13 Facts About Parkour

Parkour is an athletic training discipline in which practitioners attempt to get from point A to point B in the most fluid way possible, without assisting equipment and in the fastest and most efficient way possible.

Parkour is an activity that can be practiced alone or with others, and is usually carried out in urban spaces, though it can be done anywhere.

Parkour took it upon himself to train harder and longer than everyone else in order never to be a victim.

Parkour experimented with gymnastics and athletics but became increasingly disaffected with both school and the sports clubs.

Parkour heard his father talk of the many repetitions he had done in order to find the best way of doing things.

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Parkour learned that for his father, training was not a game but something vital which enabled him to survive and to protect the people he cared about.

Parkour is unique and cannot be a competitive sport unless it ignores its altruistic core of self-development.

Parkour is practiced without traditional equipment, though items such as bars, walls, and boxes found in the environment in which the parkour is being practiced in, are utilised to better navigate the area.

Parkour philosophy is about learning to control oneself in interaction with the environment, many parkour experts consider serious injury evidence of the traceur's failure to follow the precepts of the discipline, specifically, knowing one's limitations.

Parkour is not defined by a set of rules or guidelines, a feature which has proven particularly attractive to young people, allowing them to explore and engage in the activity on their own terms.

Zahid Shah founded the Kashmir Freerunning and Parkour Federation, finding hope in the non-violent discipline of parkour.

Parkour has become a popular element in action sequences, with film directors hiring parkour practitioners as stunt performers.

Parkour training is especially linked with the development of eccentric load resistance and jumping ability.