Kendama

Clack, clack, pow. It’s just two pieces of wood connected with a string right? No, it’s more than just that, it’s a traditional Japanese skill toy, that improves focus, determination, and hand-eye coordination. Kendama makes me never want to give up and teaches me nothing is impossible. Kendama can NEVER be mastered. Kendama is a whole new world of possibilities.

Once I pick up the kendama I can’t put it down. I keep trying and trying new tricks. The more I practice a trick the easier it get’s, but no one really realizes what kendama can do. If I wanted to study for a english test I would use the same concept as kendama. I would keep trying and keep trying until I master that “trick”. I could use that same concept for pretty much anything.

Kendama has taught me a lot more than I ever thought 7 months ago. When I first saw the kendama about 10 months ago I liked it and thought it was really fun. Lot’s of kids started to buy them and show off their tricks. Some kids were better than others. I still didn’t have one because I thought that it wasn’t worth $27.99 but as it turns out it was worth 1 million dollars to me.

Telescopes are Awesome

The Telescope

Hey you reading this you probably know what a telescope is? don’t you! It’s that thing you look out of to see things far away from you. You probably know the telescope best from movies with pirates in them. Those things are useful, right? Lets see where, who, and when they were made! The earliest telescope ever used was in 1609. There were many people that claimed they invented the telescope such as Hans Lippershey (who is mostly credited), Zacharias Janssen, and Jacob Metius of Alkmaar. The telescopes supposedly consisted of convex lens, and a concave eyepiece. Soon after that, Galileo used that design to make his own, it worked, and the telescope was born.

The telescope was known to have been invented somewhere in the Netherlands. The telescope has so many importances to it, pirates used to use it to see enemy ships far off the coast to ready for battle, while scientists use it to make amazing discoveries about our world.  Telescopes are now getting so advanced, that scientists are sending them up into space! Recently The Hubble was sent out into space to bring back astronomical research. This amazing, modern telescope can see space better than anything else.

Well, why are people even that interested in space objects? Because space objects allow you to see a world beyond the eyes. Now you probably use binoculars more than you use telescopes. But let me tell you, telescopes are way more amazing and have so many more features and history as explained above. Now get up from wherever you are and go make a discovery with a telescope.

Video Games

My older sister interested me in video games when I was little. I started playing with Game Boy Advanced, and when the D.S. came out I got that. I played Pokemon(Pocket Monsters) with my friends and my sister.

I later bought an Ipod and was giving a laptop. When Minecraft came out I installed Pocket Edition on my Ipod. First the free version and then on my birthday one year I bought the Full version of pocket edition. My friends and I played on worlds together. We eventually tried the computer version of Minecraft. It was very different at first and we hated it, because there were more blocks and items and we had to craft stuff, and we couldn’t figure out the controls. We eventually became familiar with it and each bought users, and played together on multiplayer servers.

Minecraft is fun because you can do whatever you want to do. There are different game modes and difficulties. You can play in creative-mode, where you can use any block in the game and just build. In survival-mode, you collect resources, build a shelter, farm and collect food. Then there is hardcore-mode, where the monsters are very strong, and if you die your world gets deleted, but otherwise hardcore-mode is just like survival-mode.

People have created multiplayer mini game for minecraft like hunger/survival games, which is literally based on the movie Hunger Games, and Skyblock, which basically you start off on a platform in the middle of space with some supplies that you have to farm to survive.

Minecraft is also always being worked on, new versions come out every few months. Minecraft is purposely really easy to “mod”. People can make modifications to the game so that they can have fun and then they can put it on the internet for other people to download. My favorite mod right now is the Pixelmon mod, which is Pokemon in Minecraft!

I love minecraft. Its just so fun and creative and easy to learn how to play. I play or watch youtube videos of people playing minecraft in my free time. Sometimes when i am doing a homework assignment that I don't like I will procrastinate and play Minecraft or watch a youtube video of Minecraft.

Gymnast For Life

Bending backward over a 4 inch wide plank, 4 feet above the ground. Bangs and thuds as someone runs down the Vault runway. This is what my afternoon’s consist of, from 4:30 to 8:00 3 days a week. I started doing gymnastics when I was barely two years old, so that I could jump around and not get injured. This sport challenges me daily, and I enjoy every minute of it.

