Background and Explanation.





Parkour is a 'sport' founded in Lisse, France, by a group named Yamakasi and also by David Belle who took inspiration by his father, Raymond Belle, and the writings of George Herbert. Parkour is often nicknamed 'Free-running', but this is wrong, as free-running is a different practice altogether, although is shares some similarities. As David Belle said;
'Parkour is a physical activity in which a traceur/traceuse, the practitioners of Parkour, traverses their environment as quickly and efficiently as possible. In lay-mans terms; Getting from A (Your starting point) to B (Your destination) through an alternate route, as quickly and efficiently as possible, i.e. Expelling minimal energy over maximum distance with only the use of your body. Parkour is as much mental as it is physical and with the practice of Parkour, both will develop to no end. '
Although physical proformance in Parkour is important, it is not the most important. In anything you do, the best thing is that you enjoy it.
In addition to that; your enviorment is open to interpretation, it requires a certain amount of creativity. None the less you will still need strenght, agility and, most importantly, commitment.

Credit to Artist; Kate Turner