Parkour can be said as a complete sport which trains people to overcome any physical obstacles in their path swiftly and efficiently. This sport commonly involves jumping running and similar type of physical movements.
History of parkour.
The credit of invention of Parkour can not be given to one person because many people have worked on it and then this sport was introduced. A French naval officer, Georges Hebert, who served his country in the first and second world wars, developed earlier form of Parkour. The term ‘Parkour’ was first introduced by David Belle who was taught by his father in early 1980s. Parkour is also known as, ‘the art of displacement’. This sport was further popularized through media in 1990s when many films were made on it. Some practitioners expressed unhappiness when Parkour was introduced at a large scale. The reason behind this act was that while introducing it on a large scale the monopoly of those practitioners will be finished.
Philosophy of Parkour
It is very important for a practitioner to understand the philosophy of parkour. Most of the traceurs are not aware about the philosophy of parkour. The basic theme of parkour is that people realize the ability given to them by God to protect and react on any unusual matter in daily life. These abilities, a person should have learned from childhood because it teaches us the way of living life safely with no fear. Parkour helps traceurs to overcome obstacles, whenever difficult situation appears traceurs treat it as an obstacle and overcome this situation very efficiently through parkour.
Parkour is a beneficial sport for people, as it makes a person stronger enough, though it is physically or mentally. A person can easily handle hurdles faced in daily life, if he starts thinking to overcome these hurdles through parkour.
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