Monkey Vault Tutorial

[llZeldall]

Thanks i can now the monkey vault haha (Y)

[animewacko666]

everytime i try to do a monkey vault my knee hit my arm any tips

[sithara619]

@animewacko666 u have to keep your legs a little less than shoulder with apart. Which is y it was so hard to do -_-

[Angelos11111998]

@UrbanCurrent

Your parkour tutorials are really great. They hlped me with the basic vaults (Regular/Thief/Spped/Lazy) and I will keep trying do the other vaults. The exercises you show to make it easier to pass the obstacle with a particular vault are excellent. Your traceurs are really great and they know how to inspire and teach you. If youtube had got five star reviews, I would have given you 6 stars.

Well done! Good Job! You are by far the best free tutorials here in youtube.

[lewispinoy]

every time i try it i keep hitting my shins and it hurts alot. someone please tell me what i can do to fix it? and/or what im doing wrong

[sexygabester]

whenever i do it i can't lean forward, can't use my arms and can't keep my legs between my feet. any tips?

[sexygabester]

whenever i try to do it on my couch i end up crossing my legs to get them through and i've video taped me doing it and it looks weird. Any advice or tips?

[georgemnrs]

when im doing monkey in a big rail my shoes are going diagonaly. any tips . please answear .sory for the english

[jesusshank]

heads up to people who are afraid that theyre gonna clip their toes: as long as you extend you arms all the way, lean forwards, and tuck your legs in, then it is imppossible to clip your toes because the way your body is made doesnt allow that to happen. and youre gonna fall as you practice. i can almost garuntee that. just start out easy and dont push yourself :D

[aravindhanveeramani]

as soon as you leave the bar you remove your hands but rather how hard i try i am not able to leave my hands until i land yyy???

[skybite95]

i think, the only thing preventing traceurs from progressing is fear. once we overcome it, its good

[126Pasta]

Ugh, I don't know why I can't do this vault!!!

I can do Lazy, Thief, Speed, dash, and the turn vault.

Every time I try, I get scared and stop, or my legs go to the left and hit my arm, any tips?

[srpedroza19]

@126Pasta just don't slow down. don't think about it, just do it. once you get it, it becomes easier.

[XxEpIcXSnIpEeZxX]

i can do this now but i cant do it very high and i want to get better but im scared il clip my feet and land on my face, tips PLEASE anyone ?

[lm0rTaIiTy]

I almost broke both my arms trying this :/

[iPwnMw2PC]

I broke my finger by trying this. ._.

[victorhugomuzi]

my feet always touches the top of the object, any tips for that? like the end of my toes, it doesnt stop me, i dont really get caught but it rubs against. tips.?

[Vylvan]

my new phobia: fear of monkey vault induced faceplant.

[JPHJ14]

So, where is a good place to do PK? An urban area or somewhere smaller?

[uaremypuppets]

this really helped, i havent tried it out but i was doing it wrong. keep up with the tutorials

[Oraca100]

DAMMIT !!

DON'T MAKE ANY SENSE !!

I CAN DO THE ''DASH VAULT'' , THE ''REVERSE VAULT'' , THE ''TWO HAND VAULT'' , THE ''LAZY VAULT'' , ''THE ''SPEED VAULT'' BUT I CAN'T DO THE FUCKING MONKEY VAULT !!

CAN SOMEONE HELP ME TO DO THAT ????

[freebirdfreewoman]

@Oraca100 I CANT CO THE MONKEY VAULT TOO!!! IT'S JUST THAT EVERY TIME I FEEL LIKE TRYING IT, I FEEL LIKE MY KNEES WONT FIT TO MY ARMS...!

[OliverMazur]

i always have a phobie of my legs getting stuck while going over it in high speeds and then landing head first on the pavement, onto my teeth, loosing my teeth :P

[chevychevelle396]

Wow, I was always doing it wrong :(

[ekojk1242]

So I can use this techneque to get over a 50cm long boulder? (its square)

[MUSICBASEA]

Aye, the first step to a successful monkey vault is leaving behind your fear of getting your feet caught on the bar. Then, as they said in the video, pull with your arms and push your hips up, and the rest just follows.

