopped my training enthusiasm completely..
Mentioned to my gf that i might go for a sk8 instead, but couldn't figure out why it differed..
i can still get injured sk8ing alone, so what is the difference?
I think you've nailed it!!
no1 looks at me weird on a board..
Thanks again for the kick up the bum to get me moving how I want to move!!
dude when i parkour alone in parkour park i feel so awkward i just go home in like 15-30 mins... but with my parkour group ill be in parkour park for like 2-5 hours
imagine you would have no parkour parks, only a few rails right in front of supermarket plus few walls right in the middle of the sqare😂😂 that is my situation
i would train in a group if:
1. i had the time to train in general
2. i had friends who did parkour
that's why I go out for training when it's early in the morning or late evening
That is so true
I feel that all the time.
Thank you for this video! I literally have to really pump myself up because it feels lonely but I have found awesome things and won battles and feel great about that!!
I’ve danced and performed in front of thousands of people, yet when I dance alone on the street I immediately feel awkward as fuck... I‘m the last person to care about people’s opinion (that have no knowledge in my profession), but this particular case somehow gets me all the time.
So well said Kieran.
Bro I can totally relate to this I think my whole community understands this. That’s why we do jams. And even in jams people look at us funny haha but hey it’s okay not gonna discourage me from moving Body
Maaaan it's so hard to train by yourself. Especially near like busy streets or roads cause people are just gonna think you're up to no good unless you're at an actual park
We should normalize play, it is something many lose when they "transition" to adulthood. I know many as well that can't train by themselves due to caring so much what others think. I suppose my remedy for the thing is just to drown it all out with music, but training is also my way of opening my valve and "releasing pressure" It's something that I have to do and I wont wait until someone can train with me if that makes sense.
Meanwhile they keep the middle school behavior of judging and bitching
Yesss nice video, always gotta put time in to train in your own ❤️
When I was a kid, I promised myself I would never stop being one. Parkour makes me feel like I'm keeping that promise to myself.
how old are you
@@poiuy7577 25
Nice coment bro, I think even old people's child, deep inside
I need to get back in free running.. I'm 20 and i feel out of shape. I haven't done it since I was 13
@First I mean that I never want to stop seeing the world as my playground.
There's so much to unpick in such a simple statement, isn't there? What is it we fear people are thinking about us when we're climbing on walls on our own, as an adult ("Are they ok? Have they escaped their carers?") but then that raises questions of why it matters that a randomer might think that about me. Maybe says more about me. Ugh, like I say, much to unpick. But one thing I did love was that comment you said about parkour - it turns the world into an endless playground of opportunities. Beautiful.
I’ll argue the opposite for a second. I’m 17 and I really like training alone. When I’m training alone I feel like I have an endless amount of time to flesh out a line or play with new movements without taking up the time of anyone else. Also I’ve learned that if i look weird in public trying to do a trick, it doesn’t matter because it’s not like the person who’s judging me know anything about the mental stage of trying a new trick outside. They’d look weird too if the did.
I still remember when I first started out practicing on my own, was solo for almost a year -this was back around prior to 2010 I think (kinda lost track of years lol). One of the things I actually enjoyed, was when people did stop to look, sometimes comment, sometimes show a sense of oddness to what I was doing. In my mind, I was out here discovering what honestly feels like a superpower nobody told me I had, and all these people were just living their daily lives walking on the street like they were told to do, following the guidelines of their engineered environment as expected, never even caring to think how much of 3D environmental space they were neglecting when simply traversing from A to B.
I felt this sensation the most, when other people stopped up, to look, to wonder what I was doing. Because at that moment their thoughts were being influenced to, for a brief moment, stop and observe what is around them, instead of just autopiloting through life and expect everyone else to do the same. It made me feel free, truly free. It was more than just practicing parkour, it was about setting my own mind free and to dare see opportunities to scout my own path in life instead of just following what is to be expected, what everyone else does.
It's not to be a rebel towards a system, rather it's to realize that the system's confinements can be broken when we chose to - not that we have to, but the option is there at any point in time, all we gotta do is grab hold of it and not be afraid to stand out and be nonconforming to the norm.
Nice vid as always. Your conclusion is exactly what parkour in itself taught me after some years in practice. If you are really interested into something, don't let people hold you back. And anyway, a lot of the people who might judge you looking weird at first, may become admirative when they see the results of your weirdo training.
I think that if you're feeling awkward about training alone, it's because you're not truly enjoying what you are doing.
I like the subject and honesty though. I train alone a lot of times since I started Parkour. Imagine a 30 years old black man, jumping walls in the middle of the night in Portugal... He must really enjoy that :)
Hmm... Food for thought. I never had problems with training alone so I can't say if it's true or not.
i know you’ve done how free runners battle fear, but i’d love to see how different free runners battle mental barriers and overcome them
pretty similar but still
If you're actually focused on training, you won't even notice anyone else. My advice to people who are uncomfortable with muggles staring at them while training: take training more seriously, focus on the challenge in front you. If you allow your mind to wonder to anything else, you lose being in the moment and risk bailing. Train hard and focus.
