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  • ska-p great ska band 

  • hace tiempo que estaba buscando este video ... jeje muy bueno =P

  • shit music

  • from wat i see its a gymnastic version of a bboy battle :S

  • These guys are awesome. Next time don't put shit music with it.

  • I want to learn to do that just for the sole purpose of looking bad ass.

  • Epic battle!

  • i did see a flare its a part of breakdance

    b-boy for life!

  • U should spend more time sparring n less time jumping around like faeries

  • Karate or gymnastics? Pretty epic though

  • this is what i call karate goes ghetto!!!

  • WTF is this Kung Fu break dance???

  • @hondalover301 no its xma

  • steve has an advantage coz of his size he doesn't have as much weight to lift and do defying tricksbut still amazing:D

  • jaja quien le pone las canciones?¿?

  • GAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY­YYYY

  • if these guys were in the UFC they would be champs for sure! i bet the UFC wouldn't let them fight though. cause like if they landed those moves on someone they'd have to go to hospital

  • why arent they fighting each other?....are they trying to show the judges that they can fight ghosts or something?

  • @claxy1337 its an exhibition dude. do you go to a concept car show to watch cars race?

  • @filorice

    fair enough

  • hated the fucking soundtrack but loved the video

  • are they from out of earth?

  • isn't Steve Terada a member of Quest Crew?

  • @felipolipi2000 yes he is.

  • looks awsome

  • Protip: don't feed the trolls.

  • XMA suck. Please learn a real Martial arts, no this bullshit

  • @oam3003 xma doesnt suck u noob. if u dont like it go away and watch ufc

  • @SHP8 This isn`t a martial arts!!! and if you want watch a real fight come to Argentina to learn a real Martial Arts..

  • well xma isnt for fighting but its still a ma so what youre saying is so obvious that its stupid. I'll rather watch ufc that go to Argentina to watch some weird ma fight.

  • @SHP8 You make XMA because you have fear of real martial arts....pussy cats...Old School Karate please take off word KARATE you don`t lear Karate

  • wtf i dont fear real martial arts as i do full contact sparring but xma is fun. You're the pussy who know nothing about ma nor fought in a cage fight. What ma do u do?

  • @SHP8 fuck you this is my MA asso.....

  • lol u make no sense

  • @oam3003 yeah it is a martial art. its just more art than martial

  • im sorry but they are talking rubbish!! i do tricking and kickboxing and i no for a fact that because of my tricking it makes me a much better fighter because it has conditioned me to move more quickly ,be more athletic ,have more awareness of my surrounding and stronger in the legs!! im not saying i would use my tricks in a real situation but i have the power to execute very powerful kicks because of it!! people like you only say stuff bad about it because you cant do it!! FACT!!!

  • I would love to see you jump your way out of a mugger, or trying to meditate to the BlackEyedPeas as a soundtrack background, A real martial art, teaches the only important concept, knowing yourself, no kicking, no punching, no 360 or 540's. You only say that because you practice gymnastics, no TKD as your nickname presumes. FACT!!!

  • ska-p !!

  • your literaly retarded if you think that xma was created to fight people...

  • I like Jumping.

  • hayayayay es SKA-P musica

  • Wow, yeah, this guy is trying to attack me, so I think I'll pull an aerial to a backflip and then maybe my loud scream will scare him away...Pfffft! Please, get real...There is NO practicality in these moves whatsoever. This is not martial arts. There is no discipline at all. It's certainly not Karate, or even Taekwondo because if it was, then it would be worth the Olympic committee's consideration for induction into the summer games. XMA is a disgrace to REAL Karatekas. IT'S GYMNASTICS.

  • Dan with all due respect you are wrong here. Let's use nunchukas as an example. If one learns the basic moves, he can use the weapon effectively. But if he can do basics, trick moves, thumb rolls, around back thru legs around body you name it... then he OWNS the chucks, they are like an extension of himself, and has mastered complete control over them. No in a real fight we won't be using tricks, but he WILL use them, even with basic moves, MUCH more effectively.

