1. The most pretentious douchy way to travel.
2. The mistaken belief that every surface has the traction needed to stick your landing.
3. Natural selection.
2. The mistaken belief that every surface has the traction needed to stick your landing.
3. Natural selection.
1. I have my own parkour channel on youtube with 1 million views.
2. Through parkour, I can travel across moss covered roofs of london and survive.
3. Parkour has helped us eliminated some of dumbest people in the world.
2. Through parkour, I can travel across moss covered roofs of london and survive.
3. Parkour has helped us eliminated some of dumbest people in the world.
by wakkadoodooo November 3, 2016
Get the Parkour mug.The art/discipline, created by David Belle, in which participants (Men = Traceurs, Women = Traceuses) find the most efficient route from point A to point B by running, jumping, vaulting, and rolling obstacles that get in their way.
Not to be confused with Free Running, which is about fluidity rather than efficiency.
Not to be confused with Free Running, which is about fluidity rather than efficiency.
The Traceur used Parkour to get from his house to the train station.
Parkour is the art of movement.
Parkour is the art of movement.
by Setnochima December 24, 2008
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Parkour (also called Le Parkour, PK, or free running) is a quasi-sport in which participants attempt to clear all obstacles in their path in the most fluid manner possible.
A traceur is a participant of parkour. The term free-runner has been commonly adopted by the media following the use of the term by Sebastien Foucan in Jump London. The same program led to the use of another term, free-running. The term free-running has been widely used by journalists to describe parkour-like activity, but which commonly features more emphasis on 'showy' moves than are a feature of genuine parkour.
The ultimate goal in parkour is to ‘flow’ along one’s path, for the entire journey to be as one fluid movement with no pauses or breaks. A principal rule of parkour is to never go backwards. Traceurs believe that there is a path to every obstacle which is achieved through forward movement.
The magnitude and technicality of a move in parkour are secondary to the flow and beauty of it. Explains Jerome Ben Aoues, one of the traceurs featured in the acclaimed Channel 4 documentary Jump London, “The most important thing really is the harmony between you and the obstacle; the movement has to be elegant, that's what will make it prettier. Length and distance only add to the beauty of the move, if you manage to pass over the fence elegantly that's beautiful, rather than saying ‘I jumped the lot.’ What's the point in that?”
To many, parkour is an extreme sport, to others a discipline more comparable to martial arts, to others an art form akin to dance, a way to encapsulate human movement in its most beautiful form. Parkour also inspires freedom; being free in an urban environment designed to trap, not restricted by railings, staircases, even buildings. (See Situationist). It is for many people a way of life.
The ultimate goal in parkour is to ‘flow’ along one’s path, for the entire journey to be as one fluid movement with no pauses or breaks. A principal rule of parkour is to never go backwards. Traceurs believe that there is a path to every obstacle which is achieved through forward movement.
The magnitude and technicality of a move in parkour are secondary to the flow and beauty of it. Explains Jerome Ben Aoues, one of the traceurs featured in the acclaimed Channel 4 documentary Jump London, “The most important thing really is the harmony between you and the obstacle; the movement has to be elegant, that's what will make it prettier. Length and distance only add to the beauty of the move, if you manage to pass over the fence elegantly that's beautiful, rather than saying ‘I jumped the lot.’ What's the point in that?”
To many, parkour is an extreme sport, to others a discipline more comparable to martial arts, to others an art form akin to dance, a way to encapsulate human movement in its most beautiful form. Parkour also inspires freedom; being free in an urban environment designed to trap, not restricted by railings, staircases, even buildings. (See Situationist). It is for many people a way of life.
by www.valleyfreerunners.com October 1, 2005
Get the parkour mug.The action of climbing over or under the divider in a public restroom when you run out of toilet paper as to gain access to the toilet paper in an adjoining stall.
Practitioners of poo parkour may be referred to as "shitraceurs".
Practitioners of poo parkour may be referred to as "shitraceurs".
Man 1: I ran out of toilet paper and was so desperate I did an Army low crawl into the next stall so I could wipe my ass.
Man 2: That's some serious poo parkour!
Man 2: That's some serious poo parkour!
by MrGryphon April 7, 2013
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Parkour is the art of movement. The discipline of using your body to overcome any and all obstacles in your path.
Not only is Parkour a sport, but also a way of life. parkour practitioners, called traceurs, often share the "parkour mentality": That all obstacles, mental and physical, can be overcome.
Parkour is the art of movement. The discipline of using your body to overcome any and all obstacles in your path.
Not only is Parkour a sport, but also a way of life. parkour practitioners, called traceurs, often share the "parkour mentality": That all obstacles, mental and physical, can be overcome.
by mickeynotmouse September 5, 2010
Get the Parkour mug.It's pretty gay. Started by some emo kids from the suburbs, these total douchbags hop around on buildings, jungle gyms, and each other.
Faggot #1 hey bro, lets like go and do some Parkour
Faggot#2 Right onn bro and maybe after we're done we can go and listen to some underground hip-hop and Dave.
Pedestrian #1- God what abunch of posers!
Pedestrian #2- Well you can't blame them, there're what you call " social rejects"
Faggot#2 Right onn bro and maybe after we're done we can go and listen to some underground hip-hop and Dave.
Pedestrian #1- God what abunch of posers!
Pedestrian #2- Well you can't blame them, there're what you call " social rejects"
by Jodu December 26, 2009
Get the Parkour mug.A sport that most consider to be fun to do or to watch, and that the three people before me are making look like a boring sport with their lengthy explanations. The only main objective is to get from point A to point B as quickly as possible in your environment, but there's a reason it's a "sport" and not an "obligation". Have fun in your sport- take a little time to perfect a jump over something if you constantly see that you're messing up on it, let yourself get sidetracked and go chase a squirrel, go out of your way to climb up on top of McDonalds and dance around on the roof to make a fool out of yourself and then run like a madman when the workers are chasing after you shouting that they've called the "poh-leece on you!!!" Have fun, do what you can, and learn what you can't. Climb up on a Church and watch cars go by, push your body to it's limits. That's the perfect world of Parkour... not just discipline, but enjoying disciplining yourself.
by VineyardPK May 21, 2006
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