How One City CHANGED Parkour

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There is one city that completely revolutionised Parkour in the early days. Today we explore the impact the city of Cambridge has had on the sport of Parkour. Home to legends such as Phil Doyle, Kie Willis who featured in numerous viral freerunning videos on Ampisound.
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[@urban_freerunner6979]

Ys Jimmy, I love parkour but there isn’t really any in Liverpool. I love your KZbin videos. Jimmy can you do the helicopter trick.

[@albro666]

In Slatburn by the sea, England North Yorkshire there are so many cool spots in the middle of the town

[@Zaptrap101]

Video Idea: Ranking Parkour tricks (by how fun, how it feels, how cool it looks, how hard it is, what requirement is needed to do the trick)..........hope this helps

[@OWA_Freerunning]

What about a video about the story of creative free running? Like, how Oleg started the new kind of stylish free runing, Team Farang stablishing a new era, Archie Aroyan and Spinboys, how your background or weather conditions affects your style, etcétera.

[@tastindaganja]

great video man as always, BUT HOLD THE PRESS!! THE Cambridge Originals where the Monkey Milisha - Pirate Pete, Nemo, Casper, Ron , Lyta .....WELL before tct stole the crown and paraded it as there own lol

[@glenTCT]

Haven't trained in a long old time, but seeing myself featured in this video made me really happy! It really was the start of a serious movement in Cambridge back then and I love seeing where Parkour has and is going these days. Loving your content man keep it up!

[@ashleighmoore104]

Hey Glen, it’s Ash from Lowestoft, we used to meet you guys and train in Cambridge. Miss the parkour days a lot!

[@ashleighmoore104]

Old account - rebound2003

[@glenTCT]

@@ashleighmoore104 ha yes Ash, we had class times bro! Hope your doing well lad

[@ashleighmoore104]

Yeah mate things going well, but gutted I stopped training around 17-18. Nothing better than kalenji success and some parkour all day!

[@lechking941]

@@ashleighmoore104 now this is nice as I'm just you standard internet gamer and casual over of the extreams, and I find this comment chain right here. Tbh this is just a internet Boston cream filled to the brim. I wish you two best of luck in your lives and hay if you end up got time and still able maybe try the running once more. I know one thing from my short existance as of now. Try to keep things going even if it's basic. As I for example own a game that is a gem of a broken mess, but I love it regardless. Infact I may just try to put all I can I to playing it because it's got a charm you can't find with out pirating the thing. Plus being on the cusp of a big thing is always a feeling to remember and think on. Leading a path is something, but blazing the thing and setting it for others is a beast I won't be able to do but can hope to try.

[@TheMangoDeluxe]

'This spot right here should be instantly recognisable' Yes, that's where I usually eat my lunch lol

[@Balczak]

Man, I wish there were cities like this in the US. Buildings over the pond are just on another level!

[@rodneyzirpolo]

North American architecture is soooo boring.

[@reindoon]

Everything here is just class cubes

[@Balczak]

@@rodneyzirpolo I couldn't agree more! I would give anything to train over there.

[@reindoon]

Oh I’m an idiot I meant glass

[@Balczak]

@@reindoon I knew what you mean! But yes, it’s so true. I’ve been looking around for smaller rooftop training spots, and there’s literally nothing. It sucks.

[@jameskingston]

Sick video! So many great memories from Cambridge :)

[@yehojo]

Yes. I'm doggo.

[@thomastheskankengine5621]

@@yehojo hello doggo

[@KnjazNazrath]

"Pretty much every free runner knew every other free runner" Yeah, the Tower Rats were the exception to that rule. Too paranoid. Also, slap landings will destroy your legs in the long run, trust me.

[@minch333]

God, I was a 13 year old kid with no talent and I'd go free running with the urbanfreeflow guys all the time lol

[@anthonypolonkay2681]

Now when you say slap landings, you mean the ones where your just hitting the ground with your whole foot? Because when I use the term slap landings. I'm referring to the kind where your drop is far to high to take with just your legs. So you distribute the force across your body more by doing a sort of slapping motion to the ground. Because once you reach a certain height. You have no other option but to do the landing type I just described.

