homework - Parkour!

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Story:

Manhattan - (5/25/2010) - Parkour is a physical discipline that seems to combine gymnastics, climbing on buildings and the monkey bars. It started in France more than 20 years and looked cool in the James Bond movie "Casino Royale".

There's also a group of practitioners called New York Parkour that trains in parks around town. But what exactly is parkour?

"Simply put, it's a way to basically train your body to overcome obstacles," says "Owais," a New York Parkour member.

People who do parkour call it a way to get from Point A to Point B in the most creative way possible.

"My favorite thing about parkour is that I can just go out whenever I want and when I feel like it. I can do what I want, there's no real structure to it," says Thomas Dolan of New York Parkour.

Despite that, those who practice parkour say it can be a great workout...

It does look a little on the dangerous side, but members say people should stay within their own physical limits.

Questions:

1) Where did this story take place?

2) When did this story take place?

3) What is Parkour?

4) In which country was Parkour started?

5) How many years ago was it started?

6) What do you think of Parkour? Is it cool or not?

Info fron NY1