Like the Nike slogan: Just do it
- Parkour, Sport -
By Erika Tapalla
INQUIRER.net
TOBEY MAGUIRE looked so hot as Spidey, not so much because of that tight black suit wrapped around his toned bod, but because he swiftly pranced from building to building, ever so gracefully swinging from the tallest skyscraper to the next, seemingly without any concern for his own safety. There’s something fascinating, or maybe even attractive, seeing someone willingly put themselves in so much physiological danger yet survive it. And survive it elegantly at that.
Luckily for the female population who, like me, have entertained the idea of spending the rest of her young adult life with someone like Tobey or Spidey for the very reason I have stated, I am pleased to tell you that I have found a solution. I didn’t exactly find a Spidey costume or a Tobey lookalike, but I did find members of Parkour Philippines who could jump far and high, and, hear this: they don’t need a tight spandex suit tighter than your tights to show you their skills.
Here’s a video I took for INQUIRER.net VDO.
Adapted from Parkour pioneer David Belle’s philosophy or discipline of getting to point A to point B as efficiently as possible using only the strength of the human body, the members of Parkour Philippines have gathered to train their minds and bodies to achieve the same goal. Seeing some of their YouTube videos, I thought it would be interesting to learn more about this art form and actually participate. After an exchange of quite an amount of SMS messages, a jamming session was scheduled and posted online for the benefit of other traceurs (Parkour practitioners) and first-timers who also wanted to give it a go.
