WEBVTT 00:00:00.266 --> 00:00:14.899 [Music] 00:00:18.000 --> 00:00:20.533 Running, rolling, swinging, and vaulting 00:00:20.533 --> 00:00:22.799 over every obstacle in your path. 00:00:22.800 --> 00:00:24.533 It looks like something out of an action 00:00:24.533 --> 00:00:26.866 movie, but this is parcour. 00:00:26.866 --> 00:00:28.799 Defined as the act of getting from point 00:00:28.800 --> 00:00:32.133 a to b as quickly as possible. 00:00:32.133 --> 00:00:34.133 Youtube videos like this one have gone 00:00:34.133 --> 00:00:37.999 viral reaching over 74 million hits. 00:00:38.000 --> 00:00:39.666 But how do professionals get to this 00:00:39.666 --> 00:00:42.832 level? By going to places like the Monkey 00:00:42.833 --> 00:00:44.799 Vault. 00:00:44.800 --> 00:00:46.533 Monkey Vault is Toronto's primary 00:00:46.533 --> 00:00:49.199 parcour gym. It's been open for two years, 00:00:49.200 --> 00:00:51.200 attracting parcour athletes from across 00:00:51.200 --> 00:00:52.300 Canada. 00:00:52.300 --> 00:00:54.133 Cody Marshall traveled all the way from 00:00:54.133 --> 00:00:56.233 Winnipeg just to practice at the Monkey 00:00:56.233 --> 00:00:57.499 Vault. 00:00:57.500 --> 00:00:58.800 "My friend Mark, he used to live in 00:00:58.800 --> 00:01:01.733 Winnipeg. I mean in 00:01:01.733 --> 00:01:04.466 Toronto, and he came out here and trained 00:01:04.466 --> 00:01:05.266 and 00:01:05.266 --> 00:01:07.199 he introduced me to Daniel. It was really 00:01:07.200 --> 00:01:09.033 cool and then once we did this 00:01:09.033 --> 00:01:12.233 parcour summer meet, it felt like home. 00:01:12.233 --> 00:01:14.699 Everybody thinks that, oh he's hanging 00:01:14.700 --> 00:01:15.266 from a 00:01:15.266 --> 00:01:17.099 crane. He's jumping from building to 00:01:17.100 --> 00:01:18.800 building, that's what they must do. 00:01:18.800 --> 00:01:21.600 But no one sees like, the progress that 00:01:21.600 --> 00:01:22.133 we take 00:01:22.133 --> 00:01:25.266 to get into things like that and we take 00:01:25.266 --> 00:01:27.332 years and years of training just to do 00:01:27.333 --> 00:01:28.866 something that big 00:01:28.866 --> 00:01:30.299 but at first glance that's what 00:01:30.300 --> 00:01:32.000 everybody sees." 00:01:32.000 --> 00:01:33.833 Monkey Vault has everything a parcour 00:01:33.833 --> 00:01:35.833 runner could need including structures 00:01:35.833 --> 00:01:37.266 to swing from, 00:01:37.266 --> 00:01:40.799 walls to climb, 00:01:40.800 --> 00:01:43.833 and even a foam pit to practice flips. 00:01:43.833 --> 00:01:45.733 Devin Kennedy, an instructor at the 00:01:45.733 --> 00:01:47.833 Monkey Vault says the gym is designed 00:01:47.833 --> 00:01:49.999 for a variety of lessons and workouts. 00:01:50.000 --> 00:01:53.100 Primarily we focus on parcour and 00:01:53.100 --> 00:01:54.866 general movement. There are a couple 00:01:54.866 --> 00:01:56.632 levels of that. We're looking to add more 00:01:56.633 --> 00:01:58.066 of them into it but 00:01:58.066 --> 00:02:00.399 we focus on parcour and movement as its 00:02:00.400 --> 00:02:02.066 own 00:02:02.066 --> 00:02:04.132 special brand and then flips and 00:02:04.133 --> 00:02:05.833 acrobatics are down on the side back to 00:02:05.833 --> 00:02:07.599 play stuff for kids. 00:02:07.600 --> 00:02:11.333 Just general workouts play and 00:02:11.333 --> 00:02:14.399 all over kind of parcour exercises but 00:02:14.400 --> 00:02:17.333 more geared for fun right." But the fun 00:02:17.333 --> 00:02:18.633 isn't just for adults. 00:02:18.633 --> 00:02:21.033 Kids 9 and up can play and take lessons 00:02:21.033 --> 00:02:22.699 at the Monkey Vault too. 00:02:22.700 --> 00:02:25.333 "So i just like to have this because it's 00:02:25.333 --> 00:02:26.233 really fun 00:02:26.233 --> 00:02:29.499 and you get really strong 00:02:29.500 --> 00:02:31.666 from doing all the push like you gotta 00:02:31.666 --> 00:02:33.599 get up there and stuff so you gotta 00:02:33.600 --> 00:02:36.000 climb." 