Take Flight

We are starting to have so many videos on this site that we aren’t always sure which ones we have already posted and which ones we still need to post! Yesterday’s post from the Parkour Generation’s Rendezvous I workshop reminded us of a few videos we thought we already had on the site but upon further investigation we found out that we did not. A fair amount of these videos are from Julie Angel and Parkour Generations, and as such we have decided to continue for a time posting a series of their work.

Here is a video from Rendezvous I put on by Parkour Generations. The workshop was conducted in London on the 13th and 14th of May, 2007, and prominent instruction was given by Forrest and Dan Edwardes. You may also recognize other famous Tracers who attended the event including Stephane Vigroux, Sébastien Goudot, Kazuma, Cicso, Thomas, and Yann Hanutra and Laurent Piemontesi from the Yamakasi. We posted three videos from Rendezvous II in our What is Parkour? series that we conducted almost a month ago. Unlike this video which highlights the physical training from Rendezvous I, those videos from Rendezvous II exclusively highlighted a questions and answer time with the Yamakasi. Divided into three parts, you can view the videos from that interview by going to our 2nd, 3rd, and 4th installments of that sequence.

Here is the official copy of David Bell’s famous Speed Air Man video. Although this video edition is longer than the Speed Air Man copy we previously cataloged, for all practical purposes the two are exactly the same. None of the video footage is different, and the extra 11 seconds is due to additional frames at the beginning and end of the video.  To view our original Speed Air Man post and to learn how this video is single handedly responsible for Stephane Vigroux’s introduction to Parkour please click here.

http://www.dailymotion.com/airmout/video/x4dt4q_speedairman_extreme

For part three of our What is Parkour? series we will continue with our mini-series featuring the Yamakasi. Embedded here is video 2 of 3 of the question and answer session that took place at Rendezvous II.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ce2ma_ej9nk

Also, here is another link to a great video we posted a couple weeks ago. Featured in the link below is a short video of David Belle briefly answering the question “What is Parkour?” However, please note that this is NOT the rare David Belle video we have promised to post in this series. That video of David (with the transcribed translation) will be the final installment of our five part series so stay tuned.

http://www.misterparkour.com/?p=58

Starting today www.MisterParkour.com is beginning a five part series that is designed to answer the question, “What is Parkour?” Throughout this series we will be featuring videos with insightful explanations of Parkour from Stephane Vigroux, Forrest, the Yamakasi and of course David Belle. The fifth part of this series will showcase a rare video of David Belle where he speaks for almost four minutes about what Parkour is and what it means to him.

For the first video in this series we start with an excellent video featuring Stephane Vigroux. This video is currently being promoted on YouTube and it was prominently featured on the YouTube homepage a few days ago. In this video Stephane performs some incredible Parkour moves and directly answers the question, What is Parkour?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1FVnoLkfLA

A few weeks ago we posted a Parkour video featuring Forrest. It also does a great job of answering the question, “What is Parkour?” so we decided to include it in this post as well. The video is made in the same style as the video of Stephane above. In the feature Forrest performs some great Parkour moves and thoroughly describes what Parkour is and why he does it.

http://www.misterparkour.com/?p=45

This is a great Parkour video of the Vigroux brothers hard at play. Featuring Stephane and Johann Vigroux this is a collection of footage shot from 2001 to 2003.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASu88gc31wc

A short 1 min video with David Belle, Sébastien Foucan, Stephane Vigroux, and Romain Moutault. Even though we have searched the internet we still have no idea what “On r’met ça!?” means. If anyone has any idea please let us know.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6063563397164320878&hl=en

Here is another new feature that includes David Belle, Sébastien Foucan, Stephane Vigroux and some other Tracers as well. It’s all in French so the only thing I understood was that David Belle formed the Yamaksi. Nevertheless, it includes some great footage that you probably won’t see in any other videos.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYyCPxT9gOs

This first Parkour link is quite possibly the most accurate and well done Parkour movie to date. And it should be. It’s Urban Freeflow Vol. 3 featuring one of the original and most skilled Tracers in the world Stephane Vigroux. Filmed in 2005 Stephane talks about how he found Parkour and how it changed him and taught him to work hard. In the film Stephane, as Urban Freeflow puts it, “For the first time, Stephane speaks openly about parkour and his experience. He describes how he trained extensively with David Belle, and the methods employed; his cruciate ligament injury, how it affected him, and the long process of rehabilitation and the importance of having the right approach; how a person should find his or her own goals; his new home in Thailand and dreams for the future. From beginning to end this is a fantastic piece and a must see for anyone wanting to learn more about Parkour, beginner or advanced. You can watch the embedded video below, follow the second like to the Google video, or follow the third link to the Urban Freeflow website where you can download the movie for yourself.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7061859339491822243

http://www.urbanfreeflow.com/u_dollar_f/u_dollar_f3.htm