The Born Samuri by Paul Boakye

Posted by misterparkour on December 3, 2007

The following is a link to the article The Born Samurai written by Paul Boakye and featuring Sébastien Foucan

When the Parkour community was new to the U.S. there was confusion over who started it. Some people said David Belle started it and some people said Sébastien Foucan did. Now no one questions it because everyone knows it was David, although many still call Sébastien the “co-founder.” But regardless of his Parkour title, Sébastien is seen as the pioneer of Free Running, and he is one of the most influential Free Runners/Tracers in the world today. His view on Parkour becoming competition based is just one of many profound things he says concerning Parkour in this article.

http://paulboakye.net/blog/2006/10/society/sport/foucan/