(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Parkour is the physical discipline of training to overcome any obstacle within one's path by adapting one's movements to the environment.It is a non-competitive, physical discipline of French origin in which participants run along a route, attempting to negotiate obstacles in the most efficient way possible. Skills such as jumping and climbing, or the more specific parkour moves are employed. The object of parkour is to get from one place to another using only the human body and the objects in the environment. The obstacles can be anything in one's environment, but parkour is often seen practiced in urban areas because of the many suitable public structures available such as buildings and rails.

[ame=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEdHe3S4ZFQ]YouTube - Parkour Vaults[/ame]
[ame=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-T4VZM2VyDg]YouTube - Parkour & Free Running Vaults[/ame]
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[ame=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVQNt64PxfE]YouTube - Russian Ninjas, Russian Climbing Ninja, Parkour in Latvia[/ame]
[ame=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MeiwLLZjDo]YouTube - Damien Walters Showreel 2009[/ame]

After the attention that parkour received following the film Casino Royale, militaries from different countries began looking for ways to incorporate parkour into training. The British Royal Marines hired parkour athletes to train their members. Colorado Parkour began a project to introduce parkour into the U.S. military and parkour is slowly being introduced into the USMC.

I love watching these, they've started doing this stuff competitively now. It's almost turned into a gymnastic event.

I've got a few friends at school who are into this, you gotta have really good stamina to be able to do it well.

I'd get into this, but this shit need ALOT of upper body strength

And balls. I couldn't leap from rooftop to rooftop like some videos I have seen.

Holy crap that last dude is awesome. I got into this last year, then exams and shit came up, i never found time and just didnt do it anymore. Wish i'd made myself find time. Thinking of getting back into it in summer vacation though, should be fun.