The Mouvement is represented right now at the Peace & Sport Forum. We were invited to provide a briefing on the inspirational work being down around the world to use parkour, freerunniing and l'art du déplacement as a tool for peace building. We will look in particular at places like Gaza and Cauca, Colombia.
Representatives from The Mouvement are in Qatar right now, at the invitation of the International School Sports Forum, meeting with representatives of school sport around the world. Top of the agenda is encouraging more countries to add parkour, freerunning and l'art du déplacement to physical education programmes.
6th April every year is the Internatonal Day of Sport for Development and Peace. This year, we are participating in the white card initiative of Peace & Sport. The Mouvement invites you to join in!
The Mouvement recently returned from the Lillehammer 2016 Youth Olympic Games, where we were part of the sporting and cultural festival, Sjoggfest. The Mouvement's practitioners also performed as part of the Opening Ceremony. "As we seek the recognition of sports institutions, having our practice present at the Youth Olympic Games is an important step," said Mouvement president Chau Belle. "As they work to get recognition in their own countries, our members can now point to real interest in our practice on the part of the world's biggest sporting body. Our Olympic participation is all the more satisfying because we were able to remain loyal to our definition of the practice: with demonstrations and teaching but not with competitions." We had showcases indoors, and some teaching indoors for the first weekend. Cube Sport, the makers of indoor modules, provided our stage and we are grateful for this. We even had the chance to introduce some IOC members to the practice. It was amazing to have legendary jumpers like Sergey Bubka show their support. © Art Fact / The Mouvement When the International Olympic Committee asked if we would demonstrate and teach parkour, freerunning and Art Du Déplacement at the Youth Olympic Games they also asked if we would be happy to start as soon as possible. They did not want us to wait until the next summer Games in 2018. So we accepted a fresh obstacle: snow and ice. We were given a snow-covered parking lot and built a simple obstacle park out of recycled materials: pallets, cable drums, scaffolding and so on. Many parents of the children who came are now building their own back yard parks. And on the last day of teaching, we took a core group of kids who had been coming most days into town, to show them some spots we had found. © Erika Szostak / The Mouvement Throughout our time at Lillehammer 2016, it was great to be able to meet some of the people who make some of the biggest decisions in sport, and in a few cases have them move with us. As the Olympic Movement works to find ways to reach out to the young people it was created to serve, we showed a new way: one that is close to the way children play and easily accessible to all. Thanks to a partnership with Ubisoft, the makers of Assassin's Creed, we were also able to show a clear and positive link between the way people move in video games and the way they can move in real life. As for the future, we're discussing putting on similar activities at the Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympic Games and how best to ensure recognition for the hard work of our members. © Art Fact / The Mouvement
The Mouvement International du Parkour, Freerunning et l'Art Du Déplacement has begun the membership process for a further 11 countries.
During the week since The Mouvement was launched, we have received information and membership requests from more than 40 countries across the world.
The Mouvement International du Parkour, Freerunning et l’Art Du Déplacement was created today.
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