Longhu. Com reported that when you were looking for the gate to climb over the fence, a young man rushed straight to the wall, jumped up and grabbed it with his hand. He tiptoed to the top of the wall more than three meters high, and then a back flip disappeared on the other side of the fence-so much for climbing over the wall in martial arts movies.
This is the extreme sport that is quietly popular among some young people in Nanjing-"Parkour", which is called "Parkour" in English, which means crossing obstacles with the body. During the small holiday, the wonderful training of these young people made reporters appreciate the charm of "Parkour".
From practicing alone to establishing a "parkour" forum
When I met him yesterday afternoon, Ayong was practicing parkour with his team members, doing handstands on the fence, doing somersaults on the horizontal bar and doing back flips. "I grew up in sports. In junior high school, I was the champion of the school shot put and long-distance running. Later, I watched a movie about Parkour and fell in love with it at once. I began to practice parkour by imitating the movements of the protagonist. " Ayong told reporters that he started practicing parkour in May 2007. At first, he searched online for parkour videos. At that time, Ayong worked in a bar at night and found a place to practice near his home during the day. "It started with jumping stairs, turning railings and turning the horizontal bar." Ayong started practicing without telling his family. Because many actions of Parkour are supported by palms, the skin on Ayong's palms is very rough. Most people have four calluses at most, and he even has calluses on his knuckles. One day, parents found their son's calluses, and their hearts ached.
In 2007, few people practiced Parkour in Nanjing, and there was little information about Parkour on the Internet. It's lonely to practice alone, so Ayong founded the first parkour forum in Nanjing-"TNT Parkour Club". In two months, Ayong contacted four parkour players in Nanjing, and the five of them organized the first "street brushing" in Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum Scenic Area-collective outdoor parkour. After returning, Ayong uploaded the video of the day to the forum, and his forum quickly became popular on the Internet. Many people found Ayong through the QQ number left on the forum, hoping to parkour together and gradually expand the team. "TNT" is already the largest parkour team in Nanjing, with more than 100 main players and more than 500 online registered players. Not long ago, in the first Parkour Competition in China, Ayong and his teammates won the third place in the group and the fourth place in the individual, becoming the first parkour group in Jiangsu to join the China Parkour League.
You have to practice a somersault more than 300 times.
The difficulty of the city's galloping is obvious to all, and the seemingly easy action has paid a lot of hardships. Ayong said, "Parkour has 38 basic movements, including king kong jump, cat jump, balanced standing and so on." Only by laying a good foundation can we gallop in the city. It takes 3 months to simulate the crossing between roofs before you can practice; At least 300 times per turn. Therefore, Ayong and his teammates will first practice indoors, starting with the most basic movements. "We will take adequate protective measures, with cushions and coaches around us. When you have confidence, you can go out for actual combat. " They have been to many places, including Xinjiekou, Xianlin, Drum Tower and Confucius Temple.
Just finished, Ayong stepped on a wall more than 4 meters high, adjusted it slightly, jumped down and rolled on the ground. How did Ayong avoid falling from such a high place? Ayong told reporters that he was going to land when he was in the air. By rolling the ground quickly after touching the ground, Yong transferred the force to his body like a wave, and transformed the vertical force into a horizontal forward force.
There are many foreigners in the parkour crowd.
Parkour combines China Kung Fu, Taekwondo, gymnastics and many other sports elements. Difficult movements such as kickball in Taekwondo and somersault in gymnastics are all reflected in parkour. The parkour team in Nanjing can be described as Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. There are many experts who are good at all kinds of sports. The players are all "stunts" and communicate with each other. With a group of people with developed "sports cells", the level of parkour has improved rapidly.
Tao Tao, the technical director, has been practicing Taekwondo since he was eight years old. A Liang, who graduated from sports school, practiced short-distance track and field with amazing explosive power. He can run up a wall with a slope of about 90 degrees and a height of more than 2 meters. Fat bear has many years of experience in practicing street dance, and his body is very flexible. Handstand is his strong point.
Tao Tao's girlfriend is also an extreme sports fan. She is the agent of "Nanjing TNT Parkour" and is responsible for contacting various performances.
"We may have the largest number of foreigners in the parkour team in China." Ayong said that his team includes several parkour athletes from the United States and the Netherlands. Alex, from Holland, is a senior three student in Nanjing. I am lucky to know Ayong. Alex told reporters that he is the only one who plays parkour in his hometown. I didn't expect that there were so many "running friends" with similar interests in Nanjing. "It feels good to run together."
Wu Jieyu is one of the few women in TNT. Wu Jieyu, who majored in medicine at the university, naturally became TNT's team doctor. She told reporters that it is very important to practice parkour. "Everyone has fear, but the fact is that the more nervous you are, the more you can't let go of your body and the more likely you are to get hurt."
