Backflipping is one of the most sought-after skills in Free Running (not officially considered parkour, though I interchange the terms). It involves jumping up, tucking, and rotating backwards 360 degrees. There are multiple types of backflips including; Gainer, Cheat Gainer, And all the backflips with spin. A Gainer is not to be confused with a Flash Kick. In this tutorial, [...]

Parkour is something that can not only make you physically stronger, but can improve your confidence in real life. I know someone who is a living example of this. For privacy purposes, we will call him John. John was a shy person in school, and he didn’t have many friends. He didn’t think very highly of himself, and because of [...]

Parkour is a sport that requires both great mental, and physical strength. The mental strength is used to overcome the fear of trying something new, or progressing from outside of the gym to the real world. The physical strength determines what you can do with your body. Your require the physical strength to climb up walls, vault and such. You [...]

Getting into Parkour is not hard to do, but in this guide I will outline how you can learn Parkour in your first month. Each day you will do something different that will help with Parkour and starting it. Day 1 Well, if this is your first day ever with Parkour, you will want to learn how to roll first. [...]

Parkour has many benefits, but there are three that really stick out to me. Those are, Community, Lifestyle, and the “calmness” it can provide. Community Parkour has a strong community of like-minded individuals. All of these people are interested in Parkour, and all of them, or at least the majority have made it their lifestyle. These people all encourage you [...]

If you do attend a Parkour academy or gym, you will notice that your skill level in the gym against outside is quite different. There will be things that you will do in a gym, and wont feel ready or comfortable enough to do outside. It may take trying one of these things inside a few times, or for a [...]

There are a surprisingly larger number of Free Runners then you’d think. If you are looking for people to run with in your city, it shouldn’t be hard to find someone. There are a variety of options available to you, and I will list them all below. Local Parkour Gym If you live in a larger city, Parkour gyms are [...]

Font flipping is one of the most looked forward to skills of Parkour and Free Running. Doing one of these flips is not that hard. The hardest part is getting over the fear. Before the tutorial, I will write my own front flip experience. Just less than three months ago, I was afraid of all types of flips. One day, [...]

ParkourX now has our first tutorials. Both of these were made by Hans, and myself, Lukas Larsson. The tutorials out now are the front flip (part 1), and crane. We have many more quickly following. These tutorials can be found on YouTube, as well as the new page that can be found in the naviagtion. We will be releasing more [...]

When we first see Parkour, we see these amazing jumps, flips, and other moves. Because of this, all we want to do is what we see. But to get to that point, we need to start of slow, and take things easy. We can’t just jump in. You need to develop proper technique, skill, and you need to practice. If [...]