Parkour

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 «TheTracers» was opened.

All we had before, it was the usual "underground."

«TheTracers»

Oleg Krasnyansky

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.

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 are 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 became widely known after the movie "Yamakasi: New Samurai" and the film "13th 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».

Parkour and film industry

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