Tricking

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by Tong-Len

This article is about “Martial Arts Tricking”. It tries to demystify the complexity of Tricking and also focuses on some of the basic essentials of Tricking. It was written by Sesshoumaru, one of the best out there! Till the age of 14 he was raised in Japan and studied Martial Arts from a very young age on. He became a Tricking legend because of his extremelydifficult combinations and his unique style. Originally he wrote 3 continuous articles, but he didn’t have the possibilities to share them the way it deserves. Sessh put a lot of work into creating this masterpiece Tricking “bible” to help interested people and other Trickers all over the world to learn more about this young sport. This PDF document combines these 3 articles.

Sesshoumaru in actionat the Loopkicks Camp | Picture © Tony Chu Sesshoumaru also was a “Special Guest” at the big Loopkicks Camp event which took place in San Jose / California. He is featured on the official Loopkicks DVD. If you want to see him in action then I would recommend to check out the promotional video for the DVD on www.loopkicks-dvd.com The 2nd Disc of the Loopkicks DVD holds 20 Video Tutorials (How2s) ofthe following Tricks: pop 360 | 540 | Aerial | Au-Batido | Backflip | Backhandspring | B-Twist | Raiz | Basic Kicking | Basic Handtechniques | Cheat 720 | Cheat 900 | Doubleleg | Fulltwist | Gainer Variations | Webster | Corkscrew | reverse Webster | Sideswipe | Jacknife It is a well considered list of tricks that includes all body movements needed in Tricking to go on to variations and moredifficult tricks. Also check out www.bilang.com for the Martial Arts Tricking Community and more Tricking Videos! Best wishes and fun while reading, Tong-Len

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Tricking 101: Putting It All In Perspective…
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by: Sesshoumaru

The main objective of tricking is to perform a visually impressive display of movements (derived from various "hard" & "soft" styles of martial arts, gymnastics, capoeira, and breakdancing elements), toentertain a 3rd party by way of artistic impression. Since the creator is "humanity" and the driving force is "artistic impression", then tricking as "a system of uniform movements" will obviously be flawed. This is because as living entities, humans are flawed...and since given dominion over the world, mankind finds no fault in what it does. Blatantly speaking (in terms of tricking), we tend tobelieve that any deviation from a standard trick results in the creation of a "new" trick. This methodology results in a whole onslaught of tricks being taken out context, and not appreciated/recognized properly. …this brings me to the topic of this post. Below I will attempt to breakdown "recognized" tricks, and fully categorize them by various attributes…but first…

MAKING THE MOST OF THISPHILOSOPHY
In order to further our standing in tricking, or life for that matter, we must understand the purpose of life. As artists we express ourselves constantly. Through the way we walk, to the way we talk…and at the end of the day, when it’s all over, we hope that we’ll be remembered. A “legacy” is what it’s called, and by all means I intend to leave one behind, and I hope that you do to. Itdoesn’t have to be associated with tricking, it could be anything. Just make sure that it reaches those who need it, and maybe it’ll better their situation in life. Tricking is unique in the way it motivates people to push themselves over their limits. When given an opportunity, few will try to get by on the tricks that are “easy” for them to do. This is admiration to astonish in it’s purest form....