Team Ryouko - The Tournament

[@kenra7230]

back here after 15 years

[@KirbyHC]

It's amazing what humans can do when properly trained and physicaly able. Also, never thought I'd say anything good about the song... But it actualy fits the video, the pace... I actualy enjoyed the song for the first time ever, because of the video.

[@smooth1blh]

Oops! I didn't wait long enough for the other song to play. The very beginning one is Andy Hunter but I have no idea what the second one is. Sorry about that!

[@smooth1blh]

The song is called "Go" by Andy Hunter.

[@L0rd_Br0tat0]

thanks, I really appreciate that you replied cuz im a martial artist(wing chun) and i'm interrested in every discipline.

[@Ryouko15]

yea team ryouko mixing extreme martial arts gymnastics and a little of break dancing they are unstoppable

[@quik876]

That's what XMA (Extreme Martial arts) basically does, mixes Martial Arts with Gymnastics, Team Ryouko just takes it to the next level by adding some break dancing for some added flair.

[@Underline447]

That's totaly insane. Man, amazing, really love Team Ryouko!

[@quik876]

It's called a Bo staff (the one Chris uses is a VERY lightweight version, possibly made of fiberglass, or a hard plastic, most Bo's come in differnt sizes or shapes and lengths), Most Martial Arts use it in some form or another, it's very prevalent in the Japanese disciplines, but other Martial Arts like the Korean disciplines of Hapkido and Tae Kwon Do will use it as well, some Chinese disciplines can or will use it, but they generally have other weapons that they prefer to use.

[@jeason3bb]

This is an extension of martial arts. Would you use this to defend yourself or to spar, no, but it is something entertaining to push yourself and expand your knowledge beyond that of tradition. Many of these techniques are built upon traditional martial arts, just with extra flair.

[@natural213]

Pure and simply awesome..especially guy wit staff

[@goskil]

the name song is "Bomb over bagdad by outkast"

[@ellethmelwasul]

i love this team man!!!!! GO TEEAAMM RRYYOOUUUKKOOO!! Everytime i watch this i wanna go outside and try!! ill train during the summer lol

[@LeninsBoyToy44]

these guys are nuts. allllll practice all the time. wow mad props

[@XTheMajorX]

These guys are immense. Love it.

[@ninjaadore]

They live my life,gymnastics is all what i think about.I will try to get into that group.

[@jerryfinsternumber9]

Me Encanta "Team Ryouku!" Ellos son mi equipo favorito de los artes marciales!

[@dsmracer88]

i studied Isshinryu in okinawa. love the style and have been with it for 15 yrs

[@EdwardNS1]

I think its the epic awesome fighting style you know the one with the kicks and punches. The name had letters in it I know that much...

[@danInRealife]

Chris's Bo Staff work is mesmerizing.

[@Phere412]

Thats hot, Chris Mark is a machine. he's insainly fast with a staff always has been, like this search Friday Night Madness

[@LINQ0311]

Wow. Truly amazing. Much respect.

[@AzzA1332]

Typically XMA is a mixture of taekwondo (the fancy kicks), gymnastics (the flips) and capoeira (the fighting that looks like dancing). Though originally was just a combination of martial art kata's or forms but people have gone nuts with it. Team Ryouko use XSD (Extreme Skill Development) which combines break dancing, acrobtics and many martial arts. So when you see the kung-fu weapons its because they chose to combine Kung-fu or only use it for their chosen act.

[@faceless127]

They are busy teaching at Ryouku Martial Arts in Toronto as far as I know.

[@quik876]

Lot's of practice and training my friend, plus Chris is using a very lightweight Bo staff so he can really get it movin' unlike some Bo staffs they make which are heavier and cumbersome to use.

[@RaptorDad]

There are certain people in the world you just don't mess with (Tito Ortiz, Chuck Liddell, Chuck Norris, Jet Li to name a few) add these guys to the list!

