I really don't know how you do it man. No matter what decade it is, you always find a fresh and unique way to contribute to the community in a way nobody else is doing. Whether it's comps, fashion, vlogs, tutorials or interesting documentation of parkour culture like this. Long time fan, will continue to be
I’m not really in parkour, but it sounds a lot like skateboarding- This feels a lot like listening to someone talk about street vs. park vs. flat ground vs. vert vs. transition, styles and forms developed over time, each focusing on different elements and specific forms of expression, but ultimately the skills we develop and choose to express are up to whoever’s participating, even when we disagree over what to call each style or discipline, and might disagree on where the line is.
Great video! I do think nature + barefoot training is its own style worth categorizing. Moving in the forest is so much different from moving on man-made architecture! But like you said, there's so much style variation it gets difficult to seperate them all out in a meaningful way.
Nice, whenever somebody says, ‘This is “parkour”’ to me, I will now send this video from now on, instead of explaining the differences myself. Very carefully crafted and well put together. Love it. This needed to be done by some old school legend. #ParkourDictionary
First of all Jason, you're an OG and I will always respect you and absolutely love Farang. Secondly I feel that I've always identified strongly with 1 and 9. Thirdly, this is an awesome collection of clips and athletes. Props for calling out/naming/linking every person! Lastly. Great video, I haven't been able to train for years now after a stroke. But my love of Parkour before and after has helped immensely in my recovery (due to the drive to hopefully get back to it in some form) and also due to the tools I gained through practicing, including the incredible sense of knowing my body I gained through training.
I quite like how you categorised this. There is no straightforward answer to categorise a community-led street sport that keeps changing organically, and with each athlete exploring as they want since there are no rules, the best we can do is narrow it down to these still-broad styles. I think you did it as well as it could be done and I enjoyed the video :)
This is so inspiring. You know everyone have its own style but in my lessons its sometimes difficult to teach each of them. If this is translate in Dutch I can use it in my parkour lessons! So much thanks Jason Paul. Love those videos ❤️👌
Its actually great to have even some basic parkour skills for everyday life. Like youre probably not going to need most of it any particular day, but having inbuilt insticts on how to protect yourself from a fall is really good. I almost fell over the other day at work but instead my body took over and I did a spin out of it to regain my footing lol
Howdy Jason. Thanks for all the fantastic content! They way you break down movement makes so much sense. As a 50 year old (today) who is just beginning a parkour journey, you've become a great inspiration to me. I also wanted to thank you for so many parts with EGG in this footage. Super Creatures is one of my favorite videos of all time. Ross and Egg remind me of the joy of motion I feel from watching you.
I've been doing parkour for 20 years and I thought this video was super interesting! I do mostly parkour in nature, alongside climbing, mostly free-solo. But these different break downs were interesting and inspiring! Just recently went through ankle surgery and am looking forward to getting back into more parkour! :D
I've long thought about making a video about the different "gods" of parkour talking about pioneers or different specializations, as well as one about the different genres of parkour and some if the differences I've noticed from country to country. I liked this a lot. Simple, but pretty inclusive.
Dude... this is an amazing video! These are all the best parkour clips EVER!!! And basically you've explained the whole parkour thing in a very nice and understandable way. Good content! thamks!
Thanks for putting the time into making this video! As a still-finding-my-style parkourist, I found this really helpful. And am sending it to a few friends!
The way you explain and explore movement and its various classifications has opened up new levels of conversations for me, and got me thinking about the diverse forms of movement, especially in relation to Parkour. Your insights have broadened my perspective on how movement isn't just one field/category, but embodies creativity, adaptability, and freedom to be artists. It's amazing how you've showcased the versatility and beauty of different movements, making me appreciate the artistry behind Parkour and movement artists even more!!! 🙏
From my experience, that i have trained for about 6 years from today, i only think that oldschool/the OG and the ascend/descent type are the definition of parkour, since the others are just wierd flips and dances. Which they are nice to do sometimes, but are not useful and effective moves for parkour. I would call the other creative styles freerunning, but average people dont really want to know about what the difference is. But it was a really nice video, the knowledge just expands!
@@TheJasonPaul You welcome, man! I also have to say that the challenge parkour type is also one of the most useful since it develops your mental strength but is also quite fun and rewarding.
I really liked how comprehensive this list is, and is a great guide for working out the personality of this art, but I also think that the "challenge" and "obstacle dance" groups are one in the same.
