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Parkour (IPA: //, often abbreviated PK) is a physical discipline of French origin in which participants attempt to pass obstacles in the fastest and most direct manner possible, using skills such as jumping, vaulting and climbing, or the more specific parkour moves. The obstacles can be anything in one's environment, so parkour is often practiced in urban areas because of many suitable public structures, such as buildings, rails, and walls.
A traceur (//) is a participant of parkour.
What is parkour?
Parkour is a physical discipline inspired by human movement, focusing on uninterrupted, efficient forward motion over, under, around and through obstacles (both man-made and natural) in one's environment. Such movement may come in the form of running, jumping, climbing and other more complex techniques. The goal of parkour is to adapt one's movement to any given obstacle.
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Good training today with #Rochester parkour. Played on playgrounds and balanced over rivers on trees. What better way to spend a day?
ZacharyCohn (ZacharyCohn) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:34:03 -0000
Good training today with #Rochester parkour. Played on playgrounds and balanced over rivers on trees. What better way to spend a day?
@ashilicious2010 im unmotivated and kinda indifferent to most everything or anyone, but I have interest in parkour and connecting with ppl
kae_bar (Donte [Tha Donn]) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:12:20 -0000
@ashilicious2010 im unmotivated and kinda indifferent to most everything or anyone, but I have interest in parkour and connecting with ppl
Doing some research for an upcoming blog post concerning #parkour http://bit.ly/3gEL8Q
endydaniyanto (Endy Daniyanto) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:11:29 -0000
Doing some research for an upcoming blog post concerning #parkour http://bit.ly/3gEL8Q
Lo que si me srivio fue ir a parkour a las canteras, y alrato ala pachanga
blazerwoolf (BLAZER WOOLF) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:01:15 -0000
Lo que si me srivio fue ir a parkour a las canteras, y alrato ala pachanga
Hardcore parkour on the side of kolf say what? i just landed on my face
jessicaabecker (Jessica Becker) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:00:04 -0000
Hardcore parkour on the side of kolf say what? i just landed on my face
@Riteishd : By ne chance r u learnin capoeira or parkour ?
NupurShikhare (nupur shikhare) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:00:00 -0000
@Riteishd : By ne chance r u learnin capoeira or parkour ?
Wikipedia: Parkour - Article that gives an overview of the sport. Includes history, interview with the co-founder, and the impact of commercialization.
3run - Group with profiles, information, pictures, videos, and forum.
Adelaide PK - Local group based in Adelaide, Australia with pictures, picture profiles, and updated news.
American Parkour - Community with tutorials, articles, store, media, and forum.
Meta Description: [ American Parkour- Parkour and Free Running Community ]
BBC News: The Art of Le Parkour - An introduction to this urban sport by Hugh Schofield.
Meta Description: [ David Belle, acrobatic star of a BBC promotional film, is the acknowledged guru of a new urban sport in France known as Le Parkour - obstacle-coursing. ]
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Belgium Parkour Community - Belgium community with forum, videos, local crew info, and history.
Meta Description: [ Een site over parkour in Belgie hier kan je praten op het forum over parkour en hulp vragen ..., Een site over parkour in Belgie hier kan je praten op het forum over parkour en hulp vragen ... ]
Edmonton Parkour - Local scene in Edmonton, Canada with descriptions, hotspots, pictures, news, and videos.
Meta Description: [ Inform yourself about parkour and search for parkour video and other resources ]
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Foucan - Home of Sabastian Foucan who is considered one of the co-founders of the sport. Freatures videos, photos, history, and philosophy.
Kiell - Showcase by photographer Andy Day who specialises in parkour and free running events. Includes profile and print ordering.
Le Parkour - English edition of a French site providing a profile of David Belle, vocabulary of the sport, pictures and video clips.
Meta Description: [ Official Website ]
Le Parkour - English Le Parkour group discussing training tips, technique, gear and safety. With crew listing and picture gallery.
Meta Description: [ Welcome to the first English Le Parkour group on the internet, use it to discuss almost anything to do with le parkour. ]
New Urban Movement - Parkour group in Kettering, UK with pictures, tutorials, and information.
Meta Description: [ Contains girl information. Click here if you are looking for girl. dogpile, free games, girl. ]
Northern Parkour - Community representing Northern England with articles, pictures, hotspots, forum, news, and links.
