Unfortunately, we cannot be there to explain this message of Parkour to anyone who happens to catch a glimpse of it on T.V while eating their dinner. They will see it as people jumping off stuff and doing crazy flips. It’s human nature to be competitive, so someone who decides to start Parkour from what they saw on T.V, who doesn’t read more about it first could hurt themselves, and in the long run give a bad name to the discipline in general. The media will see it as an opportunity to have a good story. They will throw the book at Parkour, and we will, in turn, receive bad publicity. When an ‘extreme sport’ get bad attention,  this will lead to the banning of Parkour with signs and city regulations. It’s bound to happen, and that’s why we have to make sure MTV doesn’t screw over everything, like they did with various other things.

You know when you’re fairly immersed in your training, headphones in, and body moving with the music, and some bystander chooses to interrupt you and ask you to do ‘that’ again. At first this might be an exciting experience, but others it makes you want to just ignore anyone who tries to talk to you. Try not to ignore, or act spiteful to anyone who may be inquisitive to what you’re doing, as this could be an opportunity to share your view of the world with someone. Always be open to curious bystanders.

In conclusion, be careful when you train. Don’t do anything that could potentially break something. Always be nice to people who ask about Parkour, and never do something that you know with 100% of yourself that you can do. You start hurting yourself when you start assuming you abilities, not knowing them.