However, it's rare when a sport is actually used by the military not only to train the troops, but to also have them use what they've learned from said sport in combat.
Enter Parkour, the increasingly popular sport which involves daredevil leaps from buildings and acrobatic stunts.
A squad of professional freerunners going by the names EZ, Livewire, Sticky and Spidey, has begun training British marine commandos in gravity-defying moves such as the "kong vault", "running cat" and "crane" in an effort to improve troops' street-to-street fighting ability.
Captain Sean Lerwill, a senior physical training instructor who is behind the collaboration, said freerunning moves were likely to be incorporated into battle training for qualified green berets and might be introduced into basic training for would-be recruits.
"We found some of the moves were relevant for battle," he said. "For them it is about artistic expression. For example, they will run along a wall keeping a low profile because it looks good, but we need to do the same thing in urban combat to stay safe."
Some of you might be thinking that this borders on the insane, but Parkour does seem like it could be useful in the right situations. And there's no doubt that you'd probably be a bit more difficult to shoot. Just check out this guy below.
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