As part of Testing Ground’s Summer emporium Melbourne in Motion set up an indoor parkour course. Their approach to parkour is that it’s for everybody! You can’t be too young or too old, too unfit, too nervous, too anything! It’s all about finding the best way to move for you. Run by diverse people (including women, LGBTQIA+, and people of colour), diversity and inclusivity are their mantras. They value community and helping minorities have space and find confidence and believe that there's more to training than who can jump the furthest, or do the most push-ups. They are super interested in continually finding new and interesting ways to train, to be challenged, and grow as movement practitioners, but also as humans. They're passionate about making spaces for people of all kinds in movement, especially people who are otherwise marginalised or a minority.
Kel and John hosted the event and it was really fun watching it unfold. I loved the way people stood back and observed and then jumped into the flow when it felt right on their own terms lifted up by a gently supportive environment.
