Yamakasi

Yamakasi (also Jamakasi written ) is the first parkour group led by David Belle, which had been formed in 1997. Dama Lige founding members of the group were nine young people from the suburbs of Paris:

  • David Belle
  • Sébastien Foucan
  • Yann Hnautra
  • Willam Belle
  • Châu Belle- Dinh
  • Charles Perrière
  • Malik Diouf
  • Guylain N'Guba - Boyeke
  • Laurent Piemontesi

In February 1998, the group Yamakasi broke up practically by Sebastien Foucan and David Belle left this. Nevertheless, in 2001 was the film Yamakasi - The Samurai of modernity, which made ​​known the sport of Parkour and with it the group Yamakasi.

Due to the many artistic movements of the group their type of movement is often referred to as L'Art du Déplacement. This can serve as a middle ground between Parkour and, mainly characterized by Sébastien Foucan, Freerunning be understood as the Yamakasi some acrobatics use, completely dispense with the parkour. This form of transport is nowadays understood by the masses as a style of Parkour Yamakasi style and is also known by the name.

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  • Parkour
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