| The beauty, agility, and sheer power of a traceur | | | | opportunities to progress that have been placed in |
| can capture our imaginations. Parkour and free | | | | your path. |
| running speak to our hearts about freedom of | | | | But becoming stronger is not just about being the |
| movement and the possibilities we have yet to | | | | best you can be for yourself. The foundation of |
| pursue. It makes you want to vault and jump | | | | both parkour and free running is in the life |
| and fly. But it is not this that is at the heart of | | | | changing experience of Georges Hebert, who |
| parkour. | | | | watched in horror as a city perished because |
| Parkour is firmly grounded in realistic principles. | | | | there were too few who were able to help the |
| "Be strong to be useful", a quote by Georges | | | | weak escape the advance of the flow of lava. |
| Hebert, is its guiding philosophy. It covers so very | | | | They paid for their weakness and complacency |
| much more than meets the eye. It hints at a | | | | with their lives. |
| deep respect and appreciation for one's self and | | | | But you don't have to. Your training can |
| those around them. If one is not thankful for | | | | incorporate challenges that could be crucial in a |
| what one has been given, he will have no desire | | | | crisis. You can add simple things, like practicing |
| to develop them. If one does not care for | | | | with a backpack so you are ready to carry |
| those around him, he will have no desire to be of | | | | supplies, or carrying a bundle so you would feel |
| assistance to them. Thus, parkour's motto | | | | more confident removing a baby from harm's |
| includes core values of respect, thankfulness and | | | | way. |
| love. | | | | Parkour can be the unique marriage of art and |
| As a parkour practioner, you will learn to search | | | | survival. It is a celebration of freedom of |
| your surroundings and circumstances for | | | | expression practiced that we might honor our |
| obstacles. As you explore those obstacles, you | | | | interdependence on each other. Parkour, |
| begin to see ways they can be used to make | | | | practiced in this manner, deepens our gratitude, |
| you stronger, to advance your parkour skills. | | | | love, and respect for others, while advancing the |
| They become opportunities that others overlook | | | | very physical skills required to attain the beauty, |
| and avoid. As you grow, your thankfulness | | | | agility and awesome power of a skilled traceur. |
| deepens, and it becomes even easier to spot the | | | | |