Out of all the things I've tried for this channel so far: this is the one where I've thought "I want to keep doing this". Thanks to everyone at Access Parkour: this was so much fun, and if I ever have some spare time, I may well take this up...
The funniest thing about Tom learning all these physical skills on this channel is that he's always, unfailingly, doing it in the trademark jeans and t-shirt.
"I'm tempted to say, one more try." "... No. Because that one more try is the most likely to hurt you." Feel like that particular moment is applicable to a LOT of things and I should remember that.
Totally agree. I started rock climbing/ bouldering recently, and the "one more try" often ends in tired, slightly uncontrolled falls, which causes blisters or grazes on my hands, or pulling muscles. I'm definitely going to try to listen to this advice.
@@saskia9720 The same also goes for non-physical things - I've been learning Java, and yesterday it got to around 6pm and I thought 'I can manage that one last exercise just to finish off the section' and I spent like 45 minutes swearing profusely at my computer on something that I'm sure I could have knocked out in 10 the next day with a fresh brain!
I know I'm late to the party, but from one instructor to another, I love the fact he put a firm "No" on the one more try thing. It's hard to say no to people, we don't like to dissapoint or upset. Well done.
@@nataliatc1 agreed. I teach martial arts, and it's *always* the one last round where someone gets hurt. They're fatigued physically, yes, but also mentally and that's when mistakes happen. 10/10 coaching.
Yes and it also teaches what is arguably the most important lesson: Discipline. Discipline to know not to push your risk parameter beyond your experience level. This is the core that every practitioner takes with them forever.
@@AustinChubak That is why the instructor said "dive to me". If he had begun falling off to the right, he would have dived, and the instructor would have death gripped him at I think the worst injury would be a bar smack to the face and a broken lip. There is risk in Parkour, but he made it as safe as possible and these are things you need to learn for the basics. Once you get this down, the extreme stuff is just getting mentally comfortable through acclimatization.
We had an absolute treat making this video! Thanks so much to Tom and the team for being so enthusiastic and helping us show parkour is a lot more accessible than you might think… Make sure you come and say hi if you’re ever back in Edinburgh!
+ If I ever find myself in Edinburgh for an extended stretch of time (which I sure hope to do!), I'll try to remember to find y'all, because this is great and exactly the sort of thing I'd be interested in trying out (as... well, about as much a beginner as Tom. Except that I've done bouldering a bit, for what that's worth)
@@AccessParkour I'm all the way over in an other country, I've been very busy these past years and need exercise, I've thought maybe CrossFit would be something for me, but now I'm thinking Parkour would be a better choice. Thank you for your time ! John is an amazing instructor
The advice of no more 'one more go' is great advice. At my peak of doing parkour, one more go was what tore my ACL and caused more knee problems further down the line
Learning to say no to that "one more try" is so important not just to avoid physical injuries but wasting time mentally fatiguing yourself instead of taking a break. Props to Hedge for being an excellent teacher.
I literally found that rule the hard way. I said to myself, one more ski run and then I'm done. That's when I got hurt. Now when I hear myself saying that, I make a switch and say, no, you've HAD your last ski run (or trail ride or whatever) and go home a healthy winner.
@@joeschwarzbauer5602 same with me but with skateboarding, long story short that "one more try" resulted in a 10 foot fall onto concrete directly on my elbow, would not recommend
Right? I've had dance instructors keep pushing me even though I clearly was not in control of what I was doing, either from lack of focus/energy or lack of technique. I really appreciated the instructor's demeanor in general, very conducive to actual learning.
That is an experienced instructor, who takes his job seriously. When instructing, I have taken it one repetition too far, and the student leaves on a down note. I applaud Hedge.
Former parkour instructor - I love everything about this. Slow progressions, mindset building, confidence inspiring, and just having a lot of fun. Perfect instruction, and a great video!
Dunno about you, but I honestly prefer jeans for when I exercise... Not fond of exercise clothing, it feels weird. So I tend to wear jeans when exercising when possible xD
This whole channel seems to be in the theme of "watch Tom Scott struggle/hurt himself in a cool way" ... and I must say its absolutely fantastic everytime :D
I once read that it would be nice to see a layman compete in the olympics to get a measure of how talented athletes really can be. While these things featured on Tom Scott Plus aren't the olympics, it's still stuff I'd never have the guts to try, but Tom does it. Tom does it for us.
"I don't think I've ever looked cool in my life" -Tom Scott, the guy who has slo-mo footage in a flight jumpsuit from flying with the Red Arrows, and a Zero-g flight
4:55 it's lovely seeing the mental transition from "I can't do that." to "I just did that!" Seeing you challenge yourself physically was inspiring and I hope you stick with the physical challenges in future videos
So much respect for just calling it a day at 9:00. I broke my arm while bouldering on the last attempt. It was a problem I already did on the first try, but i couldn't repeat it for some reason. It should've been clear, that I had neither the power, nor the focus. It definetly is the right call to just stop in such situations.
i sprained my ankle during bouldering, it was the end of session, i was very tired and my arms just gave out when i was trying to come down after finishing the problem with the last bits of my strength 😭 it was my 1 injury in like forever, and 1,5 months later i am still not recovered. sorry, had to whine for a little bit 🤪
I mean this in the nicest possible way, This proves how anyone can have a go at something no matter how terrible they thing they’ll be, and the effort pays off. Good work!
This reminds me a lot of calisthenics training. There is so much progression steps that anyone can start and overtime you can go into the cooler looking moves like the flag etc.
Tom, you surely don‘t need me telling you this but the openness and humility (sometimes bordering on the old nerd-safeguard of self-deprecation) with which you confront these challenges is inspiring. My word, you‘re an ambassador, bridging the gap between, and I say this in the most loving way possible, „nerds“ and „jocks“ (which applies to your brilliant training partners as well, obviously), and it‘s absolutely marvelous. We‘re all rooting for you and if your videos influence a single person to get out of their comfort zone (there is no doubt it‘s considerably more than one person with each of those videos), then you‘ve made a positive impact on the world, and that‘s something you can be supremely proud of, even with all your trademark humility.
Tom, I feel this sentiment every time I see you try something and I appreciate AndreasMSchroeder putting words to it. Us nerds love watching you do these things - learn, practice, and succeed. it is so inspiring! I hold my breath watching, and think how much less awkward you look compared to how you feel. Thank you for stepping out of your comfort zone one more time, and this was an awesome video. And kudos for listening to your trainer!
Every single time I watch a video from this channel, this is exactly how I feel and cant explain it, thank you for explaining it and thank you Tom for the video
a problem that i and i'm sure a lot of people have is that it's embarrassing to learn a skill in front of observers. watching tom scott make a fool of himself and seeing that it's not at all bad since i can see he's a complete beginner at these things really is encouraging
Parkour coach and practitioner, everything about this is yes. Not only is the coaching done very well but also the representation of parkour is very accurate here. The majority of the community is this welcoming and willing to show anyone the ropes. The insane clips on social media are a part of the sport, but there is so much more to see like in this video.