[@TerryTarget]

Yeah thats what it looked like to me man! It'd be hilarious if this was an age old style tho...Got an image of some old bentover master going "Today grasshopper i will teach you the secret art of transitioning from the back flip to the breakdancing moves"

[@quik876]

these're the most recognizable weapons in Martial Arts: Bo staff, Nunchakus, Sai*(*not as popular), Escrima/Kali Sticks, Kama (seen @ the 51-54 sec marks), Tonfa* (similar to a nightstick) it depends on the MA discipline & if the school U attend has weapons classes, which're usually reserved 4 higher ranks like black belt since @ that rank you're expected to have good technique control and fluidity, I hold Dan (blackbelt) rankings in Hapkido & Tang Soo Do (Korean MA disciplines)

[@kalel333]

It's called XMA.Extreme Martial Arts , but like he said mix of acrobatics, gymnastics and a mix of martial arts . But I believe Ryouko developed their own style of XMA.

[@kalvinklein2]

hey im tryin to learn coz im startin tricking. im guessing ur not a gymnast but how long did it take?

[@amdathlon27]

On the contrary, all of the weapons are representative of martial arts, the flips and such aren't, but the rest is self defence/martial arts.

[@SUFI194189]

Yea Im in Tae Kwon Do and it is well known for its jumping and spinning kicks so i would agree. Also its a great place to start if you want to do all of this.

[@MQN215]

well to be completely accurate they are a martial arts demonstration squad (demo team) and their style is xma or mma however within their demonstrations u can see capoeria gymnastics/freerunnning acrobatics tae kwon do kung fu karate jujitsu and still im sure im missing some stuff just watch all their vidz

[@IFIXUR360]

@MitjaMan u have to pick a weapon and learn to use it its part of the training as well.

[@quik876]

No they don't use anything specific, most of the Martial Arts they use are Karate, TKD, some Capoeira, Kuk Sool Won, Wushu, with some gymnastics involved. they also have a class they call XSD or Extreme Skills Development check out their website for more info

[@EkEMaN91]

Then I am sorry, I must have missed the intro music and thought you meant the song and were saying what videos it had been in.

[@darkshadowsqueen]

Team Ryouko specializes in Extreme martial arts.They're also stunt performers (but if they give you one fo those kciks it will probably break a bone).

[@hyundaiaccentzgz]

AWSOME!!!!!!!!!!!!impresionante!someone knows something about music??i´m interesting in the first one (the first seconds)please give me an answer!

[@juliankinamoto]

the guy with the stik.. god the way he uses it.. argh..

[@GloatingCrab]

man, this team is so epic. amazing.

[@necobuta2]

wahhh the dude does a flare in the middle hahaha sick:D but a bit random in the middle of martial arts contest tho hehe

[@callsignDEVIL11]

were the clips of the staff moves in real time it looked too fast and awesome lol

[@Oerak2]

nice moves! What's the name of the song?

[@atticanibal]

awesom ! and can any1 tell me the name of the song pls ?

[@Marcus13Prometheus]

you got that right, anyone can fight, but only a few dance in battle.

[@Bissetonttu]

The guy in black with the stick was amazing !!!

[@pkimISwatching]

they're my inspiration to go out and exercise

[@happylarry274]

the song at the very start is a well good song!!! (not the rapp stuff) its called "GO"

[@yamilord]

thats because team ryouko is not just a ninjitsu its extreme material arts

[@Marcus13Prometheus]

tru, but it's allso because it has a metal shine, it makes the bo-staff a litle harder to follow and thus lets the eye think it's as fast as a spitfire engine.

[@flyer230]

The black man with the stick..looks like he born with the stick

[@quik876]

There's plenty XMA schools here in the states, u just gotta look for them, but they usually reserve that type of class for higher ranking students if they want to compete in tournaments

[@PngnCake]

oh...my...god...that is so amazing...

[@RGen3]

where do i sign u. always loved martial arts from a young age, now im 23 am i too old to start?

[@danoon334]

@UberRice damn it you got me..... i should have seen that coming

[@TheUglyDuckling123]

what ever happened with team ryouku? all their vids are from like 2006.. did they separate or quit doing this cool stuff???

[@quik876]

The music is OutKAST, I can't remember what album it's on though

[@barendrules]

@jonevaldez bombs over bagdad - overcast , the band's name im not sure.

[@havtor007]

it is a mix of diferent marshelarts and dancing

[@m19b93]

I just LOOOOOVEE Team Ryouko! They are sooo cool:b

[@bezerker7]

some ridiculous stuff...love it!

[@zadakz]

well... it is some kind of dance... but i think that they would be lethal in a fight..!

