Traditionally, acrobatic skills were kept within families and passed from parents to children. This is still true especially among family circus groups nowadays.

However, most acrobats are now taught by larger scale education systems, as circuses are now made up of many more professionals than they used to be.

Many schools specializing in acrobatics art are providing a constant resource of acrobatic artists. Some of these schools are independently operated, and some are supported and affiliated to circuses.

 In China, the most famous acrobatic school is wuqiao international acrobatic school which was founded in 1985.  Wuqiao international acrobatic school is located in Wuqiao county near the famous wuqiao acrobatic world.