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Oct 15, 2008, 07:03AM

Parkour meets break dancing meets urban ballet

Those amazing videos you find on YouTube are the vanguard of a very real and very professional discipline.

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"L'art du déplacement means to come back to the essential roots of mankind: the essential elements are to run, climb and jump," said Chau Belle-Dinh, another founding member of what came to be known as Yamakasi, meaning strong spirit, or strong man, in a Congolese language, Lingala. "Our philosophical values are rather basic, like respect and courage, values which have been lost in France and elsewhere in the world."

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