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VIII.1 Parkour - performance
Parkour (French pronunciation: [paʁkuʁ]) is a training discipline using movement
that developed from military obstacle course training. Practitioners aim to get
from one point to another in a complex environment, without assistive
equipment and in the fastest and most efficient way possible. Parkour includes
running, climbing, swinging, vaulting, jumping, rolling, quadrupedal movement,
and other movements as deemed most suitable for the situation. Parkour's
development from military training gives it some aspects of a non-combative
martial art.
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Parkour is an activity that can be practised alone or with others and is usually
carried out in urban spaces, though can be done anywhere. Parkour involves
seeing one's environment in a new way, and imagining the potential for
navigating it by movement around, across, through, over and under its features.
Parkour was developed in France, primarily by Raymond Belle, and further by his
son David and the latter's group of friends, the self-styled Yamakasi, during the
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