Urban Freeflow
Urban Freeflow (often abbreviated to UF or U$F[citation needed]) is a company that was started in 2003. Urban Freeflow is a large, UK based free running group that is involved in media work and promotions, seeking to make money from the work of young team-members.
Urban Freeflow International team
The "UF team", known as Seidojin, consists of the following individuals: Asid, Bam, Blue, Ez, Kerbie, Livewire, Spidey, Pip, Niel and Sticky. As all are involved in work and media deals, they only train when they can, which may vairy. Not as much as they used to, and EZ - Paul Corkery - has not been able to practise for several years due to injuries sustained from misguided training techniques.[1]
Criticism
David Belle,[2] Parkour.NET[3][4] bad or inaccurate portrayals of Parkour through its website[5] and the media,[6][7][8][9][10][11] the introduction and usage of the term Freestyle Parkour, the claim that "flips are or can be part of parkour",[12] the undermining of David Belle,[citation needed] its masquerading as the "official worldwide parkour network" while it is neither multilingual nor affiliated with the founder of parkour,[2] the suppression of free speech in its forum, the feud against Worldwide jam (magazine),[citation needed] among other things. All these have led to severe damaging of Urban Freeflow's credibility among the community, which views the former's members as "black sheep". In 2206 all of the experienced members of UF, including all of its French affiliated members, walked out due to the clear exploitation of the discipline and the team members at the hands of Paul Corkery. Although it was fashionable in the past to badmouth Urban Freeflow members, in 2006 the global Parkour community started to urge its members to simply ignore any events that are related to Urban Freeflow. Some critics have even gone as far as making public demonstrations against urban freeflow [13]
Jump Britain
Urban Freeflow played a small role in the Channel 4 documentary Jump Britain. Members of Urban Freeflow along with other free runners visit some of the U.K's most iconic landmarks and go on a 'pilgrimage' to Lisses in France, the birth place of Parkour.
References
- ^ "Urban Freeflow International".
- ^ a b "Avertissement mise en garde" (in French). Retrieved 2007-05-14.
Nous ne cautionnons pas les sites web, groupes/organismes et/ou associations suivantes: Le Freerun, ou Free running, Urbanfreeflow, Yamakasi, Pawa. fr, Le-Parkour.com, Adrenaline. Qui ne sont que des interprétations et des mouvements détournés, copiés et dérivés du Parkour. Ainsi que les membres affiliés à ces organismes et/ou associations qui utilisent et communiquent sur le Parkour de DB sans y avoir été autorisés ou mandatés par DB ou son représentant. Ces mouvements dérivées ne peuvent être assimilés au « Parkour ou à l'art du déplacement » de David Belle.
{{cite web}}: line feed character in|quote=at position 460 (help) - ^ "Keeping parkour rivalry-free : JOIN IN !". Parkour.NET. May 1, 2007. Retrieved 2007-05-11.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Paul Bignell and Rob Sharp (April 22, 2007). "'Jumped-up' plan to stage world competition sees free runners falling out". The Independent. Retrieved 2007-05-11.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "How Seidojin used to think..." Parkour.NET.
- ^ Cameron Lawrence. "How Parkour Works?". How Stuff Works?.
- ^ Anna Bahney. "New Way for Teenagers to See if They Bounce". The New York Times.
- ^ John Elliott. "Look Mum, watch this!". Times Online.
- ^ Andy Dixon. "Get fit for: Parkour". Times Online.
- ^ Richard Morrison. "A leap of faith that could keep our children healthy". Times Online.
- ^ Alex Dominguez. "Parkour, anyone". The Associated Press.
- ^ "Planet Parkour documentary".
The speed that [the rail spring] was executed was quicker than any regular muscle up we'd seen before out of a cat leap. An efficient movement or just another flip? This one little run will dispel much bullshit with many people, while at the same time piss off those who consider themselves purists.
- ^ "2nd National Australian Parkour Conserve - Urban Freeflow shirt burning".