  • (comment continued)

    That is why Karate is practiced throughout the world. In XMA, the difficulties that a true karateka must endure to persue the next belt are are non-present. Thingsas the use of the Makiwara, or even proper term diction. The flashy tonfa & nunchaku are not for teaching and studying, they are for show. Look how many belts XMA has. They have at least 18-20 depending on the school. No matter the school, real karate has the same amount; 7. Just as it was in the beginning in Japan.

  • (.....my comment continued....)

    The same goes with XMA. By being able to do these extreme moves, these guys OWN their karate, their bodies, and can do anything. In an actual self-defense situation they will likely do basic moves, but the'll do them MUCH more confidently and better, having had the ability to do ANYTHING. (and yes they may even do some XMA type more-than-basic moves in special situations that merit it, because they can do it with ease, and the move is right for the situation.

  • I understand where you are coming from, but in a real situation on the street, anything goes. You more than likely will have no nanchaku present or anything that you can use as a weapon readily available. As far as technique, in XMA the emphasis on proper execution of techniques is non-present. I do Shotokan Karate. Everything I have learned and studied thus far has built upon itself much like a building. XMA was made in America purely for show.

  • And one last note. How long does it typically take an XMA artist to become a true black-belt? It typically takes 1-1.5 years. Why? because they have so many belts, the people practicing must change elevate their status quickly or they get bored. It's also for the money. I have been practicing Karate for 4 years, and have only attained the title of brown. There is not a practice that ends that I am not dripping sweat and have re-opened and bloody knuckles as a result from the burlap Makiwara.

  • this is performance martail arts not combative no one does this in real life and xma only has one school and your talking about ata schools

  • Mary Lou Retton eat your heat out.

  • That's Spanish Ska Music

  • Es un gato ska!!!!

  • horrible music but to all the haters hatin on xma... I'D LIKE TO SEE YOU DO IT

  • dude....it look like they dancin

  • steve(one in white) did a flare which is a dance move other then that its all tricking

  • Kim did a coindrop ^^

  • wtf is this music?

  • this shit's cool as fuck tho. but this is more of an art form that it is Practical fight skills thats my humble opinion.

  • this sstuff can't be used in a real fight.. this si more gymnastics then martial arts

  • No shit Ephrem. XMA isn't a "traditional" fighting style, it's a form of expression.

  • de que sirve hacer eso ? !

  • music sucks !!! xD

  • 0:40 what is that move called?????

  • snapuswipe

  • by Xtreme, are they referring to the extreme amount of time it takes fot the kick to come out?

    i've seen more realistic combos on King of Fighters :P

  • Is it any wonder why people say XMA is just gymnastics/dancing when your "battle"s look like this?

  • steve terada is better for much!!!

  • QUEST

  • Kim Do's tumbling looks so sloppy, he's clearly never had any real gymnastics training. Steves looks much sharper

  • Yeah he's the winer!

  • is this a break dance battle? LOL!

  • it's martial arts acrobatics

  • steve terada clearly owns in this battle!

    kim do is good though..

  • its stupid how ppl only cheer when they see someone doing a backflip with a bunch of kicks attached to it, wheres the real martial arts in that

  • It's not really suppose to be effective martial arts. That's why it's called "Xtreme Martial Arts." It's taking martial arts to the extreme limit of physical exertion. They emphasize flair and show over usefulness.

  • It's not. That's why I said they emphasize flair OVER usefulness, which can be related to effectiveness.

  • But this is not total martial arts. It's more to exhibit the martial artists' athletic talents.

  • fuck you

  • im sorry i bet that stuff really hurts, oh wait, theyre not hitting each other

  • Note every Martial Art has two sides, the martial side- effective self defence, discipline, courtesy, respect, power and speed, and then the Art side- to demonstrate the abilities that can be achieved through the martial arts. This is why they are called MARTIAL ARTS. Most arts have Katas/forms in them to demonstrate the skills.

