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The Ultimate Parkour & Freerunning Book

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312 Seiten
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Meyer & Meyer Sporterschienen am15.11.20132. Auflage
The increasing number of followers of the two movement cultures, Parkour and Freerunning, has given rise to the need for safe, methodical orientation, which the reader will find in this book. Parkour, a new movement culture from France, is all about moving as efficiently as possible between points A and B by sprinting fluently over obstacles. The sport of Freerunning has developed from it, involving developing and showing off the most creative, extreme, flowing, acrobatic moves possible on obstacles. This book contains precise illustrations for the teaching of all basic techniques, easy-to-follow movement breakdowns and methodical tips for indoor and outdoor training. All the most common terms from the scene are listed for reference in English and French. History, philosophy, rules of behavior, training advice based on the latest sports science knowledge, interviews from the scene about motivations and trends, advice for schools and explanations of competitions and competition criteria are a few examples of the book's contents.

Jan Witfeld is a graduate in sports science and now works as a school teacher. He discovered the Move Artistic platform in 2003, and, two years later, Parkour and Freerunning. He then went on to train as a Move Artistic instructor. Ilona E. Gerling is a university lecturer at the German Sports University in Cologne and speaks at international gymnastics congresses and forums. She discovered Parkour for herself in 2003 and was the first university lecturer to teach it to sports students. Ilona introduced Parkour to the German Gymnastics Federation in 2005. Furthermore, she is an author of a number of books on gymnastics. Alexander Pach is a former German premier league gymnast and graduate in sports science. He is the founder and owner of the 'Move Artistic Dome? (MAD) in Cologne/GER, Europes biggest Indoorgym (1000m2) for Parkour, Freerunning, Tricking und Slacklining.mehr
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KlappentextThe increasing number of followers of the two movement cultures, Parkour and Freerunning, has given rise to the need for safe, methodical orientation, which the reader will find in this book. Parkour, a new movement culture from France, is all about moving as efficiently as possible between points A and B by sprinting fluently over obstacles. The sport of Freerunning has developed from it, involving developing and showing off the most creative, extreme, flowing, acrobatic moves possible on obstacles. This book contains precise illustrations for the teaching of all basic techniques, easy-to-follow movement breakdowns and methodical tips for indoor and outdoor training. All the most common terms from the scene are listed for reference in English and French. History, philosophy, rules of behavior, training advice based on the latest sports science knowledge, interviews from the scene about motivations and trends, advice for schools and explanations of competitions and competition criteria are a few examples of the book's contents.

Jan Witfeld is a graduate in sports science and now works as a school teacher. He discovered the Move Artistic platform in 2003, and, two years later, Parkour and Freerunning. He then went on to train as a Move Artistic instructor. Ilona E. Gerling is a university lecturer at the German Sports University in Cologne and speaks at international gymnastics congresses and forums. She discovered Parkour for herself in 2003 and was the first university lecturer to teach it to sports students. Ilona introduced Parkour to the German Gymnastics Federation in 2005. Furthermore, she is an author of a number of books on gymnastics. Alexander Pach is a former German premier league gymnast and graduate in sports science. He is the founder and owner of the 'Move Artistic Dome? (MAD) in Cologne/GER, Europes biggest Indoorgym (1000m2) for Parkour, Freerunning, Tricking und Slacklining.
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Erscheinungsjahr2013
Erscheinungsdatum15.11.2013
Auflage2. Auflage
Seiten312 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
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1    THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF PARKOUR AND FREERUNNING

Parkour and Freerunning both originated in France. Both movement philosophies were developed in a small group of young people and spread around the whole world via the media, particularly the Internet. David Belle, a Frenchman, is credited with being the founder of the Parkour movement (Archard, 1998; Desbois, 1999). Sébastien Foucan is considered to be the founder of Freerunning.

The historical development of Parkour and Freerunning is multi-facetted and features many influential figures. We would like to start the historical development with the méthode naturelle, a training method that is seen as the physical and mental training foundation of the movement art of Parkour.
1.1    GEORGES HÉBERT AND HIS MÉTHODE NATURELLE

The historical development of Parkour begins with the training method, méthode naturelle (natural method), which is often seen as the philosophical foundation of Parkour also (Desbois, 1999; Foucan, 2008; Atkinson, 2009).

The méthode naturelle, also called hébertisme, sprang up at the start of the 20th century in the training philosophy of the French naval officer Georges Hébert (1875-1957). He was an advocate of life-long physical training, because he wanted people to be agile and useful in the community. Hébert was particularly impressed by the physical and mental abilities of the people from the African continent, whom he had met during his travels. He realized that solely living in and with nature had made these people s bodies flexible, resilient and robust and their movements seem nimble and agile (Hess & Hess, 2007 - Parkour Association Germany).

In 1902, Hébert was stationed on the island of Martinique when the region was victim of a volcanic eruption. Hébert single-handedly coordinated the evacuation of almost 700 people from a nearby village. This experience made a deep impression on him and reinforced his belief that physical strength and skill must go hand in hand with courage and altruism in order to be useful for the community (Atkinson, 2009).

After returning to France, Hébert taught at the University of Reims, where he led his then-groundbreaking, physical culture lifestyle. His training consisted of running, jumping, climbing, balancing, throwing, lifting, self-defense and swimming. However, he did not teach these physical skills separately, but taught his students in natural terrain, combined with a 5-10km endurance run.

Hébert was convinced that training the movement forms in varied, natural surroundings would enable his students to be able to use endurance, strength and speed in every geographical terrain and in any situation. He regarded competition as a distraction from the central philosophy of his training principles (Hess & Hess, 2007). In order to teach his training principles, he went on to develop a series of drills and equipment that supplemented natural conditions.

