I actually used to be a gymnist, even though i stopped like 6 years ago i still have six pack abs and can do the majority of tricks i could 6 years ago. Trust me you want to do gymnastics.... the only annoying thing is if you are over 5 foot 7 the tricks become much harder because there is more of you to do them, and it becomes more dangerous the higher your level. The price to take classes is also relatively high.
also you dont just do one section of gymnastics, like p-bars you train to do all of them and pick the ones you like to compete in
It is relatively difficult to get good at gymnastics, but once youre good you stay good. Martial arts are some what bullshitish unless you do them for more than 4 hours a day and train like a budhist monk.
Break dancing is pretty much gymnastics based dancing once you learn gymnastics you can transition veeeeery easily into break dancing.
If you tried hard you could get to level 5 which is backflips off walls spinflips and backflips on the floor no problem without hesitation in about 4 years. this would be with 2 hours for 3/7 days a week...make sure your coach isnt just going to fuck around though and actually train you
best of luck deciding what you want to do
oh also the majority of people start gymnastics at around 5 years old, and reach level 5 at about 9-12 years old, max level is 10 and since most olympics gymnast are 15+ so theyve been doing it around ten years with more intense training with close to 6 hours a day so don't expect to ever become olympic level.
Level 5 is plenty good enough though, by then you'll be buff as fuck and be able to do backflips n shit no problem
Last edited by sirkill1; Jul 31, 2012 at 07:33 PM.