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Offline Gage E.

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Double Kong
« on: November 11, 2009, 04:14:42 PM »
Hey I was at a baseball game earlier today and saw some benches and HAD to do some vaults over them. I tried to Kong them long-ways (if that makes any sense) and made it a couple of times but most of the time I couldnt make it. I tired to double kong but it just didnt wokr. The move went by way to fast for me to lift up my hips and I usally end up planting my foot on the table. Any advice on how to double kong?
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Re: Double Kong
« Reply #1 on: November 11, 2009, 04:28:05 PM »
Do diving kongs first i would think..

Just a question, how long have you been training
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Re: Double Kong
« Reply #2 on: November 11, 2009, 04:33:51 PM »
Ive been working on the double kongs on and off for about two weeks. Actually, the only way I could clear those benches was to do a dive kong and I did end up clipping my foot a few times but I bet if I keep practicing im sure I'll get it. Thanks  :)
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Re: Double Kong
« Reply #3 on: November 11, 2009, 04:36:16 PM »
I meant how long have you been training for Parkour?
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Re: Double Kong
« Reply #4 on: November 11, 2009, 04:53:30 PM »
Oh, around two years ago. I started getting into it when I was 12 but I never got REALLY dedicated until I was 13 and even then I never went out and trained every day. Im currently 14 and my entire schedule is pretty much Parkour-oriented. If that makes sense haha.
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Re: Double Kong
« Reply #5 on: November 11, 2009, 05:00:13 PM »
Oh alright, just making sure you werent getting into diving kongs at like 2 months or something, sorry about that.
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Re: Double Kong
« Reply #6 on: November 11, 2009, 05:04:10 PM »
Ha ha thats alright.  :)
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Re: Double Kong
« Reply #7 on: November 17, 2009, 03:17:31 PM »
Double Kongs demand a ton of upper body strength and control. It's not something that can be learned in a day, it takes quite a while. If you can find a gym near you with some pads you can move around, that's probably the best way to work up to it.
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Re: Double Kong
« Reply #8 on: November 17, 2009, 04:18:30 PM »
I personally love double kongs...but don't really think they're that practical.  If you can dive kong it, there's no real need to double kong.  It took me about 2 months to get it down nice.  My progression for double kongs (still working on it).... 

(all this in a gymnastics gym with foam blocks)
I started off on something easy enough to dive kong over 7ft ish long (not two separate objects, just one long one), little bit higher then waist height.  Just did that until I was comfortable with it/ could land it nicely.  Then I moved onto a traveling kong to get used to orienting my body in the air the way I'd need to for the double kong. 

Before moving onto the actual double I practiced being in a handstand on the object I was trying to kong over and dropping into the standard kong landing since that's basically how you're gonna be landing anyway (except with forward momentum).  I mean you're basically at a 75 degree angle going over it, unless you're really pushing the length of your kong...which you shouldn't until you get it down good.

Still working with the 7ft long obstacle I kind of just went for a kong to dive roll just in case my shoulders/arms/back couldn't take the load.  Felt it out, adjusted my take off and went for it.  I got it on my 1st try...but had to roll the landing cause I came in too fast.  I played around with where I felt most comfortable with my hand placement/take off before I actually tried to double kong two separate objects.  I'm working on different levels now just to see what I can do, low to high is tough but do-able, high to low still scares me a bit. I'm also currently working up to a double kong on rails (about 5ft apart)...but not enough confidence in my hand placement yet. 

GL and train safely
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