Parkour, literally.

"The object of parkour is to get from one place to another in the most efficient way possible using only the human body and the objects in the environment"(wikipedia).
7 runs by LeVietnamienVolant, in Marseille, Martigues, and Saint-Mitre (south of France).Recorded in May 2010.
A film by L'1consolable.
Tracer: Le Vietnamien Volant
Filming & editing: L'1consolable
Original soundtrack by Bonobo.
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[@christianedwards2774]

One of the most underrated Parkour videos ever made. He has perfect flow.

[@ricardovianna5216]

Agree

[@singlebysunday680]

+ricardo vianna Exaxtly

[@ArchieDunham]

+Christian Edwards yes

[@malol_5050]

yes that's right

[@tsundereshark5945]

+Christian Edwards how is 3.7 million views underrated?

[@TheMrTomer]

One of the best parkour videos ever. He really runs, he's not doing any flips...just pure parkour...love it. It's perfect.

[@existentialchaos8]

Exactly the feeling I get when I see David Belle's videos.. pure parkour.

[@rollo_tomasi]

Great indeed!

[@nlsdrf1290]

Flips can be parkour though

[@pabliciosilveira5579]

​@@nlsdrf1290Parkour with flips it's called FreeRunning, it's not like, pure parkour you know?

[@coro8933]

​​@@nlsdrf1290Parkour is getting from point A to point B as fast and efficiently as possible. Throwing in all the flips and stuff is free running. Still extremely impressive in itself but there's a difference

[@dannyparker3251]

I like how there isn't any flips involved this is real parkour and sick camera angles

[@srenlrkholm9105]

sick camera angles?

[@yprinxe]

@@srenlrkholm9105 follow camera, following tripod camera, same move showed in 2 different perspective. You get me?

[@nlsdrf1290]

Flips can be parkour

[@thebilla6568]

A classic video that never disappoints, no matter how many times I come back to it.

[@rosazonile8511]

The Billa wc da

[@sterlingattaway5225]

This is the video that introduced me to parkour and the artist bonobo 👌🙏😔

[@christianedwards2774]

When I was younger, I used to watch David Belle's videos and Freerunning videos in awe, always thinking that the big jumps and the continuous tricking was extremely difficult. But now after almost half a decade into my training, I'm beginning to realise that maintaining constant flow with just pure efficiency, without mistakes made, is when you have truly mastered Parkour.

[@danceartist8203]

This is so incredibly true.

[@SuperLari1234]

How are you doing now with a decade of training?

[@patrickt.462]

Flips should only be used if only and absolutely necessary, and that's next to never.

[@michileber]

Still one of the best videos from my opinion! So raw. So good.

[@zachgirton6599]

I agree. Also I love your channel :)

[@michileber]

Thanks Man!! Zach Girton

[@notusmovement4395]

Love your channel agree

[@michileber]

Hi!!

[@aelej]

I love your films especially mirrors edge. keep up the good work and good luck!👍🏼

[@henry6572]

Yes actually real parkour not just flips every 5 seconds

[@scott4170]

Yeah, that's free running

[@danieleninivaggi8561]

When did you see flip?!?! They just did roll. That's Parkour, not Free Running.

[@henry6572]

What do u mean

[@danieleninivaggi8561]

Oh excuse me. I just misunderstood your comment xd

[@crossvisuals_]

Afchenry parkour doesnt include flips freerunming is about flips

[@pHDinSnowcones]

This is what more parkour videos on youtube should be like, speed and efficiency rather than how many flips you can do.

[@AlexFalcone]

My favorite part is 2:38 where he does the classic parkour trick of changing pants.

[@Fil1204_]

Don't miss the other great one where he changed his shirt

[@ToastedTurtleOnRye]

+Alex Falcone Every traceur learns that trick the first time they jump a gap with a big drop that was a little bit wider than they thought it would be.

[@srw9631]

Parkour, the French martial art of running away.

