David Belle
David Belle
David Belleis a French actor, film choreographer and stunt coordinator. He is deemed the founder or leading pioneer of the physical discipline parkour, coining it based on his training and the teachings from his father Raymond Belle. Belle came to fame via his parkour videos and film appearances, such as District 13, District 13: Ultimatum, which were written and produced by Luc Besson, and the American remake Brick Mansions. Belle has also consulted on the making of Babylon A.D., Prince...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth29 April 1973
CityFecamp, France
CountryFrance
So if you do acrobatics things on the street with no other goal than showing off, please don't say it's parkour. Acrobatics existed long time ago before parkour.
Without training you will not grow wings.
When you’re training Parkour with passion, if you’re good, people will notice you. Don’t go around saying, ‘Hey look at this new move I got.’ No. We used to say, ‘If it’s good we’ll tell you.’ Do it for yourself first.
When a young person asks me: 'Can you show me how to do this?' I simply answer: 'No, I am going to show you how to do it. But then, you'll have to learn with your own technique, your own way of moving, your style, your abilities and your limitations. You are going to learn to be yourself, not someone else.
If someone puts you in front of a 30m high wall, tells you to get over it, and then comes back two years later and you're still there, you've made no progress. You should find another wall.
The best part of falling is getting back up again.
Our aim is to take our art to the world and make people understand what it is to move.
There are no limits, only obstacles, and any obstacle can be overcome.
First, do it. Second, do it well. Third, do it well and fast — that means you're a professional.
Parkour belongs to the ones who live it, not the ones who want to live thanks to it
Obstacles are found everywhere, and in overcoming them we nourish ourselves.
Parkour teaches you to be sure of what you are able to do.
We shouldn't force ourselves to do something that really is just painful to us. If there is a discrepancy between what we are doing or putting our bodies through and then what our minds are telling us, you really have to look at yourself, and the most essential part of it is the pleasure aspect.
Parkour is really a practice of getting to know yourself, what you're able to do, what are your limits. As you train, you start knowing what you can do.