    Compare BJJ and wushu and you get two very different styles. Compare XMA and TKD and again they are both different.

    XMA is just a different style.

  • man what i hate most is that you are half right, they ARE techniques and the only way you can discredit them is to know everything about every art. It is martial ARTS and everyone knows that arts is in no way a solid defining meaning thing

  • Backflip with a kick = Flash Kick ;] Haha

  • I couldn't agree more.

  • Three words...gymnasts doing kicks

  • Annoying song, but some nice kicks now and then... Wud like to see more and better :P

  • lol got to tell you it looks a lot like a bunch of guys throwing crazy moves and getting lucky once in a while XD

  • To the untrained eye, I suppose it might look that way.

  • my eye is not untrained lol thats what it is XD

  • "The world would not exist but for the merit of those who hold their tongues during an argument."

    PEACE.

  • mmmm I don't understand... is more like a gymnastic contest than a martial art fight (the actually do not fight at all...). I was courious because I've always seen those xma guys performing alone but never fighting each other. do actually real fights (like tournaments and so on) between xma artist exist or not?

  • Yes, it's similar to gymnastics, or in this case, it's more similar to a break dancing exhibition. You see guys preforming alone because XMA is not a combative art. See my comment below to read what XMA is. So to answer your question, no, there are no divisions that have "XMA" fighting. Although Kim Do (the purple gi & my profile thumbnail) fights competitively on the NASKA circuit and is quite good at point sparring. Occasionally he will even throw an XMA kick or two in his fights.

  • Its not a real martial art if its not for combat like...fucking seriously when did people's views of what martial arts really is become so jaded =/

  • Why aren't they hitting each other?

  • This is an XMA battle, much like a break dance contest. XMA (extreme martial arts) is an off branch to traditional martial arts that combines gymnastics, acrobatics, and dancing with martial arts to try to push the limits of the human body in a martial arts environment. This contest was to see who could throw the most challenging 'tricks' and combos.

  • Umani??? nn credo....!!

  • Whats the name of this song? I like it :P It all funky and stuff, doesn't suit the vid at all but doesn't matter... :P XMA is cool, not much use as a martial art but if you can do it your better than the average bully :P Off course, other martial arts are way better, but this is just cool showing off ^^ Great!

  • yeah maybe xma would never be used in a street fite, so what its still amazing and ur just jealous because ur no good

  • Amen, dude!

  • the flip from 45-48 was awesome!!!!

  • um what? That was an EXTREME martial arts BATTLE? I was expecting it to involve some sort of fighting instead of being a breakdancing competition.

  • god they suck at kicking. my god.they're repeating the same 3 kicks over and over again.all they know is how to breakdance.oh forgive me..they suck at that as well

  • I like this music ^^ Does someone know the name of this song?

  • lol how silly of me i saw battle and expected to see fighters dancing, instead i see half classed gymnist dancing, it is to be expected from XMA. extreamly makebelieve arts.

  • why do you keep going on every fucking video of it to moan about it, just dont watch it!maybe instead of wasting time youtube abusing, you could spend it practicing your realy amazing and unbeatable martial arts... or make some friends

  • lol i do it because i enjoy arguing with people, and at the end of the day there's nothing left to do because my frigin brother always gets the TV first and plays Maden i hate that damn game lol. but yeah my motives don't change the truth in my words. XMA is full of crap.

  • xma probably thinks ur full of crap too :/ ... and seriously y argue over the internet its just so gay, p.s. like revofree said make some friends then maybe u can go hang out with them at the end of the day instead of watching ur brother play madden?!?

  • i have friends lol, i said the end of the day, its night already and im bored. besides cant you see that there is no martial arts in this video. just some anime inspired BS lol

  • That you could never hope to do lol. If you can't accomplish it, insulting it is a weak form of saying "I can't so it so I'm gonna bring down those who can to my level". lololololol

  • lol i hope never to do this, ide rather be a fighter than a dancer.

  • You're still avoiding the point lol. It's not whether you'd rather but you stink lololololol.

  • lol the point is simple try to listen, XMA is not in any way a martial art. what do you have to say about that fact you whiny wana be XD

  • My point is....You are an idiot..... hows that?

    You ignore half the things thrown at you in favor of bashing XMA,which is incredibly pathetic I might add.

    Sorry dude but you;ve broken down to stupid name calling and insults which is really sad.

  • lol what a hypocrite you name call me because you cant take the fact that your dumb ass XMA is full of BS XD you ignorant fan boys are so amusing

  • Once more you prove yourself oh so very smart. Your argument has no basis whatsoever and you change it repeatedly to try and fit the situation. So to put it simply no matter what you say it'll either be invalid or just outright stupid. Go ahead say something, make yourself look like an idiot lol.

  • XMA is as retarded as you are XD. you must own naruto memorabilia lol. lol you wana hear it again, XMA has nothing to do with fighting. prove me wrong anime freak XD

  • You just made your self look stupid again lol. I never said it was. hahahaHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

  • Yea right ;)

    I don't do XMA but I'm sure that if people have the balance, timing strength and speed to do XMA that they have an big ass advantage above most people in an fight.

    would take them way less effort to learn an effective-street martial art like karate/muay thai etc.

  • well im sure they could learn it being as they are fit. but what im saying here is that they aren't learning a thing about fighting, i could say the same thing you have for someone who does jazzersizing.

  • They are both advance degree black belts, and neither of them earned their belts because they know how to do back flips. They are black belts because they can whoop dat ass. They have taken their skills with fundamental martial arts techniques to create these ridiculous types of kicks.

    Go look up "pain" on my channel's searchbox. You will see these guys are perfectly capable of beating the hell out of other black belts.

  • you have over 300 videos DX im not picking through them all to find that one.

  • more dancing than 'martial' arts

  • fucking amazin...

  • so they dont really fight each other?

  • 0:49 isnt a breakdance move its a martial arts move tonnes of moves from breakdancing, prolly all breakdance moves are stolen from martial arts

  • Keda mazo de mal la musica. Pero el video esta mu bien.

  • guy in white sarts breakdancing 0:49 to 0:52

  • Awesome! I did a seminar with Kim Do - he rocks: back flips, gainers, B-twists, the works =P he rocks

  • steve terada all the way

  • you in tae-kwon-do? Im an orange belt who hits herself on the head with numb chucks every day

  • LOL so many people thing that its numb chuks... its nunchucks mate ;P

    And keep practicing - i started out with foam chuks and i just moved on to wood and yes I too hit myself on the head the other day =P bue yeah I have a couple of chuk vids on my channel, please don't mark this comment as spam because im not advertising my channel, im just mentioning it.

  • lol thanks for the correction ive bine wondering how it was really spelled i just spelled it the way I heard

  • not in the dumb way but by accident I hit my head every day while practicing

  • There's two ways to enjoy a martial art, for fighting, or for sport. XMA is mainly sport. And what's wrong with that?

  • KANCION DE MIERDA

  • XMA its not about figthing.. its only tricks

  • yeah, but it still cool. Combine it with free flow and you'll be the best at escaping xD

  • Yes, very pretty. But when do they actually start fighting?

  • nab

  • teradaaaaaaa

  • most of the xma martial artest learned martial arts before doing xma u cant do xma with out doing martial arts

  • a real martial artist won't knock xma, they would appreciate it. and i have found that most people who are hating on xma are those that have either never tried it or are unable to do it! so if you have never tried it, don't knock it. not all of it is just gymnastics, a simple 540 can kill you if done right! don't believe me, ask Terada to use your head as a target, then you will understand!

  • Then again a simple open hand punch to the nose can kill you and thats not difficult to do is it? seriously thats a basic principle of Krav Maga. Whats the point of a 540 if as soon as you begin i just crash into you and break you in two?

