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Parkour Facts - Livestrong
Parkour is more than a fitness or health program, and it has origins that have ties to the military. It's classified as an extreme sport called free running and requires participants to avoid and overcome obstacles using nothing other than their own body and physical capabilities.
http://www.livestrong.com/article/460811-parkour-facts/
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Parkour - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Parkour is a training discipline using movement that developed from military obstacle course training. Practitioners aim to get from one point to another in a complex environment, without assistive equipment and in the fastest and most efficient way possible.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkour
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Interesting Facts on Parkour and Free Running
You might have seen people jumping from wall to wall, scrambling over buildings, springing off poles and throwing themselves all over the place. Well if you read this article, you'll know more about why they're doing it and what it actually is!
http://www.thefactsite.com/2014/04/parkour-free-running-facts.html
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Information on: Parkour and Free Running
The first Barclaycard Free Running World championship was held in London in 2008.
http://hubpages.com/sports/First-World-Free-Run-Championship
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Parkour Visions
A Seattle, Washington nonprofit and parkour gym. We teach parkour with a focus on being safe and responsible - making it easy for anyone to learn parkour.
http://parkourvisions.org
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Parkour History - Parkour Generations
A great description of the history of parkour.
http://parkourgenerations.com/parkour-history/
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Professional Parkour - Parkour Generations
World leaders in professional Parkour and Freerunning from Parkour Generations.
http://parkourgenerations.com
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American Parkour
We promote, teach, and advance the discipline of parkour to help people discover what their bodies and minds are capable of.
http://americanparkour.com
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3RUN
A professional Parkour and FreeRunning team providing performance and media services. Includes team profiles, showreels, tutorials and forum.
http://www.3run.co.uk
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Freerunning - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A description of the sport of freerunning or "parkour" from Wikipedia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freerunning
