Parkour and the Art du déplacement - Strength, Dignity, Community - E-book - ePub

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Vincent Thibault et Casey Roberts - Parkour and the Art du déplacement - Strength, Dignity, Community.
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Résumé

Parkour, the art of displacement, or freerunning-whatever the name, this new discipline born in the Paris suburbs is rapidly being adopted by people throughout the world. Not satisfied to suffer through urban life, these athletic artists or artistic athletes want to thrive in it, all the while earning dignity by daringly reappropriating three fundamental motor skills: running, jumping, and climbing.
Vincent Thibault explores the philosophical and spiritual aspects of the art of movement and offers ideas on health, sports, urban living, and the relationship between the body and the environment. Reflecting on the culture of effort, he also avoids the misguided notion that depicts parkour as just another of those elitist extreme sports, instead providing a thoughtful, lyrical adventure into martial arts and chivalry in an urban setting.

Caractéristiques

  • Date de parution
    08/10/2013
  • Editeur
  • ISBN
    978-1-926824-95-6
  • EAN
    9781926824956
  • Format
    ePub
  • Nb. de pages
    166 pages
  • Caractéristiques du format ePub
    • Pages
      166
    • Taille
      1 403 Ko
    • Protection num.
      Digital Watermarking

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À propos des auteurs

Vincent Thibault is a writer. He is the cofounder of the Académie québécoise d'art du déplacement (Quebec Parkour Academy) and the first Quebecer to be a certified instructor in the discipline, in which he has trained in France and the United States. He is in close contact with some of the world authorities in Parkour, also called Freerunning. He is the author of a two colletions of short stories, two novels, and two books on philosophy and spirituality. Casey Roberts is an award-winning literary translator (John Glassco Prize) who lives in Montreal.
His translations include the Break Away series of YA novels by Sylvain Hotte.

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