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You've probably seen it around the city, typically a group of young males jumping over railings, leaping off walls, and diving over tables. It's called Parkour, a new extreme sport which emphasises flow in the freedom of movement through the urban sprawls. The BBC news is running a front-page exclusive on the practice, and includes a written piece, a photo journal and a flash animation illustrating some of the basic moves. If it looks interesting, then check out the Australian Parkour scene over at pkaus.com. Organising regular jams, training talk and other matters all get discussed in the forum. Maybe I'll catch you around the Brisbane scene sometime.

I believe the attraction of Parkour lies in the dualistic nature of the human condition: predator and prey. Through this exists the primitive mechanism known as fight or flight. While numerous sports throughout history have popularised fight, Parkour is perhaps the first Western sport to focus purely on flight. In later weeks you'll be able to read more about this when I release my Parkour think piece.