parkour

so, i just learned about a new thing today. it's called parkour.

it's hard to describe, but it's bloody cool to look at. a lot of gymnastic type stuff and dance stuff mixed in there.

okay, since i wrote that i found a lovely description on a site of some young schmucks who have a parkour group and would appear to be quite offensive, but they have a cool history of the sport :

To many, parkour is an Extreme sport, to others a discipline more comparable to martial arts, to others an art form akin to dance, a way to encapsulate human ovement in its most beautiful form. Parkour also inspires freedom; being free in an urban environment designed to trap, not restricted by railings, staircases, even buildings. It is for many people a way of life.

here's a website much less assholian seeming PK people, in fact, they seem like some pretty cool kids.

an interesting article about PK here

and there is a movie i really want to see called Yamakasi by luc besson, which features parkour very heavily.

okay, i'm done now...