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Parkour (pär'kôr), in its purest form, has been around since
the dawn of time. From jumping over boulders to swinging through treetops, moving from point A to B and the need to clear
obstacles has always been around. In the early 1900's George Herbert conceived what he called the "Natural Method" by setting
up man-made obstacle courses in order to get people to train their entire bodies in the most natural way possible. It is believed
that the jungle gyms we see in children's parks today are directly contributed to these early training methods. Although this
method is purely devoted to physical training, this was the first major influence towards forming the discipline that we now
know as Parkour.
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