http://www.spaceandculture.org/2008/02/06/when-parkour-and-soccer-converge/ Welcome to Space and Culture - the international journal and weblog dedicated to social spaces of all kinds. Sun, 16 Oct 2011 20:07:05 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.spaceandculture.org/2008/02/06/when-parkour-and-soccer-converge/comment-page-1/#comment-576 Allison Hui Thu, 07 Feb 2008 10:07:55 +0000 http://www.spaceandculture.org/2008/02/06/when-parkour-and-soccer-converge/#comment-576 The second video reminded me a lot of takraw, except with a soccer ball rather than a rattan ball. I'm not sure if there is a parkour tradition in Thailand, but your juxtapositions of the two practices certainly makes me consider the other types of body practices like Muay Thai that seem so far from our urban walking in much of the West. Following Ingold, I wonder how we would think if we could 'walk' through the city like that. The second video reminded me a lot of takraw, except with a soccer ball rather than a rattan ball. I’m not sure if there is a parkour tradition in Thailand, but your juxtapositions of the two practices certainly makes me consider the other types of body practices like Muay Thai that seem so far from our urban walking in much of the West. Following Ingold, I wonder how we would think if we could ‘walk’ through the city like that.

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