Being fairly young, I hadn’t ever considered that some of the simple movements in this video could cause some notable injuries if done badly. It was really refreshing to see the approach that Access Parkour took with you
I don’t have any real interest in learning parkour, but I DO want to take this class. This is what PE class should look like - how to balance, how to fall without hurting yourself…seems like good life skills everyone should have.
a lot of parkour is just rebranded gymnastics, which is great because gymnastics has a pretty girly stigma, for some reason. definitely should be taught more to children who are gonna be spending a lot of their school time using the playground equipment in ways that aren't intended anyways.
@@arcanealchemist3190 It would also help keep the playfulness going past childhood, by making it more acceptable for teenagers and adults to climb all over things. And that, in turn, would probably make people less sedentary.
When Tom says that "it doesn't look like much" i can really relate to it cause i know it is much. I've just started working out at a gym and just because something looks easy it doesn't mean that it is easy. Good job mate!
"That one more try is the most likely to hurt you" -- this is some deep ass advice right here. We have all been at this point where you are like "I know I can do it, it's almost there, the next time I'll manage" but then you go too far and injure yourself. What a great line.
Tom’s willingness to try new things, the confidence to put himself out of his comfort zone on camera, and Hedge’s assertiveness and clear regard for safety and boundary-setting quite honestly brought me to tears. Good on the both of you for showcasing that level of trust in each other and yourselves. You can trust an expert to guide you to safety and surprise you with your own capability, but you are an expert on yourself as well.
As a part time parkour coach, I hope people see how doable parkour is. I argue that it is one of the most 'natural' sports out there. Most people think parkour is doing a huge frontflip off a 2 story building, and it is, but so is any creative and personally challenging movement through any environment. Everyone should give it try; at least learn the fundamentals.
Personally, it seems like a good sport to learn, not even to look cool jumping from heights, but just because you learn to gain so much control over your own body
You could argue anyone doing a flip and calling it parkour is not doing doing parkour and is doing free-running instead. (This is coming from a 7year vet of the discipline)
is it doable for someone that is obese, unfit, and have problem discerning height? That is description of me anyway and I felt the inability of discerning height might be a big problem while the other two one can just take it slow and do smaller obstacles. What do you think, coach? :)
I agree! When I was younger I spent few years doing parkour with friends. We used to go out and just find good spots to train climbing up the walls, balance, falling etc. Then most of the group went into the flips scene. Me, being scared as hell of them and not really as interested, wanted to keep doing the "vanilla" parkour. It was really fun and I wish I stuck with it more.
As somebody who learned parkour from terribly taken still images on the urban free flow website back in the early 00's I'm envious that there are now actual instructors with actual gyms to learn in. It was our dream back in the day.
I went to one of those gyms back around 2012 as a kid- it was a great safe way to practice tools that would help me get out of danger. I learned how to take a 12 foot (1 story) fall with a minor scrape. Honestly this is the kind of tool that should be taught in PE imo
16:03 That was awesome! I don't care what anyone says, watching you work through conquering that movement and seeing your genuine emotional reaction here was really cool. Way to go, Tom - I hope you do pursue this in your free time, because it looks like it is deeply rewarding for you!
I'm unsurprised somehow. I'm still convinced that when I lived in York circa 2007, I saw Tom in the park near the library, juggling. The flow of being a juggler seems to be a natural fit for this kind of thing.
Honestly, having watched this, I’m kind of tempted to try getting into parkour myself after I get into better shape. I’m still fairly young so it’d probably be something good for me.
Go for it! You’d be surprised what you can do in almost any shape. If you think parkour looks like fun, find somewhere safe to learn and someone safe to learn from and get started. The fitness will come alongside :)
Go for it! Classes can be a little bit pricy but you can do a lot on your own, too - I did a few classes a few years ago, and I still use a lot of what I learned - especially how to properly balance on stuff, how to get over things safely, etc. Learning how to move is *really* fun. Edit: ALSO, knowing how to get down from stuff, and how to land without breaking your elbows, wrists, or knocking your teeth out with your knee.
@@user-qx7tm5df8j not really, if you keep it simple and have someone who knows what they're doing teaching, it's not actually dangerous for a beginner (as long as they know how to ride a bike, so for Tom this could be a bit of time before he'd be ready for that)
16:00 was the best moment of the video. I love that feeling. Pushing yourself out of your comfort zone, pushing yourself to keep practicing, then to feel it all come together and just know you nailed it. Amazing. Love this!
I like this trainer a lot, his boundaries regarding potential personal harm are refreshing and super cool. Parkour has been fascinating to me for a while but ive never tried it because of physical disability, i kinda want to reach out to a local parkour place now!
Obviously depends on the disability, but there's likely plenty you can still do, and if you let your trainer know your limitations, they can likely work around them. Go for it.
John's attentive, respectful style of teaching and his whole vibe is just so pleasant - I think every coach and teacher and really every human should take a lesson from this man's way of being. It's calming, captivating, and should be the definition of positive masculinity.
I am so glad the instructor was willing and confident in saying "Let's call it there", even when tom was trying to insist to continue. that is the one things folks who would be trying to do on their own that would lead to them harming themselves more than anything else
I've always wanted to do Parkour, but thus far the closest I've managed is to treat the kerb or parking blocks as balance beams. "The more nonchalant you look coming out of it, the more awesome you look." A philosophy I'm going to attempt to apply more in my life.
If you’re actually interested I honestly believe in you %100. Try get a coach or something and if you can’t afford it just look around online for tutorials and groups around you, lots of parkour groups are super open to having new people to train with . I’m sure you would have an awesome time
The related lesson that didn't get explicitly mentioned is "The audience doesn't know it's gone wrong unless you tell them" - normally they won't have just seen video footage of you putting together the routine in order to know what you had planned.
Wow, I love the instructor's wisdom about working from where you're at and paying attention to your body and mind. So different from the usual athletic mentality of pushing yourself so hard and focusing on external metrics. Seems more sustainable.
@meatandmeat it must be something like that. You are balancing on something, and then you mess up a little. Your body, rather than try to correct, assumes that this is total failure and tries to stop you from dying, but not falling. Our immune system works in a similar way. There is only so much it can do, so it prioritizes keeping you alive over stopping every single infection and malady at the start.
I think the instinctive reaction is just to shift the center of mass away from the side you are falling to as quickly as possible (by moving one's arms in that direction and also bending tye upper body). But that "as quick as possible and as much as possible" approach, which works well for most other instinctive reactions does, in this instance, lead to a lot of overshooting, which escalates things out of control
You know how people always say "it's never too late to start learning X"? The thing I love most about this channel is that it encapsulates that sentiment perfectly. It's so motivating and cool to see someone just go out and learn something completely new!
Wow, for 8years now I was dreaming about trying parkour, but as a not very sport savy person in their 30's now I was starting to push that dream farther away. Now, watching you do so very well and overcoming a lot I truly want to give it a shot! Thank you and wonderful video!!!!!
8:55 John was very wise to end Tom's session here. My worst rollerblading injuries were from that "one more try" at the end of a long session. You feel confident, but too tired to keep up. That makes you frustrated and less focused.
Even after watching parkour on UA-cam for many years from Storror, Team Phat, and many others. And even after you consider this is Tom who has just about no practice in the sport whatsoever. This still gave me the same smile on my face. Watching as Tom struggles with a line, or a particular skill, taking a step back, adjusting what ever needs adjusting. Then finally nailing it and yelling with excitement, is just as good at those top "parkourists". Keep up the good work Tom! And I'm sure if you keep at it maybe one of those top parkour UA-camrs will do a part 2?
This is what it's all about. As a former parkour gym owner, my favorite moments were when less athletic people conquered "small" challenges - those challenges were bigger to them than many of the challenges are to the great athletes.
@@marktoorock5264 Being able to do something that you couldn’t do before is always a great feeling, no matter how minor it might look to others. I’m glad you could share and amplify that feeling.
As someone who's been doing parkour/freerunning for years, this nicely demonstrates how much fun training can be long before you're doing anything cool-looking
As someone who has done parkour and freerunning for about 7 years and taught for 3 years now this is awesome to see. And big up to John for doing a great job teaching Tom ! Always love it when our small sport gets some exposure. Tom also got all the movements really fast which is great to see.
Watching these videos I feel like Tom was a robot designed to only stand in front of a camera and talk about interesting things, but has recently gained free will and now is trying to learn how to be human and do basic human things.
The teacher's instructions on balance from 3:00 were quite helpful, and not only for Tom or parkour students. I always had trouble keeping balance, but by trying to be a stick in stead of spaghetti and only using the knee as the central balancing point I don't keel over anymore. Brilliant.
Tom has won the game of life at this point, and has just started doing side quests, and leveling up his stats. We should all learn to enjoy life this way
This was so offensively adorable. That trainer was the smartest, most encouraging and wonderful I've ever seen. I'd watch an entire series of tom learning to do parkour and getting decent at it. The emphasis on safety and not pushing it to injury is so unbelievably smart, every CrossFit gym should take notice
"lower your expectations" Tom, I clicked this with the assumption that it would hilariously, painfully bad. My expectations can't go any lower. _That's why I'm watching this._
Seriously well done Tom; having never moved like that in years, you did exceptionally well and you overcame the hardest part, successfully managing your instincts and fears.
This whole channel has been a masterclass in showing growth and approaching things with an open mindset. The section that struck me most was the where you said (I am paraphrasing) “I’m not good with that” and gave it a moment before trying again. It not only does it take a lot of courage to show the portions where your own fears influence you, but it also emphasizes a really important point that more people should embrace in media. That is, it is okay to say no. Regardless of what the activity or why you feel the way you do, it is not just okay, but admirable to speak up and take a new perspective. I love what you’re doing on this channel, and I look forward to what you do with it!
Just chiming in to say, this is so absolutely true! His positivity and open-mindness about reaching places outside his comfort zone is very inspiring. Overcoming your fears has very rewarding outcomes and makes me excited to try new things as well!
Just as a safety note: I noticed that you seemed to be using regular mic transmitters. If you are doing activity where you could fall on the transmitter, it could create a pressure area which could cause injury. Looking into alternative solutions may be a good (safe) idea. I think they make mic packs that are designed to be softer for impact sports, and there is also the option of just not using wireless mics in scenes where you may fall. Edit: Noticed Tom actually falls on the region where the mic would be. This could have ended poorly. Please consider looking into alternative mic solutions which will be safer.
Really admire the emphasis on safety in all of your “plus” activities, especially in this one where it’s an emphatic “no” when you wanted one last go. Also noticed the folks in hivis while you were doing the outdoor stuff, were they specifically arranged for this? Would love to see a behind the scenes of how you arrange health and safety for your videos!
as someone with auditory processing issues, i really appreciate the effort put into the captions. the color-coding, the italics, the inclusion of the music in the corner; they look professional! it’s so hard to find good captions on youtube
What I really admire about you, Tom, is that when you're scared, you don't hide it. And you also show that it's okay not to go through with a plan if you are sure you can't do it, like it was in that video in the cave. And still it is incredibly interesting to see what you achieve. Thank you for this new channel, it's great!
as a kid of 19 who has always just loved climbing random things-- It makes me so deeply happy to see you (Tom) start to trust yourself more and be able to do more things. So deeply shocked I haven't been subscribed to Tom Scott plus this whole time!
Hedge didn't even need the blue filter in the slow-mo shots ;) Love how you turn these videos into a journey by not cutting out all the "boring" stuff, you could've cut this down to make you look good, but you didn't.
I really do love seeing this stuff. "Tom Does A Thing With Someone Really Good At The Thing. " It's just delightful and so interesting to watch. Really makes me want to go and learn more things. Also Tom does way better at these than I ever expect. The metal forging, the parkour, the blind-flying, it's all quite impresseive!
After watching parkour for a few years I genuinely appreciate this video for reminding me of how difficult it is. I definitely got desensitized to the risks and difficulty along the way and hopefully, next time I'm watching parkour I'll actually be able to appreciate all of it again.
I did acrobatics in my teens and then started doing a little bit of parkour. I could easily do all these moves, but I just noticed I had never thought about them in such a simple way. What a good instructor.
Calling it there was a massive win for the trainer, what a brilliant call. Frustration is the parent of plateauing and injury, it’s a perfectly natural sign to stop and recover first. Same thing in music!
im so proud of you for this. It's so easy to forget how to move our bodies and trust them, but we all had these instincts when were 4 foot tall and children hahah. Parkour is just one of those things that manages to give those who are willing to learn the grace of a child again. It's so in our bones to want to climb and descend things and play just with gravity, I just love it.
8:35 this entire exchange and the responses from the coach, I really liked that. Respectful, aware, humble, descisive. I really like him and his calm attitude, leaving space for the students to learn and try.
Thank u Tom for showing people who are good at learning but don't consider themselves physically skilled , that u can learn physical skills the same way u do anything else
What I love the most about this is the moment around 15:18 where you take a minute to psyche yourself up - I really admire your ability to overcome the fear to accomplish something! This is a really cool video, and it's giving me hope that I might be able to take up parkour someday!
This channel is the epitome of the person I want to be. You try something new, you may or may not succeed, but you learn as much as you can from it and have fun doing it.
As a teacher, I recognize that the instructor is very good. He's focusing on the fundamentals and making sure their student is learning. I learned a lot of things from his technique, and not just parkour
Parkour is one of those really interesting anomalies in that it took off in the UK because of a an architectural style, brutalism, that I really personally dislike. All of the unadorned surfaces and stark spaces really allowed for a lot of creativity in navigating around them. It it a great example of there always being a possible silver lining to anything.
I really don't understand why so many people dislike brutalism so much. Like it's not my favorite but I genuinely like it, and there are some really amazing pieces of brutalism out there.
@@purple-flowers I may have overstated my dislike. I just don't find it that appealing. I much prefer fancier building styles. It's just personal preference.
