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Training diaries, jam reports and parkour stories from Sheffield, written by the community since 2005.
Page 2Est. 2005
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A Short History of Parkour: From Georges Hébert to David Belle
Parkour feels like a thoroughly modern discipline – it grew up on the internet, after all – but its roots go back…
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David Belle: The Man Who Founded Parkour
Most sports evolved gradually, their origins lost to argument. Parkour is unusual: it has a founder, with a name, a home town…
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Urban Freeflow and the Birth of the UK Parkour Scene
Before Instagram, before YouTube even, UK parkour lived in one place: an internet forum. If you trained in the mid-2000s, you almost…
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Jump London and Jump Britain: The Films That Started UK Parkour
Every UK practitioner of a certain age can tell you exactly where they were the first time they saw parkour on television.…
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Parkour vs Freerunning: What’s the Difference?
Ask ten people the difference between parkour and freerunning and you’ll get eleven answers. The two words get used interchangeably these days…
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The Best Places to Train Parkour in Sheffield
One of the best things about parkour is that your training ground is the city itself. Sheffield, with its hills, steps, walls…
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20 Years of Parkour in Sheffield: The Story of SPKF
Parkour has been part of Sheffield’s streets for two decades. As the city’s original and longest-running parkour community, we thought it was…
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Join the Sheffield Parkour Community Discord
Join the Sheffield Parkour Community Discord to meet local people, arrange training sessions, share feedback and keep up with events.
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Sheffield Parkour and Freerunning Community Group
Sheffield Parkour and Freerunning Community Group Looking to get started with Parkour / Freerunning in Sheffield? Head on over to our local…