[@lucasgrey9794]

Who are the Tower Rats?

[@BasicGestalt]

As someone who has been around the track and field scene, people always ask "what is the point of the triple jump?" "Why is this random, specific technique a literal, track and field event?" -- Those people don't know who Phil Doyle is, because Phil Doyle has put the "hop, skip and jump," into real life context better than anyone ever. I agree with Jimmy that Phil Doyle is one of the greatest athletes of all time. Someone should make a side by side of Olympic track and field long jump and triple jumps with guys like Philly D doing it in real life because here's the big thing: these criminally unrecognized parkour legends are doing world class athletic feats with consequential precision. Which makes it way more impressive than a danger free jump in track and field context, especially since guys like Phil can jump nearly as far.

[@ryuixyui]

These are criminals. Parkour should be banned. They are a strain to hospitals. People will find thrill and so does stupidity. These idiots are risking their lives for nothing.

[@sebastianbarbu3934]

Me: wants to freerun My mom (yelling from another room): NO YOU WONT

[@gade8528]

You can just do it by going out for a walk, she won't see anything 😉

[@onreact]

There are manifold benefits to parkour, especially compared to a screen-bound sedentary lifestyle most kids lead these days. Does your mother prefer you to be obese, anxious, depressed?

[@deepknight930]

@@onreact Most parents don't let their kids do anything but try and get a basic job and have no unique skills or talents, so yeah his parents do want him to be those things basically

[@rinkashimeshito2231]

@@deepknight930 facts bro

[@onreact]

@@deepknight930 Yeah, that's a sad reality of misguided "always play it safe" parenting. When kids can't learn to take calculated risks they will never develop self-confidence.

[@InnovateParkour]

Yo jimmy make this a series and just go through the history of iconic cities and their parkour history. London, leeds, brighton, derby, madrid, etc. that would be dope af !!

[@charlottapeterson]

Yes!! such a bangin' idea - Maybe to iMax or Brighton would be cool!

[@FocusedFlow]

14:28 That little American bash was so goood LOL. Love the content!

[@arthurwright9007]

used to and still do love those old skool cambridge vids! I was brought up on ampisound content and I'd watch them videos over and over! Kie, Phill and Daniel are still absolute OG gangsters in the game!

[@nicholasicke8642]

Original gangster gangsters. High praise indeed

[@Spud_Farmer]

Ampisound was awesome

[@drawinglama7632]

Im so confused why he doesnt have so much more subsribers. He definitely deserves it.

[@DavidNelmes]

Why have I never heard this "touch" phrase before lol

[@YLambo]

Same here 😜

[@eelincahbergerak]

I recall in interviews with Stephane vigroux back then, he liked to share about this concept.

[@owenteamtraceur]

Just been sent this video by a friend from the scene in the day. Thank you for the walk down memory lane! Phil trained with us from a crazy young age, not going to lie, was a pretty annoying kid at times 😆 Damn, his skill departed from us quickly, to be truthful, I personally didn’t see it in him originally at the very start but it didn’t take long for him to take off! Defo more credit goes to Philly D for the impact of ‘touch’, we tried haha, but he took it to another level! But he’s too humble to take the credit anyways!

[@bczitscringe7045]

Hey Sir are you still practicing parkour or not?...Old school parkour was best.The free running has somewhat destroyed the old school parkour.

[@owenteamtraceur]

@@bczitscringe7045 i test out what’s left in me every now and again and now my children are expressing interest so who knows, maybe I’ll dust off some of the old moves

[@DACatface]

oi Jumpster! good to see you on here. I've been having a right trip down memory lane. hope you are doing well! must admit it's weird seeing something you thought was normal discussed as a legendary/historical time. you lot were definitely influential pre Phil. I remember when I saw your guys early videos and stealing the 'silent landings' and passing the technique to everyone I knew. I remember being desperate to do zoology, then when I finally got there you lot had moved to trying the bigger jump and I was so annoyed haha

[@owenteamtraceur]

@@DACatface my man!! Hope you’re doing well! Any yeah, the time of Doyle is when it got interesting! 😁 Such a long time ago now

[@TeamReality]

Oh man this bought back so many fond memories! We miss Cambridge and all the people that came along!

