Apr 23, 2015 2:33 AM GMT
NYT: Parkour, or free-running, is a discipline based on military obstacle-course training, and it requires the athlete to negotiate seemingly insurmountable obstacles by running, jumping and climbing. Parkour was started by a band of resistance fighters and their feats of extreme endurance and derring-do on the mountainous island of Crete during World War II.
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/04/22/parkour-for-beginners/?
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/04/22/parkour-for-beginners/?