Who Invented Parkour?

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While David Belle is unquestionably known as the original innovator and spiritual figurehead of parkour, the discipline’s origins can be traced directly back to his father, Raymond, and his time as a child in Vietnam. Though details surrounding Raymond’s early life are rather hazy, it’s generally accepted that he was separated from his parents during the First Indochina War and taken in by the French military in the city of Da Lat as an orphan at just age 7 in 1946. According to later interviews with his son, Raymond was routinely abused as a child, which motivated him to become as physically fit and strong as possible so that he could protect himself and escape danger if it ever presented itself.
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@NFMorley 5 лет назад

Anyone who wants a fast, fun, pulp action film with a ton of parkour I'd recommend District 13 (Or in its original French, Banlieue 13 - iirc the English dubbing might not be great, so subtitles might be preferred!), which stars David Belle. It's no award winner or anything, but it is pretty satisfying to watch after a couple of drinks - essentially just a series of shots of a crazy French guy throwing himself between buildings as random henchmen try to take him out.

@Egeslean 5 лет назад

I watched that some years ago, and believe it or not, it was my first introduction to parkour. I was blown away by what they did in the movie, but you're right, its story isn't an award winner by any stretch. A very fun watch though.

@ULTRAVISTA. 5 лет назад

I'd recommend Casino. Just because everyone needs to give their balls a tug.

@woopygoman 5 лет назад

Remember Yamakazi? That ish was dope!!

@snowcrave 5 лет назад

you know that crazy french guy is david bell the guy he is talking about in this video there is also an american remake with paul walker that also has david bell in it but is not very good.

@lethalassassin1754 4 года назад

Its not a crazy french guy throwing himself between gaps thats David Belle...the guy talked about in the video. The man deemed the founder of Free running Seb Foucan is the villain Bond chases in Casino Royale. Both movies have incredible chase scenes. I give the winner to David because his character got away and there was no cables or pads all legit. Seb used cables for when they were on the cranes for safety obviously but it was still a crazy feat the jump was real.

@JosephHourany 5 лет назад

Hoping you see this. I've always wondered why they say something has been "doctored" when it's been tampered with. Can you do a video on that

@rollingthunder915 5 лет назад

Plastic Surgery!

@Bibibosh 5 лет назад

Joseph Hourany doctors doctored the doctor who doctors doctors

@JosephHourany 5 лет назад

@@Bibibosh well I guess we don't need the video anymore...

@matthewmusser5313 5 лет назад

Best line I've heard this week "something in rench, that I can't pronounce, but in English is translated to..." . I actually laughed out loud at this.

@shade9592 5 лет назад

Wow! This almost completely covers the less known history of parkour in a very short amount of time. I do wish that David Belle's history with the Yamakasi group was discussed though.

@jpcrafton69 5 лет назад

One note of import: Parkour existed before Parkour existed. In other words, people were - at various times - utilizing many of the techniques showcased in Parkour. For example, Chinese stuntmen were often tasked with running up walls, climbing them quickly, running along ledges, jumping from great heights, and even running along walls - all with a smoothness that belied the actual difficulty involved. These stuntmen were often attempting to recreate the tales from their own culture - tales we've seen in other ancient cultures as well. The idea of someone traversing their environment in the most direct, efficient manner while exhibiting total mastery of their body? Not new at all. Parkour simply codified these things into a single art and then popularized them through exhibition and film.

@aaaaaaaaooooooo 5 лет назад

A war orphan, abused in the military, secretly training at night with obstacle courses of his own design...It is almost like a super hero origin story. I guess firefighters are like real life heroes already, but please tell me there was a time this man used his skills to run down a thief or rescue hostages who were being held up, that would make it even cooler.

