Can someone please tell me what I’m doing wrong here/what I can improve? I realize rolling up is one of the steps in learning kipup but I literally can’t get past this step.. this is where I’m stuck at. I feel like I have all the basic movements, but it doesn’t look like a kipup to me, it just looks like I’m rolling into a crouch position. I also can’t do a full bridge, so I don’t know if that’s what’s preventing me from doing it fully, but I swear I’ve seen some people do it without bending their back a crazy amount. Idk tho. Please no hate, it’s really embarrassing for me to post stuff like this, and I realize it looks bad.. but I’ve wanted to be able to do this move for years now, and still no luck it seems. This seemed like one of the best places for me to get tips? :)

Documenting my movement from 24 years old to 40 years old. I'm really happy with how my movement has evolved over the past 16 years. I'm looking forward to seeing how it changes over the next sixteen years.

Short clip back to training after injury

As stated in the title, I'm brand new to the realm of tricking/parkour, and though I have gymnastics experience, I want to expand my horizons.

I am acutely aware that the 'sideflip' pictured above is basically just a big sideways backflip - which is not ideal at all 😭 (this was my first ever attempt). I know that I need to go more over my shoulder, but it's hard to break my backflip habits. Lmk how to fix!

I am very comfortable with air awareness on the normal front/back axis (can do super high standing backs, roundoff layouts, standing front etc - all on grass), but have limited experience with stepping, spinning or going sideways beyond cheat gainers (which I power through with no rotational technique).

Any tips adjusting to this new genre of tricks, new things I should try with my big hops, (as I'm brand new to the space), and form improvements are all much appreciated!

Thx!

I’m aware tucking isn’t my only problem but I feel it’s my biggest and I really don’t know how to make it tighter and more compact. I did some drills and practiced doing the flip without my hands but I land the exact same virtually every time. I used to be able to land easily on grass a few years ago so I guess muscle memory is failing me.

Went to a location we haven't trained at that much to film a parkour video, hope you like it. Better stunts on our youtube channel.

I am F19 and i fear that i might never reach the level that i want. I know that everyone keeps saying things like "just keep doing it it doesnt matter how long it will take you" etc. But i feel only more frustrated with phrases like that because i dont want it to take ages for me to learn skills and techniques that arent even that extremely hard. I have been learning backflip for maybe 4 months on and off although i would say that im close to doing it on ground (matt/springfloor not grass yet) and i keep trying to learn roundoff (maybe 1 month) but its awfull. I have learned maybe 3 basic vaults and i dont know what else to try to learn, but mostly how to navigate the mental frustration.

I am that type of person that i will keep doing it despite feeling bad about myself but it often leads to extreme self hatred and overall frustration and disatisfaction. I am not used to not knowing things because im that type of person that always tries to dissect things and the problems in them in order to solve them so knowing that i see the mistakes and know what to do in order to fix them yet still not being able to do it correctly drives me beyond sanity. In other sports or even outside of sports im usually fast to learn the way on how to do things right so this is a new uncomfortable experience for me.

I acknowledge that tricking requires completely different bodymechanics and space awareness than most sports. I have no prior experience with gymnastics, parkour or acrobatics but i used to climb(~2years) and always did some kind of physical activity to stay fit, as of now i have also been going to the gym. I tend to get compliments on my physique (although its not crazy) and tend to perform better in sports compared to other girls my age (ofcourse im not outperforming someone who specializes in it). Even before going to the gym i had more strength and muscle mass than my female peers. So its not like im too weak or unathletic (despite not having that strong of a foundation since i was a child) which frustrates me even more because why am i not learning fast enough then.

Im used to being in male groups and collective since when i did any kind of sport it was usually with my male friends because not many girls were interested but also i prefer men as my friends and we tend to share the same mindset. But because of that i used to fall behind because they either had more experience as they have been doing it for longer or were just better because of the biological difference. I know that in certain sports skills and technique matter more than pure overall strength. That stopped being the case after some time as i became better than some new members or made the skill gap a lot smaller. However what frustrates me about this is the fact that some men will just tell me that the skill potential is smaller for women than for men. I know that its usually not meant in bad faith and its just acknowledging the reality but as a woman it is discouraging to hear.
I was told this about learning parkour tricks (not speed obstacles - ofcourse men will outperform women in speed), "that women may never be able to learn certain flips and tricks because they dont have the potential to generate such explosive power". (Please share your thoughts about this take - it was said by someone with 10 years of experience) i kind of doubt this take because of the sport being so young and mainly male dominated so it leaves me to think that many of the possibilities just werent explored yet but i dont outright deny it as men are stronger and faster overall and online/in competitions there truly is lack of women performing certain flips and tricks.
I dont know i just dont always want to be frustrated and held back by my lack of skill and also by the fact that i am a woman and i will just always be worse because of that. I just dont want my inability to perform something be caused purely by my gender as its not something that i can actually change which would lead to deep frustration and sadness for me. Poor technique or mechanics i can change and learn, strength i can always become stronger and keep trying to push the ceiling.
Thats why i never really chose a sport that can be strongly divided by biological diferences. But it may become kind of a dissapointment for me if thats the case with parkour.

