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The synergy of the Penetration Testing and the Parkour extracurricular courses,
gave birth to a hybrid practice in early 2010, it developed into a holistic practice
that integrates the physical with the virtual, a Cyber activity.

Parkour or l'art du déplacement
(the art of moving) is the physical discipline of training to overcome
any obstacle within one's path by adapting one's movements to the
environment.
It is a non-competitive, physical discipline of French origin in which
participants run along a route, attempting to negotiate obstacles in the
most efficient way possible.

A practitioner of parkour is called a traceur if male, or traceuse if female.

Two primary characteristics of parkour are efficiency and speed. Practitioners

take the most direct path around an obstacle as rapidly as that path can be traversed.


Parkour comes from the méthode naturelle, developed by Georges Hébert

During World War I and World II, Hébert's teaching continued to expand, becoming the standard system of French military education and training. Thus, Hébert was one of the proponents of parcours — an obstacle course, developed by a Swiss architect, which is standard in the military training and led to the development
of civilian fitness trails and confidence courses.


Militaries from different countries recently began looking for ways to incorporate
parkour into training. For example, elite forces like the Green Berets:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/jan/12/military.uknews4


It is similar to a concept that Jane McGonigal mentions in this paper:

http://www.avantgame.com/Anderson_McGonigal_NordCHI04.pdf


"Place Storming is context-driven and play-based, combining real world environments

with the immersive and performative aspects of gaming. Place Storming combines

elements of street games, improvisational theater and brainstorming to enable

participants to get out and get physical, in order to find real everyday contexts for

technology innovation. Place Storming participants break into teams, take on
roles, visit a series of situated places in targeted environments, and
use props to accomplish site-specific missions. In completing their
missions, Place Stormers become active, playful performers engaged in
first imagining and then enacting technological innovations in context"



In 2020, The White Hat Traceuses work within John Robb's Freedom network.



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Comment by A.V.Koshy on April 16, 2010 at 2:07pm
it's a lot like some things we're trying out in india but the emphasis on fitness and the military links are not there
Comment by A.V.Koshy on April 16, 2010 at 4:00pm
we are trying the same mix technology, art and design, and everything else basically aimed at making students problem solvers, quick, efficient , thinking critically, critiquing and the mix is the same of classroom, game, reality engagement, experiment etc
Comment by Michele Baron on April 16, 2010 at 4:19pm
yes, very interesting post thank you
Comment by Shakwei Mbindyo on April 16, 2010 at 9:11pm
+1KS. Parkour sounds like something I would like to try. Do you know where any of the civilian trails are?
Comment by Rahul Dewanjee on April 16, 2010 at 11:13pm
I did a basic Krav Maga training just out of fun few years back. I've definitely found Parkour very interesting and complimentary to Krav Maga (for professionals of course) from what I saw in the videos. Earlier I never knew what Parkour really is before this post and the videos were uploaded by Sarah. So I'm going to give +1 for knowledge share. Good work Sarah:)

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