Yamakasi are a French group of practitioners of art of displacement (parkour), free running, street stunts and other types of acrobatics.^[1] A traceur performs an arm jump (cat leap), which in french is called a saut de bras. ... This article is about the physical art. ... Street stunts is an extreme type activity practiced by the free runners, tricksters and stuntman. ... High wire act Acrobatics (from Greek Akros, high and bat, walking) is one of the performing arts, and is also practiced as a sport. ...

Overview

The group resembles, and has its origins in, that of parkour which involves surmounting (often) urban obstacles as efficiently as possible. The philosophy of the Yamakasi, however, is that of aesthetics and complete freedom of movement from point A to point B, as opposed to parkour which focuses on efficiency of movement between point A to point B, without the emphasis on aesthetics. Hence Yamakasi perform flips and tricks, while traceurs and traceuses (parkour practitioners) do not. A traceur performs an arm jump (cat leap), which in french is called a saut de bras. ... For other uses, see Philosophy (disambiguation). ... The Parthenons facade showing an interpretation of golden rectangles in its proportions. ...

Yamakasi was created in 1997 by former members David Belle, Sébastien Foucan, Yann Hnautra, Charles Perrière, Malik Diouf, Guylain N'Guba-Boyeke, Châu Belle-Dinh, Williams Belle and Laurent Piemontesi.^[2] David Belle in a chase sequence from Banlieue 13. ... Sébastien Foucan Sébastien Foucan is the founder of free running. ...

In Korea, some practitioners of parkour and free running call it as Yamakasi.^[3] This article is about the Korean peninsula and civilization. ... A traceur performs an arm jump (cat leap), which in french is called a saut de bras. ... This article is about the physical art. ...

Etymology

Often mistaken for Japanese, the word yamakasi is actually taken from the Lingala language, which is spoken in the two Congos. Ya makási can mean "strong body, strong spirit, strong person", though in French usage its meaning is closer to "high energy". Lingala is a Bantu language spoken throughout the northwestern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo-Kinshasa) and a large part of the Republic of the Congo (Congo-Brazzaville), as well as to some degree in Angola and the Central African Republic. ...

References in popular culture

• The characters in the 2001 French film Yamakasi use the sport to steal money from seven rich people to get enough money to afford a heart replacement surgery for a child.
• The Yamakasi group return in 2004 with a sequel, 'Les Fils Du Vent'.[1] The Yamakasi move to Bangkok and battle the Yakuza and their Thai associates who are attempting to take over the city. Châu Belle Dinh, a member of the Yamakasi, who plays 'Baseball' in the first film; switches sides to play a bad guy with good intentions.

Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... Yamakasi - Les samouraïs des temps modernes is a 2001 French movie written by Luc Besson. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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