[parkourtrainee350]

@MUSICBASEA I have yet to do a successful monkey vault, so I do have the fear of getting my feet caught but partially because i have now about 2-3 times, got any advice

[confusedthought]

thanx 4 just typin it up nobody wants 2 here some1 talk

[muizzizz]

hey guys. quick question. i currently don't know where to train so i train at home. we have this fence which i think is too high for me to do. so, what should i do to make my vault higher?

[itatsu1]

@muizzizz I've heard that you must use your imagination. There could be many places to parkour, you might just not see them.

[westernys]

Thanks for the tutorial, the pointer on leaning your chest in towards the obstacle helped me clear the things I jump over. Kudos to your great tutorials!

[FuzionSki]

@mianus3993 You clearly do not know what you are talking about.

There is two kind of approaches the 1, 2 motion and the double foot punch (I think i said it correctly.)

The 1, 2 motion is for longer distances while the double foot punch is for higher as he was using a higher bar.

[101supermike]

I am afraid my feet will hit the rail

[gig603]

@101supermike you could try it on a short wall.

[juanjose33ify]

wat if its not on a polce and its on a flat surface

[TheJohnnybeez]

i dont know why but mine just dont look good but i am doing it right!!

[DarkSwam56]

I am able to get my hips to my shoulder level but I have trouble pulling myself to the other side!

[gorrilabuttable]

I did this alot and got pretty good at it. but then on like the billionth time I tried it I triped over the rail andgave myself a migrain, and now I am kind of afraid to do it because my migrain lasted three hours.

[bhodybored]

coolest move in Parkour

[xXFATALCLOWNXx]

I tryed this tutorial and practiced before the real thing and I broke my leg your a twat you know that

[FuzionSki]

@xXFATALCLOWNXx Well thats clearly your own fault.

Train hard, Train SAFE.

[zeljkoserbiagreece]

Just did a monkey vault,thanks to this tutorial

[Ezio1341]

how do you over come your fear of doing monkey vault and like high jumps i feel like when i do the monkey vault ill face plant and that freaks me out and i always screw up the monkey vault

[shmuckling]

Another great tutorial, thank you for making them.

[J0hnn3hBoi]

How do I know how close do I get before I do the 1 foot hop right before my 1,2 pattern? I always go a little early or too late and fall.

[EliteSniper345]

This is actually the best tutorial i have found!

im subscribing!

[Rilliden]

always practice before you do it ive messed up thinking i was all that and bam i was on the ground bleeding. BTW i dont cry....

[jimi1200]

this helped me get this vault down. i didn't realize that i needed to get my back horizontal, i kept tripping up over the rail i was practicing on

[killboy92]

awesoooome!! x3

[MrSmartMuslim]

i tried this yesterday , ill try it today again :( this one is a little scary . Also thanks for the tutorials . Man your videos are the best among all :)

[branden498]

i have one qeustion i hope you can help me . When ii try the monkey for some reason i always have to relaese one hand , my feet always go side ways so i have to . I want to do it but its a sort of polio of my . plzz help .

and sorry for the english i am dutch

[Meneermajoorsnormans]

@branden498 je moet proberen recht te blijven. Gewoon met beide handen aan de reling vasthouden, niet scheef trekken.

Probeer eerst op een laag muurtje te komen met 2 voeten, zonder er overheen te springen. Dit helpte mij ook heel erg goed.

succes!

[starwarsandhalofan]

Hey I have a question, I always slip with one foot. What I can do?

[Auroneld]

sadface. They took your music away!

[shubiguby]

i, at first practiced on a couch. then i transferred to outside. after i could do it outside i improved the length of the vault. now i just vault over the whole couch

[TokyoAro]

@shubiguby i use my couch but i wanna try something higher..Every time i try im worried the front of my shoe will it the obstacle and i would fall forward onto it.