@zanevanniekerk9723 3 года назад

Interesting thing is that the person who named it parkour also had a trick named after him: the "Kong"

@lostboytnt1 5 лет назад

although I appreciate the depth that you go into on these subjects, I think for certain ones like this, having video clips might be a good addition. some, I've had to go search elsewhere to get a more graphic view (like the tumbling pigeons)

@bobthegoat7090 5 лет назад

I really want this too but often they don't do it because they are afraid of copyright laws and other stuff and not because they don't want to

@TheRealMarxz 5 лет назад

I can totally agree the point at 2:30 - I've a lot of friends whos parents immigrated from Sicily, Crete, and mountainous regions of Greece - as a kid in scouts it was both interesting and frustrating watching my friends dads and often 60+ year old granddads almost "flow" up rock scrambles leaping and hopping like mountain goats while we kids struggled and our city born dads gave up in a "bugger that for a game of soldiers" way

@vincentmalab3289 5 лет назад

Assassin's Creed intensifies.

@thommy_0075 4 года назад

WHERE'S CHARLES LEEEEEEEEHHHH AAAAAHHHH

@erwinpatio8160 3 года назад

I was gonna comment that the Assassins invented it, but somebody already beat me to the punch

@duffduffington843 5 лет назад

I always assumed the Parkour Brothers invented Parkour. It would seem, "Today I Found Out" that was not the case.

@ericbartol 5 лет назад

They did however make Monoupolyie!

@CyberSamurai4Life 5 лет назад

I enjoyed the video and my favorite part was that thanks to you I discovered biographics and subscribed to that as well :) Thanks

@ericcornish1983 5 лет назад

Nice love this video, I absolutely love parkour, I always wondered about its origins 😉👍🍻

@legendaryoutcast4440 5 лет назад

David is still a Legend regardless, he did popularize Le Parkour as a practiced sport. Check out his french film of B-13

@eyesonfire4301 5 лет назад

Awesome,Thanks Simon. :)

@ibreathenapalm1112 5 лет назад

Probably some Soviets claiming the park was theirs. Park-Our

@jbtechcon7434 5 лет назад

IbN, If we were drinking together right now, I would tell you that just for that joke you're skipping the next round, and then I'd proceed to do a shot by myself. So there.

@freen773 5 лет назад

@@jbtechcon7434 feel u, just happened to be a bit drunk rn haha

@bruceschneider4928 5 лет назад

In Soviet Russia, you belong to park! (State owns park, state owns you, therefore, park owns you.)

@primoroy 5 лет назад

FINALLY! Something I've never heard of! Thank you!

@Kenxclout 5 лет назад

All of I can think of is that episode of The Office when andy fell thru the box doing parkour 😂😂😂

@finn7094 5 лет назад

andy jumps15 feet into a box* "parkor!"

@Kenxclout 5 лет назад

416 finn yea you are right it was Andy my apologies

@clintbandura9018 5 лет назад

hardcore parkour!

@horatiulungu6536 5 лет назад

DAMN I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS

@tootsllaneta4753 3 года назад

Jackie Chan is the Legend of Parkour.

@BigBoss-np8tf 3 года назад

100% true

@johnyricco1220 5 лет назад

I thought it was from the 1989 Prince of Persia computer game.

@whiteeye9584 3 года назад

Prince of persia was first character who use Parkour

@interwebtubes 5 лет назад

Awesome video 👍

@declansykes4243 5 лет назад

Great video!

@wedohedoshedooowee828 5 лет назад

It's so great that something that's used for fun and mostly sport now has it's roots in something very Noble. The betterment of oneself to serve the greater good and help those in need is a mentality that is waning in Today's times.

@justanotherself3916 4 года назад

Everything well explained and correct, is nice for a practitioner of the discipline like me to see good information about parkour.

@Usagizaka46 5 лет назад

It's not yet 3 AM but, i think it's time to watch parkour vids!

@Gaming_8667 5 лет назад

Just turned three am for me.

@joshbarreras7255 2 года назад

Every time When Parkour makes it good for my Prefrontal Cortex on my resilient mindset to improve All Confidence and becoming a Super Genius Smart and have Omniscience in me. Parkour is the best Omniscient Moves and Stunts while hard sprinting every time I go out to a community fantasizing myself doing it out of my emulated form.

