What is Parkour? – David in Lisses and Evry

Posted by misterparkour on April 14, 2008

In this short video clip David Belle performs Parkour in Evry and Lisses, and he talks about the art he created. We have done our best to translate the text, but even though we speak Spanish the last part of the first stanza gave us a little trouble.

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“Parkour is the art of displacement as much in the city as in the forest, and is used on the structures and the obstacles that are not prepared for a participant.

The philosophy is always to advance, never to stop. If some time you have problems like in life, if you have an obstacle you must always continue forward.

Everyone can do Parkour. Parkour begins when you find an obstacle in front of you and have to utilize your body to surpass it.”

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“El Parkour es el arte del desplazamiento tanto por la cuidad por el bosque, y es servirse de las construcciones y los obstáculos que un principio no están previstos para ello.

La filosofía es siempre avanzar, de no pararse nunca si alguna vez tienes problemas como en la vida, si tienes algun obstáculo hay que seguir siempre hacia delante.

Todo el mundo puede hacer parkour. El parkour comienza cuando encuentras un obstáculo enfrente de ti y tienes que utilizar tus miembros para superarlo.”

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http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8je2f