Sometime in 2010, I watched a movie called District B13 by David Belle . I was in awe seeing the way he performed stunts in that movie. It was something that I had never seen before in films but all the movements he performed seemed so familiar to me. Yeah, it was just like how monkeys and cats moved.
As a kid, I enjoyed climbing doors, gates and small walls in my house instead of playing games. I always wanted to move like monkeys and cats. Watching them climbing trees, jumping from one place to another gave me so much energy and inspired me move like them.
Animals are great movers because it’s their only way to survive. They hunt in order to get something to eat or escape from their predators. In order to survive, they had no choice but to develop the most powerful, fast, precise and controlled movements with only thing in mind - EFFICIENCY. Their livelihood completely depends on efficiency. They not only move efficiently, but also learn by playing (like small cats and monkeys), and develop their training methods to improve their skills.
I had a number of reasons to watch them. Even today, I enjoy watching the way animals move. By doing so, we could find a new technique, improve the ones we already use and even improve our training methods. Parkour is a human concept but animals were practicing and doing it for ages in order to survive, which is what makes them the pioneers of efficient displacements.
Open your eyes and look at animals as teachers. They have a lot of things to teach us .
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