@JeremyWS 5 лет назад

That was cool to found out today. I like finding out new things every day. I like parkour and I want to learn parkour. It would be a good way for me to lose some weight. I need to exercise more. I think it'd be fun too. It looks fun. I like it. I speak French as a third language and Spanish as a second language, English is my native language. So that motto in French that Simon couldn't pronounce, I probably could have. I'm pretty good at speaking French. be strong to be useful == être fort pour être utile Great video, keep up the good work. God bless! Have a nice day/night.

@rob5982 5 лет назад

Its nice to see a video from you that your not peddleing some random sponser ty for that its a rare thing

@antiisocial 5 лет назад

Lol. "Hold my beer." ~ Raymond Belle Jumps out window while completing a double 360 forward flip and twist lands in 3 point hero pose.

@lethalassassin1754 4 года назад

Bill Schlafly ive only seen glimpses of the man but yeah....David said himself he could never be as good as him.

@operationmaga6711 5 лет назад

HARDCORE PARKOUR

@willmfrank 2 года назад

I thought it was developed by Spider-Man; you know, Peter Parkour.

@DefinitelyNotAnOsprey 2 года назад

3:21 Well, at least Mr. Belle doesn't have to worry about doing _that_ again...

@DefinitelyNotAnOsprey 2 года назад

It's also because he's dead, but, you know.

@Dyyyllll 5 лет назад

thank you for this! I knew it came from some french militant but that's about it, cool to know a bit more of the story behind it.

@metalpunk1234 5 лет назад

And perhaps this was something that assassins creed was based on though.

@calebbanta8944 5 лет назад

This is awesome. I had no idea

@MrUranium238 5 лет назад

now I'm off to watch Parkour videos

@rf-bh3fh 5 лет назад

Thank You

@techguyteaches789 5 лет назад

Routinely mispronounces popular culture words, yet takes inordinate amount of time to make sure the French names are flawless. This is why we love this channel. Inconsistencies that have no reason right in the middle of our education. :)

@robwolfeauhunter8349 5 лет назад

You should do William Haskell from the klondike gold rush

@danielcroft7653 5 лет назад

Looking at the "cover shot" image of this video, can no one else hear Simon going "...and we line the back of the cow up like so..."

@cynthiavanteylingen7922 5 лет назад

before assassins creed i didnt even know parkour existed now i know the origins thanks for sharing.

@leounknown7316 5 лет назад

Aladdin invented parkour when he was running away from stealing the loaf of bread

@mikethompson5966 5 лет назад

*lol*

@bigtuss7482 Год назад

Your a worthless sack of crap aren’t you

@leounknown7316 Год назад

@@bigtuss7482 nope just a riffraff , street rat ! Lmfao

@MaicoMoon 5 лет назад

𝙉𝙤𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙮: 𝙏𝙄𝙇: 𝙂𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙞𝙣𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙤𝙪𝙧

@キラキラくりくり頭 5 лет назад

I never knew a bear could be so interested in those sorts of things.

@aprilh9210 5 лет назад

I don't know much about the French language at all but it all sounds good when Simon reads it. I mispronounc French all too often.

@petitlutin9030 5 лет назад

His accent is actually pretty bad, wouldn't have understood if it wasn't for the subtitles... No need to make it sound stereotypical :)

@SCM223 5 лет назад

Ha! A French soldier would be the one to turn running away into a sport.

@laser14344 5 лет назад

Parkour? PARKOUR PARKOUR!

@hans7686 5 лет назад

Parkour! Parkour!

@ChacoTrippyMane 5 лет назад

As a professional parkour practitioner oh, thank you. Hope to see more of my favorite list and top 10 channels talk about the history and cultre of parkour to educate ignorant ppl who think its just assassins creed or the fucking office. PS helpful tidbit if you see someone training Parkour or freeruning in public please do not ask them to do a backflip or scream hardcore parkour at them; it's not cute or funny and is rather annoying to constantly hear

@KingGoof90 5 лет назад

Thanks karl

@josephcormack5032 5 лет назад

Why is this video so short , it's my passion that and fighting. Simon you let me down. Thanks for the video though.

