Parcours - modern sport from vietnamese history

"Parkours" was founded by David Belle a french guy who learned it from his vietnames father. The "Parkours-Training" (the art of moving) was used within the vietnamese military. The "Méthode Naturelle" was an art of movement through the landscape with its natural obstacles. In the late 80s David Belle transferred these playful method to the urban landscape of Paris suburb from where it became a worldwide known sport. The traceur tries to overcome all barriers in a city by the shortest or most efficient route from A to self-selected target B. Because of its extrem difficult and hard movements, it is a sport mostly applied by youth people. From Paris, Parkours found its way back to Hanoi / Vietnam. 

Parcours was established by David Belle who learned the sport from his vietnamese father

A Traceur planning to overcome a wall in "The old Lenin Park" Hanoi

 

It is not important that you fall down, it is important how you fall down.

Warming up is essential for a traceur