Very well explained
What a great ending though... The "getting over the awkwardness is also an obstacle"-line is just too true... It's part of the training and we all have to go through it, if we like it or not...
Great video as always, cheers
When i started 3years ago the first year i trained with one friend, one time with 3people and almost the rest alone... nobody's doing parkour of them anymore but i don't wanna stop training so yeah :/ still haven't overcome this weird feeling when training alone tho😂
I'm a parkour athlete in Ethiopia and I'm the only one so far because I've never had anyone to train with and everyone thinks I'm weird until I explain it to them. Thank you for letting me know that awesome British athletes like your self feel that way too.
I'm a massive loner but I never train without my friends
imagine how worse it is in a small village where everyone knows you
AMAAAAAAZING video here! Thanks a bunch for it. I’m waiting for all the snow to melt and keep my training now to start doing pk in the spring. You’re a legend mate
Im in parkour for 2 years now. And im only 22 and knowing that there are older guys doing solo sessions gived me a good feeling!
Jimmy you should look up the concept of 'affordances' in the study of phenomenology; it's basically what you were saying about how for most people a railing is just a railing. In my philosophy degree one of my lecturers had us read a paper about how the environment 'affords' certain possibilities to us - a chair affords us the possibility of sitting and a doorway affords to possibility of 'walking through' and so on. When you do something like Parkour, a railing ISN'T just a railing any more because instead of just affording you the possibility of having something to hold on to, it now affords you the possibility of landing on, or vaulting, or jumping from, or whatever. It reminded me of when I started skateboarding and all of a sudden, the world looks completely different to you. Or recently when I had to put posters up around my town for something and I realised all these little parts of my town I'd never noticed before - which areas were flat, which surfaces would take duct tape, etcetera. I can link some articles if anyone's interested? (:
Beautiful video man ❤️
I kinda got emotional when you said how we, as freerunners, can see the world as an infinite spark of creativity
Keep up with your fantastic work
Great point! It is this “I need your understanding to do what I want to do.” It is the opposite of mental freedom. Free yourself and make yourself the only person which needs to know. Every billionaire had to overcome that mental block...
As a 27-year-old complete beginner who's had to train by himself before... I really f***ing appreciate this video! Actually kinda slowed down a bit because I was sick of dealing with the feeling of people watching/judging me and not having anyone to train with. :( Anyway, big up to you, sir!!
I cant stop watching your content! It brings back so many good memories! I used to be obsessed with parkour when i was younger and remember seeing a lot of those old school classic clips when they first got released! It makes me happy to see its still a big thing! I wish i stuck around with it!
What a beautiful message man. Spread the word ❤️
The end of the video hit right in the feels... thanks Jimmy
i loved the video! i cannot wait to get to this caliber of video with the PK tutorials on my channel
brilliant video as per usual, i’m a beginning dying to move more but don’t feel like i can train on my own for fear of people i don’t even know. I’m 43 so its a challenge for me to get out there on my own, pk classes I am fine
@@zachparade2791 yeah the weirdest thing is that I’ve been in bands for like 30 years, played countless gigs and no issues with playing in front of people, but Pk is just different. I don’t know if it’s just because I’m a beginner. But thanks for the reply, train safe and enjoy
If you train alone, you get embrassed alone, but with a group the whole squad is going down with you
I am so glad someone put this into words. GREAT VIDEO!! lets get over this mental barrier guys! :D
This made me think of a phrase from the golden compass: "are you afraid? no, but when i am i will master my fear"
Every time i watch your videos, i am confused, because in normal way my englisch is on an noob level. In your videos i understand every single world and i also can close my eyes and relax, just hear you. Amazing
I literally hadn't ever done or did any parkour, but your videos are soooo godlike, I can't stand not watching it. Keep on
Mate I feel you! I'm a skateboarder and I live in the UK.. I use to do freerun and parkour back in 2006 in my hometown in Bulgaria! And sometimes when I go out to skate I do some parkour moves just to warm up and get my body ready!! Thank you for your videos I love watching them! Keep them going we appreciate your work! P.S. in one of your older videos you mention that you watch skaters on RUclips and you used some skate clips in your videos
Thank you for putting this out there.
I'm 53 and still dabble in flatland BMX and have longboarded for 30years....Now I'm just starting to play at PK...I care what people think for sure and I do go home early if there's too many people about... Your vid has helped me look at those people differently from now on.
Everydays a school day so thank you. All is good.👍
Oh Man! A few days ago I was thinking about it and I think exactly the same! Nice video!
omg i just now notice that you only have under 50 k subs, even tho i've been watching you for a solid half a year, i thought u had like at least a milion. just shows how great the quality of your vids are and how entertaining they are!
Always love your videos!! They mix parkour and science, and it's a very interesting combination! Keep up the good work!