An increasing amount of the overall parkour activities are now organised by clubs and associations
Perriere, Malik Diouf, Guylain N’Guba Boyeke, and Williams Belle. In mid 1997, the group was known as the
Yamakasi (Lingala for “strong man, strong spirit”), a name suggested by N'Guba and first featured in broadcast media coverage on France’s Stade 2. The word parcours was used by Belle to describe the group’s physical and philosophical practice and featured on the t-shirts worn by Yamakasi, designed by Foucan. The Yamakasi created a new name for their movement-based practice: Art Du Déplacement, “the art of moving from one place to another”. This term was also used to describe the movements of the seven Yamakasi who starred in Luc Besson’s 2003 film of the same name. As the founders empha- sized their diverse interests, other names came to the fore. The term ‘parkour’ was first introduced by David Belle in 1998 to describe parcours with a proper noun. Parkour derives from the French word parcours meaning route or course. Parkour practitioners became known as traceurs.
RUNNING FREE The term ‘Freerunning’ was used by Sébas- tien Foucan in a Channel 4 documentary, Jump London, in 2003 where it was used to describe the addition of creative move- ments, drawn from a variety of other
The Chainstore Parkour Academy
The Chainstore in east London is the UK's first purpose-built indoor parkour centre. Designed as a dedicated hub for parkour activities, the centre includes daily classes delivered by NGB qualified coaches, training and certification courses, youth academies and parkour holiday camps. The venue is a partnership between
Freemove, a provider of pre-fabricated parkour facilities, and Parkour Generations, a professional coaching and performance organisation. As part of the partnership, Freemove has supplied the academy with the first ever UK indoor concrete parkour equipment, complemented by a bespoke steel and panelled structure.
disciplines to communicate this amazing new sport to an English-speaking audience. Parkour UK has chosen to utilise the term parkour to represent the sport, not least because more than half of the UK’s young people have heard of parkour. While most commonly practiced by 13 to 30-year-olds, there's significant growth taking place within the eight to 13-year- olds. The UK leads the world, with around 25 per cent of all parkour practitioners
sportsmanagement.co.uk issue 3 2014 © Cybertrek 2014 Facilities include a 14mx14m Parkour
Zone, mimicking the conditions of the outside world in terms of materials, feel and atmosphere and a functional strength and fitness gym-space – complete with squat racks, lifting platforms, kettlebells, tractor tyres, prowlers, ropes, sledge- hammers and weights. There is also a dance and activity zone for yoga, martial arts and pilates and an observation deck overlooking the entire space. The Chainstore is open every day of the
week. Classes are priced at £10 and a daily drop in fee has set at £8. memberships can be acquired for six or 12 month terms and range from £40 to £85 per month.
being females – and the number of females taking up the activity is increasing rapidly. Regardless of how old people are when they start or what level of ability they start with, as time goes on and they gain enough experience in parkour/ freerunning they begin to use the problem solving methods they are learning improve their quality of life overall. One of the factors in Parkour’s popular- ity – and why it is universally recognised
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