Photo neededVignesh Raghavan — portrait
Vignesh Raghavan
Founder · Executive Coach
Our story
Three friends. One Passion. Eighteen years of movement.
Vishal, Vishwa and Vicky met online in 2007 and started training in Chennai's parks. What began as passion became Chennai Parkour, and today, Vault Movement.
Founders
The three friends behind Vault Movement.
Our journey
From Chennai's parks to Vault Movement.
- 2007
Three strangers meet on Orkut and start training together in Chennai's outdoor parks.
- 2008
Chennai Parkour begins. What marked 2008
- 2007–2012
Training videos on YouTube build a following. People start asking: will you teach us?
- 2012
The Tamil Nadu Parkour Association is founded. Classes run in outdoor parks across three Chennai locations.
- 2012–2021
Movement for Tamil cinema: action sequences for Mugamoodi (2012), Kaaki Sattai (2015), Kanithan (2016), Irumbu Thirai (2018) and Chekka Chivantha Vaanam (2018), and movement training for the “Dancing Rose” character in Sarpatta Parambarai (2021). Years
- 2018
Our first indoor gym opens in Ekkattuthangal: outdoor obstacles rebuilt indoors, so people could train safely. Martial arts, calisthenics and strength training join parkour.
- Ongoing
Workshops for schools and colleges, corporate programmes, and training for TNCF, CISF, NSG and Tamil Nadu's firefighters.
- 2025
A second studio opens in Injambakkam, on ECR.
- 2026
Chennai Parkour becomes Vault Movement: the same founders and coaches, a Fitness & Lifestyle Studio built for everybody, and the My Vault app.
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The founders' story video (Instagram post, English and Tamil audio) Link
“And we believe movement is for everybody.”