Parkour is the art of using solely your body to navigate from point A to B in the least time possible, which involves besides leaping, climbing and sprinting, various unusual and complex movements to overcome obstacles. It started off as part of French military training and has since evolved as a sport, founded by Sebastian Foucan and David Belle, to encompass a wide variety of techniques, philosophies and exercises
Parkour is a discipline that gives people with the desire to improve themselves an opportunity to do so in a way that is enjoyable and tackles both physical and mental aspects of everyday life
Parkour isn’t a competitive activity. Focussing on competition draws attention away from building a strong and positive mentality. Instead of achieving by beating others, parkour allows everyone to achieve for themselves. It’s also an excellent opportunity to learn more about yourself. By constantly challenging yourself in many areas and pushing your personal limits it becomes clear what is possible for you and what you want to achieve. Therefore, it is a good way of gaining a positive outlook on life
Parkour is often mistaken for the French word for ‘free running’. Freerunning was the word introduced by Sebastein Foucan in order to make the word parkour more accessible to an English audience. Now it seems organisations like UF are using the term free running to turn parkour into an extreme sport, in order to make money. Personally I think drawing the line between Parkour and Freerunning is an important thing to do. UF can take control of the term free running to refer to competitive freestyle gymnastics and keep parkour as the method of training through natural movement. That way there is something for everyone, and solves a lot of confusion about what is what. What I'm trying to say is free running is completely different to parkour - or at least it should be
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