What Is Parkour , Parkour

Watch more How to Parkour videos: My name is Ann Kaczka, I ve been practicing Parkour since 2007. My first day training was with David Belle at the New Yorker festival. And since then I ve trained solo in Thailand, climbing trees on the streets of London and Paris. And now I m back in New York City. And today I m here to talk to you about Parkour. Parkour is a method of training where you strengthen your body as well as your mind by overcoming obstacles, physical obstacles and mental obstacles as well. Parkour s origins were widely debated upon by its practitioners. Climbing trees is back to France, the actual word parkour is an alternative take on the phrase parkour de Comberton which is a military obstacle training course. From there at some point in France it did become more of a recreational method of training and almost a discipline art of form. We do see parkour in moving of children, the way that they play br, br,