How to Start Parkour: Parkour Basic Movements

In my previous post, you know what is Parkour. But what are Parkour basic movements? 

There are a lot of basics of Parkour, but what I will write today are the general movements that you will usually use while doing Parkour and some of my opinion as a traceur. I put some videos so that you got a better picture of the basics. So, the basic movements of Parkour are the following: 

• Running
  Running is consisting in every movement with you are doing parkour. From going to one place to another, vaulting, etc. Practically, in every movement or technique execution in parkour there is always running involve.

• Rolling and Landing
  Rolling is used to avoid injuries when landing. It is used to assist the body in absorption and impact by spreading the force upon landing. When used correctly, rolling saves your body from wear and tear suffered from trying to absorb the impact  on the legs from a landing. Executing it correctly, rolling can be performed painlessly on concrete at high speeds.
   
  A safe landing assist you in reducing the wear and tear on joints associated with jumping and vaulting consistently. Landings without rolling are only advised on smaller drops. Once you start to add momentum and height into your movement it becomes necessary to roll.

• Climbing and Climb up
  
  Climbing is used to move vertically (in many cases) either up or down. Climbing is one of the fundamental skill of Parkour, and as the same with other fundamentals, you can always improve it. Not only that, climbing builds strength, endurance, agility, and coordination.
  
  Climb up is used to get up over a wall in either with run up or from a hanging position. Correct climb up technique will allow you to get up and over a wall fast when applied correctly. 

• Precision Jump
  
  Precision jump is to jump in one place to another in a safe manner.

• Tic Tac
  
  So Tic Tac is often used when you need to gain height by jumping from one to another, to clear an obstacle, or to quickly allow redirecting your momentum.

• Quadrupetal Movement
  QMs are excellent strength, endurance, and coordination builder. The ability to use all of your four limbs accordingly is quite useful.

• Vaults
  
  Vaults are techniques in Parkour that used to quickly get over to an obstacle. There are many types of vaults there is. All for different types of obstacles, speeds and movement directions.

That's all the parkour basic movement that I know of. If I miss anything or something comment me below. So this is all for now.

A quick saying:

"All fixed set patterns are incapable of adaptability or pliability. The truth is outside of all fixed patterns."

-Bruce Lee

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What is Parkour?

me jumping around. taken in danao park, 2012

Parkour or also known as the Art of Movement is a holistic art or discipline using movement that developed from military obstacle course training. Traceurs (parkour practitioners) aim to get from point A to B in the most efficient way possible. They do this using their bodies and surroundings to propel themselves; furthermore, they try to maintain as much momentum as possible in a safe manner. Parkour  can include obstacle courses, running, climbing, swinging, vaulting, rolling, quad movement and the like, depending on what movement is deemed most suitable for the given situation.

Parkour is a non-competitive activity, which can be practiced alone or with others. It can be practiced in any location, but is usually practiced in urban spaces or areas. Parkour involves seeing one's environment in a new way, and imagining the potentialities for every movement around it.

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkour

Parkour promotes the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual growth of oneself. It is how you view the art or discipline as a practitioner. The consciousness of oneself and the environment around you give you a sense of freedom in some ways.

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