Vancouver Film School student Eric Morrison has created a great short video “Le Parkour”, about Parkour, the art of moving from point A to point B in the quickest and most efficient way possible. [via Fresh Creation]
Earlier this month Jason Kottke wrote about a demonstration and interview with Parkour inventor David Belle that took place during the New Yorker Festival. Jason also mentions the recent in-depth article on Parkour and David Belle in The New Yorker, “No Obstacles” by Alec Wilkinson.
Here’s a video compilation showing some of David Belle’s best Parkour moves.
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The movie District B13 (Banlieue 13) with David Belle includes some impressive scenes or parkour.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0414852/
I just love this kind of art. I saw something similar at SF MoMA back in June. I wonder if this artist has ambitions to show his work there?
One of the things I love most about San Francisco is how it embraces the ‘different’ and thereby actively encourages diversity. Thanks for posting this example of it!
I was wondering when you would write about Parkour, it is a truly awesome skill/art//discipline. There is also two really great documentaries on Parkour/Free running called Jump Britain (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5901806041431700202) and Jump London (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=461185990931808314).
There are also several parkour groups located in the U.S. Most major cities have groups (and some classes), and the Colorado Parkour and American Parkour associations (http://www.coloradoparkour.com and http://www.americanparkour.com respectively) have lots of information about the art as well as videos, tutorials, and interviews. It is pretty amazing what some of these artists are capable of. Parkour is even being introduced into some youth athletic programs in the U.K. and into gyms all over as a fun and different way to exercise. Glad to see it featured here! Now I’m gonna go practice.
There are Parkour classes being taught in the Northbay (Novato or Santa Rosa Area) and from what I’ve heard they are well done.