I started gymnastics when I was very young, with a small class and learning basic stuff, like forward rolls and cartwheels and handstands. In 2nd grade, I tried out for the competitive team and made it! This meant that I had to spend 3 and ½ hours 3 days a week after school working out with the team so that I could be ready for competition. That was the end of my free time. Its a good thing my other passion, reading, can be done in the car! My first competition was in the fall of 3rd grade and it was exciting to compete for the first time. Even though I had fallen 3 times on the beam and not even competed bars, it inspired me to work harder so I could become better. And I did! Just the next year in 4th grade I made it the State Gymnastics Championships and won 1st on Floor and Beam! This meant I was the best in the state of Oregon on Beam and Floor. It was such an amazing experience on top of the podium and knowing I had won that I decided that I wanted to win State again next year. Unfortunately, it didn’t happen, but in 6th grade I made it to State again and I won all the events! This year I made it to State again as a Level 5 and won 1st on Floor and 2nd on beam.

Gymnastics is a very challenging sport. Gymnasts at my level have to compete 4 events, Vault, Uneven Bars, Balance Beam, and Floor Exercise. Vault is where you run down a runway, jump off a springboard, and flip over a table. Bars is where you swing around a low bar 5 feet off the ground and a high bar 8ft off the ground and do flips off of it. Beam is where you tumble and leap across a 4 inch wide piece of wood 4 ft above the ground. Floor is where you tumble across a spring filled floor. Each event you compete you are judged, and the judges give you a score out of 10, subtracting points for incorrect skills or technique. The highest score I have gotten is 9.85, at the 2012 State Meet on Balance Beam.

 I am a perfectionist. I try hard every day to make whatever I am doing be perfect. It challenges me mentally and physically on a daily basis to go bigger, higher, faster, and try harder. The hard part comes when I am not perfect. Because I still struggle on bars and strength conditioning, my weaknesses push me to become better. 

This sport has helped me grow in many ways, and given me good traits like determination, focus, and resilience. It has also taught me good life lessons, such as getting up when you fail, and believing in yourself. Because of this sport I have no social life outside of the gym, and have no time to do fun activities such as going to the beach. I come home exhausted every day and am constantly faced with challenges of balancing homework and school. Someday I am going to have to chose between the two, but I can only hope that it doesn’t happen for a long, long, time.

Taekwondo (meaning foot hand art), is a Korean martial art. Taekwondo teaches many different things like, self discipline, self control, self confidence, and of course, self defence.  Taekwondo, like many other martial arts, has ranks in the form of a colored belts. In 2008 I started as a white belt and moved through yellow, orange, green, purple, blue, brown, red, deputy, (half red, half black) and finally black belt in 2011. In May 2014 I will be testing for my second degree black belt. However, different martial arts have a different number of belts. In Taekwondo there are four stripes in a belt, they each have their own meaning and when you have all of them you can test for the next belt.

Like I said, Taekwondo teaches many other things aside from self defense. There are five tenets of Taekwondo, courtesy, integrity, indomitable spirit, perseverance, and self control. Taekwondo has also taught me how to set small goals, for example, getting the next stripe for a belt, and big goals that are challenging and far away, like getting a new belt.  At the beginning, you start out not knowing much but as you go on and progress through the belts you learn new techniques.

A lot of things in Taekwondo can’t be achieved fast and easy. This picture is of a kick that took a long time to practice and master. This kick can’t be taught in one day, like every sport you need to work hard and master challenging things. For instance you can't just memorize moves, you need to focus on how it looks, being crisp (not sloppy), and how much power you put into your moves.

I like Taekwondo because it is a different sport. It is a supportive and challenging learning environment, where I have met nice and supportive people. When I was a white belt I used to look at the instructors and want to help the class like them. Now that I am one, I get to share my knowledge and teach the colored belts.

School should be more like sports!

School should be more like sports. If I am not mistaken, then there are other kids like me, kids would rather be playing basketball, kids who would rather be dancing or even kids who would rather be acting. In the classroom every day, we sit in our seats, take notes, do work sheets, and listen to the teachers lecture us. The thing about learning in classrooms is that we’re not active. If we were to learn the way Logan LaPlante learns at his program, we would get some of the same curriculum and have fun doing it. For one example, he went to the Squaw Valley ski patrol to learn about mountain safety, and then the next day they learned about the science of snow and weather, and avalanches. Not only is this a good way to learn but it gets you up and moving. I feel like we could keep some of the class work, but also it would not be very hard to do fun things in classes. We could do things as simple as acting out a Shakespeare play in History.