Every sport has a person that is leading the sport from interesting angle. First it was Jimmythegiant with the deep research within and outside of Parkour. This knowlogde is more presented for the general public. You´re the second leading person that´s doing deep researching within Parkour. Explaining the knowlogde more in depth. Keep up the great work mein brother !
I really liked this video. This was very accurate to how all the styles of parkour are. Personally I'd say I'm mainly #1 and just a little bit of #4. I really like that efficiency and practicality, being able to fly through the environment incredibly fast and reach impossible places. But I also still like to have a little bit of flair here and there.
I really like this formulation - quite thought provoking. It strikes me that another way to conceptualize this idea of styles would be with two axiis: one going from Expressive Movement to Functional Movement and the other going from Obstacle-dependent to Goal-dependent. So "gizmo" lives in the expressive/obstacle corner, "street-acro" lives in the expressive/goal corner, "fitness" lives in the goal/functional corner, and "speed&ascent" lives in functional/obstacle.
This is the most unique content i have ever watched in parkour..i mean i used to watch normal parkour videos, povs, vlogs, but i haven't watch getting education on parkour..like how it is done, what are the types and etc...and i am a big fan of Jason paul!
Love this video! I'd love to be able to say I'm learning 1 and 3 (my favourite styles of Parkour), but in reality I'm in category 11: Granny Parkour. Some days this looks a lot like stepping over my cats without "having a fall", other days, thankfully, I manage to land a new flip or do a big jump without 5 therapy sessions beforehand. Keep up the great work!! 🤘🖤
Great video! I'm a climber but I wish I'd found this sport when I was younger - it would have been a great thing to do alongside climbing when there was no gym or rock nearby.
I have not parkoured seriously since years. Bouldering i quit because money. You just inspired me to parkour again (it being free helps)! Thanks Jason, you're also the person that got me started 8 years ago so full circle hah
dude you're categorization and description of these types of parkour is so articulate and almost poetic.. great video got me really interested in parkour.
Great video Jason! Thanks for sharing! You should definitely do a video on why you don't like the term "Freerunning" and whether or not acrobatics should be a part of "Parkour."
This is the best parkour video I've ever seen, there is such a wealth of ideas here that can really open up the mind to just how much more the body can traverse through it's environment than initially seems
Very cool. Stoked to see some of our videos and former athletes featured. Generally totally agree with the categories and their various pros, cons, and features. Good stuff!
What a great video! I feel like you did a great job of giving people who aren't a part of the community a decent overview of the many different interests within parkour while also maybe giving us in the community an interesting way of describing what we do.
Very valid list, interesting also that many of these guys turn up more than once, and most that specialise still train the others, such as CP still doing dedicated flip training and challenge training
Very inspiring video, i love every style of parkour I think most athletes dont stay in one style from begginer to pro, i personally love to try new stuff just for fun and train consistently
I like and agree with all that you said, I might also add the 'one and done style'. People who go to a spot just to do a pole slide or a big catpass and not lines or flips. Not even unique spots just any spot like, "today we're here at OG Sydney wharf jump coz I haven't done it yet and want to do now so here I go" like that in itself is a style of training the rest though I have all seen before too
Thank you very much Jason, the truth is that all your videos are very beautiful. I teach parkour for children here in Mendoza and I always show them your videos so they can continue inspired to want to learn more about our discipline. Keep making videos like this 🤟🤟🔥🔥
I think as a first of its kind, this is a pretty solid list. I feel like some athletes focus hard on one style but a good amount feel like they’d fall under the umbrella of “hybrid” - someone who utilizes certain styles when the time and place calls for it.
9:04 wah, how could you call me out like that!? Both a nerd and a masochist? An arrow straight to the heart! In all seriousness though, I think you did a really good job on the list. Its not perfect, but I also am not sure how I would improve it at the moment.. I may be biased though, because you are the athlete I like watching the most because, like you, the dance style you mentioned is what I enjoy the most.. even if half the time I do end up training challenged more often.
Hab über sone Einteilung auch viel nachgedacht, find ich nicht schlecht so zu kategorisieren. Und eine wirklich fantastische Videoauswahl für die Beispiele!! Art of Motion würd ich aber generell eher Comp Style nennen, das ist eindeutiger.
