Who Invented Parkour?

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While David Belle is unquestionably known as the original innovator and spiritual figurehead of parkour, the discipline’s origins can be traced directly back to his father, Raymond, and his time as a child in Vietnam. Though details surrounding Raymond’s early life are rather hazy, it’s generally accepted that he was separated from his parents during the First Indochina War and taken in by the French military in the city of Da Lat as an orphan at just age 7 in 1946. According to later interviews with his son, Raymond was routinely abused as a child, which motivated him to become as physically fit and strong as possible so that he could protect himself and escape danger if it ever presented itself.

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http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2007/04/16/no-obstacles
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=iAepAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA107&dq=raymond+belle+firefighter&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCYQ6AEwAWoVChMIjsWr9Ov9xgIVCUfbCh3_dQhm#v=onepage&q=raymond%20belle%20firefighter&f=false
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=JXSjAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA8&dq=parkour+firefighter&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCAQ6AEwAGoVChMI98WFs-z9xgIVZILbCh2VKAvK#v=onepage&q=parkour%20firefighter&f=false