[@augustuslodholz5453]

I have never even trained parkour before, but you have easily become my favorite youtuber! You always have very quality content with such interesting history and stories. Thank you JimmytheGiant!!!

[@PaulJK95]

I'd be interested in a video about Teghead. I don't know much about him or how impactful he was in the parkour community in the UK but his videos were really influential to me back in the day.

[@ratchetrockon]

Teghead and Blane were probably the most influential guys for me. Blane in particular seemed to have been ahead of his time back in the day when it came to control; most notably seen with his fast climb-ups and the muscle-ups he did on tree branches lol. I also don't know how much influence Teghead had in the grand scheme of things. A young Toby Segar was featured in a few of his vids so I've always wondered if teg was sort of like a mentor to him.

[@elitefamilyparkour]

I think I remember seeing DB, SF and the Yamakasi sticking jumps before 2006 🤔

[@onreact]

Jimmy is focusing on more recent British parkour history.

[@simonecabriolone1163]

Jimmy thanks for making such videos, you really have a great talent for keeping my attention on your vids preventing me from opening new browser tabs lol

[@09razgriz]

Love your vids man. They are insipiring not just in parkour but in life in general. Especially your video about managing fear.

[@simeonjohnson792]

You seriously bring something to KZbin that nobody else brings man and I just wanna say it doesn't go unappreciated, keep it up🤙❤

[@itsalexpo]

this is why i wake up on tuesdays

[@papsturbanbaum5245]

this is why i wont go to bed on tuesday

[@davidoldskool15]

Nice one Jimmy. Quality video as always. Respect.

[@RafeKelley]

Super fun and nostalgic video, I remember TCT being a huge influence on my early traiing, Bus tree is still one of of bucket list spots. Have to say thought hard to hear a discussion of the history of touch in parkour without a Mention of Stephane Vigroux who was the first person I ever heard taking about and how was leagues ahead so early. Also Chris Blane Rowat deserves a mention in the development of the pre and the idea of power without controll. Be a fun video project the history of touch in parkour.

[@letallbejust9998]

Great video, thank you! As a person VERY new to training parkour (Brighton based) and training completely by myself, your videos are educating me a lot on the history of parkour, info that I can’t pick up from training with others. Thank you!

[@professorgreen9290]

Super nostalgic video. I recognise all those spots from the countless superb videos produced by TCT. Never made it down to Cambridge from my spot up in the Toon - but always felt that Owen and Jin were leading the scene in the UK. Cheers for making these videos and a damn shame I didn't catch them back in the day.

[@kieran141owler]

Great video! Used to watch these videos all the time before training back in the day

[@TarasovVladimir]

So great review, Jim. Appreciate that pioneers not only train control, but share their vision/philisophy to be helpful. That’s what we see rarely by pk athletes now.

[@nightclimbers1783]

Coverage on Night Climbing culture is always welcome! Awesome video man.

[@SoloHouse]

Awesome video! You're growing so fast keep it up!

[@thisispork]

You are very talented. These videos are put together so well. Better than a lot of shows on TV.

[@jonatanlidstrom5620]

Man, i love watching your videos. I dont know anything about the parkour community and i have very little experience of parkour myself. But still you manage to keep my attention throughout the whole video. Keep it up man. I would very much like to start doing parkour, since i think i have the physical strength and coordination necessary, but the architecture is not very fitting where i live.

[@traceuradam]

"To have true control, you have to have perfect technique..." Missed opportunity there. "Power is nothing without control" - Blane Actually, yeah. I'd love to see you do a video on Blane!

[@DwainDwight]

great video Jimmy. thank you. super interesting

[@harrisonfernandez_]

Quality video lad, gotta love them Cambridge vibes!! Gutted I couldn’t make it when you was out 🙌

[@gol0914]

Thank you for pumping out a video a week I really appreciate dude

[@3sigur]

No love to Blane's "Power is Nothing Without Control" for the inspiration on touch and control?! Pretty sure that vid was shared 6 months prior to "Owen & Jin" and was hugely influential early on...

