Parkoubo, the home for Filipino Parkour.

UPDATES:

2007-03-24T03:24:38Z

UPDATE:

Okay, jokes aside, the "hacker 69" thing was just a gag.

I'm making this post, because apparently, some people still stumble upon this journal.

For contact information with the new

PKPH (Parkour Philippines)

Please email parkourphilippines@yahoo.com
or 0917-919-32-38

or better yet, visit

www.pkph.multiply.com

Thank you very much!
-ira Villar (co-moderator)

park0uBUTT!!+

2006-02-17T13:04:01Z

haha n00b. Y0u just got pwned! LJ hacked!

hahaha passqwerty

/\/\

"Сок worth выжимка? Gehen Sie Sie normales altes Weibchen hinaus! Vous tournez tout le monde au côté en noir ! De tweede komst is gekomen? Mens?"

- hacker69

JAM!! :D

2005-08-17T02:48:00Z

Anthony and i are trying to set up a jam for this friday.

How did it come to beeeeee?
Well, ail's older brother, charles, (i think) had to do a paper and his group chose to write about parkour.
Then they interviwed me and anthony and so we gave em what we got. We talked about the culture, the philosophy, the essence that pk has for each of us. how it isn't a competition and how, just like philosophy, each person has his or her own path, and his or her own system.

The theory of reverse evolution (which we weren't able to explain much) but generally, we just talked about parkour.

Then after they left, we talked about the greater appreciation we suddenly had for parkour and how much we missed it. So there.

THIS FIRDAY, there will be a parkour jam.
Details? will be updated tonight, anthony and i still have to finalize em but it will most probably be in the QC area of Ateneo and possibly UP.
We know we're a little rusty, but it's a way of life, and we're never gonna let it go :P

Go pk!
Wait for announcements, okay? thanks :D

OH, AND...
We have a feeling, more jams will begin to happen later this year..
But the problem is, everyone's counting on US to make them..
SO.. to make things easier, better communication, etc.

We're gonna make the Parkour_philippines EGROUPS :P yey!
If you want in, just email me your email addresses, then we'll make it tonight :D thank you!
irapogi@yahoo.com

I figured, why not cross post this from my other journal.. man i miss PK.

2005-08-04T15:49:30Z

THE ULTIMATE PARKOUR CLIP!!!!!

right click, save target as ;)

it's DAVID BELLE and a clip from BANILIEU!

I WANT TO PK AGAIN.

EDIT:
YO CANT DLOAD :( but click it anyway! TRUST me.

EDITEDIT:
wait, try again.. i think i fixed it ;)
-ira

parkoubo @ 2005-03-20T07:50:00

2005-03-19T23:52:14Z

The fantastic rise or horrible corruption or parkour

...a VERY interesting read.

So all you people out there, if you're interested in parkour, PLEASE DON'T FORGET to learn the philosophies, and follow them by heart.

I love this sport, this art.

It's a shame what's happening right now but hey, it can be worked on.

also, if you haven't seen it yet, here's the online version of our article in the Guidon.
click me baby one more time
-ira

The return.

2005-03-14T02:54:10Z

- Du Pre - Ranois - Adhesion - DeadEye
...
Parkoubo Krew: Parkour Philippines

.
.
.
The return in April 2005

watch for it.

*-*-*-*

live free.run free.le parkour.

Rallying the Troops

2005-01-18T17:11:05Z

Remember this?

That's Sebastien Foucan, co-founder of Parkour, THE MAN.
...
Here's a better pic ;) just to show you that, as it is VERY HIGH, it IS VERY FAR.

------------------------------------------------------------------------

WOOH, le parkour is big and it's back baybee. It seems to have had a big explosion in the UK just recently with the release of "Jump Britain" (where these pics were taken from) but that's not all that parkour is about. It's not just about big jumps and fancy vaults and flips, its about freedom :P

Interested? Truly interested? Vaguely interested? oh hey, why not. We're having a massive jam/introduction this saturday afternoon after lunch. We meet at Anthony's house then we might continue on the Club Gymnastica for some safe vault practice.(don't forget to bring a hundred bucks for that. if you wanna join there too.) Need the address? contact My YM - irapogi maybe leave your contact cel number just in case and i'll get back to you A.S.A.P.
- actually the address is #10. San Leonardo Capitol 8, Pasig, Drilon Residence - Derek-
meet there after lunch, This Saturday. January 22, 2005

This isn't limited to the 4 members of the parkoubo krew, this is open to everyone! we're starting our slow but sure expansion of parkour. That means YOU to; Juni, Jenny, Erika, Lernie, etc..
Please please come :) we'll make it big :)
AND
a surprise announcement to those who come :) just go!

