Extreme Martial Arts

What are extreme martial arts which are often called XMA? Extreme martial arts are basically the traditional martial arts taken to the next level. Some people refer to this as trick martial arts. It includes all the styles and disciplines from the martial arts but adds the aspects performing arts, hip-hop, gymnastics, acrobatics, dance, and much more. Young people are becoming more and more interested in this non-traditional form of martial arts.

Practitioners of extreme martial arts simply love the sports and use it as a way to educate people about the art. There is a rapidly growing community of performers of this new art form. Competitions and television coverage events are on the rise at a steady pace.

Extreme martial arts are about energy, dynamic movements and excitement. Many of those that perfect the sport land jobs as stunt people for movies that require extreme action based on martial arts.

Extreme martial arts, however, are for anyone and everyone. A good basic knowledge and proficiency level in at least on discipline of traditional martial arts sets the base for development of extreme martial arts skills. Once the basics are learned, extreme movements can be added safely and learned more easily that if one goes directly into trying to learn the trick movements. The self-disciple and mental development provided by traditional training will serve well in the training required for extreme sports.

One of the extreme martial arts movements is the Arabian Step Out. This is basically a front flip with a flash kick going forward. The leg extension occurs in mid-air.  The extended leg touches the ground before the tucked leg and comes down into an ax kick. This is quite an impressive move to see performed.

Another extreme martial arts move is the Butterfly Twist. During a butterfly kick, the body twists one turn with the legs straight, body parallel to the ground, legs rigid. The twist can be landed with a kick or in splits.