of child abuse, I am always looking for ways to strengthen my confidence and self-esteem,” she says. “Parkour has done that for me.”


APK regularly holds community gathering “jams” around the country. We encourage everyone to follow our guidelines, notes Toorock, although we can’t say that other methods are wrong. “Everyone has a sphere of capabili-


ties. We help individuals expand safely and in proper progression,” he explains. “Some beginners may wear protec- tive gear like gloves or shin guards but almost always relinquish them because they don’t want to rely on them, but take full responsibility for themselves and gain full freedom of movement. “The world is a playground,” he


concludes. “Parkour just makes more use of more of it.”


Learn more at AmericanParkour.com and DavidBelle.com.


Randy Kambic is a freelance editor and writer in Estero, FL, and a copyeditor for Natural Awakenings.


All art is but imitation of nature.


~Lucius Annaeus Seneca


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