We'll have a vague itinerary of;
- Intro to philosophy of le parkour (the art of movement) / freerunning
- Some vids
- Introduction to various parkour techniques(basic)
- Gymnastica vault drills (possibly flips for others? Who knows..)
- General Parkour jam..

but generally, yeah, don't worry. stadium jumps are only part of our dreams.
We'll have simple vaults, roll practices, wall techniques, catleaps maybe, simple drills all in all for newbies out there :)

RECAP:
This saturday, January 22, 2005
After Lunch (1-130pmish)
Anthony's house (Address up there)
Bring; 100p(For gymnastica if ever), comfy clothes (for working out.jogging)

interested?! please go, please contact us.
For more info about what parkour is,
visit our Livejournal account. -> parkoubo
or our rarely updated but informative website. -> here.click.
CONTACT NUMBERS:
IRA - 09179193238
DEREK - 09175398047
ANTHONY - 09177949476
DAN - 09178149429
ready? ready?

....
SOUL!

A little teaser shot from JUMP UK

2004-11-29T12:46:47Z

OH MY GOD.

That's Sebastien Foucan. If you remember, he's the guy who did the 2 story drop in Jump London.
He's THE MAN.
I can't wait for Jump UK

note: This photo is NOT edited in any way. It's REAL.

parkoubo @ 2004-11-17T19:54:00

2004-11-17T11:54:56Z

Parkour featured on CSI tv show
Entitled 'Tri-Borough,' the episode will see main characters Mac Taylor and Stella Bonasera investigating the death of a young man killed by electrocution and then dumped on the street. The victim is identified as Red 'Slick' Hontz by his best friend and frequent parkour partner Alex, but when it turns out that Alex already has a burglary conviction on his record, Mac and Stella are left to wonder whether Slick was killed while taking another less than legal diversion from his parkour run.
The episode is expected to air sometime in early December on the American television network CBS. 'CSI: New York' is the third 'CSI' show, after the original 'CSI: Crime Scene Investigation' and the first spin-off 'CSI: Miami.' The show
debuted earlier this year, and is currently attracting about 15 million viewers per episode. The series' lead actors are Gary Sinise (Mac Taylor) and Melina Kanakaredes (Stella Bonasera).
Full information on the episode can be found by clicking here.
Good publicity for Parkour? You decide......

<- from UF Krew.

What it's all about: PK NEWS

2004-11-11T17:46:36Z

Here's some PK News for you, in case you're curious or just interested...huh? And if you are, support the PK movement <---gets? "PK movement" wahaha..ill shut up now.

MUST WATCH IT!

Jump London to air in Asia
The Jump London documentary is set to be broadcast again on the Discovery Channel in Asia on Sun 21st Nov at 9.00 pm, Mon 22nd Nov at 1.00 pm, Sun 28 Nov at 9.00 am. The times listed are in local Singapore time (GMT+08.00)

--->This is the famous Disovery showcase documentary on the art of Freerunning or Le Parkour. Some founding members of this sport/discipline have been granted to perform and practice their art in most of the most famous places in London. If you like it, there's gonna be a sequel called Jump UK which just finished filming and is currently being edited. I'll keep you guys updated so watch out for it. They say its gonna be better and features a whole lot of traceurs or freerunners, new and old alike.

More Parkour exposure on EX
It seems like the UF documentary aired a few months back on the Extreme sports channel has started to pay off.....This Saturday (13th of Nov) will see Chase Lee and his Supertricks team from the UK, getting some spotlight attention when their 'Evolution' video will be aired on a show called 'Sick'. Exact details of the time are sketchy but it's scheduled to go out between 8am and 12pm (GMT). *There's still a possible chance that the slot will be put back a week but for now the 13th seems to be all go.*
With the doors now open for Parkour, there's every possibility of seeing regular airings of the discipline on their channel. Keep hope alive.
Bulgarian Parkour gets media attention

--> I'm not sure if we even have Extreme Sports Channel or you guys..but if you do, doesn't hurt to check it out. I personally have a copy of the 'Evolution' Video...and yup, its definitely a keeper. Just reply to this post if you want to know where i downloaded it. PK4lyf!

Note: Just to show my respect, the news items are taken from www.urbanfreeflow.com , Global Parkour Network and Home of Parkour Worldwide. PrOpS!

In other news, we've been doing strenght and endurance training weekly since last week of sem break and will be planning to this regularly. We've also done some basics training over the break...and we've discovered some new vault variations and fine tuned others.
Friends are welcome to join us in our jogs and training sessions on Monday and Wednesday afternoons especially since sometimes, only two of us are available =p]
and maybe..ill go try to go back to weight training in the College covered courts gym on Tues and Thurs since this Sem is relatively simpler. Andre B. invited me, anyone else care to join me?
on a side note: Adhesion and I have joined Judo class, its fun, and we learn to roll better.
Also, we're planning to update the other Site with tutorials and pictures...so just watch out.
plus, we want to Club gymnastica to try some of the advanced moves and flips, and finetune the rest.(basics are still important!)
And the shirts are currently being made already by Tinahhhhh(thank you!!!)...once its done...we'll have our training shirts when we train around the campus YAY!

