I'm pretty sure most of us played some form of tag when we were growing up. Even now, some of us still play tag either with our children or grandchildren. But how many of us can say we scaled a building while playing that childhood game? About eight years ago I was introduced to an extreme (non-competitive) sport called Parkour or Free Running.
Originating in France and developed by David Belie, Parkour is both training and a game where participants dodge imaginary...or potentially real...assailants by vaulting, running, rolling, or climbing over anything between them and freedom. Might be a shrub. Might be a set of stairs. Might be a ten foot wall. Doesn't matter. David Belie even created a Yamakasi group which is dedicated to the pure art of Parkour.
Parkour Tag or Free Running can be addictive and my TaeKwonDo school has our own variation we let our instructors and students participate in because you never know when you might have to outrun someone. For myself, I've wisely chosen to forgo Parkour Tag because I just KNOW what the end result will be...