Interesting video and good initiative. The final classification is fairly good at showing "parkour variants", but maybe it's not very taxonomical. I think an interesting sub-category that's fairly interesting and under-explored is low-impact parkour (I recommend Bitterer Ernst by Georgij Sosunov). I think making a taxonomy based on the motivations for the practitioners could be a good alternative: - Functional: overlaps most with "fitness parkour". Since we are born, we start crawling, then grab things to stand up, then we try to walk, jump, run, go up and down stairs... and in most cases we stop there because we don't need more. Parkour continues developing functional, physical movement beyond that with balance, more kinds of jumps, vaults, using the upper body, climbing, etc. This can indeed be used as a form of functional training. I think low-impact parkour has a lot of potential here and could be appealing to lots of people. - Efficiency: the OG style. Go from A to B in the fastest way possible. This actually includes ascents and descents, and I think the yamakasi did this really well already... but it's true that climbing hasn't been explored much until relatively recently. I think that urban climbing hasn't found a place in parkour because it's quite risky and extreme, and if you seek adrenaline you are more likely to go directly to roof gaps and others. It's hard to get into climbing without the equipment to train for it. - Acrobatics: you adequately mentioned that a lot of people will be annoyed at you for including this, but I agree that the influence it has had in modern parkour can't be understated. In fact, the true "arts of movement" are 3: dance, acrobatics and parkour. It was obvious that they were all going to influence each other. Originally David Belle brought the pure gymnastics more into view, but with time we have gone more and more with tricking and asymmetric movement, finding what worked best with parkour (front and side-flips). And then you can go even to off-axis and so on. - Aesthetic/freestyle: both obstacle dance and off-axis kinda fall into this category. This is about using the body to create beautiful movement or some kind of coreography, but the obstacles are secondary, an auxiliary tool. The human body is the center here. This is a critical point to differentiate it from "creative parkour" in general. - Creativity: you mentioned gizmo parkour. I think there are many kinds of creative styles: Josh from Storror is fairly into what I'd call "formless" parkour (making moves without a specific name, but still going through obstacles and being fairly efficient, not just aesthetic). Others are into weird and unique lines and combos. Others... are hard to describe, which is kind of the point. But there's also creativity when we improvise lines, when we come up with less-standard moves when visiting new spots (even if we are not creative mages), or even just finding a way to do a "common move" in an unlikely place. I think creativity is really one of the biggest motivation for many, many practitioners. Creativity is what allows parkour to be "exploratory" when visiting a new spot. You explore and discover possibilities, many of which derive from your own creative perspective. - Playfulness: what you called "challenges" to me is a small part of what I'd call "playing". Mixing parkour fundamentals and creativity to create small games. Challenges are very common, but there are also actual games like playing tag without touching the floor or others. Focusing on fun and discovery first. Collaborative parkour, using ropes and other external gadgets and others could also be included here. All these tend to be fairly social too, which makes them tie back well into "fitness parkour" too. But I would never call this a primary motivation for anyone doing parkour. - High-risk: extreme, adrenaline seeking, jumps and tricks over gaps and so on. I understand you not wanting to label it as a type of parkour, but I think the motivation for this is very different from the other ones, and it deserves its own place in a taxonomy. Highly skilled traceurs will have very different levels of risk tolerance (and desire for it). For some people, risk is the reason; for others, it's the deal-breaker. - Exhibition: what you used "art of motion" to describe. I think applying the "art of motion" label to this is very objectionable, even if that's what redbull used. I don't think this deserves its own category, as I don't think anyone would practice this "style" if they didn't have to explicitly show off in front of others. To me this derives more from external motivators than intrinsic ones, which explains why people didn't come up with the idea of maniacally spamming moves every 0.3 seconds until competitions started happening (it's awesome though, granted). I think this is a more revealing classification in a way, as it exposes more openly the motivations for the people practicing different types of parkour. Though you highlighted the substyles and variants better, indeed.
Challenge has a really good use for a ton of people since most people don’t live in areas with ideal places to practice and instead have to just pick a place and make it fun. You mention the same for Obstacle Dance. Fitness parkour would be included in that too.
So cool to see how parkour evolved... in 2001 when I discovered david belle videos from frech tv interviews it seemed like I was the only one who thought parkour was awesome.