Crawl, Walk, Run, FREERUN!
-Du Pre

'cos we haven't updated in the LONGEST time.

2004-11-04T16:52:17Z

Woohoo! with the 40day and night celibacy challenge over (congratulate Dan "deadeye", the winner), the PK bug hit all of us again. We're going back to our regimens and exercises.

Anyways, our website isn't complete but it's on its way. That should be exciting. And we're still havin a fuc*d up time handling our t-shirts.. but i think it'll be okay..oh well. Pray for Parkoubo nlang!

side note:
i had my first lecture in french a while ago.
IT's SO COOL :)

Bonjour! Je m'appelle ira. et toi? Commente tu t'appelle?
not sure of spelling but i know the pronunciation. yey.
that's all

keep on flowin!

art attack

2004-10-01T16:06:19Z

got bored and procastinated school work..and guess what i thought of doing..PK
so i chatted myself in YM:derekism

then did this..can you guess the moves?

WHY NO PK??

2004-09-21T04:33:32Z

Hey, we haven't done much PK or training cos...
here.
..since day2!

place yer bets please.. it's fun! :D (for you.)

-ranois n du pre

oh and check this out!

LJ Battle Royale! by monmonito

Username

Weapon you got:

Boxing gloves

Your goal in the game:

To kill yourself.

Number of students killed:

For fun, you kill:

ir179

Out of a personal vendetta, you kill:

yaaawn

Accidentally, you kill:

mickeylu

You have an alliance with:

scourger

You develop a puppy-love romance with:

anteyes

Watch out for:

tsheeno

Percentage of survival possibility:: 76%

Dying words:

"What is this ice-pick doing in my throat?"

Quiz created with MemeGen!

..we'll be the end of us. ;)

My Parkoubo Graffiti!! :D

2004-09-10T10:24:56Z

ORIGINAL

some variations thru photoshop :D

like cavemen!

pretty funky too

OR

oorrrrrrr....

...i got more cept i havent uploaded em yet!
soon though!
-Ira "ranois"

rasam-fasam

2004-09-08T15:06:39Z

ok, for some dumb reason, the profile pic doesnt wana pop up no matter how many times i edit it.. so il just put it here.. its rili cool pa naman.. oh well.

-Dan/ deadeye

new pics!

2004-09-08T14:50:29Z

we had a small run near the gesu a while ago...

Parkoubo profile pic

Parkoubo Four

Me doing a thief vault

Du Pre/Derek and Adhesion/Anthony leaping simultaneously

Derek doing a lazy vault

Anthony doing a thief vault

Anthony leaping (insert skateboard under legs. hehe)

Ranois/ Ira doing the i-cant-leap-cause-im-injured pose.

Three Of Us In Action.

Three Of Us In Action 2 (Now with more action!)

Enjoy!
-Dead Eye/ Dan

shirt.

2004-09-03T13:01:00Z

here's the finalized design for our pk shirt.. tell us what you think! :D

thanks to mickey lu for the front design! :D

- Dan/ Dead Eye

parkoubo @ 2004-08-26T16:55:00

2004-08-26T08:54:56Z

It's an article about parkour. When this journalist interviewed the the UF krew.
All in all, pretty good. She stays away from the conception as parkour being similar to "jackass" and brings light to the whole philosophy of it all.

After reading it, it made me think. I will not be selfish. Must be a traceur.
Le Parkour can be for anyone who is interested. But i do stress that you have to give respect to it and i just hope it isn't treated as just another fad.

I agree with the article.
My life's changed.
PK 4 LIFE.

click.

-Ira "ranois" Villar

live free. run free. Le Parkour.

parkoubo @ 2004-08-21T21:39:00

2004-08-21T14:00:33Z

Derek, Ira and I went to the Greenbelt area today to look for hot spots. Well, we were originally supposed to go to Ortigas, but we figured Makati would be more fun. And it was. :P We mostly roamed the area tho, checking out spots and the stability of the bars, rails, etc.

Uh, we have some pics, but most of them were taken in the park outside my house. At night. Hehe!

oh yeah.. the pics could be HUGE. ata. hehe.

Ira/Ranois doing a palm spin in the Makati Area

Me doing a mute (is it a mute? im not sure) vault

Derek/ Du Pre doing a lazy vault

Derek leap

Me doing a cat leap

Ira doing a leap

Ira and Derek doing a cat leap

Ira and Derek doing another cat leap

Ira's big leap from another angle.

Ira doing a verti-post (hell i duno what to call it)

Derek doing a lazy vault... and sporting a face only a mother would love. hehe. :P

-Dead Eye

Parkoubo Logos.