  • Seriously thats a basic principle of every martial arts. The thing is, will ur weekend krav maga be enough to land down a single punch on an everyday training XMA? I think not.

    Being able to do a 540, trust me, he will land a punch to your nose before you manage to do one to his. Simple reasoning.

  • Ok pit a krav maga master against an XMA master. Krav Maga wins straight out. It doesn't focus on flips but rather basic biomechanics. In other words what one man can do to another in the most simple effective way. ok he may be fast. Krav Maga basic block in which case XMA man is fucked. He is grounded and can be put in a hold and then from there the Krav Maga master has him at his mercy. End of story

  • why dont they actually fight each other?

  • Because it's a XMA competition...tricks are not meant for combat. It's more art form and show of athleticism...you dont do XMA to learn how to fight although people keep thinking that lol. However I wouldn't be surprised if alot of these dudes knew how to kick ass.

  • i would be very suprised if they did know how to fight

  • They trained in thier disciplines just like you do in Shotokan. Terada is originally a Tang Soo Do practioner. In fact some of them are actually instructors. They just moved on to tricking cuz it's a sport. Yeah they are just flashy kicks, but they aren't meant to show off fighting skill.

  • at seanus2007

    look up XMA Documentary, released by National Geographic, you dumbass

  • i understand they could be doing real martial arts aswell, but its still just people who are doing gymnastics under the veil of martial arts.

  • i've seen em fight. they could kick ur but ne day

  • where have you seen them fight?

  • when i go 2 tournaments. i mostly watch kim do though

  • xma.... so commercialized.... so glad that there are still so many real martial art practiotioners out there.... real philosophy, real heart..... xma is just a bunch of flashy kicks that won't help in a real life situation

  • That was the weirdest sparring match I've ever seen.

  • err that was supposed to be a contest i think of who's martial art is better

  • i think lol

  • music bites....but the rest is very well done by the performers.

  • they seem to work hard at thier trade, tricks and such, and until one can truely meet them and get to know them, then it is wrong to make assumptions. as such i think people like celaniix5 do not understand the heart of budo or martial arts or even that of a kind person. i hope that we all find something much more worthwhile to do with our lives than debate on youtube :)

    goodnight

    wiz

  • well, it is the notion that many lay persons take this for what All arts encompass that i find unjust, and truely they, not the practitioners, are the culprits of such stereotyping and the reason that suchpoeple fail to see the marvelous outer function and inner devine beauty of traditional arts both martial and fine.

  • Steve Terada and Kim Do, my two favorite XMAers! =D

    WOoOt!

  • it's called a trick show!!

    besides if they could get that high with a trick they could certainly use normal martial arts! but I don't think they would stand a chance against Tommy Carruthers

  • stop badmouthing them - they're entertaining, it seems like with all xma videos people are like oh this sucks and doesn't work and they'll get killed in a real fight, but do u have any clue how acomplished these guys are in "normal" martial arts

  • Although all that is just for show, it isn't as if they aren't obviously light on their feet, which is very useful in a real fight, and I would definitely guess they are trained in more than just this XMA stuff.

  • wizaad if all this stuff is pointless entertainment...why do people make movies or skateboard or play basketball or do any kind of professional sport that provides "entertainment"...

  • k then why do they do it? if its just for entertainment then whats the point?

  • what would a world be without entertainment.tha would be just like saying no point in movies for just entertainment.

  • they have a good time doing it so why not? who are you to judge. you probably cant do shit. these guys would kick your ass so fast you wouldnt even know what to do with yourself

  • id hate see those kids get in a REAL fight and watch them get their asses kicked, you cant use all that flippy shiz for anything but feeding your ego and entertaining people who don't know any better.

  • wiz..xma IS for entertainment. they are also trained in taekwondo which is a self-defense martial art.

  • crazyyy shit! music doesnt suit this vid at all tho..

  • aah, logico ^.^

  • seguramente vas a hacer eso cuando te asalten..

  • No. Tienen armas en sus pantalones.

  • seriously the worst music in the world