[darkmagefire]

@TokyoAro i hav the same fear but my is reality my shoe does hit the obstacle n when i do a speed vault then into this it always hit my shoe

[TokyoAro]

@darkmagefire yah my monkey vault was the same...i hopped and got my shoe caught and and i almost fell but landed it lucky....haha

[darkmagefire]

@TokyoAro ur so lucky i fell down like a few hundred or thousand times ok im exagerating but i did broke my arm

[TokyoAro]

@darkmagefire nah i just have good reflexes like i was int he shower and i put a towel on the rack like 5 feet away from the shower. Like i slipped threw the towel up and hit my knee but i landed on my hands.

[darkmagefire]

LOL

[TokyoAro]

@darkmagefire i know right? I was like OMG

[darkmagefire]

@TokyoAro but im still in parkour even though i broke my arm n im a lot better

[TokyoAro]

@darkmagefire Haha im stull a noob but when i get the chance i practice a little

[legijafan4]

when u are jupmpin push the rail againts you

[Darking666]

thank you so much , i love your tutorials you give the best explenations theire perfect you helped me with turn vaults and cat leaps ill train hard to get this vault

[mitaka4life]

Hey guys i have a problem with that vault . I don't know why but when i try to do it i do right two handed vault . I already fall few times so i am not so afraid but i am doing two handed vault every time instead of monkey :( help me pls !!!

[bobombthekoopa]

get an object thats like 1 foot,and monkey stall on it.(do what u would do for a monkey,but land on top of the object instead of going all the way over).when ur comfortable go over it.

[b3monkey]

EXCELLENT just what i needed ta m8!

[maalnahhas]

i did it from the fifth time from a hip height rail

[adminLoler]

Nice tutorial and thanks, i can do it now without problems

[siggisaggamund]

its easy, just u dont use all ur powers, because then u think "imma fall hard", but give it all and it wuill be easy

[1H4NDC14PP1N6]

whats the difference between this vault and a kong vault??

[sAfuRos]

Kong clears objects with a wider plane like a table, and you throw your body forward way before legs so that it goes almost horizontal.

And to those watching: Monkey vault is THE easiest move in parkour by far.

[Miskingo]

Thats opinion, lazy is easier IMO.

[ForeverALie]

@sAfuRos

I actually think that the lazy is the easiest, but it comes naturally to me.

[96tuffast]

@sAfuRos simple vault is easier :>

[mapleprz]

@sAfuRos i think 2hand vault is easier

[gorrilabuttable]

@sAfuRos no the lazy vault is the easiest

[EqualSignCapitalD]

@sAfuRos I'd disagree. I find other vaults far easier but that might just be me and my big feet.

[septem245]

@sAfuRos Different for some people. I found the speed vault way easier then monkeys and kongs

[dragon61rider]

@sAfuRos i wouldnt say its the easiest because if you dont have flexibility its harder a normal 2 handed vault or lazy vault would be the easiest or a roll

[msmgamers]

@sAfuRos what about lazy vaults?

[hoflusiari]

@sAfuRos what about lazy vaults?

[Kimichipa]

@sAfuRos I must say that lazy vaults are more easier.

[ProjectAlphaDubstep]

@sAfuRos

its really hard for me to monkey, but i'm attempting my first tommorow, i'll let you know if i bail or not,

ive bailed on dash vaults before, but i got that down, so im going to learn this.

[MegaFoShow]

@sAfuRos isnt like a lazy vault the easiest?

[AudioGhostX]

@sAfuRos nope, i would have to say a Lazy vault, and a Speed vault are much easier.

[STEVOJUMP]

u dont dive and you hold the bar longer

[WhoaThatWasAwesome]

Okay this is only my opinion. But everyone thinks it "looks easy" in is in actual fact easy. I do not find myself to have an psychological block at all. I just make sure my feet go all the over, the end

[55erkki55]

what if my legs dont go straight?

[GoFukYourself21]

It is actually not as hard as it seems, like everyone at first thinks: Shit they make it look so easy, but like the tutorial says, after watching it, it is quite simple. Just remember to keep your head a bit foward otherwise you've got more chance of falling :). I did it on my 3rd try, was a bit scared at first but then I just went for it. Fear really does play a huge part of failing. But anyway, thanks for this, helped me alot.