[@slab9404]

XD

[@steelcurtain619]

Oh man I can't stop laughing. I think I have watermelon coming out my nose.

[@MKfan888]

Or chasing someone. :/

[@onibur23]

best martial art :x

[@melonkong9278]

Lol .... Can't ...... Stop........ Laughing.....gasp!

[@midnighthymn]

I remember watching this video as a kid in elementary school. Now I'm 18 and finally getting back into parkour after several years of excuses. This video was such an inspiration. No flips, no showing-off. Just real, pure, hardcore parkour.

[@nlsdrf1290]

Just say you cant flip

[@tybladuz5456]

U do the best parkour, that is actually parkour without any flips and shit

[@LucidLivingYT]

With flips and shit is called freerunning

[@kiamawaters8479]

preach

[@nathmull1997]

Raxiuscore le Viking It is still parkour it's just got a mixture of the two where's he is all about the parkour. He is amazing.

[@Omfgwhtavid]

Raxiuscore le Viking True, but usually when you click on a 'parkour' video it has flips and shit in it. It's nice to see one without!

[@spartankiller256]

Raxiuscore le Viking free running is parkour in english, the flips and shit u usually see people do is gymnastics with the combination of parkour those people who do that are called stuntman.

[@midnighthymn]

One of the best parkour videos ever. No flips. No tricking. Just straight movement. This video is a KZbin classic. I remember being 10 when this first came out and constantly watching this. I'm 18 now.

[@Karl_Marx30]

whats wrong with flips

[@ethanhathaway6964]

Everytime i search up "parkour" on youtube, it always has the bs of doing flips and useless fucking tricks. But then, i found this video. The first words that came out of my mouth after watching this were, "FUCKING FINALLY!!! A real parkour video!"

[@ethanhathaway6964]

+zach girton, it gets annoying when people say it's parkour when really all they're dooing is flips and tricks

[@thatguy6089]

+Ethan Hathaway people who say that are the ones who can't do flips in the first place

[@shadowmario6448]

+Ethan Hathaway yap i hate it

[@myxion2671]

i know but remember alot of those videos say PARKOUR AND FREERUNNING and free running goes well with parkour

[@expressparkour5602]

IKR! A lot of the "parkour" videos I see on KZbin are mostly just flips and tricks. Although, parkour and freerunning go very well combined. I'm a 14 yr old amateur parkourist, but I do consider learning flips and tricks to create more flow.

[@Ishipyaoi]

I'm tired of random backflips around obstacles. This IS pakour. And it wasn't so dramatic ethier, so really good job!

[@linglim4718]

You still alive man?

[@Karl_Marx30]

closeminded fuck lmao

[@julian.pk709]

Watching "old" parkour videos in Winter always gives me the chills. I then realize how much i am missing the warm but still rough surfaces of urban obstacles. Still watching this one for 5 years now. I always forget the time when watching this. I doesnt feel like this video is 5 minutes long, you´ve recorded a momentum! One of the best visualizations of Parkour.

[@sicknature1337]

This is what I call parkour! Doing flips turns into freerunning.

[@Bcabatista559]

some jumps you take... they look easy but I broke my wrist with them. respect sir, a lot of respect.

[@sebastianestrada4690]

i think he is the best traceour i have ever seen, that flow is incredible

[@Belhade]

It's been years since I've watched this, and it's still amazing. So pure.

[@midnighthymn]

You and me both, brother.

[@Rendr]

all of us, this is true. I watched this as a beginner in 2010 and I still love it, it keeps my motivation to keep practicing :)

[@rollo_tomasi]

2012.

[@ruwhite9499]

It seems safe to say that parkour is a kind of martial art.