[@JimmyTheGiant]

Wish i knew about that one

[@3sigur]

@@JimmyTheGiant well worth a re-watch, even now! The early 00's vibes in those old videos are gorgeous.

[@ParkourDenHaagBlog]

And let’s not forget his blog. Such good reads

[@Rahmael]

Blane is the man!

[@mw5360]

That and the Jin 'training' video were the two most important parkour videos in the UK scene. True gamechangers.

[@benmurray7163]

Loving the content - getting better all the time

[@Jh9801]

Amazing video, such a well written and told story

[@arthurbarros]

I was lucky enough to taste a bit of Cambridge parkour scene in 2009 and meet some of these legends. Awesome vídeo as aways 👏🏼👏🏼

[@tastindaganja]

great video man as always, BUT HOLD THE PRESS!! THE Originals where the Monkey Milisha - Pirate Pete, Nemo, Casper, Ron , Lyta WELL before tct stole the crown and paraded it as their own lol

[@owenteamtraceur]

😆

[@tastindaganja]

@@owenteamtraceur haha....there he is

[@Inliner242]

I must say you do great with consistency of uploads; Respect to all your hard working ethics and passion.

[@Serve3000]

Great video young fella you always dropping PK heat

[@YourAverageNiche]

I just discovered Harrison Fernandez here, and he immediately reminded me of George Mcgowan. These two have beast legs and brute force that is amazing to watch all day.

[@swiftchriz6291]

Love your channel so much. I've learned so much 🔥🔥🙏

[@TheVideomakerArchive]

Been subbed for a bit now, really enjoy your content. You do a great job man! Cheers

[@dovakarp2943]

Love you your videos lad .. keep up the good work

[@redwolf1177]

Yoooo!! that is absolute madness! I am a free runner from Newmarket and I never knew what history lay on my doorstep!😮😮😮 nice vid man!! Don't worry Jimmy, I for one have my eye on Cambridge this year! maybe even this week .... if we get some decent weather!

[@mw5360]

Absolutely amazing seeing 'Herbertiste' and 'thebutton' as posters on the .net screenshot too. What a blast from the past. Loved those guys.

[@ThiFisher]

Another interesting video, thx Jimmy!

[@Jehk.]

you need to do a video on "Parkour fashion throughout the years" That will be sick!! Loved the video man keep it up.

[@josestewartbrown2996]

Great video Thank you

[@ishaaqmartin3564]

The concept of touch exists in the guitar world. I see parallels between Phil's barefoot training before sneakers and learning the acoustic guitar before the electric guitar. The same way you have just your fingers the barefoot leaves you with nothing but natural touch. So when you take the next step you have that foundation of what you can do with your touch and now you build on it.

[@jonatha5569]

you really make good videos, i love you channel, hugs from brazil 🇧🇷

[@natalienicolechetty1870]

Loving your music

[@roenieejjj]

That was such an interresting one! I didn't know much about Cambridge being that big in the scene back then. Wonder what info you could find for a video like this about Basingstoke!

[@Benijermin]

Very interesting! I think this is the first time I've heard the term "touch", and I've been training for over 10 years! Is this strictly a UK term or has it spread to other parts of the world as well? Genuinely curious!

[@Life4Jump]

I think its a British thing because im training over 15 years and I never heard that before haha , although i know what it ment but in our rigin we just said good technic or bad technic for this kind of stuff

[@fantasybricks4160]

I think it’s a UK thing that has died out so even people in the UK don’t really say it anymore

[@gc9033]

Yes jimmy keep them coming ! 🔥🔥

[@pasdetrick]

You have content for decades! Thanks AGAIN

[@Louis-lu5wh]

U are essentially a tour guide through parkour and free running and an absolute lad for beginners

[@joshingwithyahaha]

Keep it up, man! Loving it :)

[@UrbanFluidityFreerun]

Cambridge is a great place for parkour. some of my favorite videos are from there. AMPISOUNDs long hair big chief and their rooftop pov run there

[@jasontravers7713]

Love the vids mate

[@linky628]

I was excited for the new video but didn’t expect it to be about my city, that’s awesome. Really entertaining and informative video as usual!

[@thecrazyandthewild]

Thank you, Jimmy, have a great day!!!!