@@eriktorgler7748 I would say that brutalism can be really interesting if it's done well, but you can't get away with doing it badly or even mediocre-ly the way you maybe could with other architectural styles.
@@davimurph For sure. There are some amazing looking brutalist buildings. I may just be spoiled by living in Chicago for several years and having no shortage of interesting buildings to look at.
@@purple-flowers The biggest problem with brutalism is that it simply does not blend in with other architecture, and having it be surrounded only other brutalist buildings is a bit too bleak. Brutalism is at it's best when it is surrounded by vibrant, living, changing nature that contracts with the uniform and unchanging human influence.
Tom: "I've never looked cool in my life" I think Tom forgot about the iconic slo mo shot of him in his red arrows flight suit because that definitely looked cool
I have greatly enjoyed seeing Tom try (and sometimes fail) new things on this channel. It makes me feel more motivated to give new skills a try. Rather than seeing the polished, advanced skills of someone who’s an expert, I get to see the effort that goes in and how you can have fun even if it’s not perfect.
Out of all the things I've tried for this channel so far: this is the one where I've thought "I want to keep doing this". Thanks to everyone at Access Parkour: this was so much fun, and if I ever have some spare time, I may well take this up...
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as someone who loves climbing, i definitely agree
Do it! Don't let your dreams be dreams!
I'd love it if you set a goal for like in a year or something and make a cool vid
The funniest thing about Tom learning all these physical skills on this channel is that he's always, unfailingly, doing it in the trademark jeans and t-shirt.
Doing parkour is jeans is literally shooting yourself in the foot, you shouldn't do parkour in jeans
“Today, Tom, you’ll be doing deep-sea diving.”
“Let me get my hoody.”
@@awmperry gonna be a bit wet, after all, might want another layer.
@@j.simons9374 Gets chilly at 300m.
And we wouldn't want it any other way.
"I'm tempted to say, one more try."
"... No. Because that one more try is the most likely to hurt you."
Feel like that particular moment is applicable to a LOT of things and I should remember that.
That's very true. In many sports you should skip the "one more try" or "one final try"
And when playing Civ you should skip the "one more turn" and just go to sleep.
Totally agree. I started rock climbing/ bouldering recently, and the "one more try" often ends in tired, slightly uncontrolled falls, which causes blisters or grazes on my hands, or pulling muscles. I'm definitely going to try to listen to this advice.
@@saskia9720 The same also goes for non-physical things - I've been learning Java, and yesterday it got to around 6pm and I thought 'I can manage that one last exercise just to finish off the section' and I spent like 45 minutes swearing profusely at my computer on something that I'm sure I could have knocked out in 10 the next day with a fresh brain!
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I haven't realized how much I need a mild mannered Scottish instructor for everything in my life.
Same and I’m Scottish 😂
@@SteakBoss1 : Tom is Scottish ?... But he said he's from the Midlands ! I thought that he's a Brummie.
@@MeiinUK instructor
They're like what we used to be.
He's a parkouring Roy Keane
Tom has officially completed the main quest of his life.
He's off now completing side quests
no no, his main quest *is* completing sidequests
True
I want the to be called the "Sidequest" series now.
@@jtb1515 I second that.
@@jtb1515 i third it.
I know I'm late to the party, but from one instructor to another, I love the fact he put a firm "No" on the one more try thing. It's hard to say no to people, we don't like to dissapoint or upset. Well done.
Very assertive, and without a bit of rudeness, good body language and tone when he said it, that really impressed me.
@@nataliatc1 agreed.
I teach martial arts, and it's *always* the one last round where someone gets hurt.
They're fatigued physically, yes, but also mentally and that's when mistakes happen.
10/10 coaching.
Yes and it also teaches what is arguably the most important lesson: Discipline. Discipline to know not to push your risk parameter beyond your experience level. This is the core that every practitioner takes with them forever.
But didn't that bar balance seem irresponsible? What if Tom had fallen to the right? On a second day, that seemed way too fast.
@@AustinChubak That is why the instructor said "dive to me". If he had begun falling off to the right, he would have dived, and the instructor would have death gripped him at I think the worst injury would be a bar smack to the face and a broken lip. There is risk in Parkour, but he made it as safe as possible and these are things you need to learn for the basics. Once you get this down, the extreme stuff is just getting mentally comfortable through acclimatization.
Tom: "I don't think I've ever looked cool in my life"
John: "That seems possible"
tom can become British batman
@@Xavier_Renegade_Angel BatChap
@@Camallunt Toms more of a Fishchap (aka aquaman)
@@SylviaRustyFae As he's brittish he'd be Fish'n'Chipchap
@@Camallunt Batsman, surely
We had an absolute treat making this video! Thanks so much to Tom and the team for being so enthusiastic and helping us show parkour is a lot more accessible than you might think…
Make sure you come and say hi if you’re ever back in Edinburgh!
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If I ever find myself in Edinburgh for an extended stretch of time (which I sure hope to do!), I'll try to remember to find y'all, because this is great and exactly the sort of thing I'd be interested in trying out (as... well, about as much a beginner as Tom. Except that I've done bouldering a bit, for what that's worth)
@@EcceJack Amazing! We’d love to see you.
@@AccessParkour I'm all the way over in an other country, I've been very busy these past years and need exercise, I've thought maybe CrossFit would be something for me, but now I'm thinking Parkour would be a better choice. Thank you for your time ! John is an amazing instructor
The advice of no more 'one more go' is great advice. At my peak of doing parkour, one more go was what tore my ACL and caused more knee problems further down the line
I injured my fingers on the one last try of a boulder last Friday
@@maciek5917 always how it goes with these things
I BMX and I can guarantee saying “1 last try” is always either the best choice or worst mistake.
That's what broke my ankle.
autologous stem cells will help!
Tom: "I'm going to fly a plane blindfolded!"
Also Tom: "This bar is... feeling higher than it looks from down there..."
Difference is, can't see with a blindfold
@@caseysailor9301 And no professional can take control of his body if something goes wrong
@@duskstorm3560 should've had parkour shaman to possessed him in case something gone wrong
@@caseysailor9301 so the solution is that Tom needs to do parkour with a blindfold
Might have a fear of falling rather than a fear of heights.
Learning to say no to that "one more try" is so important not just to avoid physical injuries but wasting time mentally fatiguing yourself instead of taking a break. Props to Hedge for being an excellent teacher.
Oh, how true, especially when skiing too; that one last run, when you're tired is when you screw up.
I literally found that rule the hard way. I said to myself, one more ski run and then I'm done. That's when I got hurt. Now when I hear myself saying that, I make a switch and say, no, you've HAD your last ski run (or trail ride or whatever) and go home a healthy winner.
@@joeschwarzbauer5602 same with me but with skateboarding, long story short that "one more try" resulted in a 10 foot fall onto concrete directly on my elbow, would not recommend
@Demon Slayer one more never means one more
@@speckydecky one more means you've already completed your last one. Take the W!