[@shTree]

No, martial means fighting, basically. This is not a martial art

[@rayantraceur]

AEguy Productions+ Yeah, but above all it's mastering techniques you learn so you can do it flawlessly. And, with that point of view, as Parkour is loking for total control of your body, I think we can compare it :)

[@danceartist8203]

Rule number one for any fight is if you can avoid it, you should. Parkour is the discipline of avoiding fights (amongst other things)

[@bryanconrad6077]

@@shTree I beg to differ. David Belle (most known from the movie Brick Mansions) uses parkour in his form of fighting. Though most of it is short lived

[@patrickt.462]

As someone who has dabbled with both...no. just no. Both require training and discipline as do all things in life that matter at all. But that's about the extent of their differences other than conditioning. Fighting requires standing ground where as parkour would be like running away from the fight. That should only be done in "fighting" if they bring extra people, or weapons, or both. Which is why I now carry a gun bc I'm getting too old to run.

[@sahram_ningen_]

This is the most beautiful parkour video I've ever seen in my life

[@jessemccree6544]

I bet people hate to chase this guy...

[@ArchieDunham]

I started parkour with this type (the proper version) vaulting and jumping around, keeping a good flow. But then as I got older I started doing flips. But I still prefer this type of parkour.

[@Verse2Beats]

+Archie Dunham Same story here. Though I hate the general definition of Parkour as flips and jumping over buildings and shit. It makes people think that Parkour just a fad, just dangerous and not considered a sport when really all they're seeing is professionals who have prepped before in advance to do some of those stunts. Parkour is as dangerous as you make it.

[@crossvisuals_]

parkour does not include flips so dont say they are the same thing.

[@ArchieDunham]

i don't understand why people get so pissed off about the definition of parkour, does it really mattger

[@danceartist8203]

Archie, it really does yeah lol. They're fairly similar sports, but they're also very different. I think the people who practice parkour care because a lot (definitely not all don't get me wrong) of freerunners are just idiots who want to be cool and do some flips they aren't ready for. Traceurs don't want to be associated with those people. It's kinda comparable to soccer vs basketball. To outsiders it may both just be ball sports, but to insiders they are very distinctly different.

[@alonzomccann3899]

@@danceartist8203 Faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaacts

[@kekuncias]

Loved this video back when it came out when I was 14, still love it 14 years later being now 28.

[@onreact]

This is one of the videos that made me start training parkour 11 years ago as a middle-aged sedentary guy with chronic pain issues. Now I teach parkour for adults.

[@jody77757]

This is better then those other vids where they do all those tricks. Really tired of watching the same tricks again and again on all those new vids.

[@FarlessBlue]

REAL Parkour Definition: Not using objects created by humans as they were intended to be used. AWESOME!

[@TheKnomad]

I liked this about 11/12 years ago. The production of this parkour video is unmatched. Good choice in music, great angles and edited cuts, parkour talent got the moves for each shot, and the places chosen do well to display parkour's true definition. Parkour, literally.

[@xsct878]

ive been looking for a video like this for ages,so sick of all the assassins creed and "parkour" videos that involve a bunch of bullshit like flips

[@shesthemanful]

Preaching to the choir

[@xsct878]

shut the fuck up

[@dylanfranciswav]

Lmfao that was so sudden I was not expecting that and it made me laugh

[@qwertyki9367]

@@xsct878 ??????xd

[@xsct878]

@@qwertyki9367 what the fuck do you want, I wrote this shit 4 years ago dumbass.

[@hornysexish]

1:29 oh my gosh that was too smooth

[@GregHuffman1987]

When you're playing a videogame and the fast travel feature isn't working so you rush over to the location you want to be at

[@CoreanKat]

You're flow, is outrageous friend. Sick sick parkour, very impressive, so efficient, you're movement is like water, pure, and adapting to it's surroundings. SO good. Props.

[@daniel_toman]

Man, these comments... You all guys are just jealous because you can't learn flips. Just don't write things like that, flips belong to parkour. Look, the description of parkour is the most efficient way to get from point A to point B, this guy in video just chose some random route and jumped sometimes efficient, sometimes useless tricks. Don't think of the word parkour that much, it's just movement, enjoy it.

