What is it?

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Parkour is a holistic training discipline using movement that is developed from military obstacle curse training.Practitioner aim to get from point A to B in the most efficient way possible.This is done using only the human body and the surroundings for propulsion,with a focuson maintaining as much time as possible while still remaining safe.Parkour can include obstacle courses, running , climbing, swinging , mantling, vaulting, jumping, rolling and things like that , depending on what movement you do is better do do one thing or another.

Parkour is an activity that can be practised alone or with others.Although it can be practised in any location , it is usually practised in urban spaces.Parkour involves seeing one's enviroment in a new way , and imagining the potetentialities for moving around ,across ,through, over , down and under its features.
Developed in France ,primarily by Raymond Belle, David Belle and Sébastien Foucan during the late 1980's,Parkour became popular in the late 1990's and 2000's through films, dcumentaries and advertisemens featuing these parctitioners and others.