Specialization is for Insects.
These are… AWESOME! What’s better than seeing a bunch of guys risking life and limb to flip around like a monkey / acrobat / ninja / gymnast? And seriously, there are a few scenes here in which they are REALLY risking their life…
By the way, this is actually a sport. It’s called Parkour, and people all over the world are jumping around treating the world as a public playground. Enjoy!
Parkour – The Most Acrobatic Sport on Earth
What is the easiest way to define Parkour? How about this. The world, is literally, your playground.
Now, Wikipedia defines Parkour as follows:
Parkour (sometimes also abbreviated to PK) or l’art du déplacement (English: the art of movement) is an activity with the aim of moving from one point to another as efficiently and quickly...
Breakdancing as an Olympic Sport
Anyone that thinks that break dancing died in the 80′s is seriously mistaken.
These guys are serious athletes and are elevating break dancing to a whole new level. I’m wondering if these are the same guys that are doing all of the insane gymnastic-like karate moves..
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Damien Walters is an Acrobatic Savant
I love to watch acrobats doing all sorts of amazing things, like Parkour and martial arts… but I’ve never seen one person bring so much together as Damien Walters. He is absolutely amazing!
This guy can jump in one spot and do crazy flips, he can run literally up walls, he can to high flying...
Your second video is the one I know as Russian Running. I came across it a year ago and still enjoy watching it. It is actually called parkour and was developed by the French military for quick urban retreat…I mean infantry movement. :D
One of the reasons I like the Russian one the best is because of the landscape that reminds us of how well things go with communism. I am also fascinated with urban exploration which this vid looks like speed urban exploration.
Crazy people :) Hard training is needed to achieve this…