Training to become simlair to Na'vi

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Quote from: Tengfya swizaw on January 10, 2010, 04:33:07 PM
I actually had a conversation about this earlier with someone else. the subject of Parkour did come up, and I think it would be a great way to train your body. The entire point of Parkour is to overcome obstacles as fluidly and efficiently as possible. <snip>
Yes Parkour, also called "Free Running" would be the ideal form of physical training. (For you purists out there, I know there is a difference between the two, but for our purposes they are the same.)

@ Niwotkrr: As far as culturally goes, I think that would be the hardest part. Honestly physical training can be obtained relatively easily with discipline but to change how you think, how you see, and how you understand is difficult. Not unobtainable of course, just takes much more change. Change is usually hard.

It would be curious to ponder how one could think like the Na'vi and live that way.

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I believe there's a thread on this somewhere... but I'm too lazy to look.
The only difference between Parkour and Freerunning is (from what I've seen) that freerunners typically are a bit more showy in the way they do things; they tend to incorporate more flips and running up walls than could be considered efficient.
As for culturally? There's always being more aware about the environment. Read up on your rainforest lit, as we're in a lot more trouble than you'd think. Practice nonviolence, unless violence is absolutely necessary. Spend more time outside, and less late nights brushing up on your theoretical infixes.
This is pretty superficial, but I'll research some and compile a better list later.


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Let's get together in four years, after both other movies come out. Then we'll have a meeting, and change the Na'vi culture a bit to fit earth, then we'll assign jobs to everyone. After that, we'll take shifts going into the forest that we choose to live in.

Then, in about 100 years, we'll have grandchildren who know nothing of the outside world, who only speak Na'vi, and are brought up with Na'vi values.
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Hit the gym, do strength and cardio. Actually, that is why I've been goin so often lately. I've seen results too! Parkour though? That's for more urban environments. Out in the forest there is little of that, so having that skillset wouldn't be as handy
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i love parkour i remember i went to la to watch this free running competition
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Quote from: Hawnuyu atìtse'a on January 10, 2010, 05:44:12 PM
Hit the gym, do strength and cardio. Actually, that is why I've been goin so often lately. I've seen results too! Parkour though? That's for more urban environments. Out in the forest there is little of that, so having that skillset wouldn't be as handy

What about running on the trees or climbing the Hallelujah Mountains? What about running from a Thanator? Parkour is the art of overcoming physical obstacles in motion, so there would be plenty of uses for it. AndParkour in our case would just be training our bodies to be more agile and suited for a harder, active life.


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On pandora. But here on earth, you only need it for jumping over logs and stuff.
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we may only need to jump over logs but you can make things unnecessarily difficult if you would like... I have done that sometimes cause I was bored, and because soccer makes me do lots of running so I have to find fun things to do while running
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Quote from: Tengfya swizaw on January 10, 2010, 05:52:26 PM
What about running on the trees or climbing the Hallelujah Mountains? What about running from a Thanator? Parkour is the art of overcoming physical obstacles in motion, so there would be plenty of uses for it. AndParkour in our case would just be training our bodies to be more agile and suited for a harder, active life.

^^ this.

Obstacles are obstacles, whether they are in an urban environment or a natural one. You would certainly want to move to a natural setting at some point, but training in either setting works. Urban training may be the only kind that some people can do but it certainly applies to both.

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Quote from: Hawnuyu atìtse'a on January 10, 2010, 05:53:46 PM
On pandora. But here on earth, you only need it for jumping over logs and stuff.

Oh, right. Earth. I keep forgetting about earth. :P

If you can't come up with any uses whatsoever for Parkour, at least view it as a conditioning method. Even if you won't be using it to find your ikran, it's a good way to build muscle, increase agility, and look cool on youtube.

EDIT: Txan irayo, ma Txen Seri Unil. You explained that perfectly.


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If you really want to feel native, start bowhunting, you get to see outdoors, learn to shoot a bow and the nifty art of stalking. Stalking is espcially good skill to scare your friends 8).

And parkour, takes a lot of effort and you get bruised, but when you do it enough it's worth it. And it works in the woods just as well as in urban environment.
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Quote from: Roiki on January 10, 2010, 06:20:45 PM
If you really want to feel native, start bowhunting, you get to see outdoors, learn to shoot a bow and the nifty art of stalking. Stalking is espcially good skill to scare your friends 8).

And parkour, takes a lot of effort and you get bruised, but when you do it enough it's worth it. And it works in the woods just as well as in urban environment.

But if you kill something while bowhunting, make sure to remember to pray to Eywa. :P
I walk differently than I did a few weeks ago because I've been trying to walk more silently than usual. It's harder for me as I have no natural arch in my foot, but whatever. It's working.


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Quote from: Tengfya swizaw on January 10, 2010, 06:35:40 PM
But if you kill something while bowhunting, make sure to remember to pray to Eywa. :P
I walk differently than I did a few weeks ago because I've been trying to walk more silently than usual. It's harder for me as I have no natural arch in my foot, but whatever. It's working.

