Tricking (martial arts)

Tricking is an acrobatic sport that combines kicks with flips and twists from martial arts and gymnastics as well as many dance moves and styles from dance. Though it is a conventional martial art itself, its fundamentals borrow techniques in traditional martial arts mainly from Taekwondo, and also share roots in Wushu as well as Capoeira. Recently, Tricking has expanded into other martial arts such as Shaolin kung fu and Karate.

It aims to achieve an aesthetic display of different combinations of "tricks". Tricking practitioners are commonly referred to as "Trickers". Examples of Tricking techniques include the 540 kick, the corkscrew (cork), the flashkick, the butterfly twist and the double leg.

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