As more people indulge in different fitness activities in Mumbai, the parkour community seems to be growing steadily but not without misconceptions and stereotypes. With the recent opening of a new centre in Mumbai, mid-day.com spoke to members of the community to understand what drives them
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Most of us have grown up spending summer vacations playing and jumping walls in our neighbourhood. The joy it brought by being able to do it well and better than your friend was so much that we would take every opportunity to show it off to people around us. Interestingly, this very act of jumping was formally called ‘parkour’, long before any of us knew about it and it only gets better because Mumbai has a community of parkour enthusiasts and the community is growing with every passing day.