If your child is overwhelmed with energy, then it is not surprising that you are looking for safe ways to put it in a peaceful direction. Despite all the stereotypes and traumatic statistics, parkour can become a sport that will captivate your child. Or, at least, will save him from something even more dangerous. In this article, we have collected … Read More
Lisses – The Birthplace of Parkour
On a quiet suburb of Paris lies the small and unassuming town of Lisses. Today the area is widely acknowledged as the birthplace of Parkour, and of course the playground to the first highly renowned Parkour team the ‘Yamaksi’. Lisses is the location for many early Parkour viral videos which include some of the earliest pioneers of the Parkour and … Read More
Parkour for Everyone
It can be easy for someone who is new to understanding the Free Running and Parkour Movement to overlook the practice to be just vaulting over obstacles or doing flips. However, over time it becomes evident to anyone who has trained Parkour that dedicating oneself to progressing in the discipline brings skills and benefits far beyond just this. Indeed, training … Read More
Mixing of Parkour with other Movement Disciplines
At the heart of the principles behind Parkour and Free Running lies the idea of creativity and self-expression. Such ideas have lent themselves towards athletes approaching the discipline of Parkour and Free Running from various different avenues throughout the years. In this article we look at some of the most creative and unique cross-referencing of Parkour and Free Running with … Read More
Jump London
Jump London In September 2003, Channel 4 broadcasted the now famous documentary, Jump London that helped ignite the Parkour and Free Running movement in the UK. The documentary directed by Mike Christie, showed the journey of three French Free Runners, as they swapped their typical training environment for some of the most famous landmarks in London such as Royal Albert … Read More
TV Adverts and Parkour
Awareness of Parkour is commonplace in the modern day. However, Parkour did not always enjoy the same level of exposure and awareness that it now has. Often the wider public has misunderstood Parkour to be acts such as trespassing and as mentioned in a previous article, Parkour sequences in movies played a major role in bringing legitimacy and recognition towards … Read More
The Art of Filming in Creating Engaging Content
The Art of Filming in Creating Engaging Content It would be easy to assume that the most talented athletes in Parkour correspondingly attract the biggest following. However, the modern way in which Parkour is usually shared to audiences through social media means that, although ability is certainly a contributing factor, it is not the “be all and end all” in … Read More
Follow your passion for Parkour!
Why there is no better time than now to follow your passion for Parkour? The year is 1980. You have a passion for an unnamed acrobatic movement that is starting to be labelled as Parkour/Freerunning. You dream of traveling the world, inspiring others through movement. But the path to sharing that passion with the world is tricky. Finding people that … Read More
Stand Out
How to STAND out! Overview: As a company, WFPF often receive enquiries from brands interested in partnering with Parkour Athletes. The brief is usually along the lines of: Someone who relates to the brand. Someone with a lot of followers and engagement on their social channels. Someone who has a strong identity and is a Key Opinion Leader. Now, these … Read More
How to make money from Parkour
Parkour opens a World of Opportunity In 2019, Parkour popularity is at an all time high. The sport has experienced rapid growth in the past two decades and with this growth, there is a lot of opportunities surrounding the sport. So for anyone thinking to themselves: “How can I make a living doing something I love?”, or “How can I … Read More