Basic Parkour Moves
There appear to be four basic Parkour moves.
1) Landings: Drop on your toes, plant your hands in front of you putting 30-40% of your weight on them and crouch.
2) Rolls: when landing off an obstacle (i.e., wall), once your feet hit the ground, you spring into a roll keeping the weight on your shoulders (not on your neck or back)
3) Turn Vault: as you approach an obstacle, place one hand and swing your body 180 degrees over the obstacle
4) Speed Vault: same as above but in this case, two hand are placed on the obstacle
These appear to be more skill related than requiring any unusual level of athletic ability (good thing). Check this out.
More advanced moves: climbing and jumping
Here is a description from College Parkour: Basic moves.
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“These are two easy things to say to do, but they take a lot to master. Here’s the breakdown: Do your run-up and plant your dominant foot about waist high on the wall. The force of the run will transfer into your foot and you can launch upwards. To gain extra momentum, throw your arms upwards when launching up with your first foot. Bring up the other leg to stabilize yourself and get some extra height. Next, bring up your hands and lift yourself up. This is aided by kipping one or both legs backward, as done by bringing your heels to your butt. This helps bring your hips upwards and makes it easier to climb. Lift your legs up and climb over. After a little practice, you’ll look like a badass in no time.”
Let’s give these a try - with probably the exception of the climbing/jumping for now.