@diyeana 5 лет назад

Simon, you are a Master Orator. I bow before you.

@diyeana 4 года назад

@Philip Robinson 😂

@ancientelixir1311 5 лет назад

Do a video on when did the saying "across the pond" start being used and become popular. I've always been curious how that got started.

@mikethompson5966 5 лет назад

i enjoyed this more than id enjoy watching parkour. i never saw the appeal myself..

@haydenellee3456 5 лет назад

Please post a blog on your personal channel 👍🏼❤️

@mrbadx19 5 лет назад

Parkour videos on YT are always funny, people usually do face plants and other stupid things. i'm 58 and value what's left of my health and won't jump farther than a mud puddle, and i won't do flips doing that!

@Demonai_Warrior 5 лет назад

Leave it to the French to develop the most efficient way to run away. xD That being said, I absolutely adore parkour.

@amberkelly8055 5 лет назад

Fucking brilliant 😂

@anjoLas 5 лет назад

because french people are GAY, thus running away xD

@01oo011 5 лет назад

Oof

@jamesengland7461 5 лет назад

Excellent!

@steve00alt70 5 лет назад

@@anjoLas WTF

@Bob3519 5 лет назад

Cats have been doing this for centuries.

@slythloldawoop2731 4 года назад

Actually it is not just be strong to be useful. It is : "Être fort pour être utile, être fort pour se sauver soi-même ou porter secours à son prochain." Or : "Be strong to be useful, be strong to save yourself, and rescue your neighbor".

@jurgenparkour9337 3 года назад

There is no topic this man hasn't covered😏😏

@americanspartan1179 5 лет назад

The Assassins. Duuuhhhhh.

@masterred82 5 лет назад

I watched a really cool doco back in 1999/2000 on SBS (in Australia) on the origins of Parkour. I cant remember the name of and have been searching for ever since. If anyone as an idea of what the doco is called can you please let me know. Cheers.

@keimerhsien 2 года назад

Jump London

@masterred82 2 года назад

@@keimerhsien wasnt it unfortunately. was a good watch though. I feel it focused more on the origins and training. cheers

@tawon1984 5 лет назад

Ninjitsu would make these guys even more super human. It would be easy peezy for them to learn it.

@SerDerpish 5 лет назад

tawon1984 but if they knew hiw to fight they’d have no reason to run away 😂

@tawon1984 5 лет назад

SerDerpish Half of Ninjitsu is the art of stealth and being nimble.

@lightningfun6486 5 лет назад

Cool

@KneeDeepInTheDead81 5 лет назад

Whistley boi!

@potatothatescapedchernobyl2872 4 года назад

I thought the assassin brotherhood invented parkour

@untitled7749 4 года назад

How odd that the art of running away is made by france

@prefix253 4 года назад

😂😂😂

@kirbymarchbarcena 5 лет назад

From Parkour to American Ninja.

@syethmujahid2333 5 лет назад

Found out where the words "Assassin" come from

@wealthyblackman2655 5 лет назад

The backyard swing set. Kids invented parkour long before this bs but you will never hear people accredit kids with inventing anything!

@rifqi2733 5 лет назад

Today i found out he's NOT Binging with babish

@marccadec6978 5 лет назад

Watch the two district 13 films (ignore the remake)

@TheInselaffen 5 лет назад

And the prequel; District 9.

@joshbarreras7255 2 года назад

You guys should do Parkour on Call Of Duty

@Ironink 5 лет назад

Today, I found out, according to my wife, I’m an idiot. Not sure where that came from, but top that parkour!

@geargrinder69 5 лет назад

Who invented parkour? Easy, the Assassins

@DarthSmirnoff 5 лет назад

HARDCORE PARKOUR!

