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Handi-Vault Ramps

Saturday, 25 February 2006

By practicing vaults at a handicap ramp, you can constantly challenge yourself to master every vault variation at an increasingly difficult obstacle height. Through practice and repetition, handicap ramps can be a great progression tool that will unlock opportunities for movement all around you.

Application

Once again, this drill utilizes gradualism, that paramount idea of safely and effectively training for parkour. By starting out small and gradually increasing the difficulty, you can improve every vault variation imaginable by practicing on handicap ramps. Once you become proficient at the handicap ramp, other obstacles around you, once too high and too difficult to build up to, are now easily overcome.

Obstacle and Equipment Checklist: Handicap ramps with gradually higher rails or walls.

Preparation of Drill

Go to a local handicap ramp with gradually higher rails or walls.

Execution of Drill

Warm up and get comfortable vaulting the ramp’s wall or railing at the lowest height.
With practice and repetition, slowly work you way along the ramp, practicing vaulting the obstacle at a greater height.

Other Notes

This is a simple drill and simply put, it is all about practice, repetition, and gradualism.
Practice different takeoff and landing techniques, spinning both ways, using both sides, and more. The goal is to be completely ambidextrous and capable of any slight movement variation.
When vaulting a high obstacle, there are two important factors that must cooperate for maximum output. The jump and the arm push and/or pull. Think about it. If you coordinate your jump and your arm push and/or pull together, you will go significantly higher than if those key movements were working independently.

Video Example

Users' Comments

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1. 03-03-2006 20:25

wow nice I am going to go train this next time. been wondering how to do this.

lockdown

2. 04-17-2006 07:44

Sweet video demon. i love your posts. im goin out to try it as we type. Seriously im slowly walking away. Thanks!

phade101

3. 04-17-2006 07:44

Sweet video demon. i love your posts. im goin out to try it as we type. Seriously im slowly walking away. Thanks!

phade101

4. 04-04-2007 15:42

very well exicuted i enjoyed it

Potato

5. 07-21-2007 11:57

for a while i thought kong meant putting your legs out, I must have been thinking of kash

Sorry, still new

Crosseyes

6. 09-19-2007 14:57

Sweet, been wondering how to kong alot higher. I didnt know you had to jump up thought it was more of a dive or is that for smaller objects?

Lavithan69

7. 09-19-2007 14:57

Sweet, been wondering how to kong alot higher. I didnt know you had to jump up thought it was more of a dive or is that for smaller objects?

Lavithan69

8. 11-04-2007 17:37

jump up for height, jump forward for distance.

Demon

9. 01-10-2008 16:47

Hi, I was wondering how to get rid of the fear of breaking my nose on a kong, or worrying that my feet will clip the object and I'll go toppling. PM me plz~ Fish.

Fishburn

10. 03-08-2008 16:13

That looks like a monkey vault.

coWard

11. 06-14-2008 17:11

They're the same thing. Who cares.
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EastPhilly

12. 07-20-2008 19:22

pretty damn useful

Phazon

13. 08-19-2008 07:15

to fishburn: what i do is with something a bit higher than your weist. it helps if you know the monkey vault pretty well, when you jump, put your hands at the edge of the obstacle and work on height and distance and just putting your feet on the obstacle. then just inch your way further and further and you should hav it in no time.