▁French ▁American ▁born ▁on ▁September ▁ 1 0 , ▁ 1 9 7 1 , ▁ ▁is ▁the ▁founder ▁and ▁innov ator ▁of ▁a ▁physical ▁education ▁system ▁and ▁l ifest yle ▁known ▁as ▁Mov N at , ▁which ▁der ives ▁from ▁the ▁French ▁words ▁" m ouv ement ▁nature l " ▁(" natural ▁movement "). ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁and ▁training ▁▁ ▁Er wan ▁Le ▁Cor re ▁grew ▁up ▁in ▁the ▁French ▁village ▁of ▁É tr éch y , ▁and ▁later ▁at ▁É pin ay - sur - Or ge , ▁both ▁south ▁of ▁Paris . ▁As ▁a ▁child ▁he ▁spent ▁his ▁free ▁time ▁out do ors ▁expl oring ▁and ▁playing ▁in ▁the ▁fields ▁and ▁woods ▁around ▁his ▁village . ▁At ▁age ▁ 1 8 , ▁Le ▁Cor re ▁received ▁a ▁black ▁bel t ▁in ▁Kar ate . ▁Starting ▁at ▁age ▁ 1 9 ▁he ▁did ▁park our - like ▁training ▁for ▁ 7 ▁years ▁with ▁the ▁Paris ian ▁st unt man ▁Don ▁Jean ▁Hab rey . ▁During ▁this ▁period ▁he ▁also ▁began ▁bare foot ▁running . ▁At ▁age ▁ 2 7 , ▁he ▁began ▁a ▁period ▁of ▁training ▁which ▁included ▁sail ing , ▁Olympic ▁weight l ifting , ▁rock ▁clim bing , ▁long ▁distance ▁tri ath lon , ▁trail ▁running ▁and ▁Brazil ian ▁j iu - j its u . ▁ ▁Development ▁of ▁a ▁system ▁of ▁natural ▁movement ▁▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁Er wan ▁Le ▁Cor re ▁started ▁research ing ▁the ▁physical ▁training ▁method ▁of ▁the ▁French ▁naval ▁officer ▁Georges