Parkour is a training discipline using movement that developed from military obstacle course training.
Practitioners, called tracers or traceurs, aim to get from one point to another in a complex environment, without assistive equipment, and in the fastest and most efficient way possible. Parkour includes running, climbing, swinging, vaulting, jumping, plyometrics, rolling, quadrupedal movement (crawling), and other movements as deemed most suitable for the situation (not to be confused with freerunning). Parkour’s development from military training gives it some aspects of non-combative martial art.
Parkour is an activity that can be practiced alone or with others and is usually carried out in urban spaces, though it can be done anywhere. Parkour involves seeing one’s environment in a new way and imagining the potential for navigating it by movement around, across, through, over, and under its features.
Matt Larose from Canada is a performer in the video.
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