Teen's Parkour Skills Fail Him At The Wrong Moment

Parkour for as annoying as some of the people who practice the sport are is still pretty interesting. However, it is still pretty fun to watch them when they fail as well. This teen is trying to get off some moves when his skills and decision-making process and ends up hitting himself in the crotch. Which, you never really want to wish on somebody, but at the same time is never not funny. You’ve just got to pay attention when you’re pulling off stunts like this.

In previous blogs on this site we have discussed the history of parkour and it’s British/American offshoot freerunning. For this particular blog we are going to skip the history and instead go over some movies that we love that happen to feature scenes of parkour. Just as a general we are going to recommend any movie that stars Jackie Chan, he has been doing some version of freerunning for decades. Seriously, some of the stunts he pulls off are just amazing and if you haven’t treated yourself to a Jackie Chan movie in a while do yourself a favor.

A couple of other martial arts movies with great parkour scenes that we like include the original Ong-Bak starring Tony Jaa. Of course, there is also the opening scene to Daniel Craig’s first movie as James Bond, Casino Royale. It is a classic. If you don’t mind subtitles I would recommend District 13 which stars David Belle, the founder of parkour. It has a sequel called District 13: Ultimatum. Belle also starred in a remake called Brick Mansions which featured the RZA and Paul Walker. If you like dumb actions movies it isn’t too bad. There are a few more that we could offer but we do recommend you seek out the ones we mentioned.