Every Traceur's dream is to go to the birthplace of Parkour in Lisses and train with David Belle. That's exactly what Paul Maunder and Danny Wood from the UK did, and they brought a camera and their sense of humor (not bad for Brits, really). While they were there in mid-August, their trip coincided with a great group of Traceurs / Traceuseseses from Poland who they had also seen a year earlier. They hit up some of the most famous Parkour spots in the world, met some infamous people, and even had a chance to train with David himself. Fortunately for the rest of us, Paul (Obsidian) filmed the whole journey and has just finished the massive editing process into what I'd say is the best homemade Parkour documentary ever created. Read more for photos, details, and links to the video.
Here's a list of everyone who was there: Paul, Danny, Surdi, Kajtos, Teteu, Fred, Jelon, , Halin, Piotr, Polkin, Cichy, Zamek, Zula, Marjanek, Godfrey, (Carcara, and Ania, but they spent most of their time in Paris :) And a picture to let you know who's who from the Polish group... (click for larger version) 
Here's a picture of the training sesison in the gym with David and his brother Jean Francois. (click for larger version)  Finally, Paul's comments and the links to the video segments - Last month, we went on our annual trip to Lisses. Like most traceurs, we took a video camera to capture our experiences. We were hoping that the trip would be a good one, and that we might get to train with a few people whilst there. As it turned out, the trip was amazing, and far exceeded our expectations. I ended up with so much great footage that I decided to cut it together in a documentary style. This ended up being 34 minutes long, so I've split it into 4 parts for youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mzyvI3e2rA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0uLi4gHhfU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJ4Nk8Cxim8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YoaLttVJns
Highlights of the video include the manpower gap in Evry, meeting a fake Yamakasi member, training in the gym in Lisses with David Belle's brother, and meeting David himself. Paul will be creating some very high quality downloadable versions next week. Thnaks Paul for helping the rest of the world stay connected!
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...its the best documentary i've ever seen...