Le parkour tutorials

2008-08-22T08:08:00.000-07:00

Cartwheel

You wanna do this on a line. As straight as u can. it helps lotz. The other thing people get wrong is the legs, da legs should not be bent (at all) at the knees. Keep your legs straight, it'll help make it easier to complete the rolling of the "wheel" (you). haha. The second hand does not come down at the same time as the first one. Wait for the right time to place the second hand. Gain momentum. Let it be a natural roll.

Rondo

Roll

* yeh, i already know i didn't get this perfect. i admit it, the roll is TOO forward and should be more diagonal. i am sorry.

i hope i won't be going to hell for it.

Monkey Vault

Easy as shit. Lots of people got fear issues with the edge and their toes. haha. They think they might clip their feet on the obstacle and go face down to the floor. This fear isn't that big on people who feel confident about being able to bring their knees up to their chest quick.

Triple Kong

a Kong is like a monkey vault except with the only requirement that you must fly (be in the air) for an amount of time greater that zero from the point you take off.. until the time your hands make contact with the obstacle.

360 Vault

AKA "Reverse Vault"

Superman

AKA "Dive Roll"

Dash Vault

Uhh, don't hurt your ass. =)
Aproach the obstacle with some momentum.. then kick up with your strongest leg and immidately follow with the other leg. U wanna create the effect that both legs are coming up together simultaneously. As you are right over the obstacle extend your legs all the way and propell yourself with both your hands. ( looking like a --- )

Precision

Jump to a distant object and land on it. hehe. There are a few variations to the way you can execute this type of jump. The one I like is when you jump turn 180 degrees in the air and land facing where you took off from.

Cat Leap

yeah i know, we should have taped this from the side too

Rocket Vault

This is when u use a rocket to fly over an obstacle.

Speed Vault

Wall Flip

A. Focus on a chest-high point on the wall—this is where you’ll place your feet. Remain focused on that spot as you begin running toward the wall at moderate speed. Plant your weaker foot about a meter away from the wall and start leaning back.

B. Push into the wall with your dominant foot. The longer you look at that spot, the higher you will go. Try to angle your body completely horizontal, without jerking your neck. Lean your head back, as your torso will follow your head.

C. Place your weaker foot against the wall and flick your ankle to drive the rotation. For a quick and controlled spin, tuck your knees close to your chest. Maintain eye contact with the ground to spot your landing, and force your legs around toward it.

D. Bend your knees as you hit the ground to absorb the landing and retain balance. A smooth landing takes practice to perfect, and it’s painful when botched, so have a friend spot you at first.

Lick Library - Ultimate Guitar Techniques - How to Play Fast

2008-07-27T13:56:00.001-07:00

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In popular culture

2008-07-25T07:12:00.000-07:00

Main article: Parkour in popular culture

Parkour has appeared in various television advertisements, news reports and entertainment pieces, often combined with other forms of acrobatics also called free running, street stunts and tricking.

The most notable appearances have been in narrative films:

Jackie Chan's First Strike (1996)
Yamakasi (2001)
District B13 (2004)
The Great Challenge (2004)
Casino Royale (2006)
Breaking and Entering (2006)
Live Free or Die Hard (2007)
Impudent Days (Russian) (2007)
You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008)
The Incredible Hulk (With Cyril Raffaelli credited as the parkour coordinator) (2008)
Wanted (2008)

Outside North America, notable parkour documentaries include:

Génération Yamakasi - Vol au dessus des cités
Jump London (2003)
Jump Britain (2005)
Jump Westminster (2007)
Parkour journeys (2007)

Movements

2008-07-25T06:57:00.000-07:00

According to David Belle, you want to move in such a way that will help you gain the most ground as if escaping or chasing something. Also, wherever you go, you must be able to get back, if you go from A to B, you need to be able to get back from B to A, but not necessarily with the same movements or passements.

Despite this, there are many basic techniques that are emphasized to beginners for their versatility and effectiveness. Most important are good jumping and landing techniques. The roll, used to limit impact after a drop and to carry one's momentum onward, is often stressed as the most important technique to learn. Many traceurs develop joint problems from too many large drops and rolling incorrectly. Parkour has sometimes received concerns for its health issues due to large drops.

Communities in Great Britain have been warned by law enforcement or fire and rescue of the risk in jumping in the high buildings. Although David Belle has never been seriously injured while practising parkour, there is no careful study about the health issues of large drops and traceurs stress gradual progression to avoid any problems. Despite this, the American traceur Mark Toorock and Lanier Johnson, executive director of the American Sports Medicine Institute say that injuries are rare because parkour is based on the control of movements not on what cannot be controlled.

