How a handstand can change your life | Michal Barbier | TEDxBratislava

Michal Barbier, a five-time World and European fitness champion, talks at TEDxBratislava about movement as something broader than performance. He argues that movement does not begin with muscles but with how we think about the body, seeing it as a system. Barbier started with parkour and acrobatics and later worked on strength, flexibility and hand balancing. After 16 years of exploring the body, he concluded that strength alone is not enough, and that attention, precision and connecting different skills matter too.

• Seeing the body as a system rather than a collection of muscles
• Movement as attention, precision and connecting skills
• From parkour and acrobatics to strength and hand balancing

SK] Čo sa stane, keď telo začneme vnímať ako systém, nie ako súbor svalov? Michal mení pohľad na to, prečo pohyb nezačína svalmi, ale tým, ako o tele premýšľame. [EN] What happens when we start seeing the body as a system, rather than a collection of muscles? Michal changes the way we think about movement, showing that it begins not with muscles, but with how we think about the body. [SK] Michal Barbier, päťnásobný majster sveta a Európy vo fitness, skúma pohyb ako niečo oveľa širšie než výkon. Začínal parkourom a akrobaciou, neskôr sa venoval sile, flexibilite a handbalancingu. Za 16 rokov spoznávania tela pochopil, že sila nestačí. Pohyb je aj o pozornosti, presnosti a prepájaní rôznych zručností. Skúsenosti odovzdáva cez kurzy, tréningy, semináre aj pohybovú akadémiu pre deti a mládež. [EN] Michal Barbier, a five-time World and European fitness champion, explores movement as something far greater than performance alone. He started with parkour and acrobatics, later focusing on strength, flexibility and hand balancing. After 16 years of exploring the body, he realised that strength is not enough. Movement is also about attention, precision and connecting different skills. He shares his experience through courses, training, seminars and a movement academy for children and youth. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx