i want to learn a martial art where i could learn how to do a lot of flips and those kinds of stuff... i don't want to do gymnastics!!! what martial art should i try???
There are only two that come to mind but both are more for competition than considered effective martial arts. They are Wushu and Capeoria. If you are talking all the crap on TV then you need to realize that is based on XMA which nothing at all in martial arts but rather a mixture of martial art techniques, dance, gymnastics and parkour but it is not a martial art all.
I would suggest that you learn a real martial art and play with the other stuff in your free time. At least this way you will be getting a good education in self defense instead of crappy wanna be martial art playing around.