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“Our aim is to take our art to the world and make people understand what it is to move,” said David Belle, the co-founder of parkour(跑酷).
Do you love running? It is a good exercise, yet many people find it boring. But what if making your morning jog a creative one? Like jumping from walls and over gaps and ground rolls? Just like the James Bond in the movieCasino Royale? Bond jumps down from a roof to a windowsill and then runs several blocks over obstacles on the way. It is just because of Bond's wonderful performance that the sport has become popular worldwide.
Parkour is an extreme street sport aimed at moving from one point to another as quickly as possible, getting over all the obstacles in the path using only the abilities of the human body. Parkour runners dash around the city, they may jump over fences, run up walls and even move from rooftop to rooftop.
Parkour can be just as exciting and charming as it sounds, but its runners see parkour much more than that. Overcoming all the obstacles on the course and in life is part of the philosophy（哲理）behind parkour. You must determine(决定) your destination, go straight, and jump over all the barriers as if in parkour and never fall back from them in your life, to reach your destination successfully. Another philosophy we've learned from parkour is freedom. It can be done by anyone, anytime, anywhere in the world. It's a kind of expression of trust in yourself that you earn energy and confidence.
