Parkour

We have been looking to add Parkour in to our scheduling, and I have been getting alot of questions asking me about the basics and what have you.

Parkour responds to a deep-seated need of humans: to move. It's an art that demands the true spirit of a warrior, and offers pure action to its practitioners.Basically, Parkour is a natural method to train the human body to be able to move forward quickly making use of the environment that's around us at any given time. This 'art of displacement' require neither specific structure nor accessory for its practice. The body is the only tool. It's an athleti discipline accessible to all, because it combines all the natural skills of the human body: running jumping, climbing... It's a sport that permits exploration of the potential offered by your body.It's about being able to face the obstacles with which you are presented, whether they be in the natural environment or in the urban environment, in a search for movement that combines effectiveness and control


several sites with vids...
www.parkour.com
my favorite one - Mr. Jumperson The actors features have been doing parkour almost since it's inception in France. This is actual a commercial, see if you can spot for what.

and also http://broadbandsports.com/node/207
type in any search engine the following tags to find more information or movies
freerunning, parkour, urban running,