@OhioCruffler 5 лет назад

Être fort pour être utile

@TheYodaman22 5 лет назад

Pugalism: The English art of boxing Kung Fo: The Chinese art of fighting Parkour: The French art of running away

@JB-1138 5 лет назад

I said this too!!! French love running away. It's what they do well. Better than cooking actually. ;)

@Dr_Do-Little 5 лет назад

French art of fighting is called savate

@Zelliana 5 лет назад

@@Dr_Do-Little hahaha the infamous chancla

@butterflyqueen9260 5 лет назад

🤣🤣🤣🤣

@Dr_Do-Little 5 лет назад

@@Zelliana Ehhh? no? French and Spanish are both latin langages but La chancla is not French... Funny tho.

@pamelamays4186 5 лет назад

It sounds like it could be training for ninjas.

@griplimit 5 лет назад

My last name is Hebert, it's nice to hear someone say it properly.

@iz723 5 лет назад

Ok, AirBear

@griplimit 5 лет назад

@@iz723 ...nice

@Otokichi786 5 лет назад

I thought Jackie Chan learned it during his Beijing Opera training in Hong Kong.;)

@MrJm323 Год назад

03:20 ...Uh, no, he did not remove "a Vietnamese flag"; he removed a Commie rag. If there had been a swastika flag flown from the Notre Dame that had been removed, would you be saying that he removed "a German flag"? ....Somehow I doubt that's how you would have described it. (Your description of this incident is devoid of the reason as to why it was put there, in the first place, and why the French state took extraordinary measures to get it down speedily. It would make no sense to risk a man like they did to haul it down if it had been a Republic of Vietnam flag; they would have done it in a less risky but more time consuming way in that case.)

@JamaicanMeCrazy 5 лет назад

I always thought it was a French guy called Parker

@bruceschneider4928 5 лет назад

Peter Parker. Beginning to make sense now, isn't it?

@rikkatakanashi727 5 лет назад

Could you make a video on why so many medieval cat paintings look so bad?

@lightningfun6486 5 лет назад

Hardcore parkour

@marem3038 5 лет назад

Peter parkour!

@rciesi1 9 месяцев назад

Christian Bale could play Raymond.

@kadycast1673 2 года назад

Sorry, this is an insult to Jackie Chan😅🤣😂 Belle was a baby while Jackie was showing the world what parkour was🤫🤫

@vicariousgamer2871 5 лет назад

When I was a kid in the 1970's we did this. There was no name for it except for us being called effing idiots. And I still believe this to be true today. I don't care what the snob's today call it. To me it will always be called effing idiots.

@YungTemmie 5 лет назад

You look like Michael from Vsauce

@TigerXGame 5 лет назад

Assassins, obviously.

@Elcucky163 4 года назад

Assains: am I a joke to you

@jellybean4 5 лет назад

I thought it was because the sport is often done in parks, and other public areas.

@HandyMan657 5 лет назад

Wow, if you bothered to ask the kids from the upper west side from the 80's you would have found out we were doing Parkour for years before anyone ever heard of it, we just called it structure rocking. But oh well, such is life.

@DoomWalker42 5 лет назад

Ubisoft invented it, duh! kidding.

@thomasturner6980 5 лет назад

Parkouring otherwise known as burgeling

@Gaming_8667 5 лет назад

Only on the off days.

@gezzapk 5 лет назад

I thought it was the asian guy from Shanghai Noon.

@kenzokhez9201 2 года назад

From. District-13

@estudiordl 5 лет назад

Yeah yeah, interesting, but I now really want to know: 1:56 , 4:48 , wtf, were those men training in their underwear?

@Boranavin360 4 года назад

Tolerance for harsh weather. In case you were captured lost your clothes and broke free to get away. Just a guess though.

@nunyobiznez875 5 лет назад

Thanks to that guy, we now have better video games. Though, it is a bit ironic that one man's quest for more natural fitness, would result in the rest of us being able to sit on our butts enjoying better video games.