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Randomosity · Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2007 9:45 pm Post subject: Urban Ninjas!!!

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I love this. It's a group of guys in London that make my jaw drop every time i see it. it's my Daily drug, I swear. e__e

Whatcha' think?

hardlyaaron · Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 8:03 pm Post subject:

frakin' amazing!

Randomosity · Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 10:02 pm Post subject:

I know. *Squeals* e_e Gosh, I'm such a nerd..

nonamer · Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 2:49 am Post subject:

i can do that! lol ive seen these bfore, their pretty cool

niko · Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 3:05 am Post subject:

gee... i wonder how many ankles have been broken... ouch!!!!

Nameless · Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 11:40 am Post subject:

I took an Akido class once (one college semester) and we learned to roll like that. You tuck yourself into a ball and land on one of your shoulders, then you roll "point by point by point" along your body. That way only a small area of your body is on the ground at any one time, and that's supposed to be better than a larger area.

It just goes to show how much of a miracle we are, and how little is impossible for us to accomplish.

I wish I could move like this, but I've never been very good at body kinesthetics, even when I was little.

They had people doing this in the movies "Casino Royale" & "Live Free or Die Hard".

Hercules67 · Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 5:04 pm Post subject:

I've taken Aikido also (for quite a few years), and let me tell you, what you see on the screen IS NOT impossible!

BTW, if you liked that, you might like this:

(It's from my second favorite TV Show, after "Heroes" -- called "Top Gear" from the BBC. In this episode, they race a Peugeuot 207 against two guys doing the "Parkour" [what this is called] in Liverpool -- the guys win!)

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What do you think?

obsidianflame · Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 6:06 pm Post subject:

Is that Stephen Fry? I can't see his face too well. If so, that's pretty funny.

Parkour fascinates me, but I can't help but imagining that their bones are shattering every time they jump off one of those things. *shudder*

They definitely get my respect, though.

Hercules67 · Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 6:30 pm Post subject:

No, that's James May one of the co-hosts of the show. Here is their website:

http://www.topgear.com/

The rolls those guys do are not that incredible. The jumps are what gets me! You're right! Every time they jump, I think they'll shatter a bone! But they're young, and when you're young you don't think that way, at all!

obsidianflame · Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 6:45 pm Post subject:

He sounds a lot like Stephen Fry, but the hair was kind of off. Oh well, it was pretty awesome anyway.

I must be an old soul, 'cause I'm young and I'm always terrified of getting hurt somehow. I guess spraining my ankle so badly I have permanent damage and arthritis makes me wary of things like that.

The rolls are standard. I've seen that a lot in TV and movies, and I'm grateful they at least do that. It relieves the pressure on their legs. I know someone who shattered their shin bones when they jumped from the roof of their house without bothering to cushion their fall.

YATA26 · Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 10:10 pm Post subject:

Who's chasing them? Razz

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