Parkour and Free Running Skills

I know, I shouldn’t combine these two sections, but parkour and free running are still experimental on Flash Mavi — I might split them later.

The main difference between parkour and free running is that a parkour runner moves through obstacles as quickly and efficiently as possible, while a free runner focuses more on aesthetics, adding acrobatic tricks to their movements.

Parkour came first, and when acrobatics were introduced, free running was born.
Old-school parkour athletes often dislike free running because, to them, doing a flip doesn’t make sense if it slows you down.

Find more parkour and free running techniques at Parkour Main.

Advice

• Always warm up and stretch before practice.
• Use knee pads and get a good pair of shoes — running shoes with thick soles work quite well for both parkour and free running.
• If possible, practice new tricks in a gymnastics gym, or at least with mats, foam pieces, or sand.
• Do consistent strength, flexibility, and endurance training.
  Bodyweight exercises like push-ups and chin-ups are especially important.
• Parkour and free running can be tough on the knees, so please be careful! Try jumps into water or onto mats before attempting them on concrete.
• A good parkour or free runner interacts creatively with their environment — it’s all about improvisation.

Techniques (Experimental Instructions)

• Cat Jump
• Cat Leap
• Tic Tac
• Wall Spin
• Wall Flip

Related Topics

• Gymnastic Handstand
• Judo Roll – often used after high jumps
• Cartwheel Without Hands – Wushu Skill
• Tucked Front Flip – Gymnastics
• Tucked Back Flip
• Flip Flop – Wushu Headspring
• Artistic Gymnastics

Videos

• Free Running Demonstration (YouTube)
• Using the Hands in Different Vaults (YouTube)

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