Parkour- Myth Busted

 

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.

 

As much as I rely on Wikipedia for all my information, I must disagree with the above statement. As a grandfather, I can unequivocally state that Parkour was not developed as a training discipline, it is an activity that grandchildren developed and have been doing since Adam and Eve became grandparents. 

As proof, I have attached photographic evidence from a recent walk we took with our grandchildren.






The cityscape can be an obstacle course for even the most agile senior but pair them up with grandchildren and there is nothing that can’t be.......... 

 

run on, ..........

 

 

climbed on, ..........

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

swung on, ........ 

 

 

 

vaulted over, ........



 

jumped up, .........

rolled over and.........


 



 

quadrupedaled with movements deemed suitable for the situation.

You may have noticed a mark lack of pictures of the grandparents, but it proved to be too difficult to take a “selfie” while we were busy quadrupedaling .