David Belle's Parkour Groups
- Les Traceurs
- Belle was the leader of a group called "Les traceurs" which also included well known practitioner Stephane Vigroux. The name has since been used to refer to those that practice parkour.
- PAWA (former member)
- David helped form the Parkour World Association, but he stopped the group for lack of cohesion.
- Yamakasi
- Contrary to popular belief, David was never a member of the Yamakasi group. He was a part of the group that later called themselves the Yamakasi, but the group chose the name Yamakasi during the filming of the Stade 2 news feature, credited as the first news feature about parkour. Belle was against the name and wanted to call the practice parkour. He then split from the group after the feature because he felt that naming took away from the recognition of the discipline and its history.
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