Parkour aka freerunning (which differs slightly) aka l'art du déplacement is a sport which draws on the skills of speed, efficiency and spatial awareness. It is difficult to explain...
Tempest Freerunning Academy from The Cool Hunter on Vimeo.
Its like a mix of gymnastics, circus-like performance skill and crazy obstacle-course manoeuvres.
Find it fascinating and want to try it out? If you live in South Africa you can join the Parkour South Africa mailing list to find out about public parkour jams happening all across SA.
Find it fascinating and want to try it out? If you live in South Africa you can join the Parkour South Africa mailing list to find out about public parkour jams happening all across SA.
Who knows... in the next 5 years maybe we won't be sending our kids to ballet and soccer practice... we might be sending them off to parkour school...
(For music lovers - the track from the video is Ellie Goulding - Lights (Bassnectar Remix)
(For music lovers - the track from the video is Ellie Goulding - Lights (Bassnectar Remix)
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