LEΔRN IT LOVE IT LIVE IT: Tricking

Tricking ... "is the informal name of a relatively new underground alternative sport movement, combining martial arts, gymnastics, and other activities to create an "aesthetic blend of flips, kicks, and twists."[1] Tricking incorporates a variety of moves from different arts such as flips from gymnastics, 540 kick from Taekwondo, butterfly twist from Wushu and double leg from Capoeira. Tricking is recognizable by its flashy kicks, complex flips and twists, and its highly stylized movements which separate it from other arts."

I have been an avid watcher and supporter of this art form for almost a year now due to my girlfriend who's second love is tricking. Not many people know about it or heard of it, but most have seen it. If you didn't know, well now you know.

Currently there is a huge gathering here in the Bay Area, California. Loopkicks MMA which is a week long camp of practicing, performing, battling, and associating with trickers from all over the world. There is a night show in Mountain View at Twisters Gymnastics on Friday, 8pm if any of you would like to watch this art form at its best.

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FGR, jessica