Parkour Exercise – Kash Vault

Parkour Exercise - Learn Kash Vault

Kash vault is a super nice, but also one of the more difficult vaults, which requires good strength in the shoulders and arms. It is a mix of the two vaults, dash and king; hence the name kash.

Setup

Like all other vaults, should be practiced on a non-slip surface at stomach level. It is necessary that the obstacle has a wide surface that enables the two developments that the movement contains. Always check what is on the other side if there is no clear view.

Execution of Kash Vault
  • Run in a straight line towards the obstacle at a medium pace and take off explosively with a single-leg take-off.
  • The hands are placed on the front edge of the obstacle and unrolled, while the legs are pulled up under the body.
  • Before the legs pass through the arms, these must leave the surface with the help of the powerful unwinding, while the legs are extended forward, as when doing a dash. The arms are again placed on the surface behind the body, to support the body weight.
  • You take off as in a dash, and the legs separate on landing, so that you ensure the further flow.

Add an appropriate amount of momentum to the jump on the hands so that you have time to quickly pull the legs through and finish the move by doing a dash vault.

Kash Vault - Learn Parkour with Team JIYO
The parkour exercise Kash Vault can be seen here in the picture. It's a good technique to know. Remember to warm up your wrists well before performing a Kash Vault, as there is a lot of impact on your wrists.
Rehearsals

Do a monkey vault, where you land with your legs up on the obstacle after you take off with your arms. This way, you can work your way further and further over the obstacle with your legs until you eventually do the kash vault.

Problem statement
  • The transition from the first position to the second requires good coordination. Make sure not to have too much speed in the first part of the movement, as this will make it easier to control the transition.
Variation options

Kash-2-Split:

Performed by splitting the legs at the end of the performance instead of keeping the legs together.

See video about the Parkour exercise Lazy Vault below