I LOVE how Tom is invited to do a physical sport in a proper place and he goes dressed in the classic jeans and red tshirt I love you tom haha
That’s a sports T-shirt with the highest technology in the clothing industry
They’re also sports jeans made from a lightweight stretchy denim
@@Alphoric Tom Scott jeggings.
@@40watt53 no they’re the latest in sports technologies
The way the instructor just shuts him down to avoid injuries is admirable. He's a keeper, Tom.
100% That is brave shutting it down and very wise
Same reason why you never call last run skiing, always hurt yourself!
Right? I've had dance instructors keep pushing me even though I clearly was not in control of what I was doing, either from lack of focus/energy or lack of technique. I really appreciated the instructor's demeanor in general, very conducive to actual learning.
Additionally, Tom's reaction of acceptance is admirable. He's feeling internal pressure to do it once more, but accepts the instructor's message.
That is an experienced instructor, who takes his job seriously. When instructing, I have taken it one repetition too far, and the student leaves on a down note. I applaud Hedge.
Scott: "one more try?"
Instructor : "no"
Mad respect
what part was this?
@@braeeee_ around 9 min onwards
This was low-key the best part. A simple but profound lesson.
the instructor knew what's best
Bread
Former parkour instructor - I love everything about this. Slow progressions, mindset building, confidence inspiring, and just having a lot of fun. Perfect instruction, and a great video!
Thanks Bobby!
Are u bobby Or wig?
The same. I am just a dissappointed customer of one instructor (diff sport) so I do appreciate a great one when I see them.
The instructor was amazing. I loved how he noticed that Tom was tired and just didn't let him have one last try
@@Vanda-il9ul what happened
This man knows he is going to do a sporting exercise and still shows up wearing jeans. Love it
EXACTLY, TOM COULD LITERALLY GO BASE JUMPING AND HE'D WEAR JEANS TO IT
Hey I go rock climbing in jeans half the time, if you get the right pair they work just fine
That is well within the spirit of parkour 😀
@@randomizednamme yess, my climbing jeans are stretchy
Dunno about you, but I honestly prefer jeans for when I exercise... Not fond of exercise clothing, it feels weird. So I tend to wear jeans when exercising when possible xD
Tom: “I’ve never looked cool in my life.”
Tom is forgetting that slow-mo shot of him walking towards a red arrow jet in full flight gear.
Or him choking on that vape
or that smiley =) face while a bomb blows up behind him
Or him being thrown through a window
Or the slo-mo montage of him forging.
Can we agree that this channel's true purpose is to make him look cool while doing things
I love how, when Tom says "I'm tempted to say one more try" the instructor just says "No. 'cause that one more try is the most likely to hurt you".
You know someone knows their stuff when their answer to "Maybe one more try?" is the most decisive "No!" of the video.
It’s the mark of someone who’s had to be forceful about it in the past.
@@ragnkja And also the mark of someone who knows that “one more try” really _isn’t_ the best thing.
This whole channel seems to be in the theme of "watch Tom Scott struggle/hurt himself in a cool way" ... and I must say its absolutely fantastic everytime :D
"If Tom can do it, you can do it too"
There are so many cool things you can do in the world, so why not give them a try :)
It's really Tom trying stuff he's scared of.
"Tom's signs of midlife crisis"
"Tom Scott Channels The Energy Of A BBC Edutainment Series"
Tom Scott: Nervous
I once read that it would be nice to see a layman compete in the olympics to get a measure of how talented athletes really can be. While these things featured on Tom Scott Plus aren't the olympics, it's still stuff I'd never have the guts to try, but Tom does it. Tom does it for us.
Tom: “I dont think ive ever looked cool in my life.”
Parcour guy: “That seems possible.”
Haha love it
turns out it wasn't.
parkour*
@@dontsearchforthischannelpls They are French*
@@dontsearchforthischannelpls Thancs for korrekting!
@@cedricmill354 kedrik millekamp
"I don't think I've ever looked cool in my life" -Tom Scott, the guy who has slo-mo footage in a flight jumpsuit from flying with the Red Arrows, and a Zero-g flight
TRUE
And stood in front of a literal explosion with a pyrotechnics expert
And flew a kite in a public place.
@@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 can't forget that
And did an awesome barfight with Jill Bearup just a few weeks ago
4:55 it's lovely seeing the mental transition from "I can't do that." to "I just did that!" Seeing you challenge yourself physically was inspiring and I hope you stick with the physical challenges in future videos
So much respect for just calling it a day at 9:00. I broke my arm while bouldering on the last attempt. It was a problem I already did on the first try, but i couldn't repeat it for some reason. It should've been clear, that I had neither the power, nor the focus. It definetly is the right call to just stop in such situations.
A friend of mine put out his kneecap by doing exactly that.
i sprained my ankle during bouldering, it was the end of session, i was very tired and my arms just gave out when i was trying to come down after finishing the problem with the last bits of my strength 😭 it was my 1 injury in like forever, and 1,5 months later i am still not recovered. sorry, had to whine for a little bit 🤪
I mean this in the nicest possible way, This proves how anyone can have a go at something no matter how terrible they thing they’ll be, and the effort pays off. Good work!
And you can still have fun while being bad at it
@@___echo___ And that's ALWAYS a plus.
@@Exilir8 ALWAYS a Tom Scott plus.
@@woomy8971 fuckin right!
This reminds me a lot of calisthenics training. There is so much progression steps that anyone can start and overtime you can go into the cooler looking moves like the flag etc.
The sheer joy in his voice and body language when he landed that drop.
"YES!" *FISTBUMPS THE AIR*
Tom is going to be a coffee chugging, bike riding, parkour master before we know it.
Chugging those decaf espressos haha.
don't forget race car driver.
And flying his plane while blindfolded :P
And flying his plane while blindfolded :P
Parkour on bikes.
Tom, you surely don‘t need me telling you this but the openness and humility (sometimes bordering on the old nerd-safeguard of self-deprecation) with which you confront these challenges is inspiring. My word, you‘re an ambassador, bridging the gap between, and I say this in the most loving way possible, „nerds“ and „jocks“ (which applies to your brilliant training partners as well, obviously), and it‘s absolutely marvelous. We‘re all rooting for you and if your videos influence a single person to get out of their comfort zone (there is no doubt it‘s considerably more than one person with each of those videos), then you‘ve made a positive impact on the world, and that‘s something you can be supremely proud of, even with all your trademark humility.
Tom, I feel this sentiment every time I see you try something and I appreciate AndreasMSchroeder putting words to it. Us nerds love watching you do these things - learn, practice, and succeed. it is so inspiring! I hold my breath watching, and think how much less awkward you look compared to how you feel. Thank you for stepping out of your comfort zone one more time, and this was an awesome video. And kudos for listening to your trainer!
Every single time I watch a video from this channel, this is exactly how I feel and cant explain it, thank you for explaining it and thank you Tom for the video
a problem that i and i'm sure a lot of people have is that it's embarrassing to learn a skill in front of observers. watching tom scott make a fool of himself and seeing that it's not at all bad since i can see he's a complete beginner at these things really is encouraging
And remember those "jocks" essentialy are just "nerds" with different hobbies. At its heart it's nerds talking with nerds.
