Hot Parkour & Freerunning How-Tos
How To: Practice an advanced parkour roll
Adam gives a detailed explanation of all the parts of the Parkour roll that give traceurs problems. This is an excellent and important move that everyone should master. Be David Belle, today!
How To: Do a Webster in parkour or freerunning
Epic from TRICkset breaks down how HE DOES A WEBSTER!! This is a basic Webster for parkour traceurs. This is for learning and not for perfection.
How To: Do a cheat gainer in parkour
Epic from TRICKset breaking down how HE does a Cheat Gainer. Learn the cheat gainer for parkour or freerunning. This is a beginner's lesson in doing the move that is like a backflip going forward.
How To: Do a Raiz in parkour
Epic from TRICKset breaking down how he does a RAIZ in HIS WORDS! This is a beginner's move in parkour.
How To: Wall flip in parkour or freerunning
Epic from TRICKset breaks down how HE DOES A WALLFLIP. This is a basic move in parkour or freerunning where you run up off a wall and rotate off the vertical surface.
How To: Practice parkour basics
Team RKTR showing the basics of parkour. A how-to for the basic moves of parkour. A more intermediate video will follow.
How To: Do a precision jump in parkour or freerunning
This is a 3run parkour step by step guide on how to do an essential parkour/freerunning move: the precision jump. This is a must for beginners. The precision is the first thing you should learn as a traceur.
How To: Speed vault in parkour or freerunning
This is a step by step guide on how to do a Freerunning vault known as the speed vault.
How To: Perform the cartwheel Arabian trick
A 3RUN tutorial for the Cartwheel Arabian move. This trick tutorial is performed by Chase Armitage and produced by 3RUN Media. You need to be able to do a roundoff backflip. This is a roundoff backflip with a 90 degree turn. This is a parkour, freerunning or gymnastics technique. It is in slow motion for extra help.
How To: Learn flips, kip ups, handsprings & roll kips
Learn how to do the kip up, no handed kip up, front handspring and roll kip. This is a montage of different parkour and gymnastics tricks.
How To: Kip up no handed for breakdancing & Capoeira
This is a tutorial of the No Handed Kick (Kip) Up Trick. It is integral to breakdancing, capoeira, parkour and gymnastics. Get to your feet without hands. Some people do hand kip ups that have them roll on their neck and push up overhanded. That's lame. This no-handed version is rad.
How To: Kip up for breakdancing, parkour or gymnastics
Learn how to do the kip up to get to your feet easily under you. It is a move from gymnastics, parkour, and breakdancing that artists use to leap gracefully to their feet.
How To: Do a Macaco parkour, Capoeira or freerunning trick
Epic from TRICKset breaks down how to do a Macaco... Portuguese for monkey, this was made famous in Capoeira! This is a super cool trick for flat land gymnastics. He talks about the preparation you need to undertake before trying it out. He shows the step by step from the squat to the hand position and the Macaco execution. Capoeira is a form of martial arts and dance that originated in Brasil.
How To: Pull a butterfly twist or B Twist in parkour
Epic from TRICKset breaking down how he pulls the parkour / freerunning trick Butterfly Twist. The B Twist is one of the coolest tricks. It's not native to gymnastics. He seemingly does a barrel roll in the air parallel to the ground.
How To: Do a round-off back flip & backtuck street gymnastics
Epic from TRICKset breaking down in his words how he does a round-off back tuck and back layout. The layout taught in this tutorial is the street layout from parkour or freerunning. It is not a formal gymnastics layout.
How To: Pull a wall side flip Trinity trick in parkour
This is a wall flip by using your outside foot off the wall. This freerunning or parkour trick is a variation on the traditional wall flip. Turn so you can plant the trick well and not hit your head.
How To: Do a cheat gainer for parkour
Here is a cheat gainer freerunning tutorial video. First, take a little run. This is the starting position of your kicking legs and arms. Kick your kicking leg high as possible. Swing up you both arms and jump off. Turn sideways and spot the ground. Pull down the kicked leg and land on it. Use this back flip move for stunts, parkour, freerunning or dance. Awesome stunt that takes some practice. Hope this tutorial helps.
How To: Properly walk and run for Parkour
Generally, most people don't run properly due to their reliance on shoes. Shoes train you to walk from the heel to the toes instead of using the balls of your feet. Walking the tradition way causes your knees to lock. Take a look at this instructional video and learn how to walk and run properly like a practitioner of Parkour.
How To: Perform the butterfly kick
Take a look at this instructional video and learn how to easily perform the butterfly kick. All you need to do is shift weight, dip, and kick.
