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Parkour Introduction of podcast: Hey! What’s up, this is Ahmed Gamal Abdel Ghany from Hayah International Academy. Join me every Friday at 6 for the “Park-hour”, were we’ll be discussing all about Parkour, the French art of Free running. I’ll be waiting for you, only on HIAFM

The focus is to move around obstacles with speed and efficiency, a very general idea, yet a very sophisticated training system. Parkour, a sport that started recently, is a French term for "Free Running". Parkour is all about the mind to muscle allignment. It's the way you want to go through the obstacle in a quick way. There are several Parkour celebrities around the world at the moment, who are responsible for teaching, training, acting, and of course working as stuntmen. Names such as Damien Walters and David Belle that shook the Parkour world. Here is a video of the famous parkour celebrity Damien Walters: media type="youtube" key="cNvJy0zoXOY" height="315" width="560" There is no equipment required, although practitioners normally train wearing light casual clothing: Comfortable running shoes, that are generally light, with good grip, and flexibility are encouraged. Many traceurs consider cheaper and easily replaceable shoes are more practical. More experienced traceurs with stronger feet tend to train barefoot, which is the best way to feel the environment. Various sport shoes manufacturers around the world started offering parkour-specific products. Some parkour practitioners use sweatbands for forearm protection. Some use thin athletic gloves to protect the hands; those who do not, preferring to "feel their environment" directly, develop thick callouses
 * Light upper body garment such as T-shirt, sleeveless shirt or crop top if anything is worn on the upper body
 * Light lower body garment such as sweatpants, some wear tracksuit bottoms or shorts

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