Nerds and jocks?
Like that weird movie abstraction of American highschools from the 90s and earlier?
Parkour coach and practitioner, everything about this is yes. Not only is the coaching done very well but also the representation of parkour is very accurate here. The majority of the community is this welcoming and willing to show anyone the ropes. The insane clips on social media are a part of the sport, but there is so much more to see like in this video.
Being fairly young, I hadn’t ever considered that some of the simple movements in this video could cause some notable injuries if done badly. It was really refreshing to see the approach that Access Parkour took with you
It’s nice being young enough that anything remotely reasonable is within the realm of “Yea, I think I’ll do that”
I've done parkour for a few weeks, this is somewhat familiar to me but I never had any trouble with this as I was quite young at the time.
Being fairly old, I know that even sleeping can cause pain when done ‘wrong’, apparently 😂 Still, it’s a helluva lot of fun 👍
Took the words right out of my mouth
Being an old fart, I can imagine spraining my ankle with every landing
I don’t have any real interest in learning parkour, but I DO want to take this class. This is what PE class should look like - how to balance, how to fall without hurting yourself…seems like good life skills everyone should have.
a lot of parkour is just rebranded gymnastics, which is great because gymnastics has a pretty girly stigma, for some reason. definitely should be taught more to children who are gonna be spending a lot of their school time using the playground equipment in ways that aren't intended anyways.
I imagine it would be quite good to teach to children in the same way children have karate lessons and stuff.
@@arcanealchemist3190
It would also help keep the playfulness going past childhood, by making it more acceptable for teenagers and adults to climb all over things. And that, in turn, would probably make people less sedentary.
And it's not competitive team sports that favour the kids who like that thing and leave the kids who don't hating PE and feeling like crap.
For starters, PE should be about fitness and nutrition, how to stay healthy with a sedentary lifestyle. You are overreaching.
When Tom says that "it doesn't look like much" i can really relate to it cause i know it is much. I've just started working out at a gym and just because something looks easy it doesn't mean that it is easy. Good job mate!
"That one more try is the most likely to hurt you" -- this is some deep ass advice right here. We have all been at this point where you are like "I know I can do it, it's almost there, the next time I'll manage" but then you go too far and injure yourself. What a great line.
"I don't think I've ever looked cool in my life." -guy that has literally flown with a air jetpack
Tom’s willingness to try new things, the confidence to put himself out of his comfort zone on camera, and Hedge’s assertiveness and clear regard for safety and boundary-setting quite honestly brought me to tears. Good on the both of you for showcasing that level of trust in each other and yourselves. You can trust an expert to guide you to safety and surprise you with your own capability, but you are an expert on yourself as well.
Tears? Suck it up buttercup Jesus H
As a part time parkour coach, I hope people see how doable parkour is. I argue that it is one of the most 'natural' sports out there. Most people think parkour is doing a huge frontflip off a 2 story building, and it is, but so is any creative and personally challenging movement through any environment. Everyone should give it try; at least learn the fundamentals.
Personally, it seems like a good sport to learn, not even to look cool jumping from heights, but just because you learn to gain so much control over your own body
You could argue anyone doing a flip and calling it parkour is not doing doing parkour and is doing free-running instead. (This is coming from a 7year vet of the discipline)
is it doable for someone that is obese, unfit, and have problem discerning height? That is description of me anyway and I felt the inability of discerning height might be a big problem while the other two one can just take it slow and do smaller obstacles. What do you think, coach? :)
I agree! When I was younger I spent few years doing parkour with friends. We used to go out and just find good spots to train climbing up the walls, balance, falling etc. Then most of the group went into the flips scene. Me, being scared as hell of them and not really as interested, wanted to keep doing the "vanilla" parkour. It was really fun and I wish I stuck with it more.
@@RoseDragoness your body will act like a kinetic shock absorber and you can bounce across roofs
As somebody who learned parkour from terribly taken still images on the urban free flow website back in the early 00's I'm envious that there are now actual instructors with actual gyms to learn in. It was our dream back in the day.
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I went to one of those gyms back around 2012 as a kid- it was a great safe way to practice tools that would help me get out of danger. I learned how to take a 12 foot (1 story) fall with a minor scrape. Honestly this is the kind of tool that should be taught in PE imo
I think parkour is like skateboarding, it's deceptively accessible, yet people looked at the flashy moves and call the hobby dangerous.
16:03 That was awesome! I don't care what anyone says, watching you work through conquering that movement and seeing your genuine emotional reaction here was really cool. Way to go, Tom - I hope you do pursue this in your free time, because it looks like it is deeply rewarding for you!
Funny to see Tom wearing less safety equipment here than when riding a bike on grass.
This actually made me laugh out loud
True 😂😂
Who would have thought that I'd see Tom Scott do Parkour! This channel really has so many surprises :D
tom doing this jeans
I'm unsurprised somehow. I'm still convinced that when I lived in York circa 2007, I saw Tom in the park near the library, juggling. The flow of being a juggler seems to be a natural fit for this kind of thing.
Honestly, having watched this, I’m kind of tempted to try getting into parkour myself after I get into better shape. I’m still fairly young so it’d probably be something good for me.
Go for it! You’d be surprised what you can do in almost any shape. If you think parkour looks like fun, find somewhere safe to learn and someone safe to learn from and get started. The fitness will come alongside :)
Go for it! Classes can be a little bit pricy but you can do a lot on your own, too - I did a few classes a few years ago, and I still use a lot of what I learned - especially how to properly balance on stuff, how to get over things safely, etc. Learning how to move is *really* fun.
Edit: ALSO, knowing how to get down from stuff, and how to land without breaking your elbows, wrists, or knocking your teeth out with your knee.
Go for it ardor, we wish you luck
Do it mate!
been 6 months, wanna update us on your progress?
as a gymnastics coach, I’m amazed by that coach’s calmness, confidence, and rigor on when to stop
I can’t wait until 3 years time when he does mountain biking
“I couldn’t cycle 3 years ago, now I’m cycling down a mountain”
At the rate of this channel that might happen in three months and I’m all here for it
Ok now that is way too dangerous
In 5 years, he's recreating Evel Knievel's stunts.
@@user-qx7tm5df8j not really, if you keep it simple and have someone who knows what they're doing teaching, it's not actually dangerous for a beginner (as long as they know how to ride a bike, so for Tom this could be a bit of time before he'd be ready for that)
Get Ben Cathro in on it, he's experienced in coaching, has good charisma and is natural on camera.
16:00 was the best moment of the video. I love that feeling. Pushing yourself out of your comfort zone, pushing yourself to keep practicing, then to feel it all come together and just know you nailed it. Amazing. Love this!
I like this trainer a lot, his boundaries regarding potential personal harm are refreshing and super cool. Parkour has been fascinating to me for a while but ive never tried it because of physical disability, i kinda want to reach out to a local parkour place now!