How To: Perform the double leg trick flip
Take a look at this instructional video and learn how to perform the double leg. The key to this impressive looking trick is the spin once you lift off. Jogging to build up momentum is not necessary, but it helps.
How To: Do a perfect 360 butterfly twist
Take a look at this instructional video and learn how to perform the perfect 360 butterfly twist. In order to do this, first prepare your momentum steps. Keep your feet in front of you and your arms behind ready swing. Then jump and start spinning by twisting your arms around your chest. Finish your movement with a nice kick to land smoothly.
How To: Perform an impressive wall flip
Want to perform a wall flip? Take a look at this instructional video and learn how to do a wall flip. It would help if you knew how to back flip already, but that's not a prerequisite. To perform this you'll want to run at the wall in a normal running speed. Then jump and place your foot high. Afterwards, you have to rotate. To achieve rotation you must kick up with your other leg that was not planted on the wall and swing back by leaning your head backwards.
How To: Perform the butterfly kick and twist
You've seen the butterfly kick in various martial arts movies. This impressive looking technique is actually fairly simple to do. Take a look at this instructional video and learn how to perform the butterfly kick as well as the other variation of the kick, the butterfly twist. All it requires for you do is to build up your momentum steps, dip, butterfly kick, and spin.
How To: Do a sideflip to a cartwheel
Interested in Parkour? Take a look at this instructional video and learn how to perform a sideflip after a cartwheel. The sideflip after a cartwheel requires a technique quite different from the normal sideflip. It requires flexibility, height, lightness, and good air awareness.
How To: Do a backflip with confidence
This how-to video explains how to do a backflip. A backflip is very hard, and takes a lot of confidence so be careful and have fun. If you feel you need it, grab a friend as a spotter and just go try it.
How To: Do a 540 parkour kick
This how-to video is a Tricking 540 kicking tutorial for Parkour. Many people keep confusing the TKD 540 and the Tricking 540 with each other. Get tips from this how-to for distinguishing the two. So if you want to learn the 540 Kick and you're watching this tutorial, know this:
How To: Do a corkscew for Parkour
In this how-to you will learn to do a corkscrew. The corkscrew is a great trick to learn for Parkour. When learning this trick make sure to be safe and practice with a place you don't mind falling on.
How To: Do a Parkour wall spin
In this how-to video you will see how to do a wall spin for Parkour. This trick takes a lot of strength so be careful, work those arms and have fun. This can be dangerous so make sure to practice with mats before trying anything too crazy.
How To: Do a sideflip for Parkour
In this how-to video, Epic shows how to do a sideflip for Parkour. This is a a very difficult trick to do and takes time, practice, and skill. Be careful, and leave the real parkouring to the professionals.
How To: Do a backflip for Parkour
In this how-to video you will learn to do a backflip with the help of Epic. This is considerably harder then the front flip for most. Backflips can be very dangerous, so be careful when you attempt them.
How To: Do a running frontflip
In this how-to video you will learn to do a frontflip. This is very helpful for gymnastics and any activity needed to do a front flip. The running front flip is used in Parkour and freerunning for tricks and flips.
How To: Perform the land and roll for Parkour
In this how-to video you will learn to do the land and roll which is helpful for jumping from high places. This is a basic roll for Parkour and is needed to do the tricks correctly. Be safe, and don't hurt your self, start small and work your way up.
How To: Perform a kip up
Check out this detailed how-to video on kipping up off the ground just like what goes on in the martial arts movies. If you don't know what to do with your legs while doing a kip up, practice by swinging them.
How To: Practice the 'tricking' 540 kick move for parkour
This is a Tricking 540 kicking tutorial for parkour. Many people keep confusing the TKD 540 and the Tricking 540 with each other. Get tips from this how-to for distinguishing the two. So if you want to learn the 540 Kick and you're watching this tutorial, know this:
How To: Do free running "le parkour" style
Check out this instructional video to learn how to do crazy jump flips and extreme David Belle back flip stunts. This is free running and parkour.
How To: Do the parkour move called the "monkey vault"
Do the parkour move called the "monkey vault". Nevermind the Italian subtitles, you'll be able to watch and learn anyway.
How To: Do an aerial in parkour
Learn how to do a Parkour au or aerial by watching this video.
How To: Do an axe to aerial
Learn how to do this Parkour move called axe to aerial.
How To: Do a basic parkour backflip
Learning the basic backflip is essential to other parkour moves. Learn how by watching this video.
How To: Do a parkour-style front roll
How to do a parkour-style front roll.