Funny holidays - We Jump the World Day, Parkour Day

Modern young people have a lot of unusual hobbies One of them is moving around the terrain and overcoming obstacles by jumping For those who love speed and extreme sports, parkour is the basis of life philosophy and a sport that combines athletics, gymnastics and rock climbing Fans of jumping on roofs, railings and stairs have established a holiday in honor of their hobby Parkour Day is celebrated annually on April 29th The new sports discipline was invented by the French David Belle and Sebastian Fuca The essence of parkour is for a tracer to cover a set distance in the shortest possible period of time Athletes are not stopped by any obstacles - the walls of houses, large distances between neighboring roofs, steep turns of stairs, etc The second name of the holiday “We are jumping around the world” reflects the way of thinking of tracers who perceive everything that surrounds them as a platform for training their agility and psychological stability In equestrian sports, the word parkour is used to refer to obstacles that the rider and horse must overcome during competition However, extreme entertainment owes its appearance to the training methods of French soldiers, which were used at the end of the 19th century In order to get out of captivity and hide from persecution, they had to overcome a number of obstacles Therefore, the French military was trained according to the system of George Herbert, who traveled to many countries before the outbreak of the First World War The story goes that a naval officer was amazed by the physical fitness of one of the African tribes - the flexibility and endurance of the natives, the ease of their movement through the jungle, despite any obstacles Inspired by their athletic training, Herbert developed his own system for training soldiers While training the French military in Reims, he used the “natural method,” which included running, climbing mountains, moving on all fours, throwing, jumping and other types of physical exercise Herbert's system formed the basis of obstacle courses for soldiers (parcours du combattant) and firefighters (parcours SP) David Bell's father served in the French army and fought in Vietnam Thanks to him, the young man learned about parkour and developed rules for rational and speedy movement from one point to another In 1997, David Belle appeared with a story about a new sports discipline in a short report on French television It quickly became popular in Europe and beyond, eventually becoming a youth subculture The discipline has several branches Freerunning is considered a type of parkour, in which the emphasis is on the beauty of the elements performed by the tracer The purpose of jumping is for the athlete to enjoy performing the techniques, and not for speed of movement Quadrobics, as another type of parkour, involves the use of all four limbs during competitions, simulating the movement of dogs, cats and horses Fundamental differences in approaches to performing tricks are not an obstacle to uniting representatives of the subculture during the celebration of We Jump the World Day Therefore, on April 29, tracers around the world compete with each other in the speed of overcoming obstacles, thus celebrating Parkour Day