A History of Sport Martial Arts - The Rise of Tricking

A 20 year look at the progression of martial arts kicks as they evolved into more and more complicated combinations. Sport martial arts is the birthplace of the movement which today is simply known as “tricking“. Let’s get tricking known: Athletes: 1990 - Jean Frenette 1991 - Ho Sung Pak 1992 - Kim Do Nguyen 1993 - I didn’t have any footage from this year :( 1994 - Carmichael Simon 1995 - Mike Chatarantabut (aka “Mike Chat“) 1996 - Jimmy Pham 1997 - Jon Valera 1998 - Kim Do Nguyen 1999 - David Douglas 2000 - Anthony Atkins 2001 - Daniel Sterling 2002 - Steve Terada 2003 - Matt Emig 2004 - Marc Canonizado 2005 - Austin Crain 2006 - Anis Cheurfa 2007 - Danny Graham 2008 - Rudy Reynon 2009 - Mackensi Emory 2010 - Micah Karns