Basic movements

2008-07-25T06:38:00.000-07:00

Some movements defined in parkour are:

Synonym		Description
French	English	Description
Atterrissage or réception	Landing	Bending the knees when toes make contact with ground (never land flat footed; always land on toes and ball of your foot).
Équilibre	Balance	Walking along the crest of an obstacle; literally "balance."
Équilibre de chat	Cat balance	Quadrupedal movement along the crest of an obstacle.
Franchissement [fʁɑ̃ʃismɑ̃]	Underbar, jump through	Jumping or swinging through a gap between obstacles; literally "to cross" or "to break through."
Lâché [laʃe]	Dismount, swinging jump	Hanging drop; lacher literally meaning "to let go." To hang or swing (on a bar, on a wall, on a branch) and let go, dropping to the ground or to hang from another object.
Passe muraille [pas myʁaj]	Pop vault, wall hop	Overcoming a wall, usually by use of a kick off the wall to transform forward momentum into upward momentum.
	Dyno	This movement comes from climbing terminology, and encompasses leaping from a position similar to an armjump, then grabbing an obstacle usually higher than the initial starting place, often used for an overhang. This movement is used when a more simple movement is not possible.
Passement [pasmɑ̃]	Vault	To move over an object with one's hand(s) on an object to ease the movement.
Demitour [dəmi tuʁ]	Turn vault	A vault involving a 180° turn; literally "half turn." This move is often used to place yourself hanging from the other side of an object in order to shorten a drop or prepare for a jump.
Passement	Speed vault	To overcome an obstacle by jumping side-wise first, then using one hand, while in the air, to push your body forwards.
	Lazy vault	To overcome an obstacle by using a one-handed vault, then using the other hand at the end of the vault to push oneself forwards in order to finish the move.
Saut de chat [sod ʃa]	Cat pass/jump, (king) kong vault	The saut de chat involves diving forward over an obstacle so that the body becomes horizontal, pushing off with the hands and tucking the legs, such that the body is brought back to a vertical position, ready to land.
	Dash vault	This vault involves using the hands to move oneself forwards at the end of the vault. One uses both hands to overcome an obstacle by jumping feet first over the obstacle and pushing off with the hands at the end. Visually, this might seem similar to the saut de chat, but reversed. David Belle has officially rebuked this vault however,^{[citation needed]} and thus its inclusion as a parkour movement is debatable.
	Reverse vault	A vault involving a 360° rotation such that the traceur's back faces forward as they pass the obstacle. The purpose of the rotation is ease of technique in the case of otherwise awkward body position or loss of momentum prior to the vault.
Planche [plɑ̃ʃ]	Muscle-up or climb-up	To get from a hanging position (wall, rail, branch, arm jump, etc) into a position where your upper body is above the obstacle, supported by the arms. This then allows for you to climb up onto the obstacle and continue.
Roulade [ʁulad]	Roll	A forward roll where the hands, arms and diagonal of the back contact the ground, often called breakfall. Used primarily to transfer the momentum/energy from jumps and to minimise impact preventing a painful landing. Identical to the basic Kaiten or Ukemi of martial arts such as Judo, Ninjutsu, Jujitsu, and Aikido.
Saut de bras [sodbra]	Arm jump, cat leap	To land on the side of an obstacle in a hanging/crouched position, the hands gripping the top edge, holding the body, ready to perform a muscle up.
Saut de fond [sodfɔ̃]	Drop	Literally 'jump to the ground' / 'jump to the floor'. To jump down, or drop down from something.
Saut de détente [sodə detɑ̃t]	Gap jump	To jump from one place/object to another, over a gap/distance. This technique is most often followed with a roll.
Saut de précision [so d presiziɔ̃]	Precision jump	Static jump from one object to a precise spot on another object.
Tic tac [tik tak]	Tic tac	To kick off a wall in order to overcome another obstacle or gain height to grab something.

Accessories

2008-07-25T06:36:00.001-07:00

There is no equipment required, although practitioners normally train wearing light casual clothing:

Light upper body garment - such as T-shirt, sleeveless shirt or crop top.

Light lower body garment - such as light trousers or light shorts.

The only gear really required is comfortable athletic shoes that are generally light, with good grip. Some traceurs use sweat-bands for forearm protection, or even thin athletic gloves to protect the hands, but most traceurs advise against this as it reduces grip and feel.

