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Yamakasi. The Yamakasi ( Lingala: ya makási) are the original group of l'art du deplacement (parkour) practitioners from Lisses, France. [ 1] The nine original members were David Belle, Sébastien Foucan, Châu Belle Dinh, Williams Belle, Yann Hnautra, Laurent Piemontesi, Guylain N'Guba Boyeke, Malik Diouf, and Charles Perriére.
The group began calling themselves the Yamakasi, from the Lingala ya makási, meaning strong in one's person, or "strong man, strong spirit" [36] (see § Name and split below). The group drew inspiration from Asian culture and Asian martial arts, notably the acrobatics of Jackie Chan such as qinggong displays in his Hong Kong action films, [16 ...
Storror (stylized as STORROR) is a group of seven parkour and freerunning athletes from the United Kingdom. They run a YouTube channel. Storror was established in 2010 by brothers Max Cave and Benj Cave, as well as Drew Taylor. They were later joined by Toby Segar, Callum Powell, Sacha Powell, and Josh Burnett-Blake.
Rwanda’s parkour pioneer. August 8, 2024 at 12:04 PM. Niyonzima Alfred is Rwanda’s only official parkour athlete. Starting out in gymnastics, he has gone on to reach the top of his new sport ...
Sébastien Foucan (born 27 May 1974 in Paris) is a French freerunner.. He is the founder of freerunning and considered an early developer of parkour.Known for his views on the philosophy of parkour and freerunning, Foucan stresses the need for training in the basics of both for individual safety and to maintain a positive public perception of the activities.
The World Freerunning Parkour Federation (WFPF) was founded in January 2007 as a partnership between Ruff Magic Entertainment, a New Jersey limited liability company, and eight Parkour and Freerunning athletes. The athletes, Daniel Ilabaca, Ryan Doyle, Tim Shieff, Oleg Vorslav, Victor Lopez, Gabriel Nunez, Paul Darnell and Richard King, and the ...
A London-based parkour group, Team Phat, visited the ancient Italian city of Matera, running, climbing and leaping through its streets and over its precious structures. One of the freerunners ...
List of acrobatic activities. This is a list of circus skills, dances, performance arts, sports, and other activities that involve acrobatics . Acrobalance – Acrobatic art that combines elements of adagio and hand balancing. Acro dance – Combines classical dance technique with precision acrobatic elements. Acroyoga – Physical practice ...