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catching movement

By Tim Atteberry, 16:11:08, 21:33
The city is their training ground: In "Le Parkour" is about a predetermined path as possible to cope in a direct line. Obstacles that lie on the line to be overcome. In Cologne, the sports scene is quite active.

noticeable from afar on strollers in the Media Park on Saturday an unusual group: young women and men pull in casual sports clothes are high on wall ledges, jumping over a railing or balance on small concrete piers. This looks at first glance a little strange, but it has a very serious background, they train for the sport "Le Parkour".

A woman who passes on the bike riding, and would like to know what makes the group really. "We see this very often," said Dirk Meyer. The 19-year-old is four years in the Parkour scene active in Cologne and the head of the movement. "Unfortunately, many people deal with prejudice, because they think that we are destroying something."

But that's what the "traceurs" not. On the contrary, they themselves have to contend with the legacy of other groups. Meyer has discovered on the floor broken glass and clears out for splinter splinter away so no one injured. He focuses, closes his eyes, she proposes to return, date of jump points and is the first of only Movement in thought after. "Parkour is a mental thing, it's about to face a challenge," he explains, takes a short run, jump over a wall edge, his body stretches while in the length. landed on the ground, it rolls off.

brushing your teeth on only one leg

particularly to outsiders, such movements seem attractive. "This gets Parkour the wrong image of being a spectacular sport, and it is in reality only an efficient move." Familiar with this situation, Andreas binding forest which is only seven months there. "Instinctively, we compare with the others and is careless," know the 19-year-old. On two occasions he had been injured in jumps, because he was not ready for it.

Because Parkour is not organized in associations, there is also no regular training schedule. Interested parties can find their way to Parkour over the Internet or a workshop of the "Playstation Art of Movement Tour," at the Meyer participate as a coach: "The workshops are one of the few opportunities to meet centrally, and beginners get there, a professionally guided insight. "

Lisa Lindenthal is also already out and finds its way through the concrete landscape itself. "You get with the times a look of what you make out can, "says the 19-year-old, one of the few women in the parkour sport and very much regretted. Many girls simply do not have enough patience. "It is progressing step by step. I practice everyday, even when brushing your teeth and stand on one leg, "she says, and leaps easily on the next concrete bollards.




Thanks again to Tim for the good cooperation!