[Zabuz]

Nice tutorial, and damn youtube to remove the sound.

[samsunguitar]

@Zabuz Does the height of the rail matter? If the rail (or in my case fence) is below the waist will be much harder? I just don't want to face plant while attempting this!

[wwemmy]

You make it look soooo easy, but when I'm going to try it, I'm going to bail. . . BIG TIME

[Django437]

thanks a lot! my friend explained this to me, but he forgot to tell me to lean my head a little bit forward. now i can do it whenever i want! thanks !

[meltenbrain]

lmao i keep laughing cus it looks so easy :D

[justfilwt]

Hey.. this is really great tutorial....

Thanks...

After I watched it.. I did it in first try...

Another important thing to remember is, just as FreeshGuy said, too push away the fear.... =)

[FreeshGuy]

Me and my cousin, which is 4 years younger than me, went to train the monkey vault. He did it in 1st try, while i had to train myself into not fearing to fall etc.

But when i tried to do it, i only had to use a couple of tries to get it perfect. So its all about pushing away the fear. if you've watched this movie you can do it in 1st try.

[Angloth]

A well made tutorial

[askthewhales]

thank you so much this tut really helped thnx alot i kept ending up leaving one hand on the bar until i hit the ground but then i just clicked and i got it

[SL83NED]

whats the difference between kong vault

[debeste95]

kong is higher, and more like you're diving... but there's nof difference between my kong and monkey vault

[PS3N]

you dive into it more with kong vault, altough they look almost similar. Doesn't really matter which one you do

[SL83NED]

o rite..

thanks.

[MilitantBlackGuy1]

In the monkey your legs go through your arms, I think this tutorial is a bit off because he lets his hands go too early. The kong does not necassarily have a dive in it, hence the two different types of kong: The kong Vault and the Diving Kong Vault. But the kong is basically like what he does in this tutorial

[wwemmy]

push away the fear of bailing and get your face flat?! Well that seems easy :P

[889bball]

it is a very tough move for me...i tried but im not gettin it

[cevans1995]

try leaning right forward

i couldnt do it because my legs couldnt fit through my arms and 1 hand came off early but if u lean foward, it gives ur arms more reach ;)

[889bball]

ok...thanx man

[fenix299]

can you only do the monkey vault on a rail or no?

[Jonny69erWithYourMum]

no, You Can Do It On Anything Thats Not Really To wide unless you want to get onto somthing high and flat

[wayasean]

When i try doing monkeys my legs always lean to the left(when in mid air), they still go through my arms though. It is as if they go through my arms diagonally. What am i doing wrong? pls help :(

[Jonny69erWithYourMum]

it might be because youre putting one arm further to the left or right than the other, but its nothing to worry about though (:

[rabiesman888]

i know if i face plant it i can catch myslef on my hands but if it happens alot eventually my face might hit the ground

[OuchIHurtMyNuts]

this move is all about confidence the technique is easy i learnt it today, you just have to go for it and it might help to have a friend as a spotter to stop faceplants shouldnt need him but it will help confidence. just go for it a few times and dont hisitate. youll probabaly get it first try if you go all in

[Rika2112]

my main cnoncerne is my feet getting caught in the rails.. is kow i just have to tuck them up under me but it's hard

[magzy93]

Ever tryed a monkey after bailing ?

[AsOFxHRx]

i cant get my legs through ym arms . they have to go sideways ?

[Seves]

the same thing happened for me. your probably not leaning enough. you have to keep your upper body level with the ground and push off with your arms at the end

[OuchIHurtMyNuts]

you legs will never fully go through you legs it will just look like it it should be natural if you do what seves said

[OuchIHurtMyNuts]

arms not legs sorry lol

[sslytheriinn6645]

help me a lot.!!

thnx

[jakeparkour446]

thanks this really helped cheers

[narutoblitz]

Thats why I couldn't do it earlier today. I need a comfortable height. And I thought I had to push up with my arms not forward! Thanks for that!