That was so good! Im definitely a challenge and obstacle dance type that wishes she could be a gizmo 😅 I loved the video! I do wish there were a bit more women like Lilou, Miranda, Camila, Nene, Hazal, the Lisas, Elise, Renae, Rachel, Lynn, Hanaho and so many more! I thought the categories were accurate, well researched and well explained. Thank you for the feature 🥰 I accept my title of nerd masochist 😅
Heyy! Thank you for this video! Now I know that my parkour style is hybrid (at least "half hybrid"), I'm just doing the basic flips yet, like front flip, side flip, etc. So thank you! Keep it up, Mate! :D
Wow! The amount of insane movement in this clip is legendary! Also challenge style was called awkward style when it first came out. At least from my perspective. Also I used to call art of motion style as UA-cam style. Where you'd have 10-30 seconds to do something that will film well (meaning not getting too far and with big simple moves which will look good for general audience) Btw, I'd add another style. Chase tag. It's very related to old-school parkour but is more about running away in an ENCLOSED environment like in WCT competition. If you don't compete in that sport, it's not a style you will do but for those who do it is indeed a unique thing! Also, I wonder if barefoot is a thing of its own. There are definitely people, like me, who almost exclusively train barefoot
I never heard of awkward style haha, pretty close to how I described it. To me UA-cam style sounds more like big drops and roofgaps. Think early 3run, PkGaza and Oleg Cricket. The most viewed YT videos of the "Art of Motion" style imho are AOM submissions. Totally agree, Chase Tag could be it's own style! Barefoot I would disagree, any style can be done barefoot.
Thank you for this video. Some of my students are demotivated and think they are not good enough but in reality they haven’t found their style just yet.
Solid video man, Really like what this channel is becoming. (Yes the vlogs were good back in the day, but you've found a really definitive and high quality way of showing our sport to the greater world!) Keep up the great work 🙌
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the OG, hybrid & challenge stuff are what I prefer to watch.
Jason your videos are like healthy food. You get them once a year, but it's refreshing af
I'm seriously concerned about your diet, but thanks
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I really don't know how you do it man. No matter what decade it is, you always find a fresh and unique way to contribute to the community in a way nobody else is doing. Whether it's comps, fashion, vlogs, tutorials or interesting documentation of parkour culture like this. Long time fan, will continue to be
aaaaw, thank you
I’m not really in parkour, but it sounds a lot like skateboarding- This feels a lot like listening to someone talk about street vs. park vs. flat ground vs. vert vs. transition, styles and forms developed over time, each focusing on different elements and specific forms of expression, but ultimately the skills we develop and choose to express are up to whoever’s participating, even when we disagree over what to call each style or discipline, and might disagree on where the line is.
you got it!
Great video! I do think nature + barefoot training is its own style worth categorizing. Moving in the forest is so much different from moving on man-made architecture! But like you said, there's so much style variation it gets difficult to seperate them all out in a meaningful way.
Nice, whenever somebody says, ‘This is “parkour”’ to me, I will now send this video from now on, instead of explaining the differences myself.
Very carefully crafted and well put together. Love it. This needed to be done by some old school legend.
#ParkourDictionary
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First of all Jason, you're an OG and I will always respect you and absolutely love Farang.
Secondly I feel that I've always identified strongly with 1 and 9.
Thirdly, this is an awesome collection of clips and athletes. Props for calling out/naming/linking every person!
Lastly. Great video, I haven't been able to train for years now after a stroke. But my love of Parkour before and after has helped immensely in my recovery (due to the drive to hopefully get back to it in some form) and also due to the tools I gained through practicing, including the incredible sense of knowing my body I gained through training.
damn Wallace, keep it up! and thanks for the kind words
Legendary testimony! keep GOING brother! God Bless!
I hope you can safely recover and eventually practice some flowy stuff at least, if you miss it
Thanks! So far the best thing I've found is biking. Low impact but still great excersize and I can push nice and hard!@@Terik17
I quite like how you categorised this. There is no straightforward answer to categorise a community-led street sport that keeps changing organically, and with each athlete exploring as they want since there are no rules, the best we can do is narrow it down to these still-broad styles. I think you did it as well as it could be done and I enjoyed the video :)
thanks!
You're a treasure and the parkour community is so lucky to have people like you
First proper break down I’ve ever seen about all the ways people train Parkour, amazing video Jason!
This is so inspiring. You know everyone have its own style but in my lessons its sometimes difficult to teach each of them. If this is translate in Dutch I can use it in my parkour lessons! So much thanks Jason Paul. Love those videos ❤️👌
thank you!
Damn! Thanks for heavily featuring me at the start! I agree that my style very much the OG traceur style indeed!
I just love all of them. Pushing your body, and especially your mind to the limit
Its actually great to have even some basic parkour skills for everyday life. Like youre probably not going to need most of it any particular day, but having inbuilt insticts on how to protect yourself from a fall is really good.
I almost fell over the other day at work but instead my body took over and I did a spin out of it to regain my footing lol
Howdy Jason. Thanks for all the fantastic content! They way you break down movement makes so much sense. As a 50 year old (today) who is just beginning a parkour journey, you've become a great inspiration to me. I also wanted to thank you for so many parts with EGG in this footage. Super Creatures is one of my favorite videos of all time. Ross and Egg remind me of the joy of motion I feel from watching you.
