Weekly Progress Report: 2012-07-16
Challenge #6: Straddle Press to Handstand
As promised, here’s me holding a 10-seconds hand balance!
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Challenge #16: The Parkour Combo
One of the movements that has scared the heck out of me ever since I started training Parkour, is the kong vault. Read more
Weekly Progress Report: 2011-11-08
This guy knows how to move. Seriously.
Challenge #6: Straddle Press to Handstand
On the same day I succeeded in doing my very first Kong Vaults, out of the blue I also decided I would try my Elbow Planche directly on the ground. I had tried it last summer, and I acutely remember failing miserably to even appear to have a semblance of position.
Well, it’s a wee bit different nowadays:
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You know what? Balancing is the shit.
Challenge #10: The PicLetters
New letter! It’s a Pirate-related letter. Read more
Parkour Progress: Kong Vault GET
Hello folks!
Just a quick note. Yesterday, I went to an indoor gymnastics gym to practice some movements in a different context, and also practice some parkour movements.
Well, at last I have overcome my first considerable (irrational?) fear in a Parkour movement. Enter… the Kong Vault!
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It may not seem like much, but the fear of clipping my feet and falling face-first was overwhelming to me. Total blockage, just like most fence-related techniques. If you ever come at the point of trying it, you’ll probably face it too, to whatever extent is yours.
As I was playing around with that gymnastic beam yesterday, I found my side vaults were getting comfortably close to an actual Kong, so… at some point I just did it.
It left me with a pounding heart and a smile on the face.
If you want to try the Kong Vault yourself, here’s a great tutorial from the Tapp Brothers.
Personally, what I know I need to do first to perfect this movement is to get my hips much higher, at least above my shoulders.
How do you like this move? Ever tried it out yourself? How did you succeed / what did you do so far?
