Parkour academy
Overcoming Obstacles Through MovementA Pathway to Physical and Mental Growth
Through its partnership with Movement Playground, the Pho3nix Foundation’s Move4Life parkour program collaborates with local schools in Bangkok, impacting hundreds of children every year. The foundation provides mentorship for kids from diverse backgrounds, using parkour as a tool for both physical and personal development.
Pho3nix Kids Move4Life inspires Thai children to embrace physical activity and develop key life skills through the athletic discipline of parkour. This program emphasises fluid, efficient movement from point to point, encouraging kids to explore their body’s athletic potential.
Inspiring Children Through Movement
- Access to Sport: Provides weekly parkour training classes to underprivileged children, introducing them to physical activity and healthy habits.
- Free Meals: Offers children free meals as part of the program, addressing both physical and nutritional needs.
- Community Engagement: The ‘Intro to Parkour’ event brings hundreds of children together, spreading the message of movement and building a sense of community.
MAKING LASTING IMPACT
Pho3nix Kids Move4Life brings access to sport and free meals to underprivileged children in Thailand. Through weekly parkour training classes, children have the chance to develop skills and confidence. This phase culminates in a three-day ‘Intro to Parkour’ event, where hundreds of kids come together to explore the world of movement.
Move4Life: Reaching Disadvantaged Communities
Move4Life reaches those who otherwise would not have access to organised physical activity and the positive life influence of sport. Disadvantaged communities often face a lack of affordability, access, and knowledge to make physical activity a regular and enjoyable part of daily life.
Sport with purpose: More Than Just MOVEMENT
Parkour offers children the opportunity to discover their own strength, coordination, and confidence. By engaging in parkour, kids learn to approach obstacles in their environment and overcome them, fostering both physical and mental growth.
FAQS
What skills do Move4Life participants learn through parkour?
Under the Move4Life curriculum developed through the experience and collaboration of the Movement Playground’s Parkour and Life Skills coaches, kids will develop athletic, perceptual, and motor capabilities by learning the fundamental parkour movements.
Parkour training also provides a strong platform to develop cognitive skills such as perception, attention, problem-solving and creativity in negotiating environmental features – all which can be directly translated to life challenges.
What levels of instruction does Move4Life teach?
Pho3nix Move4Life now runs Level 1 through 5 parkour training sessions in partnership with schools across Bangkok. Senior students have also undergone training as coaching assistants to further expand the program’s capacity.
What is The Movement Playground?
The Movement Playground is a unique gym where obstacles are fun and challenging. It is the first and only parkour and Obstacle Course Training center in Bangkok. Run by passionate and certified trainers, classes are designed for three kinds of training: guardian functional training, parkour and Spartan training.
How does the Pho3nix Foundation provide support for Move4Life?
The Pho3nix Foundation funds the project and also provides resource support operationalised through MANA Group, which also runs the Pho3nix Kids Thailand multisport event series.
Additionally it continues to recruit partners from surrounding communities and greater Bangkok to help make Move4Life truly sustainable in the long-term.