BAHRAIN PARKOUR ASSOCIATION "Movement Unites Us!" | Official Website Coming Soon!!

" We are not professionals, and we do not claim that we are, but we have worked hard to have the skills and knowledge to train ourselves and others, and to help them in obtaining the best levels possible in Parkour and Free Running, and that what distinguishes us from others."

Bahrain Parkour aims to spread the spirit of Parkour and Free Running among the Bahraini youth away of wasting free times, and to raise awareness of article sport for youth. It will highlight the benefits in terms of fitness, physical strength and speed. It also aims to teach the foundations of Parkour such as jumps, vaults and rolling to overcome obstacles no matter how hard they are. In addition, jumping from high places without subjecting oneself to injuries. In order to be prepared for any emergency situation, one needs to learn these movements and develop the disposition and mental attitude to overcome any type of obstacle, quickly and smoothly, without fear of any mistake that might occur while moving from one point to another.

Parkour is a philosophy and method of movement through any environment with speed and efficiency. The concept is to overcome all physical and mental obstacles in your path by using your body and mind to run, climb, jump and vault. A practitioner of Parkour aims to be self-reliant and physically capable; fit, strong and healthy; honest and sincere; disciplined; focussed; creative and always useful and helpful to others.

Many of us in daily life have wished that we could do a lot of movements, to avoid or overcome all kinds of obstacles in emergency situations. People may be exposed to the threat of fire or be under attack from several people, but we do not have the ability to overcome such obstacles or barriers and escape. For example, jumping from heights or moving to avoid an object like a car. This is partly because of the fear of being subjected to a serious injury or because of our lack of ability to jump quickly and efficiently. But if we have trained and have the ability to do these sorts of things, we will not hesitate in overcoming these kinds of significant obstacles no matter how difficult they are.

Herein lies the importance of Parkour in our lives. Body movement is an integral part of human activity at all stages of life. Since ancient times to the present, human instinct has always driven the person when he is exposed to any emergency situation whether trying to overcome an obstacle or speeding away from one point to another as a means to escape danger.

The problem is that when we do these moves without training or prior knowledge of how to overcome the existing barriers around us, we expose ourselves to injury which may be serious or even life-threatening. We believe that soldiers are trained in some of these techniques to overcome the barriers, to be ready for war or for any other form of emergency.

Bahrain Parkour provides for all ages, men and women, a treasure which was been hidden for a long time from the people of our country. Some of us may see Parkour as a form of entertainment or movements that may only be seen in movies. But what we are attempting to do here is to provide Parkour for all. We believe it has importance, value and is realistic in everyday life. No one can feel its value more than a person who has been in a situation that needed the movements and ability of a practitioner of Parkour.

To add the fun and entertainment for members of Bahrain Parkour, we practice Free Running as a sport which gives its practitioners the ability to perform a lot of acrobatics moves during the performance of Parkour, such as forward and backward flips, wall flips and a lot of movements that are just fun and artistic.

Bahrain Parkour offers our youth fun and fitness, and body coordination and movements that met prove to be very valuable in their daily lives. Bahrain Parkour aims to raise an individual’s ability in sports such as body fitness, muscle strength, flexibility, and endurance.

Registering with Bahrain Parkour does not require that the practitioner should be super fit or evens a sportsperson. We at Bahrain Parkour offer you training programs that will increase your level of fitness so that your body will gradually achieve excellent results. Our programme will train the practitioner to perform Parkour movements smoothly and easily.

Parkour is an internationally recognized activity and we are registered as one of the Parkour and Free Running associations. We are in the process of obtaining national support so we can open the first club here in Bahrain and begin training potential Parkour practitioners, both male and female.

Presently, we offer training classes only for males. Initially we will train in public places such as parks and recreational parks. We have future plans to produce televised shows and presentations. Watch for Bahrain Parkour as we gain news media coverage of our Bahrain Parkour events. And we are also working with several Arab and international teams in participation to train and coordinate Parkour and Free Running events in the future.

Last but not least, we are trying to gather the largest possible number of young Bahrainis to register themselves with the Bahrain Parkour family so that they become an integral part of our Parkour association.

“We would like to thank all those who have already registered with us on Bahrain Parkour, and all members of our association family for helping us to carrying out our Parkour promotion here in Bahrain. Thank you for assisting us in developing and disseminating information about Bahrain Parkour all over the world. Remember, Movement Unites Us!” .

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