Regarding Parkour

The video above was shot in National ChengChi University in Taipei, Taiwan, by two Americans, who currently reside in the city teaching English.

It was a really enjoyable work with music flows in sync with the movements, and that instead of shooting from a fixed spot, the usage of Glidecam allowed viewpoint to move in, at least similar, speed with the runner.  

What amazed me beyond the incredible physical work was the speed and view the runner might have during the course.  As one of the comment described "It feels like he is moving in 3D, whereas we normally see things only from 2D."  In his spins, he may look at the place from a oblique angle; when he jumped down several stairs (even stories) at once, his eyesight was experiencing different velocity and that usual walking may seem like a slow-motion movie in his course of movement.  

His course, although limited around the campus and was not the most efficient route to destinations, had opened up different light on how certain concrete establishment could be viewed as a city scene.  For instance, whereas substation device around every corner was considered rather obtrusive, it may appeared as a vaulting horse in the eye of the runner.  My personal favorite was his steps on the bollards, that not only the run on those small pillars seemed dangerous, but it revealed a different line in tracing the city.  Whereas bollards in its function should stand in right angle with moving directions of pedestrians, stepping on them created a flow that runs along the street.  Parallel movements seemed milder than hostile position of right angle.

What's also interesting was the comments in Youtube responses.  Most of them expressed surprise and admiration to the video in that it had turned mundane and everyday scene into something different.  A comment by xyth4857 extended the interpretation, and considered this free-running course in a university implied how students should overcome obstacles outside campus protection and take the leap out into the future.