Parkour is a physical discipline and training method that involves efficient movement through one’s environment, typically in urban spaces, using techniques such as running, jumping, climbing, and other acrobatic skills. It emphasizes overcoming obstacles with speed, fluidity, and adaptability. Freestyle Parkour, aka Freerunning, is a related but distinct movement discipline from parkour. It incorporates elements of parkour, focusing on fluidity, creativity, and self-expression in movement. Freerunning often includes acrobatic flips, spins, and other aesthetic movements, emphasizing personal style and artistic expression while navigating obstacles and the environment. Unlike parkour, freerunning places a greater emphasis on creative and expressive movements rather than purely efficient or direct routes.
IPF is a not-for-profit, independent, international organization made up of volunteers representing the diverse needs of parkour athletes and communities around the world. Members of our growing and diverse Executive Council include representatives from Mexico, the US, Egypt, Iran, Panama, Italy, Philippines, Morocco, Turkey, Senegal, Ukraine, Afghanistan, the UK, and more. Among them are Ryan Doyle and other world-renowned parkour athletes. To view IPF’s Constitution and By-Laws, including our Conflict of Interest statement, please CLICK HERE.
Interested in forming a National Governing Body (NGB) for parkour in your country? IPF is here to assist you in any or all of the following ways; helping you bring together your country’s parkour community, helping to connect you with the proper government agency and/or National Olympic Committee, providing you with By-Laws for your organization, as well as a checklist of the necessary steps to create a viable governing body and to apply for IPF recognition. Please apply here if you’d like our help in forming an NGB, or if you already have an existing organization and are interested in IPF assistance and affiliation/recognition, contact us here: [email protected]
These services are as always, free of charge.
The Mission of IPF is to promote the practice of Parkour and related disciplines through community building, world wide and local competitive and non-competitive events, charitable initiatives for underserved parkour communities, and the creation of affiliated Parkour National Governing Bodies in countries around the world. IPF is committed to partnership with like-minded people of good will, with the goal of filling our 15 member executive council and 30 member board with a diverse group of global leaders who share our vision inclusion and equality regardless of race, gender, religion or sexual orientation. We will continue our pro-parkour, pro-social initiatives around the world, which we believe represent the best of the parkour philosophy, “Be strong to be useful.”
Established in 2014, the International Parkour Federation (IPF) assists in the formation of National Parkour Governing Bodies (NGB’s), mentors young parkour athletes around the world, and supports initiatives that exemplify the Parkour philosophy, “Be Strong to Be Useful.” In recent years, IPF has focused largely on the conflict-torn countries of the MENA region, and together with local athletes in Baghdad helped to open Iraq’s first Parkour school which now provides a safe place to train for more than 350 young athletes. IPF steadfastly supports gender and racial equality, and human diversity in all its global initiatives.
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Afghanistan
Afghanistan National Freerunning Parkour Federation
President: Zelgi Aslami
India
Parkour Freerunning Federation of India
President: Arpan Singh
Nepal
Nepal Parkour and Freerunning Sports
President: Saroj Tamang
Pakistan
Pakistan Parkour Federation
President: Muhammad Perez
Iran
Iran Freerunning Parkour Association
President : Nasrin Shakerifard
Vice President : Alireza Sharifi
Secretary General : Soroush Parsa
Iraq
Iraq Parkour Committee
President: Haider Hassan Mane
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Parkour
President: Abdulrahman Shalhoub, Abdullah Shalhoub
Bahrain
Bahrain Parkour, Roof Tops
President: Hussain Faisal
Kuwait
Kuwait Parkour Academy
President: Mahdi Baqer
Palestine
Palestine Parkour
President: Muammad Fawzi Hamdan Abu Awad
Yemen
Yemen Parkour Federation
President: Ahmad Al-Kabsi
Oman
Oman Parkour
President: Saeed Mahfouz Ali Al Farsi
Bhutan
Bhutan Parkour Federation
President: Sonam Norbu
Maldives
Maldives Parkour Freerunning Association
President: Ibrahim Thasleem
Tajikistan
Freerun Parkour Federation Tajikistan
President: Alexander Dhul – Qarnain
Malaysia
Malaysia Parkour Association
President: Manjit Gill Singh
Syria
Syria Federation of Parkour
President: Feras Falah
Lebanon
Lebanese Parkour
President: Joe Zgheib
Philippines
Pilipinas Obstacale Sports Federation
President: Alberto C Agra
Indonesia
Indonesia Parkour Federation
President:
Morocco
Fédération Royale Marocaine des Sports Urbains
President: Jaoad Aouatif
Burkina Faso
Burkina Parkour
President: Zororme BASSIROU
Togo
Togo Parkour
President: Kodjobi Edem AKPALOU
Senegal
ASSOCIATION NATIONALE PARKOUR SENEGAL
President: Awa Fall
Uganda
Uganda Parkour Federation
President: Moses Ddungu
Kenya
Kenya Parkour Federation
President: ELVIS ONYANGO OKOTH
Rwanda
Rwanda Parkour
President: ROBERT MUGISHA
Guinea Bisao
Guinea Bisau Parkour Federation
Ghana
Association Guinéenne de parkour
President: DAOUDA BAH
Sierra Leone
Siera Leone Parkour Association
President: Noel Williams
Cote d’ivore
Cote Parkour
Egypt
Egypt Parkour Federation
President: Ahmad Hassan
Nigeria
Nigeria Parkour Federation
President: AWELE HELEN ILLOH
Cameroon
Cameroon Parkour Federation
President: FRU ROLAND
Congo
Congo Parkour Federation
President: SAFOU CHANTAL
Botswana
Botswana Parkour Federation
President:
Algeria
Algeria Parkour Federation
Mali
Mali Parkour Federation
Libya
Libyan Parkour Players Union
President: Jaber Ismaio
Costa Rica
Asociacion de Parkour el Arte del Desplazamiento Costa Rica
President: Raul Solano
Bolivia
Bolivia Parkour Federation
President: Marcel Morales
Mexico
Mexico Parkour Union
Cuba
Cuban Parkour Federation
President: Carlos Castelannos
Brazil
Confederação Brasileira de Parkour e Freerunning
President: Allan Rogerio da Silva
Portugal
Aassocicao Portuguesa de Street Workout e Parkour
President: Stanislav Nosov
Kosovo
Federata e Parkourrit te Kosoves FPK
President: Berat Mavriqi
Ukraine
Parkour Ukraine
President: Alexander Chernobrovkin
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