An Interesting Question?

[laban]

Which MA training is considered the best basis or side practice to tricking?
(In order to improve tricking abilitys and get better results)

Wushu is kinda obvious, maybe TKD because of the kicks?

what do you think?

[eddy wang]

gymnastic too capoeira ....

[Anima]

Gymnastics isn't Martial Arts faggot.

[Anima]

I'd say TKD.

[Skilzat85X]

NONE

[eddy wang]

wtf did i just said?
sorry hahaha, too much shit in the head.

[Neil]

Well i would think TKD but i the only way to improve your tricking is by just going out and tricking.

[mm tacos rock]

I hate to be an ass, but this is a really stupid question. It really depends on the actual martial arts school. A lot of MA schools are run by know-nothings, so even if TKD is helpful, the school will probably just be a waste of your money.

[sesshoumaru]

Which MA training is considered the best basis or side practice to tricking?
(In order to improve tricking abilitys and get better results)

Wushu is kinda obvious, maybe TKD because of the kicks?

what do you think?

Well we're pretty much all aware that MAT isn't a system of MA [like TKD, Capoeira, Hapkido, etc.]; however, it has a very strong relation to MA because the movements found within...come from various martial arts.

Due to this, I would say that if you are interested in boosting your performance or understanding of MAT...then taking a MA would be supplemental.

But understand this...

Just because you take an MA, doesn't mean that your kicking technique will make a vast improvement.

Good "kickers" are good "kickers" not because they've taken MA, but because they understand the technique, and can decipher instruction well.

Not every martial artist can kick well, just like not every gymnast can tumble well. There are thousands, if not millions of gymnasts who can't "double" anything.

[Skilzat85X]

Not to mention, Martial Arts incorporates a LOT more than just the few tricks we get from it. Just like how Gymnastics incorporates a LOT more than the few tricks we get from it as well.

Really, the only reason you should be taking Martial Arts is to learn means of self-defense, or if you want to compete in MA tournaments, be it forms or combat-related or whatever.

If you want to learn kicks, like Sessh said, understand them and practice them well. But MA and Gymnastics incorporate a million different other things, other things you may not want to do, and most of them you are going to have to learn before you start learning the things you want.

You don't have to be good at 'martial arts' to be good at kicks, you need to be good at kicks to be good at kicks.

[flyboy]

I don't think there is a best MA to compliment tricking. What will really help your tricking is to trick and possibly find a good teacher, someone who knows what there talking about. Look around and watch some classes of schools near you. If you have an understanding of how kicks or other techniques work, observe the students. See if you can find any errors (mostly in the higher rankings) and see if the teacher corrects them or explains how something should work. See if they pivot their foot, retain good form, etc. Talk to the instructors, talk to the students. In the end, only you can really decide what the best place for you is.

[laban]

All true, but, people who come from certain MA systems or gymnastics background often tend to get stuff easier and faster. and since we brought gymnastics in this conversation, I can tell you that from all the tricksters in my area - the ones with gymnastics backgrounds are the best - doubling stuff like it was nothing, not to mention very smooth kicking.

Furthermore, I can speak from my personal experience as well, about 5 years ago I used to practice Krav-Maga for a couple of years, that was before I discoverd tricking (only 6 months ago). There is no doubt, that I was way more flexible, agile and an all round better kicker back then. Therefore, I know that certain MA backgrounds are really useful for tricking, btw, I'm sure you all know this, but most of the leading tricksters out there has some kind of MA background, you see, tricking is XMA (btw XMA is mostly based on modern Wushu).

[Papa Lazarou]

All true, but, people who come from certain MA systems or gymnastics background often tend to get stuff easier and faster. and since we brought gymnastics in this conversation, I can tell you that from all the tricksters in my area - the ones with gymnastics backgrounds are the best - doubling stuff like it was nothing, not to mention very smooth kicking.


They had practiced basics.

Really, for tricking I doubt you need a teacher if you go about it the right way. Therefore, it's not a good idea to learn a martial art just to help your tricks. You can certainly get good kicks for tricking without learning a martial art.

Take up flexibility training (there's a guide on the main site), practice your kicks often, trick, and actively improve your own technique. That's my advice anyway.

[Skilzat85X]

All true, but, people who come from certain MA systems or gymnastics background often tend to get stuff easier and faster. and since we brought gymnastics in this conversation, I can tell you that from all the tricksters in my area - the ones with gymnastics backgrounds are the best - doubling stuff like it was nothing, not to mention very smooth kicking.

Well this is sorta true in principle, but I've seen, on these forums alone, lot's of people with heavy MA training, who even have excellent kicks, but who don't excel as prodigies or very fast progressors or whatever.

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

[bobcheese]

I find MA helps a lot with kicks but that's just me. I suppose taking an MA class would help if you can digest it :/