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| F-lite 301 PK | I had been running in some ghetto New Balance for quite some time, and had decided on some new shoes. I got on the internet, and found these shoes, the F-lite 301 PK. I had never heard of the brand name, but decided to try them out, due to the description at the F-lite website. I have yet to find [read more] |
| Something to Believe In | There are joys in this world I will never know... there are simple things people take for granted that I will never get to experience. I have come to terms with what I am and that I'll never live the normal life... I've worked long and hard to get away from that person. Parkour has saved my life time and time [read more] |
| Simple Guidelines to a Strong and Great-looking Core | Simple Guidelines to a Strong and Great-looking Core by Cody Robinson (Zerosigni) When most people think core exercises, they think crunches and leg lifts. Although these exercises are great, they are simply not the keys to building a great looking and functional core. There are many gym-style exercises you can [read more] |
| Aurburn Session | Auburn Night #1 Everyone arrives, we exchange hellos and head over to campus for a fun night run. On campus we practiced cat leaps (over a bike rack), wall runs, vaults, and curb-to-curb precisions. Hype for the following days of intense training rose to epic levels. The group split up for the night: Chris, Lou, and Amir at Cody's, Andrew at Alex's, [read more] |
| Feiyue | Feiyue Feiyue started in the 1920's in Shanghai, China. The name is pronounce Fay-Wee. Like a girls name, and then the thing you say when you go down a slide. They have been popular in the martial arts community for years due to their comfort and almost imperceptible weight. Recently Feiyue has started to court the Parkour [read more] |
| Jam of the Century | Summary Saturday August 4th and Sunday August 5th, 2007 marked two days that at least 28 traceurs will remember for times to come. Yes, it was the Jam of Century aka Mega Jam in Metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia. If you are curious as to why "The Jam of Century," well, because we said so. August 4th Overflux Community representing [read more] |
| The A-B Rush | DonkeyKong and Jumanji traveled up to Athens, Georgia to meet with Simgar and Warpigs one Friday evening and after being an hour late due to traffic from Atlanta (never underestimate rush hour), they were able to get down to business.... the fundamentals. During the session, Simgar consistently astounded DonkeyKong with his technical precision. His technical guidance was essential [read more] |
| PK Magazine Is Getting Closer | With a proposed launch date of June 1st things have gotten hectic around here. Nevertheless though we are cranking away to get a finished product that you can hold in your hands and show your friends and family. Currently we have four feature articles and a ton of "every issue" sections. On the cover this issue we have an in [read more] |
| F-Lite 320 pk | Comfort: 10/10 The sizing runs a bit small so check revel sports size chart to fit yourself. These things are great. Snug fitting, great springy feel, and low topped for mobility, after a few days of wearing them, no blisters around my foot. I actually prefer to wear them over my normal shoes and so I do. Grip: 9/10 Out [read more] |
| Dash Vault | Write-up coming soon. [read more] |
| Turn Vault | Write-up coming soon. [read more] |
| Kong to Precision | In this video, Dan describes a technique for learning the Kong to Precision. The only difference between this and a regular kong is that you have to really make an effort to keep your hips up. Apart from that, practice! The next video shows a larger kong to precision. Use the slider to see frame-by-frame action. [read more] |
| Kong Vault (2) | Do a fast run towards your obstacle. Not quite a sprint, but don't slack off. Keep running, and prepare to jump. In the next frame, I prepare to plant my feet. Start leaning forward. You're about to jump with your arms outstretched towards the far end of the obstacle. When my feet land, I'm going to make a big jump forward. You're going [read more] |
| Getting Started with Parkour | Parkour is a physical discipline inspired by human movement, focusing on efficient forward motion over, under, and around obstacles in one's environment. Pictures of overflux members to the right and left demonstrate this discipline. Such movement may come in the form of running, jumping, climbing, and other more complex techniques. The goal of parkour is to adapt one\'s movement to any [read more] |
| Turn Vault to Underbar | The example below is a simple one to get you started: To do this you just have to be proficient with the turn vault and the underbar. Repeat turn vaults until your are comfortable with pulling hard on the bar on the way down. This will let you continue use of momentum until you finish the vault. An advanced variation is doing [read more] |
| Fast Crawl Drill | This is a coordination drill. Do it when no one is around =). Notice that hands and feet are kept in sync and the motion is repetitive. Note also the relatively low position of the butt. [read more] |
