Parkour Parkour the art of movement and overcoming

Parkour

Parkour - the art of movement and overcoming obstacles, usually in urban areas. Ideologists of the movement are David Belle and Sebastien Foucan. Parkour is actively practiced by many associations and individuals in many countries.

The essence of Parkour is a movement and overcoming obstacles of various kinds. They can be as existing architectural structures (handrails, railings, walls, etc. ), and specially constructed structures (used at events and trainings).

Parkour appeared in Russia on October 1, 2002, when the official site of the team «The. Tracers» was opened. All we had before, it was the usual "underground. " From 2002 Oleg Krasnyansky is the President of the Russian Federation of Parkour. In 2003 he met with the founder of parkour - David Bellamy. After this trip in the site of the team you can find a lot of new and interesting materials about parkour. «The. Tracers» Oleg Krasnyansky

People doing parkour, called tracers.

Parkour - a discipline that represents a set of skills, body control, which at the right moment can be applied in different situations. The main idea of Parkour is the principle of "no borders, there are only obstacles" and any obstacle can be overcome. The main restrictions imposed in parkour are in three axioms: safety, efficiency, simplicity. Anything that goes against them is beyond the scope of parkour.

Parkour doesn’t teach to use any means or device, and allows you to use only your own body and develop skills for behavior in the situation of "here and now".

Founder of Parkour - David Belle

When Sebastian Foucan parted with David Belle, he formed his vision of parkour, which is called the Freerunning.

Freerunning is street sport without borders, it also contains the elements of acrobatics.

Founder of Freerunning - Sebastien Foucan

At the moment in the UK there actively developing sports clubs for parkour classes, some schools have such classes in the physical education program. In St. Petersburg, parkour has become the part of a public campaign "Choose sport!“. The aim is to develop the interest of young people to sport culture.

Professional Freerunning team - Storm Freerun

Clothing tracer’s

Parkour and film industry

Parkour and film industry Parkour became widely known after the movie "Yamakasi: New Samurai" and the film "13 th District" and "District 13: Ultimatum" in which David Belle starred in one of the main roles.

Parkour and film industry In 2007, director Ruslan Baltzer removes the Russian film "Daring Days", which tells about the adventures of the team tracers «Urban Monkeys» .

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