[@BoulderingBobat]

👀 finally something we can try XD

[@short600]

Imagine climbing back in the 30s with the shoes they had back then

[@DevramAbyss]

I visited London for the summer of 2013 and learned the ways of touch. When I took the training techniques back to Canada it was really a game changer!

[@thenateyoulove]

I'm not a free runner. But I've been paying attention to the art of parkour for long time thanks to channel like Jimmy the giant and Storror. Absolutely fascinating thanks for these videos.

[@AlmogWolf]

Great video as always !

[@rodneyzirpolo]

So glad I found your channel

[@NathanielBTM]

When they try to add Obstacles to stop you from doing parkour, that just becomes a new Obstacle to climb for the Parkour Athletes :D, they're upgrading your playground

[@susanjane4784]

Educational as always! I thought sticking jumps was older -- learn something new every day. Are you working on a book? Those old vids and websites are going to disappear eventually.

[@lewisthomas323]

These videos are so sick. No ones doing it like Jimmy

[@DmwPk88]

Has Cambridge passed the baton to Bristol? Haha! Great video as always!

[@nuxxy_]

this reminds me of the "Theory of City Form" lectures. its like a cool addition to that idea

[@nskZoOL]

What a great channel! Back in a day's videos from Kembridge was truly inspiring we called it English style :) and it's amazing how guys from England spread their influence in a middle of siberia:) great times, cheers from Russia

[@tomlaz2039]

My neighbor and I use to do this back in the 80’s , not to the scale of today though, but jumps, climbing and sticking were what we did.

[@driver1ne38]

Very fantastic video,

[@operationparkour7645]

these videos are too good man

[@minerde8110]

I found your channel the day before yesterday and i want to start doing Parkour

[@pasdetrick]

I love that newfound frequency brother 🙏🏾😁✨

[@102TheWitcher]

I think for covering Daniel Ilabaca video you have to do it in Parts or one big 1 hour video. waiting for it! thx for video great job! keep it up

[@maxatato4160]

Love the vids

[@juderudd1711]

Is it just me or does jimmy look like kyle’s cousin kyle? From South Park

[@BonBelief]

TRUE LMAO

[@Jehk.]

omg yes😂😂

[@Smithy1974.]

Nice1 Big Jim love learning more about parkour i mean i only started caring about it a cpl of years ago and i'm now 46 so i doubt im gonna be flying thru the air anytime soon ov course i have known about parkour for many many years and wish i was 30 years younger but still love watching what THE HUMAN BODY N MIND CAN DO so yeah thx man respect danboy Lincoln, England..

[@NoobOnTrackpad]

“Be happy it happen not sad it’s gone” this quote to me means a lot in life and I think this video is one of them.

[@johnzinkowski6834]

Love the ethics and the joy of the sport. Nothing else compares.

[@timgillieron394]

Amazing video

[@TheVanderfulLife]

17:05 - Do you loose a lot of history, or does a lot history get made?

[@lechking941]

From what he notes. A lot was lost. For example hex or something in longdon was torn down so ya in a ways as places become minimalistic and space efficient we lose a lot of things like one collage and it's muiral that was painted for the vets. That went there. From WWII.

[@tophat5516]

I have that book about night climbers of Cambridge!

[@james2225]

i’m from cambridge and i train all these spots lmao

[@dragonzipper3426]

where are they? I live in Cambridge but I only know the Lions yard spot, and I am not confident enough yet to be doing those bar prees....

[@borgulshant5463]

Tradition is not to preserve the ashes, but to pass on the flame. (Gustav Mahler) So in that sense, Cambridge or any other spot for that matter will always be iconic. It's about the people.

[@piusbauer6741]

Nice Video again

[@ephraimheroe9475]

11:43 the landing was on beat and everything 😄

[@muska667]

The fact that parkour has so much history around the world is a reason why i love parkour so much and why i do it.

[@voxelspec5647]

Last time I was this early Instagram was only for pictures.

[@shinobimastergamings653]

Lol that kid in the background running. 1:15 😂

[@pyrobeats5355]

1:44 arcade is one if my fav music prucer yters looool

[@Stray1One]

Cheers man,