[@m19b93]

Thank you very much!

[@KerazyJoe]

1:48 is just slick.

[@EkEMaN91]

It's "bombs over Baghdad" by Outkast.

[@SUFI194189]

@TheVaginaKiller- no. Its not because of a "fucking crap trainer" its because the other 3/4 is acrobatics, which not all martial art schools teach because its just gymnastics. Im a 3rd degree black belt in TKD and i too can only do about 1/4 of what they do, maybe a little more. I mean a 1:35, the guy is just breakdancing. It all depends on the art you want to learn. some will teach you acrobatics cause it is involved with the art but others wont cause its necessary to learn it.

[@LucJenson]

As have I, ive done ninjitsu, you do learn backflips btw XD well again it depends on the dojo and the area of combat training that your sensei has been handed down from. But yeah you do learn some of this but all this is mixing

[@MistraI]

It was from some movie Samuel L Jackson was in.

[@unhappysensation]

the jump at 1.08 its called butterfly kick

[@Helm_To_108]

Whats the genre of this tournament that the video was recorded for? Is it a sparring tournament? A movement tournament? A weapons tournament? Looks like this video is just them showing off their abilities. Their agility, weapons mastery, some sparring. But since martial arts is 99% movement, thats what they focused on. Make sense? Good. Not to mention they are all Black Belts. Not black belts of gymnastics, clearly. What would you place it under?

[@Gavingrant440]

they are class, id love to be able to do that shit.

[@Markilovf]

Wooden blocks and air dont hit back! Still quite an impresive pile of flips and shit

[@omlp]

Man that dude with the Bo staff is a fucking beast...

[@AZNgamerX800]

I wonder who would win if all Team Ryouku was to battle each other to death.

[@imthejman85]

Does Ryouko use a specific martial art or is it MMA(mixed martial arts)? If it is specific, what's it called?

[@ciornianucristian]

these guys are above masters, true gods. anyway, i saw some people taking pictures: WHAT THE F**K ?! HOW CAN YOU MAKE A PICTURE WITH THOSE GUYS MOVING SO FAST !

[@quik876]

it's called EExtreme Skills Development or XSD for short

[@kanarialintu]

the dude with that steel pole is awesome! well.. he has been training his whole life, i think. even beyond that! muahaha

[@eddums]

Andy Hunter - Go at the start

[@Liz9795]

flat out AWESOME

[@quik876]

That's Chris Mark, the younger brother of James Mark, they're all pretty good with the Bo, but Chris by far is the best I've ever seen

[@jstef215]

yeah, they train XMA but most of them have a strong martial arts background

[@TalibanSam1]

The guy in black with the pole would kick Darth Maul's ass any day

[@desgtoy]

the guy in the black workin the staff is freaking pro

[@CedricYoungBear]

I miss weapon training to move with some thing lethal weapon's on the mind😂😊😊😮

[@L0rd_Br0tat0]

The acrobathics looks like wushu but the weapons are ninja weapons. What martial art is that? plz reply

[@IFIXUR360]

@RJ2D with their dicipline they go by sash's which takes longer to achieve.

[@Maximithus]

Omg 1:39 - 1:43 ! They have some skillz :D

[@M.NAZOfficial]

i think that guy in the black with the bo-staff i saw him in another vid with a katana he was crazy good

[@blastmage5]

what is this song?? i like it X[)

[@quik876]

actually Wushu is just one of the disciplines they know, Mainly Emerson, and Louis have studied that Martial Art

[@chiangbang]

jewel of my culture, yo.

[@coooooollllle]

what is the name of that song ive been lookin for it 4 a whiel send it to my in an youtube email

[@punass]

do u mean the stick or did i miss tht part post the time incase if it is something else

[@Hypnosis0512]

The guy with the stick it too cool!

[@ethanlee-c3d]

hes so good with that pole. so quick

[@quik876]

good to hear it, hopefully one of the schools you find will offer XMA, but all you really need to do is study Martial Arts and some Gymnastics and you could be right there doin much of the same stuff these guys do

[@bisestile88]

rofl the man in the video can defeat an army with his whirling nightmarish stick

[@BaKuMMz]

they're amazing!

[@quik876]

Yeah but they have they're own class set up that they call Extreme Skills Development that's based off of XMA