| Tic Tac | The following is a tic tac to speed vault: Now that you've seen the video, click and drag the slider at the bottom and notice what Dan does as he launches from the wall... He brings his left leg in - close to his right leg - and explodes upwards. The only way he could have finished the speed vault is [read more] |
| Training With No Spots | Living in South Florida, a first and foremost old people's community, I've had to adjust my training to fit around an area with virtually nowhere to practice on. Listen closely; this comprehensive guide will atttempt to cover the basics. Electric Box - You know, that green box in your frontyard. It's about two feet high and four feet long, and can [read more] |
| Warmup | The first part of the warmup: Joint Rotations Rotating your joints builds up the lubrication between them and gets you ready for the nest part of the warmup: the quick jog. Arms: Ankles: Neck: Wrists: The Quick Jog: This literally increases your internal body temperature and thus your internal energy level. Take short strides, keep your body weight forward, and mecahnically move your [read more] |
| Early Morning Parkour | I walked out of my complex listening only to my creaking joints and bird mating calls. Normally at the university I'd see throngs of people walking around, with up to ~10,000 people on the streets at any given time. At 4am, however, the most I saw were the sanitation crews readying campus for another litter-filled day. The downside to this [read more] |
| Wallspin Tutorial | Though not a true parkour technique since it serves no purpose in forward and efficient movement, the wallspin is a fun, flashy addition to your repertoire of moves. First step is to look at this video: [read more] |
| Analysis of Non-Traceurs | As traceurs we've all dealt with a variety of people when we're in cities doing Parkour. After a jam today I think I have managed to fit every non-traceur into four categories: 1) Cool people who are interested in what we're doing and love to watch and occasionally participate (Usually tends to be lower class people, but there is the occasional [read more] |
| The First ATL Jam of '06! | Beginning of the year ATL Jam First off I would like to apologize if I get anyone�s name wrong or assign the wrong action to the wrong person. This may happen simply because this was Atlanta�s BIGGEST JAM EVER!!!! All in all I think we had a total of 10 people, so here follows mine own summary of what happened throughout [read more] |
| End of the year ATL Jam | Meet-up time was set for noon so I woke up and ate me breakfast, got ready, hopped in my car, drove to MARTA, and then took MARTA downtown. I walked down to Centennial Olympic Park hoping to see at least 5 or so traceurs ready to rock. Instead all that I find was usaf runr and two of his friends. [read more] |
| Five Element Traceur | This is a long article, at over 2000 words, so it has been broken up into several pages which have been split at convenient breaks. IntroductionMost definitions of parkour are immediately lacking in two regards. Firstly, they are exclusive and describe a mere brand or branch of parkour which a few traceurs practice, rather than the totipotent parkour which all traceurs [read more] |
| An Article a for School Newspaper | Parkour, or free running, is a relatively new urban sport/discipline that is fairly unknown, especially here in the U.S. The goal of a traceur (one who does parkour) is to navigate an urban environment with as much speed and fluidity as possible. Basically you combine running with jumping on, over, or through an object; trying to combine moves into one [read more] |
| Issue #1 | Note : This is a long article, at over 2500 words, so it has been broken up into several pages which have been split at convenient breaks. Permission to reprint must be granted by original author. Psycho Kinematic Underground Review for Collectors of Parkour Videos Issue #1: Le Parkour de Combat -- Belle Die Suche �- Andi Special Pie -- Pisteurs Parkour is blowing up [read more] |
| Shoes: Vasque Velocity |
| Stretching: Everything you never wanted to know | Click here for the article. [read more] |
| Adidas-1: The Smart Shoe?! | Wow... I just read some articles on the new Adidas shoe, titled 1. This is because it's the first "intelligent" shoe ever made. They cost a lofty friggin' $250, but they may be well worth it. A step up from gel soles, these shoes actually have a computer chip in them that responds to your weight, the force of impact [read more] |
| At the Watering Hole! | No, I'm not making a euphamistic reference to a place where alcoholic beverages are sold... I was trying to think of an intriguing, catchy title for an article about the importance of water. First off, as I have been notified, drink nothing but PURE water, for the rest of your life. It's the healthiest thing since... well, since there was [read more] |
| Old Navy... Trendy Parkour Gear?! | I'll get to the title's topic in a few moments, but the main point of this article is to let you know what type of clothing is suggested for Parkour. First point in fact: Heavy things are harder to lift than light things. It follows that in order to jump higher, you should weigh less. Second point in fact: Denim jeans [read more] |
