Tuesday, June 26

Parkour

Have you heard of Parkour? I hadn't. This is why we have the internet.

And you thought nothing good could come out of France ;-)

The Wikipedia entry starts:

(Le) Parkour (sometimes abbreviated to PK) or l'art du déplacement[1] (English: the art of displacement) is a physical art of French origin, the aim of which is to move from point A to point B as efficiently and quickly as possible, using principally the abilities of the human body.[2] It is meant to help one overcome obstacles, which can be anything in the surrounding environment — from branches and rocks to rails and concrete walls — so parkour can be practiced in both rural and urban areas.

That definition leaves out the coolness, so let me help you with that ;-)

First video to watch: David Belle, the leading light, in a chase scene from a movie.

One of the first things I thought: 'Parkour' resembles 'Parker' of Spider-Man fame. I'm sure this comparison has been made before.

In fact, upon watching these videos, Wil said 'That guy's like Spider-Man.' ;-)

More? this compilation

Finally (for this post), 10:43 from a French documentary .

2 comments:

Paul Stokes said...

Wow! David Belle chase scene! But where did all those bad guys keep coming from?

Sean Meade said...

i agree, Paul. that part was pretty fakey. looked to me like he should have lost them after the first floor change or the first building change.

just a chance for David to show more of his stuff ;-)