I've been doing parkour for 20 years and I thought this video was super interesting! I do mostly parkour in nature, alongside climbing, mostly free-solo. But these different break downs were interesting and inspiring! Just recently went through ankle surgery and am looking forward to getting back into more parkour! :D
I've long thought about making a video about the different "gods" of parkour talking about pioneers or different specializations, as well as one about the different genres of parkour and some if the differences I've noticed from country to country. I liked this a lot. Simple, but pretty inclusive.
thank you! I still think there's a video to be made about the different styles categorized by country!
One of the greatest videos i've even seen here on this platform
thanks Jason, you're a real one
that's not true (unless you just got to UA-cam 10minutes ago)! But I'll take take the compliment
Fearless & Focused - BRAVO!
Very well done. I especially like the notion of respecting all styles and connecting them to a bigger umbrella: parkour (or bigger even: movement)!
Thanks a lot Nil! Good stuff on your channel as well 😃
@@TheJasonPaul thanks dude. Would be great to meet one day and have an interdisciplinary play!!
Last couple of videos have been great content, loved this one
Dude... this is an amazing video! These are all the best parkour clips EVER!!! And basically you've explained the whole parkour thing in a very nice and understandable way. Good content! thamks!
thank you!
I usually think about your blogs 4 or 5 times a month and smile. What a beautiful time spent seeing them
Ah man, thanks so much ☺️ hope to bring some of that back
Thanks for putting the time into making this video! As a still-finding-my-style parkourist, I found this really helpful. And am sending it to a few friends!
I really appreciate how you always find a new way to contribute to the community and nurture the Parkour
This made me happy. Getting back into parkour after several years off. Thanks for the vid
Damn that was a solid video
The way you explain and explore movement and its various classifications has opened up new levels of conversations for me, and got me thinking about the diverse forms of movement, especially in relation to Parkour.
Your insights have broadened my perspective on how movement isn't just one field/category, but embodies creativity, adaptability, and freedom to be artists. It's amazing how you've showcased the versatility and beauty of different movements, making me appreciate the artistry behind Parkour and movement artists even more!!! 🙏
aaaaaw, you are the sweetest as always. Thank you so much for being you and taking the time to write this. Much appreciated!
From my experience, that i have trained for about 6 years from today, i only think that oldschool/the OG and the ascend/descent type are the definition of parkour, since the others are just wierd flips and dances. Which they are nice to do sometimes, but are not useful and effective moves for parkour. I would call the other creative styles freerunning, but average people dont really want to know about what the difference is. But it was a really nice video, the knowledge just expands!
thanks! I'll have to make a whole video on why I think that definition is outdated.
@@TheJasonPaul You welcome, man! I also have to say that the challenge parkour type is also one of the most useful since it develops your mental strength but is also quite fun and rewarding.
Such a great breakdown Jason! Super excited to share this with students and others
Thanks Seth 😃
I really liked how comprehensive this list is, and is a great guide for working out the personality of this art, but I also think that the "challenge" and "obstacle dance" groups are one in the same.
So happy to hear that!
edutainment at its finest.
What a great vid !
Every sport has a person that is leading the sport from interesting angle. First it was Jimmythegiant with the deep research within and outside of Parkour. This knowlogde is more presented for the general public. You´re the second leading person that´s doing deep researching within Parkour. Explaining the knowlogde more in depth.
Keep up the great work mein brother !
I really liked this video. This was very accurate to how all the styles of parkour are. Personally I'd say I'm mainly #1 and just a little bit of #4. I really like that efficiency and practicality, being able to fly through the environment incredibly fast and reach impossible places. But I also still like to have a little bit of flair here and there.
Thank you 🙏🏻❤️
I really like this formulation - quite thought provoking. It strikes me that another way to conceptualize this idea of styles would be with two axiis: one going from Expressive Movement to Functional Movement and the other going from Obstacle-dependent to Goal-dependent. So "gizmo" lives in the expressive/obstacle corner, "street-acro" lives in the expressive/goal corner, "fitness" lives in the goal/functional corner, and "speed&ascent" lives in functional/obstacle.
Hmmmm, that’s quite interesting!!! I’ll have to think about that
Just started to learn Parkour, your videos help!
i love this! I personally want to start training hybrid, Challenge and maybe even gizmo
Super super video. Thank you.