The arch in my foot is like a train tunnel. Im very silent when i walk anyway especially for a tall-ish person (im 6ft-4in).I hate being noisy when i walk. i also used to have a compound bow but i gave it to my friend becuase he had a farm so im a pretty good shot with a bow. As for parkour i can jump of tall things and land pretty good but its just getting up there that is the problem. :)

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Quote from: kxanì tsamsiyu on January 10, 2010, 06:43:31 PM
Quote from: Tengfya swizaw on January 10, 2010, 06:35:40 PM
But if you kill something while bowhunting, make sure to remember to pray to Eywa. :P
I walk differently than I did a few weeks ago because I've been trying to walk more silently than usual. It's harder for me as I have no natural arch in my foot, but whatever. It's working.

The arch in my foot is like a train tunnel. Im very silent when i walk anyway especially for a tall-ish person (im 6ft-4in).I hate being noisy when i walk. i also used to have a compound bow but i gave it to my friend becuase he had a farm so im a pretty good shot with a bow. As for parkour i can jump of tall things and land pretty good but its just getting up there that is the problem. :)

Tall-ish???

My siblings and I used to create amateur bows out of the tree trimmings from our trees. They sucked, but I have a little experience in the business.
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Quote from: Tawioang on January 10, 2010, 12:38:07 PM
Haha I don't mean genetically or anything but after watching the film for the second time, when I watch the Na'vi move swiftly through pandora barefooted, leaping between trees and climbing huge ledges, I think, damn I wish I could do that! They have superior strength, agility, speed and skilled huntsmanship with a bow and arrow. And I think, whats to stop me from becoming like the Na'vi, in terms of this?

It has motivated me to become exceptionally fit and to learn how to craft bows and arrows and shoot with them. Its been my dream since I was little to live in a forest or jungle, living on the nature around us and hunting, living in a tribe or alone. It would make a nice change from having to worry about money, work and everyday drama.

One day  :P

Well if it's about strength and agility ,speed and skill you should try to become a samurai or a ninja , they are using bows too  , really large ones actually could be compareable with the ones the Na'Vi use and they are damn good if it's about precision and perfection , what really impresses me about samurai is that the main aspect of using weapons is the philosophical part in becoming one with it , seeking true perfection .

You can train your body and mind in a way that you are able to do superior physical stuff , there are alot of people who have lived in woods and rainforests for ages , they also use poisons from several animals like poisonous frogs which produce poison and excrete it through there skin and that poison is used for hunting with bows .

I don't see any obstacles with becoming as fit and athletic as the Na'Vi , maybe not perfectly in the same way because their proportions are a little larger than ours .

I have more concern about moral standards and respecting natures gifts , we will never reach them relating to these points .
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Hawnu UnilTxep

Culturally, I think we could do it.  We are all aytsmuke and aytsmukan.  We know that.  That's part of becoming a tribe.  That's an easy part.  The harder part I think would be to understand all the "treehugger s***" that the Na'vi live by.  For most people, I mean.  Maybe not the people on here, but I think with work we could definitely have a tribe, a real tribe, and our children could learn and speak Na'vi.  I think that we should teach them English as well, though, in case someone from the outside wanders in.  You know?  Or in case we need to go to the outside for some odd reason.

Remember that everyone and everything is connected.... even on Gaia, our Earth.  We need to take care of her.  She's in awful shape.  As much as I and all of my aytsmukan and aytsmuke love the Na'vi and Pandora, we don't want the humans to have to resort to another planet.  You heard in the movie, right?  There was no more green on Earth.  I don't want that.  I'm connected way too much to Gaia to want that.  And I don't want that for my daughter.  Or any more sons and daughters I have, or any of you have.

What I'm trying to say is, yes, lets make plans to start a tribe, a separate civilization.  Let's get back to our roots.
But do you all know what this entails?  It means getting more women.  Because I don't want to be the only one ;]

And as for parkour, freerunning, and getting fit... well, I advise running around in the nearest wooded area, going hiking and such.  Even in a park.  But yes, either urban or wooded will work to develop those necessary muscles.  I can't wait for it to not be all snowy and s***.  I want to get back to parkour.

May I ask that we get the land somewhere where its always warm? Thanks :]


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I'm going to start hunting with a bow..

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Quote from: Unil Txep on January 10, 2010, 07:38:34 PM


May I ask that we get the land somewhere where its always warm? Thanks :]

I live in Texas, so if I played the stereotype of a typical Texan Oil Tycoon, I'm sure I could set aside a few thousand acres in the Hill Country. Although Texas might not be tropical enough for some people...


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I was thinking more of a middle temperature place, seeing as some people *coughmecough* don't do so well in hot weather (i.e. suffocate, become ill, possibly die)... Texas may work, just nowhere too hot please... :D

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Quote from: swizaw on January 10, 2010, 07:46:09 PM
I was thinking more of a middle temperature place, seeing as some people *coughmecough* don't do so well in hot weather (i.e. suffocate, become ill, possibly die)... Texas may work, just nowhere too hot please... :D

Oops. I forgot not everyone has salsa for blood. Too hot? As in...?


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