Ever saw people jumping from one terrace to the other or pass different types of obstacles skillfully? Well, you must have seen traceurs who are the practitioners of parkour training. For the uninitiated, parkour training is an art that is concerned with human movement. Parkour, a physical discipline is believed to have existed since the origin of mankind. This discipline has French origin and in this sport participants pass through various obstacles using skills like jumping, climbing or more specific skills.
Parkour Moves for Beginners: Training
An uninterrupted, efficient and smooth motion forms the heart of parkour movements. Traceurs have to display amazing sense of physical and mental agility and strength and only then, one qualifies to be trained in this skill. For many people especially the non-practitioners of these movements, parkour appears to be a form of extreme sports that is a combination of various martial arts styles. Dynamism, jumps, body control, speed and flexibility form the main components of parkour training. Parkour moves for beginners are basic lessons of parkour training that impart necessary techniques to its participants for doing parkour movements.
Precision Jumps/Landing and Rolling
As a traceur, this is the most important step one has to learn. Precision jumps are aimed to jump frequently from elevated heights and aim at the right place. One of the most basic parkour moves for beginners, precision jumps help to take away shock after a drop or a jump.
After you are at the height from where you are going to jump (for beginners, the height should be such that he can practice the task easily), focus on the spot where you have to land.
Jump upwards and forward, meanwhile ensure you bend your knees. Don’t jump straight forward. To maintain balance, keep both your hands up. So the trick is, jump upwards by throwing your body forward with knees bend while jumping (to absorb the impact of jumping).
As you are about to land, point your toes to the ground and extend the legs to touch the ground. Ensure that your knees are still bend. Once your feet has touched the ground, keep bending your knees however, not more than 90 degrees. This position will help you to further roll down and decrease the impact of the jump.
Further, rotate your body weight forward by doing a diagonal roll. This rolling down may somewhat appear like a somersault, however, it is not at all exactly the same. You can roll down by putting the left shoulder to lower right back. This will give you a complete control and after rolling, you can get up without any hurt or impact.
Though this seems a lengthy explanation, in practice, all the jumping process lasts for not more than few seconds.
Beginner Vaulting
One of the easier parkour moves for beginners is that of speed vault. It teaches you coordination, balance, strength, creativity and body control. In this method the traceurs launch themselves over a wall without reducing or decreasing speed. Traceurs approach a wall with speed, keep their one hand on the wall to gain support and jump sideways to cross the wall. While jumping, one hand on the wall is not put with great impact, it is just put to gain support and then throw the body sideways.
For more information on various moves of parkour, read:
Parkour Training for Beginners
How to do a Wheelie
How to do a Cartwheel
Parkour moves for beginners must be practiced under safety guidance and traceurs must ensure that their health and fitness is not challenged in this sport. While excellent physique and endurance power are gifts of parkour training, overdoing them can result in injuries.
Tags: Beginners, Moves, Parkour
