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In 1997, David Belle's brother Jean-François invited the group to perform for the
public in a firefighter show in Paris. For the performance, the group named
themselves Yamakasi—Congolese Lingala ya makási, meaning strong in one's
person, or "strong man, strong spirit". Sébastien Foucan also invented a name
for what they were doing: "l'art du déplacement" (French for "the art of
movement"). The firefighter performance caused both positive and negative
attention. Some members of the group were concerned how the public would
view their discipline since the performance did not demonstrate all aspects of it,
such as their hard training and their values and ethics. Jean-François also sent
pictures and video of the group to a French TV programme, and the popularity
of parkour began to increase. A series of television programmes in various
countries subsequently featured video footage of the group, and they began to
get more requests for performances. During this time, conflicting interests arose
within the group. Sébastien Foucan wanted to teach more rather than to train
more, and David Belle had the ambition to become an actor. David and Sébastien
chose to leave the group, and used the name "parkour" to describe their activity.
The seven remaining Yamakasi members continued to use the term l'art du
déplacement.
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