Hello, I am here again to talk about Parkour and Freerunning. In my last post I talked about what Parkour and Freerunning are. If you haven't read it you can read it here.
In this post I am going to talk about the history of Parkour. The meaning of parkour is l' art du deplacement which in English means the art of movement. Parkour was founded in France by a man named David Belle. David Participated in activities such as martial arts and gymnastics. A picture of David is to the right. His father (Raymond Belle) showed him a type of training using an obstacle course. David took these skills and developed parkour. Parkour is the name of these obstacle courses that are used to train the French military and the French firemen. Another key point in the history of parkour is its appearance in movies. When the Bond film "Casino Royale" was released, the beginning chase scene consisted of Bond chasing a traceur. After the public saw this, everyone wanted to try parkour and freerunning. Also, this got other militaries interested in using it as a form of training. Since then the British Royal Marines hired parkour athletes to train their members. Also, Colorado parkour began a project to introduce parkour into the U.S. military. The history of freerunning is a different story. The term freerunning coined during the filming of "Jump London", as a way to present parkour to the English-speaking world. While some people say there are differences between parkour and freerunning, there are a few who say "They are both movement and they both came from the same place so they are the same thing." So, that is mostly the history of parkour and freerunning. My next topic will be on a few of the moves you can do. In a later topic I will tell how to do a few moves. If you have any other questions or comments about parkour and freerunning just post a comment below. Thank you for reading and see you later.
Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkour#History
In this post I am going to talk about the history of Parkour. The meaning of parkour is l' art du deplacement which in English means the art of movement. Parkour was founded in France by a man named David Belle. David Participated in activities such as martial arts and gymnastics. A picture of David is to the right. His father (Raymond Belle) showed him a type of training using an obstacle course. David took these skills and developed parkour. Parkour is the name of these obstacle courses that are used to train the French military and the French firemen. Another key point in the history of parkour is its appearance in movies. When the Bond film "Casino Royale" was released, the beginning chase scene consisted of Bond chasing a traceur. After the public saw this, everyone wanted to try parkour and freerunning. Also, this got other militaries interested in using it as a form of training. Since then the British Royal Marines hired parkour athletes to train their members. Also, Colorado parkour began a project to introduce parkour into the U.S. military. The history of freerunning is a different story. The term freerunning coined during the filming of "Jump London", as a way to present parkour to the English-speaking world. While some people say there are differences between parkour and freerunning, there are a few who say "They are both movement and they both came from the same place so they are the same thing." So, that is mostly the history of parkour and freerunning. My next topic will be on a few of the moves you can do. In a later topic I will tell how to do a few moves. If you have any other questions or comments about parkour and freerunning just post a comment below. Thank you for reading and see you later.
Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkour#History
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