00:02:36.000 --> 00:02:40.000 Lisa Savajari 00:02:40.000 --> 00:02:41.600 has an 11 year old daughter taking 00:02:41.600 --> 00:02:43.266 lessons at the Monkey Vault. 00:02:43.266 --> 00:02:44.632 She says the lessons have helped her 00:02:44.633 --> 00:02:46.799 daughter feel more confident and safe in 00:02:46.800 --> 00:02:48.866 more traditional sports. 00:02:48.866 --> 00:02:50.632 "I find that what they are learning here 00:02:50.633 --> 00:02:52.933 at parcour really blends well with a lot 00:02:52.933 --> 00:02:53.999 of different sports 00:02:54.000 --> 00:02:56.233 more traditional sports that you'd you'd 00:02:56.233 --> 00:02:57.266 be doing so 00:02:57.266 --> 00:02:59.666 when I look at what it brings to her 00:02:59.666 --> 00:03:01.332 skiing ability is it's going to give her 00:03:01.333 --> 00:03:02.533 a lot more 00:03:02.533 --> 00:03:04.933 confidence and and a better feeling for 00:03:04.933 --> 00:03:06.233 her body and space 00:03:06.233 --> 00:03:08.533 if she's you know going off a jump she's 00:03:08.533 --> 00:03:09.266 going to be 00:03:09.266 --> 00:03:12.399 a lot more aware of how to land. um 00:03:12.400 --> 00:03:13.833 You know the the unfortunate side of 00:03:13.833 --> 00:03:15.833 skiing is you're going to fall so 00:03:15.833 --> 00:03:17.666 you know learning how to tumble and roll 00:03:17.666 --> 00:03:19.832 um is really critical and the core 00:03:19.833 --> 00:03:21.266 strength that they gain from something 00:03:21.266 --> 00:03:22.399 like this 00:03:22.400 --> 00:03:25.100 is is really good and just confidence 00:03:25.100 --> 00:03:26.400 playing confidence is 00:03:26.400 --> 00:03:29.833 goes a long way. Do I want to see my 00:03:29.833 --> 00:03:31.499 my daughter vaulting off of tall 00:03:31.500 --> 00:03:32.933 buildings and or 00:03:32.933 --> 00:03:36.066 jumping between buildings with big gaps 00:03:36.066 --> 00:03:39.666 not really but but what i have learned 00:03:39.666 --> 00:03:40.066 from 00:03:40.066 --> 00:03:42.132 watching them here is that there's a lot 00:03:42.133 --> 00:03:43.999 of training involved and there's a lot 00:03:44.000 --> 00:03:45.333 of calculated risk 00:03:45.333 --> 00:03:49.266 and, and you know if she's ever going to 00:03:49.266 --> 00:03:51.099 do something like that I'd, I'd like 00:03:51.100 --> 00:03:52.933 to know that she's at least trained in 00:03:52.933 --> 00:03:54.466 doing it." 00:03:54.466 --> 00:03:56.699 Well there's no set safety policies at 00:03:56.700 --> 00:03:57.666 the Monkey Vault, 00:03:57.666 --> 00:03:59.899 Bristol Ren Warren says getting hurt is 00:03:59.900 --> 00:04:01.733 part of the learning process. 00:04:01.733 --> 00:04:03.199 "You're doing this kind of sport, you kind 00:04:03.200 --> 00:04:04.933 of expect it to like get hurt, 00:04:04.933 --> 00:04:06.399 but what you want to do is like try to 00:04:06.400 --> 00:04:08.800 like know how to like bail it I guess. 00:04:08.800 --> 00:04:11.433 But you try to save yourself." 00:04:12.466 --> 00:04:15.332 "If i don't feel it or all the time... 00:04:15.333 --> 00:04:17.099 control it". 00:04:17.100 --> 00:04:18.933 Indoor parcour gyms like the Monkey 00:04:18.933 --> 00:04:20.466 Vault are a great way for people to 00:04:20.466 --> 00:04:22.232 practice their skills in the winter 00:04:22.233 --> 00:04:24.533 before they go outside in the summer. The 00:04:24.533 --> 00:04:26.533 Monkey Vault has plans to renovate but 00:04:26.533 --> 00:04:28.233 for now that's under wraps. 00:04:28.233 --> 00:04:37.499 I'm Robin Fiordan, Ryerson TV News.