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PARKOUR

Parkour (French pronunciation Parkour) a training discipline using movement that developed from military obstacle course training Practitioners aim to get from one point to another in a complex environment, without assistive equipment and in the fastest and most efficient way possible. Parkour includes running, climbing, swinging, vaulting, jumping, rolling, quadrupedal movement, and other movements as deemed most suitable for the situation. Parkour’s development from military training gives it some aspects of a non-combative martial art.

Parkour is an activity that can be practiced alone or with others and is usually but not exclusively carried out in urban spaces.Parkour involves seeing one’s environment in a new way, and imagining the potentialities for navigating it by movement around, across, through, over and under its features

Parkour was developed in France, primarily by Raymond Belle, and further by his son David Belle and his group of friends, the self-styled Yamakasi, during the late 1980s. The discipline was popularised in the late 1990s and 2000s through films, documentaries, and advertisements featuring the Yamakasi.

LORIAN BIET 

Hi my name Lorian I am a free runner from France but I train in Sheffield with a group called steel city. I am apart of SPKF and been training for along time, every time I go out I try something new but I love to create new things to try. I will be going to the event that is held in Sheffield called we jump the world. This is when every city in every country trains on the same day. I travel around the world with Alex Glenworth, Sam Petz, Adam Dore and Brad Hindmarch. When I was young I've always been into free running and will always train with the guys till the end as I feel that the best times of my life are with these guys.

Just recently I travelled to Singapore to train with some people I met at a competition.

On this trip I went to some amazing destinations and met some great people but the best part was the company and the views I saw. The travel was long but worth it and as soon as I got back I trained the next day, as I just love free running. 

I am a vegetarian so my diet consists of vegetables and carbohydrates. I am always eating so then I always have the energy to do the moves I do. At the moment I am doing parkour as a job and earning a lot of money.