....well, at least that's the idea. Today I am attending my first Parkour class at The Athletic Playground in Oakland. I've known about Parkour for some time, but the stars are only now just aligning so that I may experience what the practice of this movement philosphy is about.
From Wikipedia: "Parkour (sometimes also abbreviated to PK) or l'art du déplacement [1] (English: the art of moving)
is a physical discipline of French origin in which participants run
along a route, attempting to negotiate obstacles in the most efficient
way possible, as if moving in an emergency situation, using skills such
as jumping and climbing, or the more specific parkour moves. The object
is to get from one place to another using only the human body and the
objects in the environment around you." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkour
Here are some videos of David Belle, the originator of Parkour (He's like Spiderman!):
A chase scene from the film Banlieu 13
Compilation "Best Of David Belle"
And here's a great resource called Parkourpedia, for all things Parkour: http://parkourpedia.com/
