Someone actually bought this movie...

[arnisador]

Yup. I saw it in the theater, longer ago than I'd care to admit.

No Oscars, though.

 

[47MartialMan]

Yup. I saw it in the theater, longer ago than I'd care to admit.

No Oscars, though.

Come on...I thought this was a made-up joke....it is a actual movie?

 

[arnisador]

Check it out:
Gymkata

Buy it on VHS:
Gymkata

 

[47MartialMan]

What next.....Balletkata?

 

[arnisador]

Synchronized-SwimmingKata. Very deadly.

 

[47MartialMan]

Yup. I saw it in the theater, longer ago than I'd care to admit.

No Oscars, though.

Wow, that took real guts to admit that you paid theatre dollars to see it.

 

[arnisador]

Wow, that took real guts to admit that you paid theatre dollars to see it.

I was thinking that I was young and my parents paid, but looking at the year (1985), I must have paid my own way! How embarrassing. In my defense...nah, I give up.

 

[47MartialMan]

I was thinking that I was young and my parents paid, but looking at the year (1985), I must have paid my own way! How embarrassing. In my defense...nah, I give up.

Hey, we all have our share of watching stuff like that.

 

[hammer]

I thought the red ninja guy was Arron Noris, Chuck's younger brother.

Hey I think you might be right!! curious now to find out which was Richard Norton's first movie debut.

Cheers.

 

[arnisador]

Hmmm, is this really General Self Defense, not something for the Rec Room? Are we saying that Gymkata is the Ultimate Martial Art?

 

[47MartialMan]

Hmmm, is this really General Self Defense, not something for the Rec Room? Are we saying that Gymkata is the Ultimate Martial Art?

I wonder if one can get Sokeship in it?

 

[Randy Strausbaugh]

Are we saying that Gymkata is the Ultimate Martial Art?

Nah, that would be Beerkata, the truly American martial art.

 

[Rob Broad]

I remember when GymKata first came out. It actually got a fair number of gymnasts into the martial arts for self defense. Kurt Thomas did a fair job considering he never studied martial arts before the movie.

This was a big jump for him to try, coming off the competitive gymanstics circuit to try acting would be difficult, but to do so in a field you know nothing about would be near impossible.

While I found the story to be bad, the acting to be worse, I have seen worse acting.

 

[arnisador]

Kurt Thomas did a fair job considering he never studied martial arts before the movie.

I agree.

While I found the story to be bad, the acting to be worse

They had acting in it? I must have blinked!

Seriously, you're right--he did a fair job considering, and it could've been worse. Call it a guilty pleasure.

 

[pnoy_kickfighter]

http://www.gymkata.com/

Practicing Karate by itself.......cool

Practicing Gymnastics by itself..........slightly cool

Karate and gymnastics.......not cool