Parkour is an athletic discipline where people attempt to go from point A to point B in the fastest, fluid and most efficient way possible. This is done without any external help from any kind of assisting equipment by combining the motions of running, climbing, swinging, vaulting, jumping, rolling, etc. to get around. This is depicted by the situation that is most studied for whatever is needed and requires a level of thinking on the spot to perform such tasks. It’s a sport and an art form that can be practiced alone or with others as a collective. Most commonly done in urban areas like cities, it involves seeing the environment in a new way by problem solving and envisioning the potential for navigating it by moving around, across, through, over and under certain features.

The discipline, developed in France beginning in the late 1980s, was popularized through Internet videos, television commercials, and documentary and feature films. Parkour has become a popular element in action sequences, with film directors hiring parkour practitioners as stunt performers. Parkour is not defined by a set of rules or guidelines, a feature which has proven particularly attractive to young people, allowing them to explore and engage in the activity on their own terms. It can be easily accepted by all cultures as a means of personal expression and recreation.