Don’t get me wrong, I think Catlin has lots of fun, exciting extra things that most other schools in the world do not have, things such as ropes courses, outdoor trips, and plenty of cool co-curricular activities. Other schools in the nation don’t get these opportunities.

If kids had the opportunities to learn like playing basketball, then they could be able to approach things differently, acquire good teamwork, and successfully succeed in whatever they wanted to do with the help of their teacher or in this case their coach.

I think that if I were ever a teacher, I would listen to what the kids wanted to learn and how they wanted to learn it. Not only that, but I would also try to make whatever we were doing very fun and also very educational at the same time -- like when you practice learning a new move in basketball, you are learning and also having fun.

The thing about Logan LaPlante's technique is that it is like skiing: sometimes when you’re trying a new trick, you will fail. Failing is not always a bad thing because if you don’t ever fail then you’re not trying new things. Once you do fail you will be pushed harder and you will want to keep trying and keep trying until you get it perfectly.

Skiing Since Two

Skiing has been a challenge and success for me. I started at the early age of two years old! My family always said, “better early than late” for my skiing career. All my family has loved skiing, even my great great-grandfather who skied until he was in his late 80’s. I have gone on many ski trips with my family from Park City, to Alaska. I started to be able to ski without help at five, but that is when I started to dislike it. My family thought I was an amazing skier that could ski anything, so they would always take me to places that were very difficult and they would expect me to glide down the run. I would get caught behind and have to find my way to where my mom stopped to wait for me, which is ironic, because she went too far down for me to see her.
When I was four years old, I skied straight into a tree and hurt my entire face. I have learned from that, and since then I have never got distracted from skiing, because hitting your face on a tree really hurts.
I have gone on ski trips with friends to places like Alaska, and Canada. They are always a lot of fun, but we usually end making ski jumps and sledding off of them the entire time. On the Canada trip, we would stay outside sledding for five hours sometimes!
When I was six I became a ski racer. I was on the MAC team with all of my friends, but I never won any races. It was still a lot of fun. I quite ski racing when I was seven.
I have always wanted to be able to do crazy back flips and spins, but I could never push myself to do any of it. I know a couple of kids that can do crazy tricks. I have always been super jealous of them.
I started to snowboard when I was eight. I never understood the concept of turning, so I would crash very frequently. Being able to snowboard well has been a goal of mine for a while, but I haven’t snowboarded for a long time, so I don’t think I will meet my goal of becoming a world class snowboarder. I have stuck to skiing for a long time, and I very rarely snowboard.
I regained my liking for skiing last year. Because then I could get ahead of my family and not the other way around.
physically, skiing is not very challenging for me. But after many hours, my legs and arms will start hurt from constantly moving and springing around. It is physically hard for most people to ski, even though you get ten minute lift breaks every fifteen minutes. The lifts are what I hate most about skiing, I have always thought about a ski resort having teleporters from the bottom of the mountain to the top, but sadly there hasn’t been teleporters yet. The early morning wake-ups are also very difficult, especially for ski bus when everyone has to wake up at 6:00 AM for the 7:00 o’clock bus ride to the mountain. But I instantly wake up after I see my friends on the bus.
Skiing has been in my jeans since I was born. Even though it is hard in it’s own ways, it is still the sport that I am best at and like the most and I want it to stay that way.

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Gandhi Memoir

From Sabarmati to Dandi-for a Grain of Salt

by Henry Sanders

    It is a chilly March morning in Sabarmati, India. There is a knock on the front door of my house. I am lying on my meditation bed when I hear the banging. My maid answers the door on my behalf.

    “Hello. We are here for Mr. Mahatma Karamchand Gandhi. He told us to come to his house on the twelfth. Today is the twelfth,” the men outside say. They sounded anxious, but also very excited.

    “What is the occasion?” my maid asks skeptically.

    “Did the Mahatma say nothing of the event? You now…‘The March’?” they reply-this time sounding very worried.

    “I will have him speak to you. Just wait here. I will get him” she prepares to close the door on them.

