Urban Freeflow in the media eye
A full list of Parkour and Freerun media work we've been involved in can be found further on down the page.



Assorted video footage can be found on our youtube Planet Parkour channel.

Background:
Urban Freeflow is the world’s largest Parkour/Freerun organisation, represented in the public eye by a team of 7 core athletes. The efforts of the entire team at Urban Freeflow have been instrumental in bringing the art of Parkour and Freerun into the global consciousness. Since forming at the end of 2002, we have expanded rapidly from our London base to become the global centre of contact, information, fundamental teaching and performance.

Focus:
Urban Freeflow (UF) constantly works alongside companies, businesses and movie production teams from a wide range of fields to promote, perform, teach and demonstrate this dynamic, vibrant art in a positive and safety-conscious light. Urban Freeflow is dedicated to displaying Parkour and Freerun with the highest levels of competence and skill, and never ceases to strive for excellence. The UF team, have worked with the likes of Oscar award winning movie director Anthony Minghella, provided consultancy, choreography and stunt services for the 007 - Casino Royale movie, worked with a host of renowned performance choreographers such as Gary Lloyd, Kim Gavin and Gavin Walker along with stunt coordinators from the film World such as Julian Spencer, Marc Cass, Steve Dent, Tom Lucy and Gary Powell. UF have also carried out high-profile projects with a number of the world’s most innovative companies/organisations.

Parkour

We were all amazed and delighted by both the workshop and demonstration, and really pleased to bring something so urban and contemporary to rural Victorian Haworth. I bet the Bronte sisters would have loved it! The rest of the festival was a resounding success - thank you very much for the significant part you played in it". - Rachel Johnston, Haworth Arts Group



"All of our students were totally and utterly absorbed in the course. I have never seen them so focussed and attentive as they were towards the instruction they were given. They could not get enough of it and have worked the hardest many of them have ever done in a physical context. The students commitment and enthusiasm was generated directly by the Urban Freeflow team and it was almost tangible as they worked together. One student commented to me that it was the best day of his life. As head of Physical education I was delighted to hear this. I fully recommend Parkour to any school and especially the Urban Freeflow team to deliver it. I couldn't have asked for a better team or a better response from the students". - Keith Salter, Head of Physical Education, King Edwards VI Community College.

Parkour is free for he who practices it… is for you, later, if to want to make of this your mark, it is only necessary to be good at it, and not to hide behind the movement that you transformed. But well, the objective is that you understand the spirit and that you (must) advance in security, without useless risks, therefore the goal is also the security. The important thing is to advance in this world with the idea of a basis of an action art that is Parkour… it’s enthusiastic to create an economic sporting movement that can allow many people to live its passion. But we guard so that the ones that live it, deserve it… it’s very simple.

The essence of parkour can be stated simply: it is the art of overcoming obstacles as swiftly and efficiently as possible using only your body. The fundamentals include running, jumping, and climbing and we build on these fundamentals to improve our ability to pass over, under, around and through obstacles with more complex movements. We are a community of traceurs (parkour practitioners) who connect online and in person to train, discuss and share knowledge about the world of parkour. We practice in the urban and natural environments and encourage creativity, safety, self-discipline, and respect for the community in the practice of parkour. We welcome anyone regardless of experience.

Parkour Generations is dedicated to teaching and displaying the discipline of parkour, the art of movement. Bringing together many of the original expert practitioners of the art, along with the leading instructors in the UK, our aim is to keep the spirit of parkour alive and to provide the highest quality coaching for any and all who want to learn.


Parkour or l'art du déplacement is NOT a extreme sport, rather it is a physical discipline that allow one to overcome their obstacles to get from point a to point b in the most efficient using the possibility of human body. Suck movement may contain running, jumping, climbing, vaulting and other movements that may help the efficiency. One who trains and practice the discipline is called a “traceur” or “traceuses” for women practitioners. The goal of parkour is to allow a traceur adopt to his or her environment by using the surrounding structure. Whether the environment is in the rural or urban area, a traceur is trained to be able to face the obstacles at any given time. Movements are often trained by repetitions, building ground up from the basics. Parkour is often confused with freerunning. Freerunning, a distant cousin of parkour, contains movements that are not efficient, such as flips. Parkour originated in France, founded by David Belle and many others. Along with the physical movements, parkour contains philosophy which enhances a traceur’s ability to solve problems and their awareness of surroundings. Furthermore, there are NO COMPITIONS in parkour; the only competition is you, and yourself.

This August from the 10th to the 14th saw the first Silent Motion summer gathering take place in Devon for Silent Motion members and close friends.This is something we had been trying to arrange for some time with limited success but this time we managed to pull it off and perhaps by more luck than judgement everything came together at the last minute. Dom managed to obtain a field from a local farmer which was to become our base for the event and every day we would venture out to the town and country before returning in the evening for a huge BBQ and movies projected onto a massive outdoor screen bodged together from some old tent poles and a king size bed sheet. Once again this video is a little bit different from the norm and follows each day of the event in the style of a light hearted documentary with the idea being to try and capture the atmosphere of the gathering on film. I’d also like to thank everyone who made the effort to turn up as without you there would have been no gathering at all and it wouldn’t have been nearly so much fun. Having recently spoke to the Lidstones’ and gained permission to use their field again I’m please to announce that Devon Jam 2008 will be bigger and better and going ahead next year so keep an eye out for details on the forum in the coming months.