However, since parkour is closely related to méthode naturelle, sometimes practitioners train barefooted to be able to move efficiently without depending on their gear. David Belle has said: "bare feet are the best shoes!"

=>Is Parkour dangerous?

2008-07-13T03:27:00.000-07:00

Like any sport, Parkour can be dangerous if proper safety precautions are not taken. Most Parkour injuries occur when the traceur is careless or attempting something beyond their capabilities (for example, jumping from too high up). And like any new physical activity,those starting out will have to get accustomed to using new muscle groups and body motions which can lead to anything from soreness to more serious injury if overly strenuous activity is attempted too soon. Each traceur must be able to know his or her limitations and progress at a rate that is appropriate.

Maybe you’ve seen videos of people leaping from rooftop to rooftop, or doing backfl ips off of bridges, and concluded that Parkour is a sport for daredevils. We are frequently asked by parents and other concerned people whether Parkour is a dangerous activity that will result in people being seriously injured. The answer is that like any sport, Parkour can be dangerous if proper safety precautions are not taken. If you are not an expert, the things you’ve seen in the movies and online are extremely dangerous. They are also not what most traceurs do when they practice Parkour.

Parkour does involve moving through the natural and urban environment, climbing walls, running, jumping, vaulting, rolling, and other things that can result in injury. This is why we recommend our classes for beginners to learn the basics of how to land safely, roll out of landings, jump with good form, and other fundamentals. There is inherent danger in many of the things we do, and we won’t attempt to obfuscate that. But in our collective experience, the more we practice Parkour, the more prepared our bodies become for real-life obstacles.

History of Parkour

2008-07-12T20:27:00.000-07:00

Parkour was named in the 1980s when David Belle,

parkour founder, started using his father’s, Raymond Belle,

way of training for war and life. He believed in training by

the natural method, otherwise known as méthode naturelle.

The method includes 10 basic actions people do in their

everyday lives. The actions include walking, running,

jumping, climbing, moving on all fours, swimming,

balancing, lifting, growing and defending oneself.

“[David Belle] believed that if you use these as your

basic method of training and engage in these regularly, you

would have great fitness because that’s what they [people

during WWI] had in their lives,” Kelley says. “They didn’t

train. They didn’t have gymnastics or coaches. They just lived

lives where they had to do this all the time.”

Getting started.

Motivation, Goal Setting, and Success
In order to get motivated and stay motivated, try the following:
1) identify your values, beliefs, and desires,
2) recognize your strengths and weaknesses and use this information to establish realistic goals,
3) understand the role of personal circumstance, and
4) realize that success is the merger of all three factors.Values, Beliefs, and Desires.

You can certainly practice and learn Parkour on your own, but we find that many beginners try to progress too quickly in order to attempt things they see online and in movies. Pushing your body too far, too fast significantly increases the risk of injury and we recommend seeking experienced trraceurs or instructors to learn from first.This is a constant challenge, but you push yourself to do what you think is impossible.You build up your mind-set and the strength to do it. It’s freedom.

Parkour requires no equipment. It can be practiced in a bathing suit or business suit, in boots or barefoot. After some practice, you may find that certain types of clothing and footwear can make the practice easier. When you come out for your first training session, we recommend loose fitting athletic clothes and comfortable athletic shoes. A water bottle is always a good idea too.

*introduction :: What is Parkour?

2008-07-11T21:40:00.000-07:00

The essence of Parkour can be stated simply: it is the art of overcoming obstacles as swiftly and efficiently as possible using only your body. The fundamentals include running, jumping, and climbing, and we build on these fundamentals to improve our ability to pass over, under, around and through obstacles with more complex movements. Parkour is a system of fitness training that improves strength, speed, agility,co-ordination, stamina, endurance, and precision. It offers a full-body workout at any level of experience, and improves your ability to move, to harness your confidence, to change how you see the world. Parkour practitioners are called“traceurs”.

The term Parkour is a spin on the French phrase “parcours du combatants,” which is the military obstacle-course training that has been in place since the turn into the twentieth century. While traveling around the world with the French navy, Georges Hébert (1875–1957) was inspired by the fitness and vitality of the indigenous peoples he encountered. By the time his tour of duty was complete, he returned to France with the concept of a méthode naturelle, or natural method, of exercise. Within this method, practitioners would run, jump, climb, swim, move quadrupedally (on all fours), fight, defend, and pick up and carry heavy objects. All of these individual aspects would be practiced randomly, either within a parcours course or in the natural environment.