“No need to, Miss Chakrabarti,” I interrupt. The men outside the door gasp and cluster around me.

“We don’t mean to be a hinderance to you Mahatama, but we all wish to go on the march with you,” they say as though they are in front of their favorite celebrity.

I was wearing a single piece of cloth that was covering my entire body. I had some withered and worn sandals on my feet and a staff in my left hand. I was ready for the march; and so were twenty of my closest followers.

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We have been traveling for the past 18 days and we have finally reached the town of Ankleshwar. Only 100 miles outside our destination town of Dandi, I have seen my crowds go from twenty people to five people to a hundred people. This march has received global coverage. Writers from all over have come to interview me about the march and why I started it. So why did I start the Salt March? What was I hoping to accomplish with it?

    Ever since I was a born in 1862, the british government has had all ownership of India. This has caused a problem to many Indian people in many different ways. However, one of the worst  things that the English men have inflicted on  the Indian population are the taxes. The English government has taxed everything from shoes to food to salt. They have made being an Indian more expensive and difficult than it should be. So, my idea for the Salt March was to walk the 240 miles to Dandi. Dandi is where the salt works lie. Upon arrival, I will reach down and grab a handful of salt. This is a nonviolent protest and also a call to action for people all over the world to see.

    I get out of my tent at the break of dawn. Twenty people hear me. They get out of their tents and follow me on the path. The path towards freedom.

    “Mahatma. Mahatma. When is the march going to end?” a reporter asks me.

    “The march will end when the English men agree to stop punishing the Indian people.”

    “But sir…” the reporter persistently asks, stuffing his microphone in my face like he’s force feeding a pig.

    “Enough. Now, we walk.”

    As we walked, the group and I would sing songs, laugh, tell stories, pray. This march was a joyous occasion, not a glum protest. It is a peaceful march, meant to do nothing but receive recognition for our cause. There are only two men that have been with me for the entire trek. They asked not to have their names revealed in any speech or letter I was going to write that spoke of them. That is the only cowardly thing they have ever done. They are great men. Men who want nothing but to do right by their country.

As I look back at the withered crowd singing and telling stories, I can’t help but bless the Indian people and know that deep down, even if I die, this nonviolent way of life will succeed me. We are a gentle people, a kind people. Whatever happens to the protest is now in the hands of Rama. You, my friends, have done all there is to do.

The dirt road ahead of us is long and winding, but we will never give up-not on the march, not ever.

Three hours into the morning, we stop by a willow tree-pick up new followers, loose old ones. We will pray for the next fifteen minutes, then we will walk. We pray for you, Rama. We walk for the Indian people.

   

The Challenges of Rock Climbing

Hands slapping holds, fingernails scraping against rough, textured walls. Shouts as someone drops 15 feet, and is lowered to the ground. This is what my afternoons are like, surrounded by stinky feet and sweaty backs. I started rock climbing over two years ago, during fifth grade. Rock climbing challenges me both physically and mentally, and I love it.

When I walked into Portland Rock Gym in November 2011, I didn’t expect anything but a basic belaying class. Although I was too young to do the actual belaying, my mom would learn, and I would climb. The class was taught by someone who, at the time, also coached the junior team. As I was scrambling ungracefully up the walls, she informed me about the team. I was intrigued. Just three days later, I was at a practice, and I was fully hooked.

Physically, rock climbing is very challenging. It always challenges me to push a little harder on the route I've been working on. At the end of a good practice, my arms and abs are super sore. The workouts I do at practice are really hard for me, and they require a lot of physical strength. Getting this strength has always been and will always be a challenge for me, whether I end up at a national competition or just climbing for fun.

 

The mental part of rock climbing is one I didn't expect. I really have to believe that I can do something if I'm ever going to achieve it. I've learned to trust my belayer and spotter, and because of this I've made great friends that I trust more than almost anyone else. Committing to moves was another mental aspect, and accepting that sometimes you fail. Sometimes you have to really prepare yourself to jump to another hold and risk falling 10 or 15 feet. For example, I once was on a climb of a difficulty I had never done before, and at the last move, I committed myself to the move, and I didn't make it, and I fell almost 20 feet. This was a disappointing learning experience, it taught me that I really had to believe in what I was doing, although sometimes I might fail. All of these things, trusting my belayer, believing in myself, and commiting are all things that have mentally challenged me

Overall, rock climbing has helped me grow and and become stronger. After I started rock climbing in fifth grade, I discovered lots of physical challenges with my strength. I also found lots of mental challenges in the sport. I think rock climbing has helped me step out of my comfort zone in many ways. I really love the sport, and I love facing the challenges that it brings.

