The term Freerunning (or free running) was coined during the filming of Jump London, as a way to present parkour to the English-speaking world but rather unintentionally became its own form of movement which is incorporates parkour (pk) as a baseline but established its uniqueness separate from Parkour with the focus on self expression, innovation and creativity into movement as opposed to strictly speed and efficiency in parkour. However, the term has come to refer to Sebastien Foucan's method of parkour which again unintentionally makes him the founder of freerunning focusing on creativity, innovation and self-expression(in freerunning) instead of strictly speed and efficiency(in parkour). Many misconceptions have come out of this, such as the idea that it is a form of competitive street-gymnastics or street-acrobatics, when in fact, it was how Sebastien Foucan described his own Parkour evolution.The founder and creator of freerunning, Sébastien Foucan, defines freerunning as a discipline to self-development, to "follow your own way", which he developed because he felt that parkour lacked creativity and self-expression as a definition for each freerunner to follow your own wayIn a video on his official Youtube channel he explains freerunning as:“ Freerunning for me is my parkour evolution. I can't say anymore that I doparkour. Because if I want to be free to do flips, or let's say I'm learning breakdancing, and I would like to incorporate it into my parkour expression;Not to say: I am doing capoeira, breakdancing, parkour and anything else. Freerunning is the way I choose to name my own
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