The Ultimate Parkour & Freerunning: Discover Your Possibilities - Softcover

Witfeld, Jan; Gerling, Ilona E.; Pach, Alexander

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1841263192 ISBN 13: 9781841263199

Publisher: Meyer & Meyer Sport, 2011

Synopsis

Parkour, a new movement culture from France, is all about moving as efficiently as possible between points A and B by sprinting fluently over obstacles. The sport of Freerunning has developed from it, involving developing and showing off the most creative, extreme, flowing, acrobatic moves possible on obstacles. This book contains precise illustrations for the teaching of all basic techniques, easy to follow movement breakdowns and methodical tips for indoor and outdoor training. All the most common terms from the scene are listed for reference in English and French. History, philosophy, rules of behavior, training advice based on the latest sports science knowledge, interviews from the scene about motivations and trends, advice for schools and explanations of competitions and competition criteria are a few examples of the book’s contents.

About this title

About the Author:

Jan Witfeld is a sports all-rounder and sports science graduate. Having grown up with soccer, tennis, basketball and aggressive inline skating, he discovered the “Move Artistic” platform in 2003, and, two years later, Parkour and Freerunning. He then went on to train as a Move Artistic coach. Ilona E. Gerling has been a gymnastics, coordination training and adventure sports lecturer at the German Sports University in Cologne for many years. In 2003, she discovered Parkour for herself and was the first university lecturer to teach it to sports students. She introduced Parkour to the German Gymnastics Federation at the German Turnfest (gymnastics festival) in Berlin in 2005. Alexander Pach is a former German premier league gymnast. After his career as an artistic gymnast and his studies at the German Sports University in Cologne, he went on to teach there as a visiting lecturer. He is the founder of Move Artistic. Current projects are Energetrix and Sportblox.

About this edition

• Publisher: Meyer & Meyer Sport
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1841263192
• ISBN 13: 9781841263199
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 309