Purple butterfly started parkour in June 5438+February last year. Now she can do monkey jump, ankle jump, cat walk and orangutan jump. Although the action is not as difficult as that of a male player, it is cool.
I want to build a parkour hall to let more people participate.
Ayong told reporters that parkour is "cool" to outsiders, but for parkour people, the most important thing is to learn how to control it. "Don't make public, cross the city at your own speed." Faced with everyone's incomprehension, Ayong prefers parkour as a philosophical experience in action. "Parkour is a philosophy that explores human potential and stimulates the limits of body and mind. Parkour will make you a strong person with strong will and strong body. " Ayong told reporters that every time he successfully completed a new action (such as somersault), he would be happy and feel stronger.
Parkour has become popular. More and more people know that Ayong plays parkour, and more people ask him to shoot advertisements and take part in performances. To this end, he specially selected the backbone members of the club to form a parkour performance group. Ayong hopes to open the first Parkour Museum in Nanjing. "There are all kinds of parkour equipment and training equipment in the museum, so that more young people who love parkour can learn systematically and safely, so that more people can understand and accept it." Parkour player flying off the cliff
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Zhou, male, born in 1988, founded Nanjing TNT Parkour Club, which is called the first Parkour in Nanjing.
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A "wild child" jumping up and down
"I especially like to play and like to challenge the limits. Just like having a talent for sports, it is good to have sports since childhood. When I was in middle school, I participated in the school sports meeting and participated in the championship. " Ayong said proudly.
Ayong likes jumping up and down since he was a child, and he can't be idle for a moment. He trampled on the roof of his hometown. He likes to imitate martial arts movements in movies. Jet Li and Jackie Chan never tire of watching movies. If he sees an action that he thinks is cool, he will study it for a long time and learn to do it by himself. He can play many tricks on the horizontal bar, parallel bars and basketball stands at school. Ayong is interested in both Wushu and Taekwondo, but he has never received formal training because of his family's prevention.
After coming to Nanjing with his parents a few years ago, Ayong had more freedom because of his parents' busy work. "Imitation and self-creation have done a lot of actions. The handstand on the fence and the flip on the horizontal bar can be easily completed."
In April 2007, after watching a video on the Internet, Ayong realized that these moves he was messing around had a special term-Parkour, which was played by people all over the world, and there were also special clubs in Beijing and Chengdu.
It's too lonely to practice alone for a long time. After learning this information, Ayong couldn't wait to find someone to play with, so he set up the first parkour club in Nanjing-TNT.
Ayong said that there were very few people playing Parkour in Nanjing at that time, and only four people were contacted in two months. The first "street painting" (outdoor parkour) organized by five people was in Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum Scenic Area. They performed some actions that they were good at and attracted many people. After the video was uploaded to the internet at night, it immediately became a fire. Many people found Ayong through the contact information left by Ayong on the Internet, hoping to parkour together, and the TNT team gradually grew.
The first person in Nanjing parkour
Ayong used to be a lighting engineer in a bar. He went to work at night and found a place to practice in the community during the day. It started by jumping stairs, turning railings and turning horizontal bars. Practicing for more than three hours every day.
"Parkour is an indispensable part of my life. Rain or shine, I have to find a place to practice. " Forward somersault, backward somersault and king kong jump, each movement should be practiced several times, which may be completed in two or three days, but it takes two or three months to be proficient. "Every time I learn an action, I feel particularly fulfilled and feel stronger." Ayong said.
After the establishment of the club, Ayong will also play the role of coach in group training twice a week. "We can train anywhere, as long as there are obstacles and a pair of non-slip sneakers, but because many beginners have a bad foundation, for safety reasons, we will rent a gym and practice with the help of the mats in the gym."
Ayong is known as the "No.1 Parkour in Nanjing", and his club is also listed as the top parkour team in China. He was invited to perform at a car launch conference of a brand in Changsha, which was well received by the audience. Later, he participated in various Shang Yan for many times.
Dangerous but not risky
The difficulty of crossing the city is obvious to all, and hard work has been made behind the seemingly easy movements. Ayong showed his hands to the reporter. Each hand has three rows of neat and obvious cocoon marks, even on his knuckles.
"They are really desperate!" Most people who have seen Ayong and their performances will say so. Ayong rolled up his trouser legs and pointed to the injury on his knee: "Look at me, I was injured while climbing the wall yesterday. My skin is bruised, not serious. " Then, pointing to his swollen ankle, he said, "It will be terrible here. On March 8th, when I was doing a Gao Xiangqian backflip in Wutai Mountain, I fell to the ground, stepped on a stone in the grass and sprained it. I went to the hospital for filming and saw more than a dozen doctors. They all say that taking medicine and intravenous drip will make me better, but never. Not long ago, I went to see a Chinese doctor and only said that it was dislocated. After he was reset by massage, he was much better. "
It was because of his foot injury that he failed to participate in the first Parkour International Open held in Beijing on March 26th. It's a pity that Ayong can't compete with the National Parkour Masters. He is confident that if he participates, he will "at least be able to guarantee the top three".
