Yamakasi group was founded by nine young men in Paris in 1997. Among the founders was the founding figure of the sport David Belle, his brother Williams Belle and Sebastian Foucan. The group splitted up already in 1998 but was re founded again after one year. Yamakasi name came from the lingala language and means roughly a strong man and a strong spirit.
Yamakasi group was mainly responsible of the development of Parkour with the idea of moving in urban spaces as fast and smoothly as possible. The way of the Yamakasi of doing Parkour is however a differs slightly from the original form of Parkour developed by David Belle. Yamakasi members use acrobatics and can perform for example volts and other tricks, which separates Yamakasi from the original Parkour. Along with physical skills, Yamakasi features also an idea according to which a strong individual is strong in his or her spirits and morality as well.
In 2001 the famous director Luc Besson featured Yamakasi in the film Yamakasi – Les samurais des temps du modern. The stars of the movie were Chau Belle Dinh, Williams Belle and Malik Diouf. The story was placed in the ghettos of Paris, and the main characters use Parkour to steel money from the rich people to pay off the medical bills of a young boy who injured himself trying Parkour. The group was seen on the screen again in 2004 in the part two of the Yamakasi movie directed by Julien Seri. In The Great Challenge the events take place in Thailand and the film mixes up Parkour and eastern martial arts.
Yamakasi group spread the art of Parkour and popularized the sports in many ways. Nowadays Parkour is a popular sports all over the world, and the community is growing all the time. Parkour was featured for example in the scenes of James Bond movie Casino Royale.
Yamakasi group was mainly responsible of the development of Parkour with the idea of moving in urban spaces as fast and smoothly as possible. The way of the Yamakasi of doing Parkour is however a differs slightly from the original form of Parkour developed by David Belle. Yamakasi members use acrobatics and can perform for example volts and other tricks, which separates Yamakasi from the original Parkour. Along with physical skills, Yamakasi features also an idea according to which a strong individual is strong in his or her spirits and morality as well.
In 2001 the famous director Luc Besson featured Yamakasi in the film Yamakasi – Les samurais des temps du modern. The stars of the movie were Chau Belle Dinh, Williams Belle and Malik Diouf. The story was placed in the ghettos of Paris, and the main characters use Parkour to steel money from the rich people to pay off the medical bills of a young boy who injured himself trying Parkour. The group was seen on the screen again in 2004 in the part two of the Yamakasi movie directed by Julien Seri. In The Great Challenge the events take place in Thailand and the film mixes up Parkour and eastern martial arts.
Yamakasi group spread the art of Parkour and popularized the sports in many ways. Nowadays Parkour is a popular sports all over the world, and the community is growing all the time. Parkour was featured for example in the scenes of James Bond movie Casino Royale.
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