[Ihasabucket11]

I guess the monkey is used to vault over bars and things like railings, Kong is to vault over Tables or big obstacles, i think.

That makes sense

[mcrisnice]

or you could use a speed vault to get over tables... or that's at least what i do

[joealtair3000]

what is diffrance between monkey and kong cause i can kong but it looks exactly the same as monkey

[EastHamptonUniforce]

well a kong is like you dive into a monkey vault. Like over a picnic table or sumthin. They are similar, but they aren't entirely the same

[yoyoyo1236]

I monkeyd today but it was a fluke wen i was practicing to jump onto the wall.But wen i got bak up could not do it again because it was a fluke and im to scared to do it now.Plz can some1 tell me wat to do.

[IcarusFlying]

these jumps take a lot out of you. your body knows when you're tired, and the more tired your body is, the more fear you'll have. if you can do it once, you can do it again. rest, and reattempt it when you're feeling fresh. also do whatever you did the first time, or whenever you felt it was easiest

[EastHamptonUniforce]

if i ever go get my legs through tho my right hand always stays on a tiny bit longer and i land with my upper body leaning right and im facing slightly to the right. I have no idea why this is happening, but its only getting worse. So sometimes i go over all the steps in this video and i try it again only to fail. Help?

[Roroan]

i have that issue too, except i'm left sided

[EastHamptonUniforce]

ok i have a problem. Ive been doing parkour for about 2 months and its been going pretty well. until last week. I went out one day and it was getting a little dark, but the sun was still out cuz it was setting. so i try a monkey vault and my feet kind of skim the fence i was dd\oing it over. So i try again. I face Plant. So i tryed it again a couple more times and i face planted again and again. So i stareted to relearn the vault. And now i cant do it anymore. I auto matically go into a 2 handed

[IcarusFlying]

i've wanted to do these since i was a child, but i could never do it. thanks to this video, today i did my first monkey vault ever ! Thank you so much. this tutorial helped me tons. One thing this tutorial didn't include though is the suggestion to start with a flat surface up top just to practice jumping up, instead of a railing so there is little or no fear of catching your feet and falling. thanks so much again !

[EastHamptonUniforce]

i can do this vault fins on ground level or close to it, but theres this one fence i really want to monkey vault over, and its just woodchips below, but im afraid of clipping my feet and falling on my head. i know i can probably do it, cause its not a high fence, but im still cant get myself to do it.

[fAcEz1]

I can do other vaults, like lazy, konging (only things like picnic benches), and two handed vaults, but I just can't get monkey vaults down.  I think it's because I'm too tall for it, (I'm almost 6 ft). I never actually tried it, but im pretty much scared that I'd hit my toes. Any tips?

[EastHamptonUniforce]

try to keep your head down so itll help your hips go up more which makes it less likely for your feet to hit the obstacle. btw check out our channel.

[evilc1988]

tnx for the tutorial! :)

[parkoursk89]

my legs wont tuck up properly... so my feet clip

[AquamanJr704]

k thanks ill try that tomorrow

[AquamanJr704]

whenever i do the monkey vault, i can get over, but my friend was watching me and he says that my hips and shoulders are parallel, but my feet like barely clear the fence. what am i doing wrong? am i just not bringing my knees into my chest enough, also i cant seem to land it well either.

[UrbanCurrent]

remember to pull as you start the motion and to push away as you get over, that might help

[stunthakon]

Thnx for posting this tutorial! It helped me a lot. I had problems doing the monkey vault before...But after watching your tutorial, I found out that I did not lean my chest forward enough and I didn't push of with my hands as I should do. So now I can do the vault easily. Thanks.

[littlemantaterock]

i am fine with other vaults but this one jst the fear of hitting my toes and going over the rail any advice?

[ParkourGC]

Excelent tutorial!!! I suceeded when doing the 3rd try!I have been trying to jump over the obstacle using my leg last time. GOOD JOB!

And....would it be possible for you to make a reverse vault tutorial?

[actfRawrhax]

well that explains it a hell of a lot better.

ive only been bringing my body to a 45 degree angle, and trying to jump over using my legs.