Here is a YouTube video of me climbing 

Jordans, Kobes, Lebrons, Are They Worth It?

JORDAN'S, KOBES, LEBRONS, ARE THEY WORTH IT?

    “But see I look inside the mirror and think Phil Knight tricked us all”- Macklemore Wings. Nike, they have consumed us, they have tapped into the human brain of what looks right, feels comfortable, and what supposedly works well. Nike has risen as the years have gone on. Before Nike had signed Michael Jordan in 1984 Nike made $269,775 in 1980 and then made twice as much after Jordan. That is far below what they have now. But really are all those shoes worth it? Yeezys are going for $2,000-$3,000 on Ebay. The infamous “Mags” as seen in Back To The Future Two have been going on Ebay now for $10,000. What I am really trying to tell you is that there should be a difference in quality of a $20 nike shoe and a $300 shoe. But is there?

    What is the meaning of consumerism? How does Nike make us feel that it’s shoes are a pursuit of identity? Personally, I love Nike. And, yes, I do buy their shoes. But why do I want to? I want to because it’s the power of purchase. A regular Joe can be overcome by the power of purchase. But what is the power of purchase? The power of purchase is how Nike tricks you into buying it’s higher end shoe products. The way they do it is almost entirely by display. They take a shoe that has a very clean look and put labels on it like: Helps to make better cuts in basketball, stylish off court, great feel on court, very comfortable. The very comfortable part intrigues me, the Nike Zoom Rookie were said to be comfortable, but as I played in them they made my feet hurt. What I’m trying to tell you is Nike is all about looks. The shoes look won’t make you play better, you could wear a less expensive pair of shoes and perform the same or better.

    What has Nike’s revenue been over the past years? Well, before they signed Michael Jordan they made only $269,775 and after Jordan signed to Nike they made twice as much more money. The Michael Jordan shoe line was then released and that has become the most bought shoe line ever. The line was soon banned because it didn’t meet the NBA’s specifications. They would fine Jordan $5,000 dollars everytime he wore them on the court and Nike would pay the fine everytime he wore them. This made the Jordan shoe line very very popular at that time. Still, today 12 year olds get shoes that first came out before they were even born.

    What I am really asking is are these $200 nike shoes really worth more or less than the $20 Nike shoes. I would say in some cases the more expensive is better and in other cases it isn’t. Take Free Runs for example, they range from $90-$100 and never over that. On the other hand take some Lebron 10 MVPs. The MVPs are $2,000, but are they going to make me run better? No in this case it is all in the looks. Lebron 10 MVPs are expensive but really do no better in running than free runs. Now take some free runs again as before ranging from $90-$100, now take some Hyperdunks. Hyperdunks range from $100-$150 these will work better for running, they have overall more quality and much more support if I were to play basketball. So in the end it turns out that in some cases the expensive shoes will be better but in other cases they won’t.

URL LINKS:

MAGS: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/.a/6a00d8341c630a53ef015391a89c46970b-pi

YEEZY: http://uncrate.com/p/2012/05/nike-air-yeezy-2-xl.jpg

   

Why Should I Care About Manga?

Those short, Japanese graphic novels? Why're you telling a person like me to read it? Well, there's an emotion you have when you have nothing to do, and it's boredom. And it's a terrible feeling. So how can a graphic novel cure that? Manga's very fast pace, so every book, no matter how short it may seem, it's always holds a thrilling adventure worth re-reading, and many have cliffhangers at the end, encouraging readers to leap into the next book. They're like a tornado, they suck you in and only spit you out after the very last book. And then you want to dive right back into it again, re-reading and re-reading again! I love manga because I can check out 3-4 books in a series from the library, and even though I can read them in a single night, they can last me a whole week, just from re-reading. It's always good to re-read manga, because there's always details that you've missed. Although they may not last you as long as some cool fiction book, I think they're much more entertaining because, as I stated before, they're very action packed, and an adventure awaits you under every cover.

