Parkour medalist Mutsuhiro Shiohata wants his sport to take hold in Japan

One of Japan's top parkour competitors is hoping to bring the acrobatic urban sport into the mainstream and develop its next generation of athletes.Mutsuhiro Shiohata took freestyle silver at the International Gymnastics Federation's second parkour world championships last month in Kitakyushu, southwestern Japan.An accomplished gymnast in high school, the 27-year-old Ibaraki Prefecture native developed an interest in parkour as a university student after watching YouTube videos of its practitioners, who combine athleticism, artistry and adventurousness to traverse urban environments in the …READ FULL ARTICLE