[@existentialchaos8]

3:30 This shows that natural movement, aka parkour, can be integrated with society's rules and regulations. Inspiring to know.

[@onreact]

Yeah, always train safe! Wait for the green light.

[@existentialchaos8]

@@onreact Yeah lol :P. But it's very nice to see parkour integrated with things in society, like traffic lights. It shows that the 2 worlds can be combined. :)

[@SimonMiller]

I think what's special about this video, is that the runner has a GOAL... I don't know if he's thinking "I have to ESCAPE!" or "I've got to RESCUE someone!" but he has an urgency that elevates him from the usual self-conscious "performance."

[@firegriff6545]

but he still has to change his pants

[@fatkatparkour5126]

Every Time I watch this MASTERPIECE, it reminds me that you don't need to go fucking big with the moves and do flips and stuff to get a great parkour video. At first, parkour is JUST about efficiency and speed. This is actually the best parkour video I've seen in a long time. Thanks for the inspiration and motivation you give us trough your videos, and always keep moving 😉 P.S. Traceurs, take a quick look at our videos if you want to, and leave a little feedback so we can improve our training methods and videography style, thanks 😊

[@patrickt.462]

very true. I hate synchronized flips that gymnasts do and call it parkour which I guess is why he put the definition at the beginning. In my opinion that's what parkour is about and all that other crap can stay on the gymnastics floor where it belongs. Stunts are cool in appropriate settings but you are right that parkour is mainly about efficiency and speed of overcoming obstacles. hell even on the show the elimination challenge was based on fastest time to complete a course.

[@executionerstyle]

wish I could do that *takes bite of burger*

[@LucidLivingYT]

You can! Just try it out, watch some videos on wallruns and precision jumping and try! (This is actually easy if you've practiced for a while)

[@quantumfrost9467]

Finally PARKOUR

[@VectorLP]

This video is probably the best one showing parkour. I would love to train parkour more, but there arent many spots in this city, neither a gym

[@psychoarmy1]

nostalgia

[@geranmcbride138]

Something tells me he could commit a crime right in front of police and be able to run away without being caught in the first week

[@wizblalifa]

I had the same thought

[@geranmcbride138]

Rick James its a definite possibility

[@stammesbruder]

Geran McBride that's why some people fear a good traceur. they think they train to become thieves

[@geranmcbride138]

stammesbruder but actually its a nice feeling to be able to do this kind of parkour and free running (especially if you do something new)

[@TheYuri1212]

stammesbruder Yep. Police has stopped me three times already during my training. xD

[@imatrip6950]

Technically, if you were in the country side, wouldn't driving a car be considered parkour?

[@nathanwaltrip7220]

Uday Rana and I'm using my own foot on the gas

[@khanm.a]

This was 10 years ago, this guy was way ahead of his time

[@richardb.riddick727]

Ill take parkour over free running any day. But why not do both?

[@MrCherryCola]

If you'd like to try both,then, go for it.

[@JohannGTR]

Technically, all of us do both. Sebastien Foucan said freerunning is more about finding your own way, and all of us follow our ways and have our own reasons in training parkour or freerunning, whether for show or to be strong so you can be useful. So, I believe, according to HIS definition of freerunning, then we all do it, as none of us train SOLELY parkour. Even David Belle does backflips from time to time. When asked why? It's fun. Just my 0.02$, but I think I may have a few mistakes there....

[@TsujiroI]

This is a good video cause in all the other parkour videos they do flips and junk i mean u can do flips in parkour but its not all about the flips and spins and fancy tricks

[@ferox3334]

when I first started parkour this was one of the first video I have ever seen. And it's still gold

[@ZachiroEnigma0]

im sorry but the police aint catchin him lol

[@iSayMonica]

it must be really fun to play tag with him, NOT

[@Rowlandi11]

This video is wrong...everyone knows parkour originated in Assassin's Creed..

