This presentation was introduced for the first time at IDS Creative Festival 2010. I've referenced to the presentation made by Zachary Cohn (American Parkour). I hope this presentation could help you understand the original spirit of parkour.

1. PARKOUR

2. Purpose of this Presentation
• Inform Public Safety on the topics of:
– What is, and isn't, Parkour?
– How do we train Parkour?
– Why do we train Parkour?
– Who trains Parkour?
– Dangers of Parkour
• How we minimize these dangers
– Influential Quotes
– More Information

3. What is, and isn't, Parkour?
• What is Parkour?
– A French “Art of Movement” or physical discipline
– Moving quickly and efficiently
– Total control of one's body
– Traceur (M) & Traceuse (F)
• practitioner of Parkour
• What isn't Parkour?
– Flips and tricks
– Flashy stunts

4. History of Parkour
• George Hébert
• Raymond Belle
• David Belle and the Yamakasi
• Lisses, France

5. George Hébert
• French naval officer
visiting Africa before
World War I
– impressed by the physical
development and skills of
indigenous tribes
• coordinated the escape
and rescue of some 700
people from a volcanic
eruption
– être fort pour être utile

6. George Hébert
• méthode naturelle
– walking, running, jumping, quadrupedal movement,
climbing, balancing, throwing, lifting, self‐defense,
swimming
– standard system of French military education and
training during WWI and WWII
• proponents of parcours — an obstacle course,
developed by a Swiss architect
– French soldiers and firefighters developed their
obstacle courses known as parcours du combattant

7. Raymond Belle
• a French soldier and
firefighter
• closely followed the
teachings of Georges
Hébert
– learning how best to
overcome obstacles fluidly in
a natural environment
• introduced his son David
to obstacle course training
and the méthode naturelle

8. David Belle
• developing parkour in Lisses,
France
• in 1997, a group of people
including DB created a group
called Yamakasi
– strong spirit, strong body,
strong man, endurance
• Belle and Foucan split up
due to disagreements over
the definition of l'art du
déplacement
• Yamakasi movie (2001)
created without DB and
Foucan

9. How do we train?
• ground‐based movements are more common
than anything involving rooftops
• Traceurs vs extreme sport practitioners
– Safety a primary concern
– “Go Big or Go Home” attitude
– Respect for environment
• Heavy emphasis on slow progression
• Learning, studying, and teaching others
• Discussing the Philosophy

10. Why do we train?
• Physical Reasons
– Demands, and provides, high degree of physical fitness
– Trains entire body to work together
– Has a purpose
– Ability to escape dangerous situations
– Builds useful, real life skill set
• Mental Reasons
– Builds self confidence
– Teaches focus, control, awareness of ability
– Unique outlook on the obstacles
• Both physical and mental/emotional

11. Who trains Parkour?
• Parkour is for EVERYONE
• Primary demographic: young adult males
– Open to every demographic
– Men in their 50s
– Women from their teens to their 50s
• Our vision is to change the people’s
perspective about parkour

12. Dangers of Parkour
• No more dangerous than any other sport
– Less so, in fact.
• Impact injuries
– Knees and other joints
– Broken bones
• Repetitive Stress Injuries
• Damage to structures, environment

13. How we minimize these dangers
• If we get hurt, we cannot train.
• Without our environment, nothing to train on
• Heavy emphasis on safety and knowledge
– Progress slowly
• Landings and drops: Start small
• Spotting
– Friendly community based on spreading Parkour
• Everyone teaches, and learns from, everyone else
– Additional learning encouraged
• How the skeletal and muscular systems work
• Nutrition

14. More things that you need to know
• sport competition and rivalry are against parkour's
philosophy
• not practiced in dedicated public facilities. You can
practice ANYTIME and ANYWHERE
• No special equipment required. Comfy athletic
shoes, that are generally light, with good grip, are
encouraged
– sometimes practitioners train barefooted to be able
to move efficiently without depending on their gear

15. Freerunning
• The term freerunning is sometimes used
interchangeably with parkour
• Parkour place more emphasis on efficiency and
simplicity
• Freerunning places more emphasis on the
aesthetics of movement and finding creative
ways to overcome obstacles

20. Influential Quotes
• “Be Strong to be Useful” ‐ George Hébert
• "The fundamental idea is a man who runs,
and whom nothing stops." ‐ David Belle
• “A bad traceur will train a technique until
they get it right. A good traceur will train a
technique until they cannot get it wrong.” ‐
Unknown

21. More Information
http://www.parkourindonesia.web.id
• FB Group: Parkour Indonesia
• Twitter: @ParkourID
• make sure you check out the forum!
http://parkourjakarta.posterous.com
• FB Page: Parkour Jakarta
• Twitter: @ParkourJKT

22. Merci!