Thought this was an interesting entry. For those of you who saw the Season 6 premiere of The Office and thought Michael, Andy, and Dwight's parkour antics were entertaining, Wikipedia has an article about the history, philosophy, and terminology of parkour.
This is an excerpt of the philosophy of parkour which I thought had a couple cool quotes (bolded quotes are my emphasis):
According to Williams Belle, the philosophies and theories behind Parkour are an integral aspect of the art,[citation needed] one that many non-practitioners have never been exposed to. Belle trains people because he wants "it to be alive" and for "people to use it".[9] Châu Belle Dinh explains it is a "type of freedom" or "kind of expression"; that Parkour is "only a state of mind" rather than a set of actions, and that it is about overcoming and adapting to mental and emotional obstacles as well as physical barriers.[9]
A recent convention of parkour philosophy has been the idea of "human reclamation".[24] Andy (Animus of Parkour North America) clarifies it as "a means of reclaiming what it means to be a human being. It teaches us to move using the natural methods that we should have learned from infancy. It teaches us to touch the world and interact with it, instead of being sheltered by it."[24]
It is as much as a part of truly learning this activity as well as being able to master the movements, it gives you the ability to "overcome your fears and pains and reapply this to life" as you must be able to control your mind in order to master the art of parkour."
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