[@foxstrutbars]

Lol no. Assassin's creed was inpired by parkour which was invented by a French guy long time ago. Google it dumny

[@georgewicks7928]

Carl Johnson Really??

[@angelasim2480]

Yea. (Lol)

[@JordanStuffGamer]

No it originated in 2002 by two French men ( finally something not made in China)

[@erictheklein3774]

MrPigGaming he's just kidding but parkour was recognized officially by David Belle. It's been around forever but the practice of Parkour was coined by David Belle originally

[@EzzeSoy]

One of the best Parkour Videos ever.

[@lovely_liability8081]

Unbelievable! So amazing!

[@mrmovieguy1000]

1:51 Quick Change of Clothing... 2:33 Another Change of Clothes 3:00 Come on, Really? 4:00 OK, Seriously this is ridiculous.

[@jamdev12]

You can't have another guy running right next to you doing the same stunts. These were takes put in sequence. Now if you were to give the guy a VIP camera, pretty sure he could do it. Watch some of the videos from the parkour channel flow.

[@mrmovieguy1000]

What the fuck did you just say?

[@jamdev12]

You don't understand English now? These were recorded in separate sessions and then put together to make it look as if he was doing everything in sequence. Still don't get it?

[@mrmovieguy1000]

You don't fuckin know that. That's what I guessed too but I was able to make a joke out of it, so fuck off.

[@mrmovieguy1000]

You don't fuckin know that. That's what I guessed too but I was able to make a joke out of it, so fuck off.

[@All3n1Walk3r]

I would try to do this but i'd die...

[@amateuradventures6916]

One of the best parkour videos I've seen in along time Great work!

[@hunterwest3689]

2022 anyone?

[@Rendr]

yeah bro, this is one of the first parkour videos I watched as a beginner back in 2010, but still one of the best :D

[@midnighthymn]

I remember watching this video when I was in elementary school. I just started college. Amazing video, amazing flow, and amazing how I can still come back and enjoy it.

[@rayanecavagnet2976]

Énorme !

[@TH3Buzz]

I read an article years ago, by a Yamakasi member I believe, that stated how the greatest obstacle in Parkour is empty space. It went on to say how "empty space" is the least trained obstacle as well. The article talked about how most practitioners train for short bursts over obstacles, and lack the cardio to tackle a long sprint across a vast open space that has no vaults or jumps.

[@KeanusRandom36]

Doooooooppppe!!!

[@hfjbtn17cf58]

Who's got this to their recommendation after watching parkour vs freerunning by Jimmy the giant?

[@jessieballpk]

I scrolled through hundreds of parkour videos to find this one again but I knew I'd know it when I saw it!! This was one of the first videos I ever watched when I was getting into parkour and it was what I sent anyone who asked me what I meant when I said that I do parkour. Sooo happy to have found this series of videos again!!

[@teamorigin1988]

This is still my favorite PARKOUR video to date.

[@shalinirajsingh5640]

FINALLY,a parkour video without flips and stuff,this is what i call REAL PARKOUR!!!!!!

[@NotenoughtTea]

Man... I remember when this video had only couple of hundred views... and years later I'm still watching it. Great video!

[@childnoirr]

It's good to see a parkour video without flips n tricks. Thx for making this. Someone finally made a video to make the parkour definition true.

[@YajyuuMovement]

Yooo!! Took me forever to find this video again! I'm just dropping some love on this video because it was one of the first videos to really inspire me to get on the road of parkour! To this day this still has some of the best Parkour lines! Thanks for posting and sharing with the world man!

[@kunle5303]

this is the beautiful meaning of freedom

[@flaxbob]

I found this vastly more entertaining than your average youtube 'parkour' video. Every scene was a showcase of style, creativity and efficiency. Well done sir!