Do it. Go try parkour. There's some great facilities all over the place and many of them can accomodate all sorts.
if you can try it.
Obviously depends on the disability, but there's likely plenty you can still do, and if you let your trainer know your limitations, they can likely work around them. Go for it.
John's attentive, respectful style of teaching and his whole vibe is just so pleasant - I think every coach and teacher and really every human should take a lesson from this man's way of being. It's calming, captivating, and should be the definition of positive masculinity.
6:58 I love the energy between these two. Tom says “decisive” to throwing a tire
I am so glad the instructor was willing and confident in saying "Let's call it there", even when tom was trying to insist to continue. that is the one things folks who would be trying to do on their own that would lead to them harming themselves more than anything else
I've always wanted to do Parkour, but thus far the closest I've managed is to treat the kerb or parking blocks as balance beams.
"The more nonchalant you look coming out of it, the more awesome you look." A philosophy I'm going to attempt to apply more in my life.
hehe
If you’re actually interested I honestly believe in you %100. Try get a coach or something and if you can’t afford it just look around online for tutorials and groups around you, lots of parkour groups are super open to having new people to train with . I’m sure you would have an awesome time
Dont be afraid to try :) it's a lot more accessible than you think! Source: I practiced parkour for over 5 years and had no experience when I started
The related lesson that didn't get explicitly mentioned is "The audience doesn't know it's gone wrong unless you tell them" - normally they won't have just seen video footage of you putting together the routine in order to know what you had planned.
@@swagmoneymaxswagallday3639 percentage sign is not the dollar sign, it goes after the numerical value.
Wow, I love the instructor's wisdom about working from where you're at and paying attention to your body and mind. So different from the usual athletic mentality of pushing yourself so hard and focusing on external metrics. Seems more sustainable.
Yes! Pushing yourself means you're not listening to your body, and that's just unsafe...
Tom, now we need a video explaining why your body's way of trying to balance is counterproductive to actually balancing.
@meatandmeat it must be something like that. You are balancing on something, and then you mess up a little. Your body, rather than try to correct, assumes that this is total failure and tries to stop you from dying, but not falling. Our immune system works in a similar way. There is only so much it can do, so it prioritizes keeping you alive over stopping every single infection and malady at the start.
I think the instinctive reaction is just to shift the center of mass away from the side you are falling to as quickly as possible (by moving one's arms in that direction and also bending tye upper body). But that "as quick as possible and as much as possible" approach, which works well for most other instinctive reactions does, in this instance, lead to a lot of overshooting, which escalates things out of control
You know how people always say "it's never too late to start learning X"? The thing I love most about this channel is that it encapsulates that sentiment perfectly. It's so motivating and cool to see someone just go out and learn something completely new!
Wow, for 8years now I was dreaming about trying parkour, but as a not very sport savy person in their 30's now I was starting to push that dream farther away. Now, watching you do so very well and overcoming a lot I truly want to give it a shot! Thank you and wonderful video!!!!!
have you gotten into parkour at all yet?
8:55 John was very wise to end Tom's session here. My worst rollerblading injuries were from that "one more try" at the end of a long session.
You feel confident, but too tired to keep up. That makes you frustrated and less focused.
Even after watching parkour on UA-cam for many years from Storror, Team Phat, and many others. And even after you consider this is Tom who has just about no practice in the sport whatsoever. This still gave me the same smile on my face. Watching as Tom struggles with a line, or a particular skill, taking a step back, adjusting what ever needs adjusting. Then finally nailing it and yelling with excitement, is just as good at those top "parkourists". Keep up the good work Tom! And I'm sure if you keep at it maybe one of those top parkour UA-camrs will do a part 2?
This is what it's all about. As a former parkour gym owner, my favorite moments were when less athletic people conquered "small" challenges - those challenges were bigger to them than many of the challenges are to the great athletes.
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Being able to do something that you couldn’t do before is always a great feeling, no matter how minor it might look to others. I’m glad you could share and amplify that feeling.
As someone who's been doing parkour/freerunning for years, this nicely demonstrates how much fun training can be long before you're doing anything cool-looking
As someone who has done parkour and freerunning for about 7 years and taught for 3 years now this is awesome to see. And big up to John for doing a great job teaching Tom ! Always love it when our small sport gets some exposure. Tom also got all the movements really fast which is great to see.
Huge props to Tom for so clearly putting himself out of his comfort zone in order to learn and experience something new!
Watching these videos I feel like Tom was a robot designed to only stand in front of a camera and talk about interesting things, but has recently gained free will and now is trying to learn how to be human and do basic human things.
His stuff with The Technical Difficulties was just his awakening. TSp is the Glory Age.
The teacher's instructions on balance from 3:00 were quite helpful, and not only for Tom or parkour students. I always had trouble keeping balance, but by trying to be a stick in stead of spaghetti and only using the knee as the central balancing point I don't keel over anymore. Brilliant.
You blow out a knee yet?
Amazing!
Tom has won the game of life at this point, and has just started doing side quests, and leveling up his stats. We should all learn to enjoy life this way
This was so offensively adorable. That trainer was the smartest, most encouraging and wonderful I've ever seen.
I'd watch an entire series of tom learning to do parkour and getting decent at it. The emphasis on safety and not pushing it to injury is so unbelievably smart, every CrossFit gym should take notice
Tom: "I don't think I've ever looked cool in my life"
Me every Tom video: "Tom is so cool!"
"lower your expectations"
Tom, I clicked this with the assumption that it would hilariously, painfully bad. My expectations can't go any lower. _That's why I'm watching this._
Seriously well done Tom; having never moved like that in years, you did exceptionally well and you overcame the hardest part, successfully managing your instincts and fears.
This whole channel has been a masterclass in showing growth and approaching things with an open mindset. The section that struck me most was the where you said (I am paraphrasing) “I’m not good with that” and gave it a moment before trying again. It not only does it take a lot of courage to show the portions where your own fears influence you, but it also emphasizes a really important point that more people should embrace in media. That is, it is okay to say no. Regardless of what the activity or why you feel the way you do, it is not just okay, but admirable to speak up and take a new perspective. I love what you’re doing on this channel, and I look forward to what you do with it!
Just chiming in to say, this is so absolutely true! His positivity and open-mindness about reaching places outside his comfort zone is very inspiring. Overcoming your fears has very rewarding outcomes and makes me excited to try new things as well!
Watching Tom Scott attempt parkour was not the entertainment I thought or knew I needed but I'm very much here for it anyway
It's not the entertainment we wanted, but it's the entertainment we needed.
That's this entire channel in a nutshell. I feel that every single video.
Just as a safety note: I noticed that you seemed to be using regular mic transmitters. If you are doing activity where you could fall on the transmitter, it could create a pressure area which could cause injury. Looking into alternative solutions may be a good (safe) idea. I think they make mic packs that are designed to be softer for impact sports, and there is also the option of just not using wireless mics in scenes where you may fall.
