Safety Roll
Quadrupedal
Balance
Precision Jumping
Safety Vault
Wall Running
Turn Vault
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A video with all the moves plus 2 more!
WARM-UP First
KNOWLEDGE CHECK
The parkour safety roll is one of the best parkour moves to learn for safety. It is also useful in self-defense.
Use the safety roll to prevent injury from a technique gone wrong, a big drop, a general fall, or if someone pushes you. It is also a good technique for transitioning between movements.
Your aim should be to make your safety roll instinctive. This is because the times you will need it most are those when you are not ready.
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A simple crawl performed by keeping the body low to the ground and moving one leg and the opposite hand forward at the same time.
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Balance is possibly the most fundamental aspect of good parkour practice. We are not referring to having a good ‘balance’ between the different exercises and actions – though this is also important, of course – but rather the actual ability to maintain proper balance at all times.
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Precision jumping is a fundamental parkour skill in which you jump from one point to another. It allows you to land on small spaces like ledges and handrails.
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You can use the safety vault to pass a low and short obstacle in front of you such as a waist-height wall. The safety vault is the first vault to learn. This is because it is the easiest to learn and the safest to do.
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To practice the vertical wall run you can use any obstacle that is tall enough. You don’t have to reach the top of the wall to practice.
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Turn vaults are among one of the most commonly used as well as one of the most necessary vaults to learn at an early stage. Turn vaults place you on the opposite side of an object.
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Always warm-up before participating in Parkour!
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