the first parkour video-David Belle parkour founder

Raymond Belle was born in French Indochina (now Vietnam). His father died during the First Indochina War and Raymond was separated from his mother during the division of Vietnam in 1954. He was taken by the French Army in Da Lat and received a military education and training that shaped his character.

After the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, Raymond was repatriated to France and completed his military education in 1958. At age 19, his dedication to fitness helped him serve in Paris's regiment of sapeurs-pompiers (the French fire service).

With his athletic ability, Raymond became the regiment's champion rope-climber and joined the regiment's elite team, composed of the unit's fittest and most agile firefighters. Its members were the ones called for the most difficult and dangerous rescue missions.

Lauded for his coolness, courage, and self-sacrifice, Raymond played a key role in the Parisian firefighters' first helicopter-borne operation. His many rescues, medals, and exploits gave him a reputation of being an exceptional pompier and inspired the next young generation, especially his son, David Belle.

Born in a firefighter's family, David was influenced by stories of heroism. Raymond introduced his son David to obstacle course training and the méthode naturelle. David participated in activities such as martial arts and gymnastics and sought to apply his athletic prowess for some practical purpose. At age 17, David left school seeking freedom and action. He continued to develop his strength and dexterity in order to be useful in life, as Raymond had advised him

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[TheRebelRunners]

parkour was invented by the french military during the times between world war 1 and world war 2, by a french general that studied the natives of africa, the africans moved through environments swiftly and smoothly and he wanted to put those skills into urban environments, today we have parkour because of that

[awesomemo123]

david belle is not the founder. hes the one the took it to the next level and made it famous. parkour was around many years before he was born

[kennyLmitchell]

im in love

[hilariofreire]

the guy in this video is Arnim Dahl a stuntman

[TEQparkour]

@Dysangel1983 this is not his father

[MrHash97]

he's the best :))

[sky1guitar]

this is not Raymond Belle! It is Arnim Dahl,check it in wikipedia.

[Dysangel1983]

@manuelx2x this is actually Raymond Belle, David Belle's father.

[TathagatDarkAssassin]

@oxide112 yeah and some policemen are too fat too run.

[oxide112]

@TathagatDarkAssassin

i tought so, but special forces around the world could use it :P.

dutch police specialy they kinda,... well .... fail hard when it comes 2 running and chasing people without cars