| Fear & Caution | This tutorial isn't really designed to teach you a specific skill or technique. This particular article is actually designed to give you some pointers that will help your overall performance in Parkour. Today's topic: FEAR. One of those now-dead President guys once said that "There is nothing to fear but fear itself." I'm here to attest to the fact that [read more] |
| Stealth - Making Silence | Stealth: Making Silence “Silence, in most cases, demonstrates efficiency. Move while producing the least amount of noise as you touch the ground and you demonstrate masterful muscle control. If you want to know the degree of your coordination, agility and balance, listen rather than watch. The less you hear, the greater the skill level.” - Scott Sonnon, Master of Sports and [read more] |
| New Columbus pk'er | Over the past week, I managed to get in touch with a friend of mine that has shown an interest in parkour. He has doen breakdancing for a while and had been thinking to make the transition and start jamming with me and my roomate. Needless to say, he did really well once he got into it. [read more] |
| Diesel Lawndale shoes | Price: apprx $80.00 Pros: Outer Soles/grip- The soles are pretty good when it comes to grip. I have been using mine for the past 3 months and they are holding up admirably with no peeling. They grip tends to do well on even damp rails and such. Weight- The weight is nothing short of [read more] |
| Front Flip | The front tuck can be broken down into three basic parts: the jump, the tuck, and the landing. It is probably best to practice this technique in a pool or on a trampoline (the former preferred, because it gives you an accurate idea of how you would have really landed). Hazards: You CAN fall on your head/neck, but only if [read more] |
| Training Routine | Westfury wrote the following: Some basic exercises beneficial to the Freerunner: Tuck drill � Lie on your back. Bring your knees to your chest. Spread your legs slightly so that you don't knee yourself in the face! Tuck your chin to your chest. Grab your knees and rock back onto your upper back, rock back to your mid back. The rock should [read more] |
| What IS Parkour? | The following conversation has been taken from the Comments on gameyy's "Fun" video. They entail a debate over the identity/definition of Parkour. This small debate has erpted into a sizeable argument, and in order to make it easier to follow, it has been streamlined and posted here as an article. if you have something to add, or a new argument [read more] |
| Learning the Backflip | Given the closing of my local gym this first week of August, I decided that there must be an alternative way of learning the backflip. Note that this is not an actual guide to doing a backflip, but the setup to learn how. Essentially, get a thick plank of wood and lay it across the corner of a pool. Because [read more] |
| Cat Leap | The Cat Leap is a fairly simple move. Find a wall to jump onto, preferable one without a slanted edge at the top. The wall must be of suitable height - you must be able to jump onto it (running up walls is a different move entirely...\"the wall run\"). Generally you want hands and feet to hit the wall at [read more] |
| Kip-up | Yet another parkour side-dish, the kip-up is a fun and simple move. I like this one because it stresses the importance of "EXPLODING" with power before any move. Let's take a look at this video: Essentially, as you can see, there's a few basic steps: Roll onto your back with hands near ears and legs ready to PUNCH upwards - to the [read more] |
| Double Kong | Prerequisite: Kong Vault The double kong can also be used to clear both chest level obstacles, and to clear more distance by jumping/falling horizontally "superman style". However, it allows more distance to be covered than the kong vault because of the addition of a touch/jump. This is written for vaulting on the right side of the body, for the [read more] |
| The Atlanta Jam, as told by me. | Day 1 Friday, July 22, 2005 Well, it started out a lot like any other Friday morning. I woke up, yelled a few profanities at the sunlight beaming through my bedroom window, then closed my eyes again, only to be awoken once more by the annoying beep of my alarm clock. I groggily got out of bed, throwing on some clothes from [read more] |
| Atlanta Southeastern Jam | Just wanted to get this started. As I have time here at work I'll do some sort of actual write-up from my perspective. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm sitting here at my desk wishing that my neck didn't hurt so damned bad. I'm wishing that my arms and legs and...Ok, my entire body is sore. Who did this to me? Oh [read more] |
| South Florida (Miami) Jam | Well me and Josh left Coral Springs for the hour drive down to Miami. We watched Jump London on the way because I have a DVD player in my car. (yay). We were going to meet up in front of the governemnt center by the fruit statues. We warmed up and then Danny showed up. He's fairly new so we [read more] |
| Front Handspring | Prerequisite: Hand-Stand Risks: Falling onto your back; getting the wind knocked out of you. The front-handspring, while generally useless for parkour, is a fun technique. It is essentially a handstand; you'll need to be able to hold one for a few seconds at the least. Start with a fast-paced jog or rely on explosive movement for the first part [read more] |