The harder parkour is, the more dangerous it is. In order to avoid injury as much as possible, every movement of Ayong must be simulated and trained until he is very skilled, and then he will go outdoors to practice.
"I'm not blind, and I'm not adventurous. I have never done anything before. Before I act, I will carefully observe every stone and every corner nearby and think about where my hand should be held and how to land in advance. "
The reporter learned that in their circle, words such as "injury" and "fracture" are taboo. They are well aware that this is a dangerous sport, but the pleasure and sense of accomplishment brought by this sport always drive them to surpass themselves regardless.
Want to be a professional parkour player
Today, Ayong's team has grown to hundreds of people, and crouching tiger, hidden dragon. Besides middle school students and college students, there are also some bosses and foreigners. And a few female players have also become the ornament of the team.
As the founder of the club, Ayong has the strongest comprehensive ability in the team. Iowa, who won the aerobics championship in college, is very good at diet, helping players adjust their diet and control their body fat content; Wu Jieyu, a female player majoring in medicine, naturally became a team doctor; Agent Zhuge Qian Qian is an assistant to the general manager of a company, who is responsible for contacting various performances. There is also Alex from the Netherlands, a senior in Nanjing, who has been parkour for three years and is regarded as the main performance.
With the popularity of parkour, more and more people know about Ayong, and parkour lovers from Tibet, Qinghai and Shandong also come here to learn from Ayong. In addition, he was also asked to shoot advertisements and TV series.
In order to bring the team to Beijing to participate in the competition, Ayong resigned from his original job. After returning from the game, he simply stopped looking for a job and planned to be a professional parkour player. He is preparing a parkour training class: "I hope to carry forward the sport of parkour and let everyone see its charm."
Parkour, originated from French parkour, originally refers to a course of climbing obstacles when the French army trains soldiers. Later, it was developed by extreme athletes in France into a sport integrating climbing, tumbling, grabbing walls and jumping. As long as parkour players wear a pair of sneakers without any protective measures, they can practice on all roofs, fences and railings at any time, giving you the feeling of being a combination of heroes and tough guys who have achieved extraordinary feats in special forces.
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The square of a school in Lin Jingxian University Town is full of green grass and white stone steps scattered everywhere, with different heights and full of modernity. A boy stood high on the stone steps more than 2 meters high. He is wearing a dark scarf and a red sweatshirt. He is not tall and burly, but he is strong enough and looks mature enough for his age. I saw him hurdling, somersaulting, climbing the wall, climbing the steel frame and kicking the wall, just like acting Jackie Chan and Jet Li. This action is done coherently and beautifully. But unlike the movie, his movements have no NG, no protective measures, and all the movements must be done in one go.
His name is Zhou and everyone calls him Zhou. He is one of the most famous parkour players in Nanjing.
Zhou likes to climb, jump and roll on the buildings in the city, just like a free monkey playing in the reinforced concrete jungle. All this is not pure play, but his ideal career. A "wild child" who likes to climb high and low since he was a child, now he takes climbing the eaves as his career. What kind of life is behind his pursuit of excitement and adventure? Let the world know about Nanjing in three minutes and reveal the promotional film of Nanjing Youth Olympic Games.
The Canon camera strapped to the upper body captures the youthful rhythm of the ancient city.
360-degree somersault, a touch of red figure swept through the air, with skyscrapers and white walls and tiles in the south of the Yangtze River as the background. Ayong, the owner of Nanjing TNT Parkour Club, said, "That's me". 65438+1October 19, the shooting venue Jiangning Weaving Institute, the club went to a dozen people, and finally only four people went to fight and shoot. In order to pursue sports, the Canon 5D camera is tied to the upper body with hemp rope. "If the boss who rents the camera knows, he will be heartbroken." The photographer said. From 10 in the morning to 3 pm, Ayong can't remember how many steps they took. The onlookers were shivering in thick down jackets and sweating in short-sleeved vests. Although there are only three shots in the end, they haven't appeared yet, but Ayong and they still feel honored. Parkour players give the promo the most fashionable and dynamic elements.
Three minutes, one shot per second on average. Xuanwu Lake, Jiming Temple, Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, Ming Mausoleum, Qinhuai River, Confucius Temple ... This is an ancient cultural capital; Castle peak, clear water, green trees and blue sky outline the city outline of mountains, rivers and forests; Xinjiekou, Zifeng Building, Olympic Stadium, transportation network extending in all directions, colorful night scenes, this is a modern city, with more than ten kinds of sports such as kayaking, cycling, running, rhythmic gymnastics, basketball and football appearing in the short film, and a vibrant city emerges. The 3-minute promo became the emotional bond between the judges and Nanjing, which made Nanjing make a wonderful appearance on the international sports stage.