This is the most unique content i have ever watched in parkour..i mean i used to watch normal parkour videos, povs, vlogs, but i haven't watch getting education on parkour..like how it is done, what are the types and etc...and i am a big fan of Jason paul!
Love this video! I'd love to be able to say I'm learning 1 and 3 (my favourite styles of Parkour), but in reality I'm in category 11: Granny Parkour. Some days this looks a lot like stepping over my cats without "having a fall", other days, thankfully, I manage to land a new flip or do a big jump without 5 therapy sessions beforehand. Keep up the great work!! 🤘🖤
keep moving :)
Great video! I'm a climber but I wish I'd found this sport when I was younger - it would have been a great thing to do alongside climbing when there was no gym or rock nearby.
Totally! Philosophy and mental process of the two is very similar 😊
I have not parkoured seriously since years. Bouldering i quit because money. You just inspired me to parkour again (it being free helps)! Thanks Jason, you're also the person that got me started 8 years ago so full circle hah
dude you're categorization and description of these types of parkour is so articulate and almost poetic.. great video got me really interested in parkour.
Great video Jason! Thanks for sharing! You should definitely do a video on why you don't like the term "Freerunning" and whether or not acrobatics should be a part of "Parkour."
Thank you for this video. Parkour is my unfulfilled dream, and this video showed that it’s not too late to start learning this art.
😃💪🏼 let’s go!
The ascent's and descents are incredible.
nice video! I love the playful, fun flow style
Thank you! It’s my favorite for sure ☺️
Looking dapper, Jason!
cheers Jaedon!
This is the best parkour video I've ever seen, there is such a wealth of ideas here that can really open up the mind to just how much more the body can traverse through it's environment than initially seems
Very cool. Stoked to see some of our videos and former athletes featured. Generally totally agree with the categories and their various pros, cons, and features. Good stuff!
What a great video! I feel like you did a great job of giving people who aren't a part of the community a decent overview of the many different interests within parkour while also maybe giving us in the community an interesting way of describing what we do.
Thank you! That’s what I set out to do ☺️
We needed a video like this, Thanks for that man 🙌🏾❤️
thanks for being an awesome example, you know I only picked the best of the best
@@TheJasonPaul it means a world coming this from you man much appreciated ❤️
Original tracer and Ascend/Descent are the most beautifull styles for me
Greatly presented and organized!
The styles were well explained.
Thanks Jason!
Very valid list, interesting also that many of these guys turn up more than once, and most that specialise still train the others, such as CP still doing dedicated flip training and challenge training
yes, there's rarely a true archetype.
Very inspiring video, i love every style of parkour
I think most athletes dont stay in one style from begginer to pro, i personally love to try new stuff just for fun and train consistently
Bravo Jason!!! 👏👏 Great video!
I like and agree with all that you said, I might also add the 'one and done style'. People who go to a spot just to do a pole slide or a big catpass and not lines or flips. Not even unique spots just any spot like, "today we're here at OG Sydney wharf jump coz I haven't done it yet and want to do now so here I go" like that in itself is a style of training the rest though I have all seen before too
so true!
Thank you very much Jason, the truth is that all your videos are very beautiful. I teach parkour for children here in Mendoza and I always show them your videos so they can continue inspired to want to learn more about our discipline. Keep making videos like this 🤟🤟🔥🔥
I think this list is pretty accurate and summarizes the different forms pretty well!
Great video, thanks ❤🤟
great video compilation....intelligent discussion and vid's so jam full of jams it's great watching on silent
glad to hear that. True, it turned into a best of compilation all on its own
I think as a first of its kind, this is a pretty solid list. I feel like some athletes focus hard on one style but a good amount feel like they’d fall under the umbrella of “hybrid” - someone who utilizes certain styles when the time and place calls for it.
5:00 "not as technical" followed by the dopest Kong to trapdoor I've ever seen and then down monkey from cat 😮
haha I knew that would rub people the wrong way, that's why I explain what I mean after
@@TheJasonPaul I totally understood what you were saying, but it was still funny that the clips were some of the more technical stuff
This was extremely well done, what a joy to watch!
OT is the OG 😮- love the choice of clips used for the movement examples!
thank you! was a fun challenge :)
Huge piece of content here Jason! Thanks!
gracias!
So fascinating! 😮
This is awesome, man. Thank you for getting into this and making it!
9:04 wah, how could you call me out like that!? Both a nerd and a masochist? An arrow straight to the heart!
