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| Balance (Équilibre) |
Walking along the crest of an obstacle; literally "balance." |
| Cat Balance (Équilibre de chat) |
Quadrupedal movement along the crest of an obstacle. |
| Cat leap, Arm jump (Saut de bras) |
To land on the side of an obstacle in a hanging/crouched position, the hands gripping the top edge, holding the body, ready to perform a muscle up. |
| Cat pass, Kong vault (Saut de chat) |
The saut de chat involves diving forward over an obstacle so that the body becomes horizontal, pushing off with the hands and tucking the legs, such that the body is brought back to a vertical position, ready to land. |
| Dash Bomb (Dash Vault to Frontflip) |
This vault involves using the hands to move oneself forwards at the end of the vault. One uses both hands to overcome an obstacle by jumping feet first over the obstacle and pushing off with the hands at the end, by kicking at a higher angle and pushing at a greater force a Runner is able to propel a forwards flip after the dash. This technique would fall strictly under the art of Free Running |
| Dash vault |
This vault involves using the hands to move oneself forwards at the end of the vault. One uses both hands to overcome an obstacle by jumping feet first over the obstacle and pushing off with the hands at the end. Visually, this might seem similar to the saut de chat, but reversed. Allegedly David Belle has questioned the effectiveness of this movement. |
| Drop (Saut de fond ) |
Literally 'jump to the ground' / 'jump to the floor'. To jump down, or drop down from something. |
| Dyno |
This movement comes from climbing terminology, and encompasses leaping from a position similar to an armjump, then grabbing an obstacle usually higher than the initial starting place, often used for an overhang. This movement is used when a simpler movement is not possible. |
| Free Running |
Free Running is the art of expressing yourself in your environment, with no limitations. |
| Gap jump (Saut de détente) |
To jump from one place/object to another, over a gap/distance. This technique is most often followed with a roll. |
| Kash vault |
This vault is a combination of two vaults; the kong vault and the dash vault. After pushing off with the hands in a kong vault, the body continues past vertical over the object until the feet are leading the body. The kash vault is then finished by pushing off of the object at the end, as in a dash vault. |
| Lache, swing (Lâché) |
Hanging drop; lâcher literally meaning "to let go." To hang or swing (on a bar, on a wall, on a branch) and let go, dropping to the ground or to hang from another object. This can refer to almost all hanging/swinging type movements. |
| Landing (Atterrissage) |
Bending the knees when toes make contact with ground (never land flat footed; always land on toes and ball of your foot). |
| Lazy vault |
To overcome an obstacle by using a one-handed vault, then using the other hand at the end of the vault to push oneself forwards in order to finish the move. |