[ToastyUploads]

i always have trouble doing monkeys on rails, i can do them on benches, but i have trouble getting my feet out of the way on rails

[ziggy557]

I get the same problem dude, i can do kickass monkey vaults on benches and shit but when it comes to large rails i can't do it properly and when i land i'm right infront of the rail so close my ass nearly hits it, Thats my main problems

[ToastyUploads]

i just got the monkey vault down today, pretty much all i did diferently was make sure my hands were actually spread at shoulder length, and got more speed

[Bl4ckCr4y0ns]

This is a good tutorial =)

Thanks.

Guna' go try as soon as it stops raining outside =="

[wallace0of0eggy]

can en y1 help me i no how 2 du it buh i have a fear of doing it so wah should i du 2 overcome this?

[mehhemwtf]

Had the same problem when i started. All the other vaults was easy, but monkey/kong vault scared me due to the fear of getting hurt. It's ll in your mind thou, and as soon as you've practised it a few times the feeling goes away. To overcome it the only chance is for you to stack enough will power to bypass your fear, simple as that.

[GreedyGenius08]

i had the same problem but i started by trying it from concrete to grass. like grass on the other side so if i fall i fall onto grass so it dont hurt as much. i tried kong yesterday i ate dirt but i still have all my front teeth coz i fell on grass jus try it and tell me if i helped

[traceuse13]

How do you people lean forward and jump high enough to clear your feet, and then land on your feet perfectly without clipping them or eating the pavement? I just can't figure it out.

[ziggy557]

What you do is lift both your feet right up to your chest and because your waist is above the rail your legs are too and you land perfectly did i help at all?

[sgkid99]

Thanks for the Tutorial but I can't do this I've been trying for a week and a half just to monkey and I don't know what I'm doing wrong

[tyyppi15]

wow none of the tutorials for monkey vault i found said to use your upper body too. Thanks, great tutorials

[DarkSlaYer4747]

I have a really important question, how do i overcome my fear of my feet getting caught under the rail?? I have sprained my wrist lately from trying this stupid monkey vault, and my feet got caught under the damn rail!! :( please help ):

[UrbanCurrent]

Get your hips high as you pull the rail towards you.

[CroxyDaddy]

aah i love all ur tutorials they really help thank you

[macoallsoppinc]

u guys rule for parkour tutorials thnx alot

[2ogympsych]

which u think is easier?using the lower body or a combination of upper and lower body?cuz im doin it with the combination and i want to know if with lower body its easier..

[UrbanCurrent]

If you watch the vid, you would know that you need to use a combination of both, if you use only your lower body you wont clearly as easy.

[3buttocks]

As always, a brilliant tutorial from Urban Current. None of the other tutorials (I have found) mention using upper body and thats why I only just make it over. cheers guys. However, Ive injured my wrist, so no monkey vaulting for me for a while :( Any suggestions on things to practise, other than the lazy vault and dash vault, without using my right hand?

[UrbanCurrent]

Tic tacs, precisions, one handed flow (tried it a few days ago, very interesting) one handed pop vaults, speed vault. Reverse vaults. Lots of things bro.

[3buttocks]

Okay, I understand most of that, but what is a flow? and I don't know what a reverse vault is? I'm hoping there will be tutorials for these soon...

I meant speed vault, not dash vault. Is a one handed dash vault possible? Cheers for this guys, I wish there were people around like you where I live.

[UrbanCurrent]

Check out our honolulu advertiser interview video. There is a flow towards the end. It is basically a combination of moved in one simple run.

You can doa one hand dash but it it pointless. Use youtube to search reverse vault.

[h0tSuShii]

hey when ever i monkey my legs kinda lift up and to the left is that cus of fear or what?!

[UrbanCurrent]

yup, you gotta commit.

[reppingAiEa]

woot i got that part down no more fear for me

[UrbanCurrent]

awesome.

[adrieltx]

thanks

[adrieltx]

which one do you think is easyer to learn

Speed vault or monkey vault? Please help

[UrbanCurrent]

Speed vault, but definitely it is all up to you. Some people are different.

[RATLOZ]

very well described