Here are a few things to add to your list for this Christmas.
I can’t live without my boxers, coffee! Don’t go Free running with just these one 
And below is my favorite… I love FiveTen’s designs and color scheme.
What are your favorite shoes? I like FiveTen and then K-Swiss.
I think all you hardcore fans out there will appreciate this!
Parkour Kids
Parkour and Free Running. Well it’s not only a great what for our youth to get in shape but it can also teach our young’ens a thing or two.
This sport teaches one about their surroundings and will give them a better understanding of their environment. Those that practice in this sport usually have more of a feel for their surroundings as they look at every object as some type of structure that they can overcome.
Be it a stair well, a boulder, trees, or anything that they come across on their path these partipants will use their honed skilled to know what is the fastest and possibly the best way to get from point A to point B.
Example, a non trained person in the park may see a rock or object in their way and will go out of their way to find an alternate path. While one that practices parkour or freerunning (tracuers) may just leap over or climb on top of it to get to the other side.
So I personally think that those who practice this sport will not only be in better health than those whom are lethargicand don’t get out to exercise regularly will also have a better understanding of what is going on around them.
Founder of Parkour - David Belle
David Belle (born 29 April 1973 in Fécamp, France) is the founder of parkour (PK). He is also a physical educator, stuntman and actor. His military training and early athletic, climbing, gymnastic, and martial arts training acted as the foundations for the discipline he has developed
Belle was born and raised in Seine-Maritime, France. He descends from a modest family in the suburbs of Paris. His grandfather Gilbert Kitten, father Raymond Belle, and brother Jeff Belle have been highly skilled rescuers in the French military fire service.
He spent the first 14 years of his life in his birthplace Fécamp and later in Les Sables d’Olonne, a time during which he demonstrated a taste for action and fast movement. He excelled in athletics, climbing, gymnastics and martial arts. He was strongly inspired by his maternal grandfather Gilbert Kitten who evoked in him a passion for heroism and helping other people.
In 1988, at the age of 15, Belle left school and moved to Lisses, Paris to begin his national service. In this time he obtained his French national First Aid certificate and UFOLEP certificate of gymnastics leadership. He made close friends with a group of teenagers with a similar physical passion, who later became the Yamakasi (Yann Hnautra, Frédéric Hnautra, David Malgogne, Sébastien Foucan and Kazuma). After joining the fire brigade with aspirations of following in his father’s and grandfather’s footsteps, he was temporarily discharged due to a wrist injury and did not return for personal reasons.
He later joined the Troupes de marine in Vannes, where he received a promotion, a gymnastic agility certificate of honour, and champion records for Regimental rope-climbing (which his father had once held) and the Essonne obstacle course. He has however said that his taste and love for adventure and freedom did not go well with the regimented life of the military.
Upon completing his national service he worked in a number of various professions including a warehouse worker, security guard and furniture salesman. He then flew to India and obtained a Black Belt in Gong Fu. After his return he began promoting his discipline by filming footage of his capabilities. In 1997 the Stade 2 team (Francis Marroto, Pierre Sleed and Pierre Salviac) were shown a video and decided to create a film about Belle and parkour, in a series of his collaborations with ‘the speed-air man’, ‘catmen’, ‘la Reléve’ and ‘les traceurs’. The word ‘traceur‘ has since been used to define a practitioner of parkour.
Belle was first introduced to his acting career in a meeting with Hubert Koundé (La Haine), in order to discuss the success of parkour on the big screen. He then began developing his acting ability with the play Pygmalion, and has since been successful in obtaining a number of roles mostly in French films and promotions. Belle has been featured in promotional videos for Tina Turner, and Iam. He has starred in “Les gens du voyages” and “Un monde meilleur”, followed by “L’Engrenages” and “Femme Fatale”, as well as “Les riviéres pourpres 2″, starring Jean Reno. After filming several more advertisements and promotions for the BBC, Nissan and Nike, Belle was contacted by Luc Besson (director of Nikita, and The Fifth Element) regarding co-starring as lead actor with Cyril Raffaelli in the action movie District 13.
