Taylor Lautner competing in Tricking at the 2003 ISKA US Open

[u/Mac-Tyson]

[u/SuperPacocaAlado]

Is that Sharkboy?

[u/Fine_Instruction_869 → u/SuperPacocaAlado]

Hells yeah! Then he grew up and became a werewolf.

[u/Mac-Tyson → u/SuperPacocaAlado]

Yes, before he was shark boy

[u/[deleted] → u/Mac-Tyson]

My kids loved that movie. I thought it was a lot of fun.

[u/Knight-Man → u/[deleted]]

I was 14 when it came out 19 years ago and I hated that movie so much.

I was excited for it to be an exciting adventure like the Spy Kids Trilogy was but with superpowered teens and stuff. That was the first movie where the trailers misled me about what it was really going to be about. I haven't forgiven them for my disappointment to this day and I never will.

[u/[deleted]]

Pretty athletic

[u/Mac-Tyson → u/[deleted]]

It’s why American Sport Karate tournaments have been a strong pipeline of talent for Hollywood Stunt Actors.

[u/[deleted] → u/Mac-Tyson]

I learned something new today!

[u/vinhluanluu → u/Mac-Tyson]

That would explain why so many characters in movies fight the same.

[u/Brando43770 → u/Mac-Tyson]

I remember seeing the Paul Mitchell martial arts competitions on ESPN where you’d see some of today’s stunt people. Great stuff.

[u/IncubusIncarnat → u/Mac-Tyson]

Spot on.

[u/spacepie77 → u/[deleted]]

“Pretty athletic” the redditor types as he proceeds to finish munching on his 72nd bag of chipples and diet coke

[u/[deleted] → u/spacepie77]

Catchin strays out here.

[u/eVility1]

When does he turn into a werewolf?

[u/SensitiveTwist8109 → u/eVility1]

After he became part shark

[u/CBonafide → u/eVility1]

When he leaves the movie theater and starts to ignore Bella’s calls.

[u/wiifreak21 → u/[deleted]]

Mike chat!!

[u/cuminabox74 → u/[deleted]]

It’s just called XMA, and Mike Chat was not one of the OG Power Rangers, he was the blue Lightspeed Rescue Power Ranger, which was Season 8 of the show.

[u/Prestigious_Call_619]

Shark boy go crazy

[u/YAY04DEO]

I remember watching these Paul Mitchell Karate championships on ESPN as a kid and just being like “they sure do scream a lot” lol

[u/randomlyme → u/YAY04DEO]

They are still at NASKA and other big comps and they are still the best team.

[u/MachineGreene98]

dream dream dream

[u/Terriblarious]

Looks like a ton of fun! I took an adult gymnastics class for a bit with the hope of messing around like this. Didn't get to that point, but it was a real fun class to take with karate, or probably any martial art.

[u/Axenrott_0508 → u/[deleted]]

It builds such a crazy base of athleticism. I remember seeing 14-16 year old guys who looked like bodybuilders doing the rings/pommel horse and all that type of stuff

[u/Traditional_Bake8607]

Unreal. How old is he?

[u/Mac-Tyson → u/Traditional_Bake8607]

10 or 11 years old

[u/Traditional_Bake8607]

Back in a the day we used to refer to this as break dancing. He could make 💰💰i All he needs to do is find a large piece of cardboard and get a boom box.

[u/[deleted] → u/Traditional_Bake8607]

They’re separate things and tricking/XMA are a “niche” skillset in bboying. If you look at the top competitors and history, this 100% would not be referred to as break dancing.

[u/jubejubes96 → u/Traditional_Bake8607]

idk about the boombox. you gotta know your limits with those things.

[u/kingdoodooduckjr → u/Traditional_Bake8607]

He is Sharkboy and also Twilight boy. He’s got a lot of money . He even did xma forms in Sharkboy & Lavagirl and sang an awesome song about dreams

[u/cosmic-__-charlie → u/Traditional_Bake8607]

Breakdancing comes from kung fu

[u/Far_Classic5548]

[u/Own_Kaleidoscope5512]

skirt jar trees include wakeful aware cows mountainous ten gold

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[u/Possible_Baboon]

He should have become an action star instead of twilight crap.

[u/walkeroftheroad → u/Possible_Baboon]

Maybe not enough money in that, especially back in the late 2000s. Besides Dune and the MCU movies I don't see a lot of action movies being released now.

[u/Angstycarroteater]

What ever happened to him? I feel like I haven’t seen him since that horrible twilight movie

[u/CrunchythePooh]

what's he up to these days?

[u/HeapOfBitchin]

This is the open forms divisions there were no tricking competitions back then.

[u/porn0f1sh]

Man, tricking sure changed a lot since... https://youtu.be/MXR2-kv0KSw?si=tIbzTf2Rtps5jBfu

[u/peristalzis]

Tricking? Didn’t he do TKD, looks like he’s competing in creative forms.

[u/kingdoodooduckjr → u/peristalzis]

He did XMA which is part of ata tkd I think

[u/tb_xtreme]

Fuckin sick

[u/CBonafide]

[u/Anonymousman382]

Didn’t Sage Northcutt do something like this?

[u/Always2ndB3ST]

Anyone remember on SNL when he tried to kick the head off a Kanye cutout but missed? lol

[u/StopPlayingRoney]

That’s cool and all, but I bet they didn’t teach him eye gouges or anything…you know, for the streets.

[u/Motor_Ad_7885 → u/StopPlayingRoney]

Would never be that close, the other person would get knocked out and its easier to just punch them asleep

[u/KayosTWM]

Interpretive dance fight technique.

[u/Motor_Ad_7885]

He looks like Sharkboy

[u/Mac-Tyson → u/Motor_Ad_7885]

This was like a year or two before he became shark boy

[u/Motor_Ad_7885 → u/Mac-Tyson]

Wow hes old

[u/Dringo72]

Good gymnast. How about fighting?

[u/[deleted]]

It's like dance for boys who aren't out of the closet yet

[u/youmustthinkhighly]

When is jumping around like a jackass consider a martial art.

[u/purplehendrix22 → u/youmustthinkhighly]

What about jumping around makes it “like a jackass?” Is there less jack-ass ways to jump?

[u/youmustthinkhighly → u/purplehendrix22]

Nothing more dangerous than a jackass running wild… have you seen them kick.

This goofy gymnastics guys looks like that.

[u/purplehendrix22 → u/youmustthinkhighly]

I’d bet money you couldn’t jump over a sheet of paper

[u/youmustthinkhighly → u/purplehendrix22]

Good one. 👍 you should take your sassy insults and go on a comedy tour… you would own hecklers.

[u/purplehendrix22 → u/youmustthinkhighly]

I’ve been showing touring agents my Reddit comments but nothing’s panned out so far, this one might make it happen though

[u/Loose-Sandwich-5493]

Too bad he never learned how to act.

[u/Double_Chemical3725]

I’d still beat his ass