In parkour, transitioning from traversing to climbing up is a fundamental movement that requires practice and coordination. When completing a traverse, it’s essential to prepare for the subsequent climb-up effectively. This movement involves strategic hand placement and body mechanics to ensure a successful ascent after navigating across a surface. As fatigue sets in from traversing, executing a climb-up can become increasingly difficult, making it crucial to practice this combination to enhance technique and physical endurance.
The climb-up itself involves several key steps that need to be mastered. Initially, one must engage in traversing while ensuring the body remains oriented toward the climb. As the individual reaches the point of ascent, maintaining focus on proper hand positioning and elevating the elbows will assist in generating the necessary upper body strength. Feet placement is equally vital, as they need to be positioned appropriately to facilitate a smooth transition from hanging to climbing up.
Combining the traverse and climb-up presents a significant challenge that tests both physical conditioning and technique. It requires not just strength but also an understanding of momentum and body movement to perform effectively under fatigue. Success in these movements will enhance overall parkour skill and contribute to greater agility and flexibility in performing various maneuvers.
Key Points:
- Transitioning from a traverse to a climb-up is crucial in parkour and requires specific body mechanics.
- Proper technique involving hand and foot placement is essential for executing an effective climb-up.
- The combination of traversing and climbing tests one's physical endurance and technique, highlighting the need for practice.
Demonstrate a bent-arm cat-leap / arm-jump hang position on the side of a wall and then traverse 10-steps (heel-to-toe) to the left and then climbup to your feet. Climb back down and then traverse back in the opposite direction. Climbup at the end again.
You can rest for 10 seconds between the climb-up and climb-down.
Wall can be any height that is comfortable.
Knees should be bent, one leg higher than the other. One at hip-height, and underneath you.
Full finger length over the top. No over-grip onto the back edge of the wall - must be on the front edge corner of the wall.
Repeat twice for both directions.
The distance of must be traversed by your entire body. You must pass the distance entirely before returning in the opposite direction
distance.
sides.
repetitions.
landing.
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1 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:11,000 so a common scenario you will find a lot 2 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:14,000 in parkour is when you 3 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:15,000 Traverse you will then have to finish 4 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:18,000 with a climb 5 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:21,000 up obviously with this you need to be 6 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:23,000 able to do a climb up uh so see the 7 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:26,000 climb up steps and the climb up 8 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:30,000 tutorials for that but practicing a 9 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:34,000 Traverse followed by a climbup is is a 10 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:36,000 good thing to to do sometimes you'll 11 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:38,000 find that you have to get across 12 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:41,000 something before you climb up cuz you 13 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:44,000 can't drop there's no way to 14 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:46,000 drop you're going to be fatigued As you 15 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:48,000 move as you've traversed you're going to 16 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:52,000 fatigue and it's going to be even harder 17 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:56,000 to then climb up so this is why you know 18 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:56,000 learning how to get up onto the wall uh 19 00:00:56,000 --> 00:01:00,000 or whatever it is that you're climbing 20 00:00:57,000 --> 00:01:02,000 on um with less 21 00:00:60,000 --> 00:01:05,000 uh gas with you know after being 22 00:00:62,000 --> 00:01:07,000 fatigued um is really important so let's 23 00:00:66,000 --> 00:01:09,000 do that so I'm going to work from back 24 00:00:68,000 --> 00:01:11,000 here I'm going to go to the corner and 25 00:00:70,000 --> 00:01:15,000 then at the end of the the corner we're 26 00:00:71,000 --> 00:01:17,000 then going to um uh climb up so again as 27 00:00:75,000 --> 00:01:21,000 I said look at the climb up stages and 28 00:00:78,000 --> 00:01:24,000 tutorials for that um I I'll quickly run 29 00:00:81,000 --> 00:01:26,000 through a few of the steps but um yeah 30 00:00:85,000 --> 00:01:30,000 we're going to get up onto the wall nice 31 00:00:87,000 --> 00:01:33,000 and high and again Traverse 32 00:00:90,000 --> 00:01:32,000 all the way 33 00:00:94,000 --> 00:01:44,000 along okay from here flat hands get both 34 00:00:99,000 --> 00:01:49,000 elbows up climb up and then feet 35 00:00:105,000 --> 00:01:53,000 up so we can make our way back 36 00:00:110,000 --> 00:01:56,000 down but traversing and climb ups are 37 00:00:114,000 --> 00:01:59,000 very difficult being able to do one 38 00:00:116,000 --> 00:01:61,000 follow by the other is going to take a 39 00:00:119,000 --> 00:01:65,000 lot out of you um and it's going to 40 00:00:122,000 --> 00:01:69,000 really test your uh ability and your 41 00:00:125,000 --> 00:01:69,000 technique of being able to do that