[@DrDingerGaming188]

i like parkour videos like this, where they are actually running a route, and not just doing a bunch of flat ground backflips or whatever

[@basilbruder7203]

All time favorite. Flow,steez this is parkour. The way to overcome obstacles, efficient. Daaamn

[@Celektramusic]

In a very long time aside from Belle, Parkour Generations. This is by far, thee best definition of PK that I have seen in all my time of being active in the sport. This beats doing flips ANYDAY (In my opinion atleast). Amazing, Fantastic, Outstanding flow, camera work, and hard work. I love it!!

[@nbrosens]

the word that comes to mind is "elegance". this is stunning.

[@KrystalMethod11]

This is why I prefer Parkour over free running. Both are great disciplines but I love the absolute fluidity of parkour. Great video!

[@evanpan8531]

Parkour at it’s purest form. We need more videos like this

[@PK_Mat]

Je m'en lasse toujours pas.

[@LoganSchmidt]

Finally a real video where you are actually doing parkour and not jumping and vaulting off the same thing. Great vid,

[@gordonbourbonbiscuit]

First saw this in late summer of 2010 and I can't stop coming back to it, so inspiring!!

[@danielgrno309]

finally a video with actual parkour in it. most "parkour/freerunning" videos i see are really just people doing gymnastics in public places

[@leagueallday3120]

His way of moving seems so natural it's unbelievable

[@thcoolatos]

His technique is completely flawless never seen so solid style wow!!!

[@AISciFiStories]

Can’t believe this was 8 years ago now

[@hamzakasbaoui9988]

i really enjoyed watching you running in this city i'm just in my bed now watching this but full of ambition and will to try the same keep up the good work

[@Cionn]

2020 and still awesome to watch, love it!

[@larsvaarja9561]

0:42 proceeds to run up a wall just to walk down the stairs. That's what I call efficiency.

[@LazyTurtleDK1]

This has got to be one of the best parkour videos I've seen in my life. Such a good job!

[@Inquisitorkryptman3]

THANK YOU for some honest parkour. Tired of people doing half assed flips to get right where they started. And man, does that guy have some endurance.

[@hokagevii717]

Quentin - levietnamienvolant is always one of my most favorite traceur ever! He should have done more videos so we could learn more about him! The way he moves just so beautiful! Never get bored of this video!

[@Trymie98]

You make it look so easy...

[@DoctorKhullar]

Man , his flow , movement , just amazing . This dude is awesome . Gr8 video.

[@MultiNatla]

All the people saying he shouldn't climb... Well, just think that point B is up there. Then another point is somewhere else, that can be reached faster by climbing. No one said point A is the beginning of the video, and point B is at the last frame. Think of this as like checkpoints in a race. The guy is going through invisible checkpoints in the fastest, smoothest way. You can't deny that.

[@MrLINK50]

This makes Assassins Creed look like a snail race.

[@jumpsquadronofficial8986]

This dude is quick don't challenge him to a race 😂😂 Well done 👌👏👏

[@jamesdevine02]

"Parkour, literally" - *jumps down 8 steps and rolls* Jokes aside, still a really well thought-out, interesting video to watch to this day.

[@CarlesVera-MA]

Regresar a este vídeo para refrescar lo más elemental del parkour. Qué bien sienta simplemente moverse. Gracias una vez más.

[@TheAzvard]

If there is any one thing i like about this guy it would be that he is a Traceur and though he could preform flips and make his running "stylish" he doesnt, and instead he impresses thousands with nothing more than "Parkour, Literally."

[@waves7141]

Really nice video man it shows the way parkour gets you through your enviorment in the quickest way possible.

[@ptacek-gn5jg]

FINALLY! A video that just shows parkour not crazy and pointless flips.

[@TheMindofagenius1]

this is *literally* AMAZING!!!! also 4:17 that HAD to make you feel like flying 8D

[@meee110]

See, this is what a lot of yt parkour vids are missing. Parkour is about speed and efficiency and finding the path of least resistance, no about doing flashy, energy-wasting flips over knee-high obstacles.