| Precision Jump | A precision is really nothing more than jumping from one point to another. There are two techniques for precisions depending on the landing spot: One where you land on the middle of your foot, and one where you land on the balls of your toes. The reason you sometimes use the middle of the foot is so you can hop back [read more] |
| Shoes: Adidas Supernova Control |
| Watch for the flag-down guys and keep your quarters ready... | Ok, so the other day Louis and I are in Atlanta for some parkour. As always, we coasted right off of 75 and headed for our usual parking spot, a $5 space right next to Centennial. Well as we approached the lot, we noticed a sign: "$1.50 Parking" with an arrow leading us up the street. I figure it's worth [read more] |
| 07/02/05 Jacksonville, Fl | After scheduling a spur of the moment Jacksonville Landing jam for the next day, I quickly got an interesting instant message. Silentgreen, living in Lakeland (almost 3 hours away from Jacksonville) decided to drive down at 11pm and sleep in his car waiting for us there the next morning...This is even though it was only a small 4 person jam [read more] |
| 06/30/05 Jacksonville, FL | I'm still sore since the gym jam two todays ago and do not want this to keep interrupting my training. So today I decided to stretch every day, a recommendation I heard a gymnast advise. While doing my regular stretch routine (static stretches in the warmup tutorial) I noticed that I have been doing the same thing for a while. [read more] |
| Hand-stand | [pictures/animation coming soon] The handstand is a great way to master balancing. The motion into a handstand should be fluid and moderately-paced. On a side note, the handstand is vital for gymnastics-based moves. Take a step forward and reach down with your hands. While this is happening, lift one leg up, then shift all your weight onto your hands. Both feet [read more] |
| Thief Vault | Prerequisite: Speed Vault The thief vault is a variant of the speed vault and dash vault that requires both hands to complete. Keep in mind that during the thief vault, you are jumping forward and up, and it is important to keep the forwad motion uninterrupted to ensure the fluidity of the move. Run up to an obstacle, up to chest level (this [read more] |
| Increasing Jump Height | Take chalk or something and make a square about 2 feet by 2 feet and then divide that square into 4 equally sized squares. Stand in the back 2 and move your feet front to back as fast as you can. Then put one foot in the front left one and one foot in the back left one [read more] |
| June 21st | Well today I woke up at about 9:00 A.M. and went over to The Paddock Club which is the nearest place to me that I can get a fairly good training session in for PK. And even though I don't believe that it's PK, I like to train some other stuff there too. I'm learning wall spins and [read more] |
| Running | Running is crucial in parkour. As such, it needs to be treated seriously. Here's a few basic tips on how to optimize your running: start with short, quick steps leave the sprinting until the end of your session breathe deep and regularly - this is probably the most important tip a breathing cycle should consist of combinations, such as two intakes, one [read more] |
| 6/19/05 Atlanta, GA | My journey began with outfitting myself with the tools necessary for scouting. For any of you who care, here I am, locked and loaded =). Pedaling hard for a few minutes got me to the nearest Marta station, which will be our mode of travel for the jam (if we don't go where we want by foot). The subway stations [read more] |
| 06/18/05 Jacksonville, FL | Woke up today at 4:20am to shoot some footage of westfury. The pain of waking up coupled when I took the wrong turn in the fork of an exit off the highway. But, relief soon came while remembering that there is a hospital at the end of the road as I hurried toward it due to the URGENT need to [read more] |
| Speed Vault | The speed vault is perhaps the most common vault, and is used to get past up to chest level obstacles most quickly. This is written for vaulting on the right side of the body, for the left side, switch all occurences of "left" with "right" and vice versa. Keep in mind that during the speed vault, you are jumping forward and up, [read more] |
| Kong Vault | The kong vault can be used to clear both chest level obstacles, and to clear more distance by jumping/falling horizontally "superman style". This is written for vaulting on the right side of the body, for the left side, switch all occurences of "left" with "right" and vice versa. Keep in mind that during the kong vault, you are jumping forward and up, [read more] |
| Night Wind | Just sitting here in english class with Amir, and we read this poem... it seemed to have a lot in common with the general idea of Parkour, so we thougt we'd post it. For PK's sake, we chopped out a few parts, so you're looking at the edited version. The poem is "Night Wind," by Christopher Dewdney. Enjoy! Excerpt from "Night [read more] |
| Shoes: Asics Gel Evolution |