Parkour in the Park ...

After Dora the Explorer it was time to do our own exploring across the road in the park. As well as a wedding there was also some Parkour going on. For those of you that don't know Wikipedia states that...

Parkour or l'art du déplacement (English: the art of moving) is the physical discipline of training to overcome any obstacle within one's path by adapting one's movements to the environment. It is a non-competitive, physical discipline of French origin in which participants run along a route, attempting to negotiate obstacles in the most efficient way possible. Skills such as jumping and climbing, or the more specific parkour moves are employed. The object of parkour is to get from one place to another using only the human body and the objects in the environment. The obstacles can be anything in one's environment, but parkour is often seen practiced in urban areas because of the many suitable public structures available such as buildings and rails.

Here is the father of Parkour David Belle in action...



While the kids in the park might not have been at this standard they were certainly giving it a go, leaping entire flights of stairs and picnic tables in one leap. Ross gave it a go leaping a wall in a single bound whilst increasing the risks by having a hot chocolate in one hand!! They were clearly impressed and invited us along to beginner Parkour classes in their capacity of members of the Parkour Association of Australia!!! They said we could also bring the kids!!!! ... I'm not sure that we'll be taking them up on their offer... that said the boys were clearly inspired and gave it a go!

After the jumping and rolling we took to the natural environment as monkeys!