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  • Credit: Levan Kakabadze
  • Credit: Levan Kakabadze
  • Credit: Levan Kakabadze
  • Credit: Levan Kakabadze
  • Credit: Levan Kakabadze
  • Credit: Levan Kakabadze
  • Credit: Levan Kakabadze
  • Credit: Levan Kakabadze
  • Credit: Levan Kakabadze
  • Credit: Levan Kakabadze
  • Credit: Levan Kakabadze
  • Credit: Levan Kakabadze
  • Credit: Levan Kakabadze
  • Credit: Levan Kakabadze
  • Credit: Levan Kakabadze
  • Credit: Levan Kakabadze
  • Credit: Levan Kakabadze

Urban Ninja! Parkour in Georgia

January 17, 2012

First popularized in 1990s France, parkour combines strength, balance, and cross-training skills to ninja-like effect. Photographer Levan Kakabadze moved to Tbilisi, Georgia in 2009 to document Greco-Roman antiquities and historical sites. Much to his surprise the first generation of Georgian traceurs (parkour practitioners) were busy climbing, jumping, and swinging off those fantastic ancient buildings and the concrete behemoths of Soviet Brutalist architecture…and he was right there, capturing it all just as the city moved to criminalize the sport.