Parkour and Freerunning > Movement
French terms for individual movements
willgrind747:
I don't think that what you call a move is really that important, but i do think that naming the differant variations of techniques has its part, and that is separating the technique, and making us aware of its variations. look at it this way: Passement may be every 2 or 1 handed vault, but not every 2 or 1 handed vault is not ALL of Passement. If you turn it into speedvault, dash, thief, lazy reverse, ect. ect. the names don't give the move any more value, but it makes us think of them as separate things, and so you will work on each on individually.
P.S. yo danno!
Asa Liebmann:
--- Quote from: Faelcind on November 15, 2005, 01:30:19 AM ---Its funny cause in the local scene nobody uses monkey any Saut Du chat style vault is kong around here. I personally dislike the UF the sound like something little kids would come up with.
--- End quote ---
If you don't want to use the French term saut de chat, or the English term kong, you can always just translate the the French INTO English and call it a cat jump. Although you'll probably confuse the crap out of anyone you jam with, which defeats the purpose of having a name for the movement in the first place.
Rafe:
If you less ridiculous sounding english names for parkour moves many moves are borrowed from gymnastics. A monkey plant is squat on, a monkey is squat over, and a Kash is squat through. Two and One hand vaults are flank vaults. Most of this terminology isn't used anymore cause nobody teaches these vaults anymore(except me) but I know there more terms for common vaults we use out there. Then theres stuff I have never seen traceurs try like the stoop vault(imagine a saut du chat with your legs piked) or a hec(body completed extended.
Tsumaru:
No offence, but the 'squat' ones sound almost as bad as monkey and kong. =P Flank vault sounds aight though.
Rafe:
Its not the prettiest combination of words ;) . I have used flank vault actually most people seem to understand it. If you perfer it would be logical to name the Saut Du chat a Tuck vault in english too.
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