Parkour is a holistic training discipline using movement that developed from military obstacle course training
Practitioners aim to get from A to B in the most efficient way possible.
This is done using only the human body and the surroundings for
propulsion, with a focus on maintaining as much momentum as possible while still remaining safe. Parkour can include obstacle courses, running, climbing, swinging, mantling, vaulting, jumping, rolling, quadrupedal movement, and the like, depending on what movement is deemed most suitable for the given situation.
Parkour is an activity that can be practiced alone or with others.
Although it can be practiced in any location, it is usually practiced in
urban spaces. Parkour involves seeing
one's environment in a new way, and imagining the potentialities for
navigating it by movement around, across, through, over and under its
features.
Developed in France, primarily by Raymond Belle, David Belle, and Sébastien Foucan during the late 1980s,
Parkour became popular in the late 1990s and 2000s through films,
documentaries, and advertisements featuring these practitioners and
others.
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