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Definition of parkour
: the sport of traversing environmental obstacles by running, climbing, or leaping rapidly and efficiently
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The moves, of which there are many, are meticulously choregraphed and feature a blend of martial arts, parkour, dance, aerial acrobatics, tumbling and traditional gymnastics, with a bit of pyrotechnics and motorcycles thrown in for good measure.
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The meet-up tends to attract up to 40 flow artists, parkour athletes, acrobats, gymnasts, and musicians.
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Featuring a more mature (23-year-old) Spider Man, swing between New York City skyscrapers, use parkour to nimbly scale obstacles, and engage in stealth and combat sequences.
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A class with Kelley is a master class in outdoor parkour technique.
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Your child will enjoy martial arts, dance, parkour, art, ninja obstacle class, trampoline and more!
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The foundation also donated $250,000 to add public art, a parkour (urban obstacle) course, landscaping and other features to the areas next to the sidewalks along 15th and 16th streets.
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Sometimes the cousins played soccer, but Hassan and Ahmed particularly enjoyed training for parkour; the concrete pylons and grassy embankments under the highway were ideal for practicing vaults and tumbles.
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Time to get your parkour on: a demo for first-person jumper Mirror’s Edge shows up today on the PlayStation Network, and tomorrow on the Xbox Live Marketplace.
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Origin and Etymology of parkour
French, alteration of parcours course, route, from Medieval Latin percursus, from Latin percurrere to run through, from per- + currere to run
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