Many were amazed whenever Peter Parker or Spider-Man is doing his way up to the buildings, roving around city on top of the highest edifices in the metro. Children and young at hearts patronize him while others want to know the secret and scientific explanation behind the breath-taking stunts.
Because of the popularity of the movie Spider-Man, a sport imitating some of the movements in the movie was conceived and developed. The sport was called Parkour, sometimes abbreviated as PK. It was originally developed in France and was derived from "parcours du combattant", the classic obstacle course method of military training proposed by Georges Hébert.
PK is a way of conditioning the body and the mind by learning how to overcome obstacles with speed, efficiency and agility. The main purpose of the discipline is to teach participant how to adapt their movements to their environment by vaulting, rolling, running, climbing, and jumping.
Traceur (male practitioners) and traceuse (female practitioners) train to be able to identify and utilize alternate or more efficient paths according to their advantage.
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