2004-08-21T12:37:02Z

For the people who don't have mickey Lu in their friends lists, here are a few logos that he made for us!
Check it out.
click.

side note:
I finally did a 360 wall hop!!! :D
Tried to nail it down, did it around 5-6 times..
wooh!

-ranois

Dress us up!

2004-08-13T16:50:07Z

Finally, after much planning,Ranois("HAPPY B-DAY IRA!") and I have come up with tentative designs
for the up and coming PARKOUBO T-SHIRTS!!!!this will be used for our training and R'prezent y'all =p

So, check out these 3 sets..and PLEASE COMMENT for improvement and HELP US CHOOSE!

page1: The front of the shirt
page2: we take one name(our Pk name) and place it at the left sleeve of each traceurs respective shirt.For comparison purposes only, we put all of the core member names already.
page3: The back of the shirt

Standard color is white shirt black design. Though,we are currently discussing other color combinations...

SET1:

SET2:

SET3:

Set1black:

Set2black:

Set3black:

PS.Your choice would also decide the design of the proposed "i love parkouboys!" tees available in most any shirt and color (provide your own tees), so reply now while we still havn't printed the tees!!

-derek "Du Pre" =p

Our bodies, how they're built, and how we can improve them.

2004-08-08T05:53:56Z

"I was looking at my fingerprints today... And I wondered, what the hell are they for? Then I started thinking...

If your fingers were smooth, no fingerprints, there wouldn't be as much friction. You wouldn't be able to pick stuff up as easily. Try this: Go pick up an egg, tapered side up, with the print area of your thumb, index, and middle fingers. Just grab the top, don't grab along the bottom. Now try the same thing with pieces of clear tape wrapped around your fingertips. No good! Why? No friction! Our skin is warm, moist, and ridged. Very good conditions for friction. Coincidence? (don't go into an evolution VS religion thing)

Also, look at the shape of your hand. What tool can you think of that is more pliable for handling and manipulating a larger variety of media? Nothing. (except maybe hands with dexterous tentacles instead of fingers)

Observe our musculoskeletal structure. It bends and twists in ways that are suited for an assortment of very particular actions: Running, climbing, hanging, swinging, jumping.... Sound familiar?

PK, as I see it, is reverse evolution. It's looking past what our intellect has forced our bodies to do: Sit, type, write, draw, overeat... So then Parkour, the Art of Movement, is primally what we are meant for. When you flow, try not to think. Let your sense of balance, gravity, strength, inertia, and desire to progress for the sake of progression take over. This overcompensation, body over mind, is what I think we know as Flow, the Zone, or even Nirvana. We think only with the very bottom of our brain, our hyposubconsious, beyond Freudian terms of thinking. Dopomine, serotonin, and andrenaline fill our nerve centers, subduing our neo-sapien intellect.

Strive for that place of thoughtlessness, where only what you feel matters.

How this relates directly to parkour; in summary:

Don't think 'Hey, I'm gonna to a kash vault and then tic-tac over that and then...'

Just think 'I'm going.'"
-geistopher

.. beautiful :)

pk oblation graffiti.

2004-08-01T06:42:27Z

That's my PKOBLATION graffiti..
i'm off to work on PARKOUBO now.. yeehaw!

"hit the ground running!"

- Ranois

So you've just found us and are totally new to Parkour?

2004-07-18T18:30:23Z

Note: taken from UF site, for all of you still not sure...

What is Parkour?
Parkour is very basically the art of movement where participants (otherwise known as 'Traceurs') use objects within their urban surroundings, to create new and interesting ways of moving. It encompasses running, jumping, vaulting and climbing to overcome these obstacles, where the ultimate aim is to do so in the most fluid and flowing way possible. For people unfamiliar to Parkour, the easiest picture to paint is to say that what we do is the closest you can get to the Matrix, Spiderman and Hong Kong martial arts movies in the sense of movement, without the need for special FX or wires. Get past that mental picture and what you have in front of you is a deep discipline where, as a beginner you'll find yourself practising plenty of singular moves (similar to how skaters practise) but as you become more proficient, you'll find yourself automatically linking things together with the eventual goal coming in the form of one fluid run without any hesitation.

PS. watch out for the very interesting PK history coming up soon....

-du pre

Alternative Video Hosting

2004-07-11T17:24:32Z

To everyone who can't seem to download the video
here's another alternative host site
But the catch is that it'll only be there for 7 days...
So get one now! If you want to..cant force anyone...your cool if you get it qahaha =p

Just Click
THIS VIDEO!
to Start Downloading.

Special thanks to Nazirul of the Malaysian Traceurs for suggesting the site..and also
to Yousendit.com

And just like last time, feel free to leave comments and suggestions, actually their highly encouraged. Thanks!

Listen to the lyrics...they fit!

Enjoy Parkour!

-Du Pre