Founder of Free Running
Sebastien Foucan
Sébastien Foucan (born May 24, 1974 in Paris, France), an Afro-French, is one of the founders of freerunning. He created the sport along with his friends including David Belle. He has been influenced by the art of parkour and is generally considered to be a “second generation” founder of parkour along with David Belle. He is well known as an ambassador for free running to many countries and is generally considered to represent free running. Well known for his views on the philosophy behind free running, he also stresses the need for proper training in the basics of free running, not only for safety, but also to maintain the positive appearance of the activity in the public eye.
He came to prominence in the United Kingdom after the showing of Mike Christie’s Jump London documentary on Channel 4 in September 2003, and the subsequent documentary Jump Britain.
In addition to leading these programs, Sébastien also appears as Mollaka in the 21st James Bond film, Casino Royale. He spent three months in the Bahamas filming his role in the movie. A stunt double was used for portions of the opening chase scene. Besides this, Sébastien appears in the music video for Madonna’s 2005 single, Hung Up.
Foucan helped K-Swiss develop the Ariake, the first free running and parkour running shoe in a line of 5 models.
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The Basiqs team up with Team Tempest in hip hop video “She Won’t Let Me Go”
Imagination and great collaboration has brought together one of the hottest
hip hop duo to come out of Tampa Florida. The Basiqs’ Mr Sin and Gage have put together
a hit video with the help of Team Tempest while shooting in Cali.
They’ve combined a mini video story along with some hardcore Parkour action in this
jam packed 3 minute plus video.
If you would like to know more about The Basiqs you can visit
their site at www.TheBasiqs.com
If you would like to know more about Team Tempest you can visit
their site at www.tempestfreerunning.com
Prodigal Theatre puts on a Parkour Event in Scotland
PARKOUR free-runners and fashion fans will flock to Glasgow’s cultural quarter for this year’s Merchant City Festival.
The seventh annual festival, launched today, is set to scale new heights in making the buzzing area Glasgow’s artistic hub.
The four-day event will feature parkour performers running freestyle over some of the area’s architectural gems, while a glamour catwalk show and designer label shopping extravaganza are poised to enhance the city’s style credentials.
To learn more about this event click below
Parkour Festival Scotland
This is one wicked video.
Chemical Brothers has some crazy orc coming out of a dumpster and dancing and doing moves that most Traceurs wish they could do.
What’s up with the outfit? None the less this thing can get down!
Midnight Madness
Thought you would like to know a some of the names and moves
involved in Parkour and Free Running.
This is a good resource for some of you noobs out there who want to show
off to your traceur buddies that you know the terminology.
Have I got videos for you!
You’ve come to the right spot for your Parkour Youtube and Free Running YouTube video fix.
I will compile as many of the best PK videos that I can.
Since parkour and free running are so close to each other I will provide both types types of vids.
Not only will you get Youtube stuff but I will also go out and search the web for Google Video, Metacafe Video, and other video sites.
(I will put as many David Belle and Sebastian Foucan stuff I can find too)
If I find things that I know will spark interest to you folks I will chuck that in here too!
Like Urban Ninja, Yamakasi
Until then to all my traceur and tracuse friends, subscribe to my feed and just watch as they keep pouring in.
I am that guy who goes to all the action movies just to see the latest in stunts, tricks, fighting, and mostly Parkour .
I wanted to provide you with a little more insight about this sport.
According to wikipedia,
Parkour (sometimes abbreviated to PK) or l’art du déplacement (English: the art of movement) is an activity with the aim of moving from one point to another as efficiently and quickly as possible, using principally the abilities of the human body. 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—and can be practiced in both rural and urban areas. Parkour practitioners are referred to as traceurs, or traceuses for females (the verb tracer “to trace” is French slang for moving with extreme speed).
Founded by David Belle in France, parkour focuses on practicing efficient movements to develop one’s body and mind to be able to overcome obstacles in an emergency.
Then you have Free Running Almost similar but not.
Now that you know what Parkour is, Free Running can be thought of as cousin of Parkour.
This style or art form includes moving in ways that would be characterized as acrobatic.
Many of these moves include flips, twists, and turns. Which you could see a gymnist do while on performing floor exercises. (Except they are doing this on our everyday surroundings.)
So if you want to look at it like this, think of Parkour as getting from A to B as effectively as possible, while Free Running is getting to B but while flipping, twisting, and turning in stylistic ways.
Since these two sports tie so close to each other I decided to start this site which will house a mixture of both. I call this Parkour Running! And I will give you all the lastest info and updates on this sport.
David Belle at the
New York Festival