In an effort to drum up more local interest in parkour, two Doha-based teenagers recently created a video while running and performing stunts around parks and abandoned buildings in Qatar.
The video, titled “Qatari Movement,” was produced by British expats 18-year-old Jake Couper and 17-year-old Azan Ahmed.
It shows Ahmed running, jumping, climbing, rolling and vaulting over staircases, building roofs, and other architectural obstacles.
The duo tout themselves as Qatar’s first local parkour performers, and host a club at their school – Doha College, where they teach others how to navigate contemporary spaces with agility, ease, and artistry.
In an email to Doha News, the teens said that they were initially drawn to the activity because of the adrenaline rush. Couper said:
“Parkour drew me in just because the death-defying dives and jumps looked cool. However as I progressed both mentally and physically in the sport I realised it was one of the truest forms of expressions available. Every move became your own, every obstacle is yours to interpret, in many ways it is poetry in motion.”
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