Thursday, April 28, 2011

Parkour Talent Show
A student named Nick wanted to try out for this year's talent show because he wanted to win for once at something and he also wanted to end the 6-time champions reign of terror and horror, Adam.

Nick decided that he wanted to do parkour outside of the school. Parkour is basically you trying to get from one point to another by doing a series of tricks. So he did all of his homework on the bus, since it was like a fifty-minute ride back home, and did some warm-ups. Sit-ups, push-ups, and jumping jacks. Next he turned on the computer, went on the Internet and searched, "Parkour for Beginners" and a ton of selections came up. Of course, he clicked the first one because he knew that the first choice is always the most popular. So he watched the video over and over again to try and understand the basics and techniques. So after fifty times of watching the video he decided to actually try it. The parkour he was trying to do was the wall run.

So he tried and tried to get the right momentum and speed to actually run across wall as shown in the video but he could not. So he tried one more time and he actually got the right speed. he did it from one foot to the other foot. and he landed safely. He was so happy he did another parkour trick, the wall up. This is basically a wall run but you are running up. You are not really running against the wall. It is actually just a jump from one foot and yet another jump (depending on how high the structure is) by the other foot. So he yet again did it on the first try. After that he did a thief vault and parkour jumps and even a parkour roll which is a somersault when you land from a high jump of when you finish a wall run. The last thing he did was the wall run flip, which is basically a wall up but in the middle of it you have to flip off of the wall. It's basically an escape thing when you are at a dead end and there's nowhere else to go. After that he was ready for the next day.

So the next day came after a really tiring day of parkour the other day. and he ate his breakfast, warmed up and asked his dad to record him doing all of the parkour tricks the other day and the dad went to get his camera when Adam came up and said...

"What are you doing for the talent show?"
" Why do you want to know?" Nick said anxiously.
" I am doing parkour", Adam said eagerly.
" Just get out of here" Nick said. 

So when Adam left, Nick got angry like a raging bull. How could he know that I was doing parkour, unless he didn't. whatever it was Nick knew that he knows more and better techniques on how to do the professional parkour. So he learned some more professional techniques and after that his dad came little later than he thought and finally recorded him doing all of the parkour moves he knows. He edited the video to make it look like a movie. He was ready for the talent show the next day.

At the talent show , there was only two people. Adam, and Nick. And of course, Adam went first since he was the champion. Instead of recording the parkour like a smart person ( because outside you would be able to do more parkour than inside) So he could only do the wall run the wall up, and the wall run flip. Only almost three people applauded. When I went up the projector came up and and I inserted the disc and and the movie played. after 5 minutes, almost everyone clapped and the announcer announced " The winner is..... Nick" I was so happy, I took the trophy and ran home immediately and slept in my bed. 

"Finally I will be remembered at something", thought Nick.

Below is a videos about doing beginner parkour

 


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