My horrible kong....

[Kirill]

So today i attempted this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrA11UPgJs8&feature=related

(Thats Ryoga)

(but with a lot more sand)
Personally, that kong is very hard for me. I did it twice, and felt uber-uncomfortable doing it. The third time i tried, my feet clipped, and i went flying out there, landed on one leg, twisted myself side ways, and got a boo-boo. :( The barrier that i was attempting to vault over is a little lower than chest height for me. So i took off with two feet, because i do not yet know how to take off with one. My kongs are usually very short- i can barely kong over a picnic table. I couldn't kash the barrier, because i had to make it over the ditch. Anyhow, my legs clipped, i stumbled and tried to jump of the barrier, and fell. Does anyone have any advise on kongs like that?

Please help me :happysad: PLease....

[lethalbeef]

Sweet! You should take it as a point of pride that you got out of a foot-clip, those things are perilous and if you managed to get a leg down (even if it hurt a little) instead of ramming your chin into the ground that's a good accomplishment. It means you're figuring out how to maneuver your body around and adapt to surprising situations.
Were you doing it at the same spot as in Ryoga's video? It'd be helpful if we could see a video of you doing it; what exactly was it that made the first two uncomfortable? Is it the height that's weirding you out? If that's the case, then try to work on your monkey-up (or whatever you want to call it, a standing mount from right in front of hte obstacle). Get comfortable with getting your feet up solidly on the wall. Once you do that, you can just apply some speed and push a little more with your arms and it should be cake.
Try to get really comfortable with the picnic table. See if you can figure out what's wrong; it might be an issue of getting enough speed, that makes a difference if you're not comfortable with distance. If you do the progression steps leading up to it, you might be able to pinpoint the spot that's tripping you up.

[Corndogg]

and felt uber-uncomfortable doing it.

only do moves with confidence! better to be safe and parkour again another day. slow and steady progression. glad you didnt get seriously hurt (right?). :ohnoes:

[palu]

Practice until you have a comfortable kong. Once you can make the distance and have good technique when you're only a few feet above the ground, it will be an easy transition to add some extra height. Stay within your limits. It may be a little too big for you at this time, but that's ok. I'm sure if you just practice your kongs without drops, eventually it'll be a breeze. My training motto is, "Everything can be applied to something later". What I mean by that is, if you are doing precisions or kongs over potentially easy obstacles (some that obviously don't even require PK to overcome) you are strictly practicing technique which, although small at the time of practicing, can be applied to larger obstacles if need be. I consider practice technique at ground level much much much more important than with drops. Although, if you plan to drops, make sure that you have practiced and are proficient at ground level. Good Luck, you'll get it!

[Kirill]

I hope that that saved me... well thanks lethal- i did what you told me to do, and felt alright. What felt uncomfortable, was that that thing is pretty darn long and high- are there any advise on split foot take-offs, kongs in general? thanks guys!

Thanks palu red for the reassurance! You are right... I wish you could have old me then...

@Cornn- No i dont think i got that seriously hurt, but my leg lost strength- its kind wired...

Thanks again!

[lethalbeef]

Well, I like to think of the kong as a "diving vault." That encompasses a few things: you have to jump before your arms touch anything, and the further you stretch out your body in a diving position, the farther and faster you can go.

For the split foot, just get used to one foot takeoff. Don't necessarily try to adapt it to kongs yet, you might want to just work on the run-up, and then dive and land on the obstacle, just to get the feel of what the motion is like.

[Kirill]

well- i tried that, but it feels uncomfortable.... can you - or anybody else show me how to learn this procedure step by step? Thank you :) @= Albert- I can show you my version of the roll... *nudge* *nudge* ;) hehe

[drow]

lol i clipped my feet once, its really freaky. luckly i swung one foot forward and caught myself. and this was when i thought i had the kong down. just comes to show, you never know when something can happen

[rparkour]

lol i clipped my feet once, its really freaky. luckly i swung one foot forward and caught myself. and this was when i thought i had the kong down. just comes to show, you never know when something can happen
i agree. i think no matter how long you've done pk (me for about 5 days lol) ur gonna fall eventually no matter what. i guess the cuts and bruises are kind of a baptism by fire.:owned:

[drow]

they are, but as long as you take the time to look back and figure out what you did wrong, then imho it is a better learning experience then doing it right.