World Federation Tricking (WFT)

Hello to the respectable members of the World Tricking Federation The World Congress of Tricking has been postponed due to the prevalence of Coronavirus and restrictions. The date of the congress and the conditions for attending in congress will be…

To become part of the ever-growing WFT family, please complete and return the following application form, along with all the prescribed documents, to the WFT office. Your application will be preliminary reviewed by the WFT Board of Directors at its…

WFT Name and Logo Usage Guidelines WFT members organizing WFT-owned events and programs shall have the right to use the WFT name and logo for the purposes of advertising and promoting the event. A detailed guideline or handbook will be…

The Iranian Tricking Association with the brand name of “WTG” has recently become an official member of the World Tricking Federation. The Iranian Tricking Association is developing and expanding its activities with a completely private structure(NGO). We hope that the…

This is an incomplete list of tricks extracted from online compendiums  Tags (n) Novice tricks (b) Beginner tricks (i) Intermediate tricks (a) Advanced tricks (e) Expert tricks (e+) Even more expert tricks Novice Tricks (and variations) 540 kick (n) 540 Gyro…

Age category for world tournaments and international competitions Only the professional level can attend international tournaments that include black belts. In 4 age categories; ▪     -10 years old (kids) ▪     -15 years old (youngsters) ▪     -20 years old (teenagers) ▪    …

The official language of Tricking Federation The official language of Tricking Federation is English and all the expressions are in English.

Floor of Battle The floor of battle is 12 meters*12 meters. Trickers have to do tricks within the lined square which is 10 meters*10 meters. The floor for both battle styles is Gymnastics springy floor.

Weapons judgment There are 4 weapons in Tricking. Each weapon that the first tricker (actually the starter of the battle which is determined via tossing coins) choses, the other tricker (the opponent) has to choose the weapon that the first…

Competition chart All attendees are placed in the chart. If they were even numbered (for example 16 trickers)they will battle 2 by 2 by chance. But if they were odd numbered (for example 5 trickers)we’ll do sortition and one will…

Judgment charts Each judge is given a paper in which he writes his votes and marks,and shows his vote using his hand. There’s a model of the judgment chart as an example below: Marks in the chart: Positive sign as…

Protest committee The committee works matched with tournaments committee and judgment committee. This committee is assigned to observe the 5 judges of the battle. It includes 5 members. This committee has to announce it’s judgment after the 5 battle judges.…

Definition of Tricking uniform Tricking uniform consists of 3 parts: 1- Tight trousers 2- Shirt 4- Belt to show the level On the chest part of the shirt is the place sponsor’s logo. On the back of the shirt, there…

Comparing Tricking with other sports In this article, we will try to compare Tricking with other sports such as martial arts and exhibitive sports like Gymnastics, Break Dance, Parkour, and Freerunning. This article is a little long, so read it…

Tricking and Freerunning differences As Freerunning is freestyle on barriers, we see new movements in this sport everyday; because of this, some Tricking acrobats such as “Corkscrew” and “B-Twist” are done in Freerunning. Except this small similarity between Tricking and…

Cold weapons in Tricking Cold weapons are very important in Tricking: ▪     Bo staff (weapons double bo staff) ▪     Sword (weapons double swords) ▪     Kamma (weapons double kammas) ▪    chux (Weapons chux) The style of swinging weapons in Tricking is…

What is The end of Trickig? Tricking does not have training limitation so we can not say what is in the end of Tricking. Tricking is developing from inside automatically. It is being updated constantly. It is in Tricking’s nature…

Expressions and tributes in Tricking All the expressions in Tricking are in English. In Tricking any trickers must show respect when coming to the tricking floor. Then bows towards audiences when stands by the referee. Then bows towards the 5…

Grades in Tricking Tricking grades include: Amateur including belts: ▪     Yellow ▪     Orange ▪     Green ▪     Clay Semi pro including belts: ▪     Purple ▪     Red ▪     Brown Professional including: ▪     Black belt ▪     Dan 1 to Dan 10 In Tricking,…

Prohibited movements in Tricking As healthcare is very important in Tricking, some Gymnastics dangerous acrobats such as: ▪     Double backflip ▪     Double frontflip ▪     Double sideflip ▪     Tsukahara ▪     1.5 flips whicn include dives are prohibited in Tricking. If a…

Freestyle Tricking Answer to some FAQs: What does freestyle mean? Why Tricking is freestyled? Freestyle means creativity, invention, breaking rules and regulations. Simply, for example there is no freestyle in Gymnastics because gymnasts cannot create new movements in any style,…

Levels in Tricking Tricking amateur level includes belts: ▪     Yellow ▪     Orange ▪     Green ▪     Clay In 4 age categories: ▪     +20(adults) ▪     +15(teenagers) ▪     +10(youngsters) ▪     -10(kids) In 2 battle styles: ▪     Freestyle battling ▪     weapons battling Totally…

Judgment rules in Tricking competitions There are 5 judges who judge in Tricking competitions. We cannot define points for movements (tricks), because Tricking is freestyle and new tricks are added to it continusly. In Tricking, judging is at once, and…

Tricking Star Competitions Since there is no collision in Tricking, there is a battle called Tricking star competitions. Age, gender, and level are not important in this battle, so there could possibly be a battle between a girl and a…

Tricking competitions Tricking competitions are held in 2 styles which both are battles: ▪           Freestyle battling ▪           weapons battling The floor of battle is 14 meters in 14 meters. Generally, there are five main judges and…

What is Battle? Battle is the same as competition.In Tricking competitions are held in battles. Battle is not a fight, battle doesn’t have crashes, punches in face or etc. It means that the 2 opponents compete and show their Tricking…

Introduction of important tricks in Tricking   ▪       Round offs including: ▪       Touch down raiz (single leg and double leg) ▪       Gumbi (single leg and double leg) ▪       Cartwheel (single leg and double leg) ▪       Scoot and Masterscoot (single leg…

The Meaning of Movements in Tricking Movements or tricks in Tricking,include combination of 3 movement categories: ▪                Kicks ▪                Flips ▪                Twists In Tricking, almost all of the flips and twists end up or turn to kicks,and this is the…

    What is Tricking?   Tricking is a complete combination of martial arts and gymnastics. It is a free-style sport. The structure of this sport is different with all the classical and formal martial arts such as Taekwondo, karate…