parkour
Also known as PK, Art of Movement
Parkour () is a self-led movement practice where practitioners use only the abilities of their bodies to interact with obstacles in any given environment. With roots in military obstacle course training and martial arts, parkour includes flipping, running, climbing, swinging, vaulting, jumping, plyometrics, rolling, and whatever is suitable for a given situation. Parkour is an activity that can be practiced alone or with others, and is usually carried out in urban spaces, though it can be done anywhere. It involves seeing one's environment in a new way, and envisioning the potential for naviga
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Parkour is a self-led movement practice where people use only their body's abilities to navigate around obstacles in their environment, combining skills like running, climbing, jumping, flipping, and vaulting. Rooted in military training and martial arts, parkour encourages practitioners to see their surroundings—typically urban spaces—in creative new ways and find novel paths through them.
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Key facts
- Martial art.image
- Julien Do parkour in park.jpg
- Martial art.imagecaption
- An athlete performing parkour
- Martial art.imagesize
- 200px
- Martial art.name
- Parkour
- Martial art.aka
- PK
- Martial art.focus
- Efficient or creative environment interaction
- Martial art.country
- France
- Martial art.formation
- 1995–1996
- Martial art.olympic
- Not currently; IOC discussions underway
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Wikidata facts
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- Parkour speed vault portrait.jpg
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33 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Origins
- Georges Hébert
- John Ciampa
- Raymond and David Belle
- Yamakasi
- Discipline
- Name and split
- Organizations
- Sport parkour
- Sport parkour disciplines
- Speed
- Freestyle
- Skill
- Philosophy
- Competition
- David Belle
- Practice
- Movement
- Equipment
- Risks
- Trespassing
- Injuries and deaths
- Impact
- Entertainment
- Military training
- Scientific research and applications
- Freerunning
- See also
- References
- General and cited sources
- External links
Parkour () is a self-led movement practice where practitioners use only the abilities of their bodies to interact with obstacles in any given environment. With roots in military obstacle course training and martial arts, parkour includes flipping, running, climbing, swinging, vaulting, jumping, plyometrics, rolling, and whatever is suitable for a given situation. Parkour is an activity that can be practiced alone or with others, and is usually carried out in urban spaces, though it can be done anywhere. It involves seeing one's environment in a new way, and envisioning the potential for navigating it by movement around, across, through, over and under its features.
Historically, flips and other acrobatic movements were not considered essential to the discipline of parkour, and the term freerunning was applied to parkour-like movement that emphasized artistry rather than efficiency. However, as the parkour culture evolved, its distinction from freerunning became increasingly blurred. Parkour athletes now broadly agree that flips are unambiguously part of parkour.