Watching parkour – in person, at a playground, or on one of more than 13 million YouTube videos – the first impression is it’s a mash-up of American Ninja Warrior/Simone Biles’ gymnastics ...
Parkour, as we know it today, stems from the activities of nine young Parisian men. The Yamakasi group, as they were known, trained together in what they called “l'art du placement”: a spectacular, ...