Meta Description: [ NorthernParkour: For parkour across the north of England ]
Official website of Parkour - History and philosophy of the sport, press articles, guide to techniques, tips and forum. [Requires Flash]
Meta Description: [ Le Parkour ou Free-Run est l'art du déplacement. Art en voie de développement. Site complet sur cet art ]
Overflux - Parkour community representing Southeast USA with forum, pictures, videos, tutorials, open blog, and articles.
Meta Description: [ parkour website for the southeast usa ]
Parkour Belgium - Belgium group with forum, history, pictures, and videos.
Meta Description: [ Le Parkour Belgium Belgie Belgique Belgium Parkour group with forum, history, pictures, and videos. ]
Parkour Store - Store with T shirts and sweatshirts.
Meta Description: [ Superb Deals Every Day on Designer Clothing and Fine Clothes. Men's Clothing, Men's Shoes, Men's Accessories, Uniforms, Vintage Clothing, Costumes & Reenactment Attire, Wedding Clothing, Women's Clothing, Women's Shoes, Women's Accessories, Handbags ]
Parkour.net - English version of a hub with news, articles, links, photos, videos, forum, and blogs.
Meta Description: [ Parkour.NET - the parkour portal by traceurs, for traceurs, endorsed by David Belle and the Parkour Worldwide Association., THE Official Parkour portal with News, Articles, Links, Photos, Videos, Forum, Blogs and a lot more ! Available in English, French, Deutsch, Spanish. Parkour is an art to he... ]
PK Cali - Parkour community representing California, USA with forum, pictures, videos, sessions map, and articles.
PK London - Local group with member pictures, videos, articles, and forum. [Requires Flash]
Meta Description: [ Pk London - The home of Parkour in London. Parkour videos, articles, links, forums, jam calender and clothing. ]
PKAero - Chicago based community with pictures, forum, and store.
Meta Description: [ international dating aero tv gm ms name ba ae cd ]
PKTO - Toronto, Canada based Parkour network with image gallery, forum, links, and general information helpful to participants of the sport.
Meta Description: [ Canada's largest Parkour community serving Toronto and Southern Ontario ]
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Screw Gravity - Photo gallery and profiles of members of the Levity group from Devon, England. Includes tutorials, media, articles and discussion forum.
Meta Description: [ Parkour photographs, videos and tutorials. A small, friendly community of traceurs in the forum with a relaxed atmosphere. ]
SFParkour - San Francisco Bay based community with forum, history, current local events, and about us.
Meta Description: [ THE source of parkour information for the San Francisco Bay Area traceur community. ]
South Coast Parkour - A community of Parkour enthusiasts from Hampshire and the South Coast of the UK. Includes video, pictures, local hotspots, calendar, history, and forum.
Meta Description: [ News By the Comunity, For the Comunity ]
Stafford Pk - Parkour group with pictures, information, tutorials, forum, chat room, and hot spots.
Synergy Crew - Netherlands crew with profiles, videos, pictures, movement descriptions, hotspots, and history.
Meta Description: [ Parkour scene in Dordrecht and s-gravendeel, the Synergy Crew, and we re growing fast. Find pics, vids, techniques, information about parkour, and so on. ]
Tracers.ru - Picture and video gallery from Russian enthusiasts.
UK Parkour Association - A resource for traceurs and people wanting to learn about the sport. Includes tutorials, tricks and training information, downloads, message board and contacts.
Meta Description: [ UK Parkour Association: home: Information for parkour / free running, invented by David Belle and Sebastien Foucan. Videos, forum, training. ]
Urban Freeflow - News, events and forum for a group of UK traceurs. Includes profiles of key people in the sport, pictures, video clips, tips and tutorials.
Meta Description: [ UF - The Worlds biggest, most active and
organised parkour and freerun network. Urban Freeflow's Parkour clothing - The
premier brand of Parkour bar none ]
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Velosophy - Portland, Oregon community with news, forum, videos, tutorials, fitness advice, and links.
Meta Description: [ Velosophy is a group of traceurs practising the art of Le Parkour in Portland Oregon. Parkour embodies a new set of movements coming out of France that enable you to overcame practically all obstacles in your chosen path in a fluid dynamic way through a combinaton of vaults, rolls, jumps, climbs,... ]
Worldwide JAM - News site with pictures, videos, current events, and links to an upcoming magazine and tv station.
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Russian Climbing Some Russian doing some crazy stuff in terms of free running/parkour |