Edit: Noticed Tom actually falls on the region where the mic would be. This could have ended poorly. Please consider looking into alternative mic solutions which will be safer.
I think Corridor Digital using some kind of mic that is so compact, all you need is just clip on neck collar.
A very directional mic on the camera might be sufficient in most action cases, though I do appreciate the great audio quality in Tom's videos.
Parkour athletes usually don't talk during it, it's mostly grunts. So just a regular directional mic should be good.
Excellent point
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John: 'Walk away looking nonchalant.' John: is nonchalant the entire video.
Seriously though, well done Tom! And well taught John!
Aww thanks.
Really admire the emphasis on safety in all of your “plus” activities, especially in this one where it’s an emphatic “no” when you wanted one last go. Also noticed the folks in hivis while you were doing the outdoor stuff, were they specifically arranged for this? Would love to see a behind the scenes of how you arrange health and safety for your videos!
Back of George Square Lecture Theatre is a COVID test unit at the moment :)
It's admirable to see Tom stepping out of his comfort zone and facing fears
Fake fights, flying a plane, and now parkour. Tom Scott is the next James Bond confirmed?
James Bond was the Tom Scott prototype. BEHOLD!
I'd love to see that movie
as someone with auditory processing issues, i really appreciate the effort put into the captions. the color-coding, the italics, the inclusion of the music in the corner; they look professional! it’s so hard to find good captions on youtube
@Kimmy Anfo quick question. what’s your problem
@Kimmy Anfo who asked you
@@aidenlilley1319 i did
@@aidenlilley1319 i did
@Kimmy Anfo ehh, wut?
Seeing Tom train in ballet for a day would be mega entertaining
I like that idea too 😉
I love the nervous laughter that shows that boundaries are clearly being pushed. It's like a real world George McFly laugh.
I was thinking the same 🤣 Some of the time he literally laughs like "hhahh-hhahh-hhahh-hhahh"
What I really admire about you, Tom, is that when you're scared, you don't hide it. And you also show that it's okay not to go through with a plan if you are sure you can't do it, like it was in that video in the cave.
And still it is incredibly interesting to see what you achieve. Thank you for this new channel, it's great!
as a kid of 19 who has always just loved climbing random things-- It makes me so deeply happy to see you (Tom) start to trust yourself more and be able to do more things. So deeply shocked I haven't been subscribed to Tom Scott plus this whole time!
Hedge didn't even need the blue filter in the slow-mo shots ;)
Love how you turn these videos into a journey by not cutting out all the "boring" stuff, you could've cut this down to make you look good, but you didn't.
I really do love seeing this stuff. "Tom Does A Thing With Someone Really Good At The Thing. " It's just delightful and so interesting to watch. Really makes me want to go and learn more things.
Also Tom does way better at these than I ever expect. The metal forging, the parkour, the blind-flying, it's all quite impresseive!
After watching parkour for a few years I genuinely appreciate this video for reminding me of how difficult it is. I definitely got desensitized to the risks and difficulty along the way and hopefully, next time I'm watching parkour I'll actually be able to appreciate all of it again.
I love the parts where Tom is preemptively hyperventilating before trying things. I can totally relate to that kind of anxiety.
I did acrobatics in my teens and then started doing a little bit of parkour. I could easily do all these moves, but I just noticed I had never thought about them in such a simple way. What a good instructor.
I’ve never seen a parkour video is this perspective before. This video almost feels like a scene of a movie. It feels raw, real, and human.
That guy was an awesome teacher. Knowing when to stop and being assertive.
Calling it there was a massive win for the trainer, what a brilliant call. Frustration is the parent of plateauing and injury, it’s a perfectly natural sign to stop and recover first. Same thing in music!
im so proud of you for this. It's so easy to forget how to move our bodies and trust them, but we all had these instincts when were 4 foot tall and children hahah. Parkour is just one of those things that manages to give those who are willing to learn the grace of a child again. It's so in our bones to want to climb and descend things and play just with gravity, I just love it.
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@@yea4253 he mean monke
@@NocturnalMoonlight monke
Can we just take a moment to appreciate how good of an instructor John is
8:35 this entire exchange and the responses from the coach, I really liked that. Respectful, aware, humble, descisive. I really like him and his calm attitude, leaving space for the students to learn and try.
God I can't not love Tom just having his fun. It's super sweet and awesome to see you test your own limits and stretch your creativity.
Thank u Tom for showing people who are good at learning but don't consider themselves physically skilled , that u can learn physical skills the same way u do anything else
What I love the most about this is the moment around 15:18 where you take a minute to psyche yourself up - I really admire your ability to overcome the fear to accomplish something! This is a really cool video, and it's giving me hope that I might be able to take up parkour someday!
What an incredibly kind and patient coach
This channel is the epitome of the person I want to be. You try something new, you may or may not succeed, but you learn as much as you can from it and have fun doing it.
As a teacher, I recognize that the instructor is very good. He's focusing on the fundamentals and making sure their student is learning.
I learned a lot of things from his technique, and not just parkour
Did you manage to incorporate any of it into your own teaching? Hope you are doing alright :)
I'll see if I can incorporate after the pandemic. I'm not teaching until then.
@@ShunyValdez Fair enough! Good luck with it!
This is the most stereotypical Scotsman tutor that I've ever seen. Thoughtful, considerate, but brutally honest.
Gotta love the Scots 😉
Except that he speaks comprehensible English.
Parkour is one of those really interesting anomalies in that it took off in the UK because of a an architectural style, brutalism, that I really personally dislike. All of the unadorned surfaces and stark spaces really allowed for a lot of creativity in navigating around them. It it a great example of there always being a possible silver lining to anything.
I really don't understand why so many people dislike brutalism so much. Like it's not my favorite but I genuinely like it, and there are some really amazing pieces of brutalism out there.
@@purple-flowers I may have overstated my dislike. I just don't find it that appealing. I much prefer fancier building styles. It's just personal preference.
@@eriktorgler7748 I would say that brutalism can be really interesting if it's done well, but you can't get away with doing it badly or even mediocre-ly the way you maybe could with other architectural styles.
@@davimurph For sure. There are some amazing looking brutalist buildings. I may just be spoiled by living in Chicago for several years and having no shortage of interesting buildings to look at.
@@purple-flowers The biggest problem with brutalism is that it simply does not blend in with other architecture, and having it be surrounded only other brutalist buildings is a bit too bleak. Brutalism is at it's best when it is surrounded by vibrant, living, changing nature that contracts with the uniform and unchanging human influence.
Tom: "I've never looked cool in my life"
I think Tom forgot about the iconic slo mo shot of him in his red arrows flight suit because that definitely looked cool
I have greatly enjoyed seeing Tom try (and sometimes fail) new things on this channel. It makes me feel more motivated to give new skills a try. Rather than seeing the polished, advanced skills of someone who’s an expert, I get to see the effort that goes in and how you can have fun even if it’s not perfect.
Absolutely love to see more of Parkour showcased like this. You're doing the sport a service by showing people how safe and enjoyable it is.