Sunday, March 21, 2010

Parkour: An article for Spiked Magazine

Wong Li Jie, a student of BBSS and an avid traceur, has written an article for Spiked Magazine about his team's Parkour experience. The article is reproduced as per original below.

Like all action sports teams,we too ignited with a spark of passion,the passion for the achievements gained out of Parkour by working as an ever united team which only can be truly savoured by those who have the determination,the flare,the willpower whilst practicing the art of Le Parkour.

About a year ago,a group of friends of merely 14 years of age banded together to form what is now known as Team FAE Parkour.Of course,we started out barely knowing anything about Parkour,let alone knowing the essence of what Parkour is.Progress in the beginning was quite sluggish,but with Discipline,one of the pillars of Parkour,we have notably improved our skills over the following weeks and months to come.

And that gave birth to our first video.We eagerly wanted to show others what we had proudly achieved.However,we weren't as embraced by others at the start as we thought we would.But that didn't deter us from giving up.Instead,we got back on our feet and persisted,and like various Parkour movements,we overcame any obstable that came in our way.

Slowly we got much better.We had build a tighter bond amongst ourselves,our friends got to know what Parkour was defined as.Others had started to embrace our hard-earned efforts and we have seen very obvious improvements not just in our movements,but in ourselves.We have become more refined,disciplined,
responsible young men who have changed alot in the course of a year through the art of Le Parkour.We've learnt that Parkour is like we've said,overcoming obstables coming in your way,soaring up to greater levels,strengthening our lives.Parkour is not just about jumping around,boasting to others or being impulsive in any way,its about teaching yourself to be a better person both physically and mentally by always improving in anyway possible.

I am Wong Li Jie,along with Haziq bin Zailani,Mauvic Lim Jin Qian,Darren Yap Sheng,Nichloas Teo Zhao Ser,and Chang Yi of Team FAE Parkour residing at Sunny Singapore and we are challenging anyone out there to practise Le Parkour and we guarantee it will improve many aspects of your life and it will be an unforgettable and unregrettable experience.

Much obliged for taking your precious time in reading our heartfelt words.
 
Chang Yi handstand



Haziq Dash Precision


Haziq Kong Vault


Li Jie Dash Vault


Li Jie Dash Vault


Mauvic Cat Leap


Nicholas Butterfly Twist


Parkour


Team FAE Parkour

 
 

2 comments:

HJ LIM!(: said...

mr nicholas u got spelling error!!LOL!!haha!!

Mr Nicholas Lim said...

HJ, read the FIRST line carefully.