I'm with ya on that one Altimot, a gate vault may not be the most efficient way for everyone, but it doesn't have to be. Thats why there is so much style in parkour, we all have our own preferences. I feel that if you are good at gate vaults and can use them effectively then why not use them? After all, if you are being chased you definitely would want to use the skills that you are best at. Now I'm definitely not saying that gate vaults are the only way, I'm just saying that depending on who you are you may prefer them over a turn vault. If the gate vault is done right it can be very fast and efficient (a good example is in Demons "vaults 102" video at 1:10). Not to say that other things can't be efficient, it really just depends on your style, preferences, skills, etc.
Now of course if gate vaults are all you ever work on then you should definitely try to even your skills out some, after all there are places where a turn vault would be much more efficient than a gate vault. I'm kinda thinking that it is rather ridiculous that there is so much arguing over these small things, the arguing should probably be saved for the bigger issues like "freestyle" and whatnot, but thats for another forum. There isn't a whole lot of effeciency difference between these two vaults most of the time, I really just believe it's a preference, and thats totally fine, after all if we all did the same things then there would be no "individual style" in parkour. Sure parkour isn't entirely about "style" but as it is most people aren't running for their lives everyday, wow I can see that I'm getting into a very contravertial topic so I'll stop here, I think I'll start another forum about "style" and parkour, so please don't argue that in this one.
