ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE

Parkour is commonly also known as ADD (l'art du deplacement).

- Adora Wong

However, some practitioners argue that the lesser-known ADD is the foundation upon which parkour was built. One notable difference between them is that ADD involves a lot more crawling exercises, says Tan Shie Boon.

The ADD practitioner and Director of ADD Academy Singapore teaches seniors between the ages of 50 and 70.

He was first introduced to ADD at a workshop held by Yamakasi, a pioneering ADD group from France. “I found myself deeply drawn to it. It felt more artistic and respectful of individual expression than my dance education. It also felt powerful and raw,” he recounts. “We were doing movements that were so stimulating, abnormal, and surprising. I felt a little more human.”