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Excellent Article (Old but good!)Dug this up from 2007, an article on Parkour by Alec Wilkinson, a reporter for The New Yorker. He talks about his visiting M2 and Demon from American Parkour, as well as an interview with David Belle himself about how he trains. An insightful piece, definitely a must-read. A young man who practices parkour is called a traceur; a woman is a traceuse. A traceur, Jeff Belle says, is someone “who traces David’s footsteps, the way David traced our father’s.” Enthusiasts also say that a traceur is someone who goes fast. The video of Belle that traceurs seem to find most compelling, judging from how often they mention it, is one in which he crashes into a cement wall. I have found it on YouTube, using “David Belle fall” as the search term. Belle is attempting to leap...
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Doc Akh Talks!"Doc Akh" from American Parkour was one of the members of the Tribe who came down for the K-SWISS Freerunning Tour. We had hosted all of those awesomely cool guys to some of Miami's best places, all to show our appreciation to their hard work and dedication promoting parkour and freerunning across the country- and to give them a little R&R! Anyways, he mentions us in his blog:
Much thanks guys! You're always welcome back for some more tamales!
History of ParkourHUGE Shout Out to Ailin for writing this EXCELLENT History of Parkour Article!! Excerpt from L’art du Deplacement:
L’art du deplacement (the art of displacement) or "Parkour" as we have come to know it, is defined as moving from one point to another as efficiently and as quickly as possible. To do this, movement must be performed while overcoming obstacles in the surrounding environment which may be either rural or urban areas. An obstacle can be as small as a rock or as huge as a concrete wall. The efficiency with which one moves is also a very important aspect of parkour. Practitioners not only move as fast as they can but also in the least energy consuming and most direct way possible... Read more
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What is Parkour?Parkour: Half art, half sport- full discipline. It's practicioners hone their skills until they seem like they have super-human abilities, yet anyone can become adept at the basics of Parkour. The highest levels of Parkour are within reach of nearly everyone, but it is a hard road fraught with time, effort, and most of all, Dedication. "The physical aspect of parkour is getting over all the obstacles in your path as you would in an emergency. You want to move in such a way, with any movement, as to help you gain the most ground on someone or something, whether escaping from it or chasing toward it." -David Belle All of the effort and work you put into developing your Parkour is paid back in ways you won't realize until they appear. The above quote, said by the founder of Parkour, sheds some light on the nature of the discipline: être et durer (to be and to last). While we practice the different movements, we aren't gaining more tricks to show off. Rather, we practice the different movements, as well as combinations, or inventing new ways to overcome an obstacle, all of which is preparation for when we are needed in an emergency. What is MIAPK?"MIAPK" stands for Miami Parkour, and is pretty much self-explanatory. While we are based in Miami, we would like to reach out to other cities and form a community of friends with everyone. We respect all viewpoints without judgement on differences in opinion, while at the same time remaining focused on what we believe. To be open-minded while remaining ourselves: that is what MIAPK means to us. |