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that told of his father's exploits and was increasingly curious about what had
enabled his father to accomplish these feats. Through conversations with his
father, he realised that what he really wanted was a means to develop skills that
would be useful to him in life, rather than just training to kick a ball or perform
moves in a padded, indoor environment.
Through conversations with his father, David learned about this way of training
that his father called "parcours". He heard his father talk of the many repetitions
he had done in order to find the best way of doing things. He learned that for his
father, training was not a game but something vital which enabled him to survive
and to protect the people he cared about. David realised that this was what he
had been searching for, and so he began training in the same way. After a time,
he found it far more important to him than schooling and he gave up his other
commitments to focus all his time on his training.
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Yamakasi
David initially trained on his own, and after moving to Lisses, found other young
men (including his cousins) who had similar desires, and they began to train
together. The group eventually included David Belle, Sébastien Foucan, Châu
Belle Dinh, Williams Belle, Yann Hnautra, Laurent Piemontesi, Guylain N'Guba
Boyeke, Malik Diouf, and Charles Perrière.
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