In all seriousness though, I think you did a really good job on the list. Its not perfect, but I also am not sure how I would improve it at the moment.. I may be biased though, because you are the athlete I like watching the most because, like you, the dance style you mentioned is what I enjoy the most.. even if half the time I do end up training challenged more often.
ahahaha, the truth hurts. thanks!
Absolutely love this
Amazing video. Love your work Jason 🙏❤️
thank you!
This was interesting and I do agree with it I definitely have seen almost all these style done before it is cool
Loved the addition of off axis
Hab über sone Einteilung auch viel nachgedacht, find ich nicht schlecht so zu kategorisieren. Und eine wirklich fantastische Videoauswahl für die Beispiele!! Art of Motion würd ich aber generell eher Comp Style nennen, das ist eindeutiger.
stimmt! aber es gibt auch Skill Comps, Speed Comps, Chase Tag, Ninja Warrior, etc. deswegen ist vielleicht nur Comp style nicht so eindeutig.
Good list and well explained, 10/10!
Absolutely loved this video, and wwwwwow, what a collection of clips. Great work Jason!
thank you!
Interesting video and good initiative. The final classification is fairly good at showing "parkour variants", but maybe it's not very taxonomical. I think an interesting sub-category that's fairly interesting and under-explored is low-impact parkour (I recommend Bitterer Ernst by Georgij Sosunov). I think making a taxonomy based on the motivations for the practitioners could be a good alternative:
- Functional: overlaps most with "fitness parkour". Since we are born, we start crawling, then grab things to stand up, then we try to walk, jump, run, go up and down stairs... and in most cases we stop there because we don't need more. Parkour continues developing functional, physical movement beyond that with balance, more kinds of jumps, vaults, using the upper body, climbing, etc. This can indeed be used as a form of functional training. I think low-impact parkour has a lot of potential here and could be appealing to lots of people.
- Efficiency: the OG style. Go from A to B in the fastest way possible. This actually includes ascents and descents, and I think the yamakasi did this really well already... but it's true that climbing hasn't been explored much until relatively recently. I think that urban climbing hasn't found a place in parkour because it's quite risky and extreme, and if you seek adrenaline you are more likely to go directly to roof gaps and others. It's hard to get into climbing without the equipment to train for it.
- Acrobatics: you adequately mentioned that a lot of people will be annoyed at you for including this, but I agree that the influence it has had in modern parkour can't be understated. In fact, the true "arts of movement" are 3: dance, acrobatics and parkour. It was obvious that they were all going to influence each other. Originally David Belle brought the pure gymnastics more into view, but with time we have gone more and more with tricking and asymmetric movement, finding what worked best with parkour (front and side-flips). And then you can go even to off-axis and so on.
- Aesthetic/freestyle: both obstacle dance and off-axis kinda fall into this category. This is about using the body to create beautiful movement or some kind of coreography, but the obstacles are secondary, an auxiliary tool. The human body is the center here. This is a critical point to differentiate it from "creative parkour" in general.
- Creativity: you mentioned gizmo parkour. I think there are many kinds of creative styles: Josh from Storror is fairly into what I'd call "formless" parkour (making moves without a specific name, but still going through obstacles and being fairly efficient, not just aesthetic). Others are into weird and unique lines and combos. Others... are hard to describe, which is kind of the point. But there's also creativity when we improvise lines, when we come up with less-standard moves when visiting new spots (even if we are not creative mages), or even just finding a way to do a "common move" in an unlikely place. I think creativity is really one of the biggest motivation for many, many practitioners. Creativity is what allows parkour to be "exploratory" when visiting a new spot. You explore and discover possibilities, many of which derive from your own creative perspective.
- Playfulness: what you called "challenges" to me is a small part of what I'd call "playing". Mixing parkour fundamentals and creativity to create small games. Challenges are very common, but there are also actual games like playing tag without touching the floor or others. Focusing on fun and discovery first. Collaborative parkour, using ropes and other external gadgets and others could also be included here. All these tend to be fairly social too, which makes them tie back well into "fitness parkour" too. But I would never call this a primary motivation for anyone doing parkour.
- High-risk: extreme, adrenaline seeking, jumps and tricks over gaps and so on. I understand you not wanting to label it as a type of parkour, but I think the motivation for this is very different from the other ones, and it deserves its own place in a taxonomy. Highly skilled traceurs will have very different levels of risk tolerance (and desire for it). For some people, risk is the reason; for others, it's the deal-breaker.