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Brother

 

Brothers

I have 3 brothers on is older and is named Gus the two younger ones are named Keola, and Liko. Gus is really annoying. He is in the high school and always get to stay up later then me. Keola and Liko are my favorite they are really nice and look up to me. They like to play what I like and are really good at football. One of my favorite sports. I am now going to tell you a small story that happened only a few days ago. I was sick and in bed. I had been reading in my bed for the past few days and was getting really bored. Keola being the best brother in the world really wanted me to get better and he went all out in trying. First, he drew me a picture of a alien thingy that and it was really good. The picture had the word get better soon. That night he brought up diner a hamburger that they got from my favorite restaurant the hub.Then the next day, he brought up breakfast mt favorite, cinnamon crunch. I was getting the best treatment of my life. That is why my two little brothers are the best in the world.

Being a Traceur (Person who does Parkour/Freerunning)

Lots of people ask me how I got into Parkour. I started doing it not too often as an after school activity in fourth grade. I wouldn’t consider it a sport that I did back then because I wasn’t very serious about it and it was just a fun thing I did on Fridays. Later in fifth grade, my Mom found out about a place called Revolution Parkour, where they taught classes and also had equipment. She asked me if I wanted to try it and I said yes. I don’t recall what the focus of my first class was, but I enjoyed it and wanted to go there again. After spending lots of time at RVPK, I got a membership so I could go more often. Eventually I started doing Parkour almost everyday. I don’t get as much practice in outdoor urban environments than I’d like, but good places to practice are hard to find because lots of things are trivial and the things that aren’t are too hard.

I love Parkour for many reasons. One that’s very simple is, it’s fun! I also love the feeling of moving with a purpose, trying to get somewhere. There is a big creativity aspect in Parkour. Sometimes you have a choice, which is where things get very creative. You could simply tack (push against after jumping at to change momentum direction) up a wall, or you could lache (swing) from a nearby bar into a cat (hanging position).  Parkour is also a great workout. It doesn’t only provide a cardio workout, but also uses most of the muscles in your body, depending on what you are doing.

Right now what I have been training in Parkour is to get farther when doing a kong vault, and also to be able to dive for it from farther. I am also trying to get my front flip landing standing up instead of squatted down.

In most secret agent action movies, at least one chase scene involves “Parkour” as many people know it as. This tunnel vision of the sport makes people think that it contains lots of flips, and also it is always practiced on top of 50 foot high buildings. This version of the sport is only partially correct.

After saying I do Parkour, lots of people respond by saying something along the lines of “Whoa! so do you like jump off giant buildings and stuff like that?” The answer is no. Although these people are aggravating, I don’t blame them. Their idea of Parkour is just what they’ve heard, and they have no reason to think that these descriptions are false. A lot of the movements that people do when high up on buildings has been practiced by them numerous times on soft ground. As an anonymous man/woman once said “An amateur practices something until he gets it right. A professional practices until he can't get it wrong!”

Most people have heard of Parkour, but not so many people have heard of Freerunning. Wikipedia Gives a good distinction between the two.

Parkour:

Parkour (French pronunciation: ​[paʁˈkuʁ]) is a holistic training discipline using movement that developed from military obstacle course training.[4][5][6] Practitioners aim to get from A to B in the most efficient way possible.They do this using only their bodies and their surroundings to propel themselves; furthermore, they try to maintain as much momentum as is possible in a safe manner.

Freerunning:

Freerunning (or free running) is the art of expressing oneself in his or her environment without limitation of movement. It is a martial discipline founded by Sebastien Foucan, who wrote a book on the subject. Foucan started what he termed "freerunning" in 2003, which he developed as a more inclusive form of parkour, but having more acrobatic-like movements added.

If you didn’t understand the definitions, then basically Parkour is about getting from from point A to point B as quickly and as efficiently as possible. Freerunning adds in non efficient movements that generally look cool like flips and spins, and also sometimes isn’t about going in a specific direction, but just moving around in a small area. Most people think flips and other acrobatic movements are included in Parkour, but they are incorrect. Again, I don’t blame them, I blame the media. I have mixed feeling over these definitions and I think that Parkour can contain some creative inefficient movements and still be considered Parkour, but it can’t be focused on doing them.