My name is Ann Kaczka, I've been practicing
Parkour since 2007.
My first day training was with David Belle
at the New Yorker festival.
And since then I've trained solo in Thailand,
climbing trees on the streets of London and
Paris.
And now I'm back in New York City.
And today I'm here to talk to you about Parkour.
Parkour is a method of training where you
strengthen your body as well as your mind
by overcoming obstacles, physical obstacles
and mental obstacles as well.
Parkour's origins were widely debated upon
by its practitioners.
Climbing trees is back to France, the actual
word parkour is an alternative take on the
phrase parkour de Comberton which is a military
obstacle training course.
From there at some point in France it did
become more of a recreational method of training
and almost a discipline art of form.
We do see parkour in moving of children, the
way that they play and interact with such
curiosity in their environments.
While parkour is extremely fun to practice,
that's not the only reason why we do it, we
try to be strong to be useful weather it's
assisting your grand mother with groceries
or rescuing someone from a burning building.
We use our strength to help everyone around
us, it's not just for ourselves.