- Exhibition: what you used "art of motion" to describe. I think applying the "art of motion" label to this is very objectionable, even if that's what redbull used. I don't think this deserves its own category, as I don't think anyone would practice this "style" if they didn't have to explicitly show off in front of others. To me this derives more from external motivators than intrinsic ones, which explains why people didn't come up with the idea of maniacally spamming moves every 0.3 seconds until competitions started happening (it's awesome though, granted).
I think this is a more revealing classification in a way, as it exposes more openly the motivations for the people practicing different types of parkour. Though you highlighted the substyles and variants better, indeed.
Challenge has a really good use for a ton of people since most people don’t live in areas with ideal places to practice and instead have to just pick a place and make it fun. You mention the same for Obstacle Dance. Fitness parkour would be included in that too.
Totally! That’s why I love switching into that mindset when I’m not blessed with sexy spots
So cool to see how parkour evolved... in 2001 when I discovered david belle videos from frech tv interviews it seemed like I was the only one who thought parkour was awesome.
This was awesome!
This is awesome!
Thanks for sharing this❤
This video is very outrageous for all the people yelling PARKOUR while imitating the office.
That was so good!
Im definitely a challenge and obstacle dance type that wishes she could be a gizmo 😅
I loved the video! I do wish there were a bit more women like Lilou, Miranda, Camila, Nene, Hazal, the Lisas, Elise, Renae, Rachel, Lynn, Hanaho and so many more!
I thought the categories were accurate, well researched and well explained.
Thank you for the feature 🥰 I accept my title of nerd masochist 😅
Thank you! I tried to include the ladies, but was a bit hard due to the lack of horizontal videos from women. Waiting for gate crashers 😁
@@TheJasonPaul We do need more ladies on youtube 🥲
@@TheJasonPaulalso there will be a lot of different categories in gatecrashers 😊
Heyy! Thank you for this video! Now I know that my parkour style is hybrid (at least "half hybrid"), I'm just doing the basic flips yet, like front flip, side flip, etc. So thank you! Keep it up, Mate! :D
thanks, you too!
Thank you for giving quality and relevant content
I'm not doing kong gainer dub fulls so I'll make myself useful in other ways
😂 I know what you mean 😅
i was blown away so many times in the video, unbelievable,
ty for the informative video!
Wow! The amount of insane movement in this clip is legendary!
Also challenge style was called awkward style when it first came out. At least from my perspective.
Also I used to call art of motion style as UA-cam style. Where you'd have 10-30 seconds to do something that will film well (meaning not getting too far and with big simple moves which will look good for general audience)
Btw, I'd add another style. Chase tag. It's very related to old-school parkour but is more about running away in an ENCLOSED environment like in WCT competition. If you don't compete in that sport, it's not a style you will do but for those who do it is indeed a unique thing!
Also, I wonder if barefoot is a thing of its own. There are definitely people, like me, who almost exclusively train barefoot
I never heard of awkward style haha, pretty close to how I described it.
To me UA-cam style sounds more like big drops and roofgaps. Think early 3run, PkGaza and Oleg Cricket. The most viewed YT videos of the "Art of Motion" style imho are AOM submissions.
Totally agree, Chase Tag could be it's own style! Barefoot I would disagree, any style can be done barefoot.
@@TheJasonPaul@AntonEdelson I've always called the awkward style "sketchy" style or "shit ideas" from their weirdness hehe
Amazing!,I Love how you explain different styles ♥️🔥🔥
Jan Schlappen in the Fitness parcour section is wild
Haha, if you know you know
Thank you for this video. Some of my students are demotivated and think they are not good enough but in reality they haven’t found their style just yet.
Solid video man,
Really like what this channel is becoming.
(Yes the vlogs were good back in the day, but you've found a really definitive and high quality way of showing our sport to the greater world!)
Keep up the great work 🙌
thanks! really excited about this new direction :)
I'm a Tracer. I hate it when I tell people I'm good at parkour and they say "Do a flip!" And I'm like... Not that kind of parkour.
send them this video lol
@@TheJasonPaul I gotchu 😎
1) Jackie Chan
2) Assassins Creed
3) Do a flip!
4) Vector
5) Name the move (wrong answers only)
6) Ranked
8) Oh yeah? But can you do...
9) Enviromental B boy
10) 360 NO SCOPE !!!
360 no scope 😆
Might get into parkour again because of this, i havent seen such a well done video done on the topic parkour in a while. Keep up the good work man :)!
Thanks so much, that’s the best compliment 😃🫶🏻
I can see you put a lot of thought and effort into this video. From scripting to editing. Props!
Very Well Made Video. I Love the Work!