For those who don’t already know, the term martial art has become heavily associated with the fighting arts of eastern Asia, but was originally used in regard to the combat systems of Europe as early as the 1550. Continue reading to see five strange FAILS captured on video.

5. Bricks

You know what they say, the third time’s the charm, or is it? This black belt didn’t get things right on the first, second, third, and even fourth tries. If nothing else, we do commend him on continuing the demonstration despite failing several times.

4. Coconuts

If you’re going to perform a stunt like cracking open coconuts live on television, we highly recommend you bring a pocket axe should things go wrong. Let’s just say that things went terribly wrong for this poor martial arts student.

3. Crowd Diving

Crowd diving may be great for concerts, but definitely not during a karate performance. All of his colleagues around him, minus one guy, managed to break the boards, so that might have put a little too much unneeded pressure on him.

2. Sleeper Hold

Martial arts fans are no stranger to the sleeper hold, but does it actually work? In short, yes, and this person proves it on his partner. Hopefully, he was able to be resuscitated shortly after the video cut.

1. Compilation

Sure, it’s debatable as if these are just all paid actors, but the fact is, all of them are horrible at martial arts. Whether it be the guy who kicks the practice dummy and falls or the person who spin kicks the curtain, they should definitely get together again to film a part two.

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