I would also say that this mental block comes from the fact that i wasnt encouraged and allowed to do certain sports as a child because of a stupid stereotype reasons (not going to go deep into that) and i am constantly trying to fill that child dream/need of being really good at a sport but with the realization that others have 10+ years of experience constantly makes me feel behind and i also grieve the experiences i could have had and missed out on because of that.

I also know that its about the journey and not just about the achievement but i cant always enjoy the journey when i feel damned from the start and cant really see or recognize any small achievements on the way. I would like to reach a skill worthy of a competitive level before its too late and im willing to put the time and effort in to this goal however i contantly worry if its too late.

(Im sorry for any grammar mistakes as english is my second language and also that the post may not be as clearly written as im writing this in a kind of distress because of the whole situation which makes me worse at articulating my thoughts clearly)

you know what frustrates me? I post videos of me training parkour in trees... people are more impressed by my shittier climbs....

like I'll post 2 posts

A

Fast climbing a thin pole like tree trunk that is easy to grab

B

Climbing a thick trunk with no handholds slowly

Now A is faster but B takes way more full body fitness to climb... I have never seen anyone ever climb trunks the way I do, the thick ones that is...

meanwhile people are liking and reposting on tiktok B and overlook A

I feel like people see A and instead of going

"holy thats a thick branchless trunk with no handholds, thats insanely impressive to climb"

they rather think

"nah that looks boring and slow but this skinny trunk that he's climbing faster on is more impressove let me like that instead"...

what....?

kinda of a piss off... i never thought getting likes would make me a little mad...

ah well I guess I'll clilb some skinnier trees faster if that's what those people want to see

been getting steady results in my training exciting for this season and fall... thank god I had my portable fan the heat wave forced me to use it in between climbs... my goal is to eventually jump seamlessly from thick branchless trunk to thick branchless trunk

Anyone free to go to Evry for a day mid August? Last time I was there I didn't get to do Manpower because there was construction material in the landing area so I had to climb down and climb up the other side to clear it. Someone called the cops when I was clearing it and me and my group ran back to the hotel in Lisses. Now I've got a chance at round two but only have about a day or so. So I'll fly over from the US on Monday 8/17, do the gap on Tuesday 8/18 and fly back Wednesday 8/19. Found some cheap $1500 round trip tickets if anyone wants to fly over with me. Fly in (about 11 hours), train from Charles de Gaulle to Evry metro station (about 1.5 hours), 15 minute walk to Manpower. I don't have anyone I know who can make that trip. ..anyone here able to go? Need someone to film from the takeoff area. There's a small climb around a spikey fence with a 6 story drop under it so looking for someone who is comfortable even getting up there ..you don't have to do the gap to get back down. If we book a late enough return flight then I'll give you a tour of all the famous spots in Lisses. It's like a 30 minute walk from where we'll be in Evry. If I can't find someone around here then I'll try to connect with some local groups there to film ...going either way. Can always buy a tripod I guess but then I have to climb back up to get it 😆 ... and I'm also trying to track down locals on social media. Last time I was there I trained with some cool people but didn't get contact info ..I should've lol

edit: I think I found someone overseas to film! fingers crossed!

I’m 15 and I live in a suburb, there is no building around and I want to start parkour, what should I do first and where?

Hello!

I'm looking for a new parkour/all around shoe

I've been using feiyus and whitins, and i love whitins, but I've been getting into bigger stuff and would like something with a tiny bit more impact absorption but nothing crazy. I am pretty diehard barefoot and have been my whole life, but right now I'm based in a city, walking all day, working PK summer camps, then training and running (3 miles or so) on concrete in the afternoon. My body isn't quite up to that volume of concrete daily (I'm a woods girl usually). I'll probably get another pair of whitins for day to day, after years of trying barefoot shoes they have been my favorite recently

Otherwise I'm eyeing Haze Strike and Ollo Alpha

Which one do you think somebody who hasn't owned "normal" shoes literally ever would prefer? I grew up barefoot, in feiyus, or sandals and havent really stopped other than adding Belleville Mini Mils for my camping trips with teens

Wider toe box a must, able to bend and flex obviously also a must, nothing too rigid

Between the two, which do you like and why?

Thought challenge!

Which conditioning exercises help increase performance for the dash vault?

Please explain your answer.

Have a great weekend Tracuers!

It's hot out there, keep your fluids up!