When did tricking start?

[Jervin]

Doing a project for social studies about popular teen life, etc. and I want to do tricking as a subject, so when did it start?

[Rook]

In the beginning, He said, let there be light. And lo, there was a glorious flash and the universe was filled with light.

I think that's your answer.

[qp båx]

Im pretty sure that exact date when tricking was born is not known by anyone, you better hope that Juji replies and tells you that he created tricking.

Thats my best bet... :wink:

[Pobeli]

Im pretty sure that exact date when tricking was born is not known by anyone, you better hope that Juji replies and tells you that he created tricking.

Thats my best bet... :wink:

You haven't been here long have you?

[Towlie2110]

You can tell by his post count

[Less than Dan]

In the beginning, He said, let there be light. And lo, there was a glorious flash and the universe was filled with light.

I think that's your answer.

It was your flash that started it all, Rook.

[TartanPajamas]

Hey, Less Than Dan, what does libertinage mean?

[Less than Dan]

Well, I know what "libertine" means, and it's a person without...how do I put it...moral or one who defies an established set of beileifs he/she is given. Damn, AP English was so long ago...

I'm going to go look it up.

EDIT: I was pretty close:

lib·er·tine ( P ) Pronunciation Key (lbr-tn)
n.
One who acts without moral restraint; a dissolute person.
One who defies established religious precepts; a freethinker.

adj.
Morally unrestrained; dissolute.

Libertinage is a alternative root to libertinism, which seems to be the word representing these points of moral (in this case, lack of) and living application.

[TKD_Andy]

In the beginning, He said, let there be light. And lo, there was a glorious flash and the universe was filled with light.

I think that's your answer.

lmao, haha nice one.

I dont think tricking ever started, ive never even heard of tricking until you mentioned it just now.

I think you need psychiatric help. Pah, "tricking" indeed.

:wink:

[musasabi]

this question would be better fitting on bilang, methinks.

[Sub-Zero]

Doing a project for social studies about popular teen life, etc. and I want to do tricking as a subject, so when did it start?

Is it even a popular part of teen life? Most people don't know what tricking is...Your teacher might 540 kick you for not following the guidelines.

[musasabi]

im sure his social studies teacher would be lax enough to accept this as a topic... its better than hearing fifteen essays on... bowling or something better known. :tongue:

[waterboy]

tricking started when the greek gods produced jujimufu

[Less than Dan]

Shut up, Kevin! You can't even kip up!

[musasabi]

warning! 400lb asian man in our midst!

[Xenocide]

Gymnastics has been around for thousands of years. People have been doing cartwheels and back handsprings since... forever

[glide]

Doing a project for social studies about popular teen life, etc. and I want to do tricking as a subject, so when did it start?

I invented tricking in 1982

[Towlie2110]

I invented tricking in 1982

Pshh, YOU DID NOT! DON'T LIE. SOMONE TELL HIM HE's WRONG!!!!

GREAT BIG PHONY!!!!

LIAR LIAR LIAR LIAr

GEt a real Liar YOU LIEAR!!!!

[glide]

prove me wrong

you really can't

[NealBananaPeel]

prove me wrong

you really can't

you weren't even an egg back in 1982.

[Towlie2110]

I thought Id let everyone know that whenever a website asks my bday, I always use 1983.

[Less than Dan]

I use 1902 for the p0rnies lOLOLL>

[Grenkutzu]

BURN IN HELL.

[Night Rider]

when did it start? well, hm...its obvious that it came from asain background...thats for sure, id say its like a branch of the martial arts...like "tricking" has always been around, just not really known as "tricking"...back then, "tricking" was something ppl just did for stunts or something...

[Rook]

Asking when tricking started is like asking when the English Language started.

There is no discreet date at which it began, it's been continuously evolving and has been affected by many many outside influences.

That's not to say you shouldn't write about this shit, you can; just do it well. Talk about its influences BUT FOR GOD'S SAKE don't say that anything is an agreed fact (such as when it began or who 'founded' tricking). Tricking varies from community to community and even person to person... there are constant disagreements about particular aspects of tricking, so don't go saying things like "Joe Eigo started tricking" or "Joe Eigo is a trickster" or even "Joe Eigo is definitely not a trickster" - just say that some things are controversial.

:good:

[Buro-Suki]

juss say there are no records of when the sport was created... and joe eigo is a sell out! >.<

[sp3ctum]

Maybe it started when greek gymnasts got bored with their gymnastics skills and started using them in sparring. Write that in the project, no-one can prove you wrong.

[musasabi]

thats retarded, haha. :tongue:

you could reference the origins of wushu... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wushu_%28sport%29

and capoeira... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capoeira

and then how modern MA tournament go-ers whenever ago decided 540's we're sexy... and that backflips were good for impressing judges in creative forms, and how it just grew from there.

[Jervin]

I guess I should've been more specific, my group has chosen to do the 90's decade, and now I'm not sure if I can do tricking as a topic :( since its influences (martials arts, etc.) are older, but thanks for the help anyway

[musasabi]

well tricking itself is most certainly from the last decade. its roots are certainly old though.

[Nuh-Goo-Yen]

Ernie Reyes Jr... and his West Coast Demo Team... thingy... which became Loopkicks...


thats the earliest trace of "tricking" that i know of