Definition of parkour
:the sport of traversing environmental obstacles by running, climbing, or leaping rapidly and efficiently
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There’s a brief orientation to get your familiar with the equipment, but not much instruction on parkour or strategy.
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Despite the many subjects, the band is still front and center performing amateur parkour, scrapping and jamming in 100-degree weather.
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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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Members of the local parkour community are also psyched about Spider Money locating in Colorado.
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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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