Georges Hébert was thus one of the first to popularize the training of movement techniques and physical training on an obstacle course for non-military purposes.

The modern sub-cultural term Parkour accordingly has its roots (see Fig. 1, page 25) in Hébert s use of the term parcours (Atkinson, 2009) and in the term of the French military Parcours du combattant (assault course) (Foucan, 2008). The modern image of the discipline of Parkour can therefore also be seen as a particular urban interpretation of the training principles developed by George Hébert.

In fact, the méthode naturelle as a training method had a strong influence on the military training of soldiers in the 1960s. During the Vietnam War, French soldiers were inspired by Hébert s training methods and his philosophy of physical, mental and emotional development. They used this principle to perfect their escape techniques in the jungle (Atkinson, 2009).

One of these soldiers was the young Raymond Belle, the father of David Belle (see Chapter 13).
1.2    EDUCATIONAL PROGRESSIVISM AT THE START OF THE 20TH CENTURY AND NATURAL GYMNASTICS

The educational progressivism of 1890-1940 (in which Georges Hébert was also working in France [1875-1957]), involved the reform of educational concepts affecting education both inside and outside schools. It was an international phenomenon, which began to develop specifically in industrialized countries and urban cultures. The main focus of these efforts was the child. Children should no longer be objects of education; instead the individuality of every single child should henceforth be the priority. It should be a child-centered education, in which the development of pupils responsibility and autonomy were the educational goals. Its objectives should not be just the education of the mind but the development of all the children s potential.

The Games and Sports Movement in Europe was a departure from the strict, systematic gymnastics exercises in schools found around 1920 to the concept of physical education, which was intended to improve the development of children s latent movement potential, abilities and skills. Children s natural need to move was the starting point for a new kind of movement education.

The progressive educational concept of natural gymnastics and physical education developed by Austrian school reformers Karl Gaulhofer (1885-1941) and Margarete Streicher (1891-1985) quickly caught on in Germany. The aim was no longer just to do gymnastics, to swim, run and throw with the correct style... instead the pupils should be able to develop their own abilities and skills in specific movement tasks (Krueger, 2002, page 24).

The progressive educational principles promoted child and nature-appropriateness of the movement tasks, emphasized the individualization (in the context of community education) and prioritized the self-guided learning of the pupil. The real educational goal of natural gymnastics was a physical activity that educated the whole person.

Movement tasks should also stimulate creativity, and incorrect movements were even welcomed as opportunities to discover the validity of expediency. Gaulhofer wrote, for example: In natural jumping training, one must at all costs avoid forcing the pupil to jump in a certain way, before he has been given the opportunity for a richer movement experience (Gaulhofer & Streicher, 1930, page 131).

In Germany, the new physical education was welcomed by gymnasts, because it meant a return to the old educational ideals of gymnastics of GutsMuths and Fr. L. Jahn, in which pupils did not just have to reproduce pre-determined movement patterns, as in rigid competitive and artistic gymnastics. Instead, they touted the education of the young people through movement tasks determined by the individual and corresponding to and shaping his whole personality. Natural gymnastics originated from the (natural) movement forms of running, jumping, balancing and climbing. Natural movement tasks involve every pupil creatively discovering his own individual movement solutions, which brings us back to the French contemporary Georges Héber and those who came after him, to the founders of modern Parkour: Raymond Belle and his son David (also French).
1.3    RAYMOND BELLE

Raymond Belle was born in modern Vietnam, where he was orphaned. Already as a schoolboy (at the l école des enfants de troupe de Dalat ), he was trained as a soldier for the French army. Around the age of 12, with some friends, he practiced and experimented with efficient escape techniques in order to improve his chances of survival during the war in his homeland.

These outstanding physical abilities acquired in childhood enabled him to find a job and a career with the Paris Fire Brigade as a young adult. Here he received many awards and became a role model for his two sons, Jean-François and David Belle (Belle, J-F, 2006 - Internet Blog Parkour by David Belle ).
1.4    DAVID BELLE

David Belle, son of Raymond Belle, was born on April 29, 1973 in Fécamp, France. He was raised by his maternal grandfather. The men in his family had served in the Paris Fire Brigade for generations, and he was constantly reminded of his father s extraordinary physical abilities and heroic fire-fighting deeds.

As a child, David Belle practiced gymnastics and track and field, but he always preferred to train in the open air and the woods. For him, the movements had to have an element of usefulness just as his father had told and explained to him. As a child, he imagined situations in which he had to put his courage and strength to the test.

His passions were overcoming obstacles, always moving forward and not letting anything get in his way. The constant running, jumping, climbing and balancing formed the foundation for his physical abilities. The physical challenges that he set himself during his imaginary stories formed the foundation for his powerful concentration.

At the age of 15, Belle relocated with his family to Lisses, near Evry, about 35 miles from Paris. There, he transferred the techniques he had learned in the forests of Normandy to the...
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Jan Witfeld is a graduate in sports science and now works as a school teacher. He discovered the Move Artistic platform in 2003, and, two years later, Parkour and Freerunning. He then went on to train as a Move Artistic instructor.

Ilona E. Gerling is a university lecturer at the German Sports University in Cologne and speaks at international gymnastics congresses and forums. She discovered Parkour for herself in 2003 and was the first university lecturer to teach it to sports students. Ilona introduced Parkour to the German Gymnastics Federation in 2005. Furthermore, she is an author of a number of books on gymnastics.

Alexander Pach is a former German premier league gymnast and graduate in sports science. He is the founder and owner of the "Move Artistic Dome? (MAD) in Cologne/GER, Europes biggest Indoorgym (1000m2) for Parkour, Freerunning, Tricking und Slacklining.
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