Had sooooo much fun working this film, living on the Adriatic sea, Yugoslavia, Motovun, Piran, Portorose, we'd drive to Trieste Italy for lunch, Fred Weintraub was a beautiful human being, so creative and sharp. Heart of gold, one of the last great old Jewish producers. R.I.P. 🌷
Hey, you were actually one of the Production Assistants, I see! Thank you so much for helping to make this film. Was definitely a favorite of mine as a kid and still have lots of nostalgic love for it. Even took up gymnastics about the same time it came out. Did you go with the crew to Grožnjan by any chance for the filming of the "village of the crazies" scene? Always wondered where you guys stayed during that and how long it took, etc... Yes, R.I.P. for Fred Weintraub along with the recently passed Kurt Thomas.
Indeed. As a kid I admired Gymkata's moves. He just needed rolling in the air to hit one guy. Nevertheless, Kurt Thomas's gymnastics made this movie quite attractive in the mid 1980s.
Gymkata is one of a ton of 80's movies when every production company that popped up wanted to do an action/martial arts movie. The majority were crap but there was something charming about the movies from the era with each one trying to be more outlandish and far fetched than the previous one.
What's the big deal? I'm a figure skater but when I'm not on the rink practicing my art, I'm in the darkness of the city taking out bad guys with the finesse of a figure skater. No big deal. We all do that.
Kurt Thomas was great at gymnastics! I was captain of the gymnastics team when he came to Miami for his show... Kurt Thomas Gymnastics Spectacular! That was a great show. One our best best gymnasts from the 80s.
I remember watching this as a little kid and thinking even then that it was goofy. I specifically remember thinking “what’s next a pommel horse?” ….. and then…..
So a few takeaways here: 1) We can generally expect conveniently placed gymnastic equipment analogs to be placed for our defensive/offensive use 2) Olympians make excellent secret agents 3) dangerous mobs will not try to overwhelm you with sheer numbers I look forward to the sequel where volleyball is the basis for some type of martial art. The plot will revolve around an island nation where volleyballs are plentiful.
I was often bullied and beaten up in grade school, so one summer I spent every day training on the city's public pommel horse and showed those bullies what for come the first gym class of the next school year.
This was one film I never seen as a kid, although I wanted to. I saw a short trailer on some other Martial Arts VHS I was watching with him doing to spin kicks on the block thingy and was hooked. I'd never seen anything like that using gymnastics for fighting and thought it looked so awesome! There was no such thing as video streaming or anything back then, and the only way to see a film was to rent it on VHS or catch it at the local theater. I never found this in any of the video stores I ever went to. It made me want to see it even more becuase it felt rare and underground. Even today, the film cover of him double jump kicking two ninjas looks way cool. Lol
I had this film on vhs in the 90s, as a 12-13 year old I watched several times, the sheer fighting in this city of horror, did not set positively, wailing howling, like a zombie city, the film itself remembered well
I watched this as a kid, its both cheesy with bad acting, but also amazing moves at the same time. I was into martial arts and liked combining other sports to help it
This film went from a bad movie to a so bad it s good , to a cool cult film, I Loved this movie, and would have loved to see Kurt Thomas in a Ninja Film
How did this guy die ? Yes, we know it was an aneurysm. I mean he was 13 time All-American and Olympic gymnast for petes sake. I guess there are no guarantees.
*teddy mills: : : : : : : My father always used to say when it came to death,just how much it had no respect for age.Meaning everything else as well I'm sure.* 😪
I remember when I was a kid, I couldn’t sleep one night and I got up and went and turned the tv on and this movie was like almost half way through. For some reason I loved it, I never knew the name of it until just a little while ago and I’ve watched all the videos of it and I can’t believe I liked this movie so much. I’d like to watch it again just to see how awful it is. And for some reason I like awful 80’s movies
This movie holds far greater fascination than it did all them years ago. I can t believe how these ideas converged and actually made a movie.
I loved this movie as a kid
This movie is legendary
Most epic fantasy about a martial art ever.
Heard of him while watching THE BROTHERS SUN. I love the sound affects 😊
Had sooooo much fun working this film, living on the Adriatic sea, Yugoslavia, Motovun, Piran, Portorose, we'd drive to Trieste Italy for lunch, Fred Weintraub was a beautiful human being, so creative and sharp. Heart of gold, one of the last great old Jewish producers. R.I.P. 🌷
Hey, you were actually one of the Production Assistants, I see! Thank you so much for helping to make this film. Was definitely a favorite of mine as a kid and still have lots of nostalgic love for it. Even took up gymnastics about the same time it came out. Did you go with the crew to Grožnjan by any chance for the filming of the "village of the crazies" scene? Always wondered where you guys stayed during that and how long it took, etc... Yes, R.I.P. for Fred Weintraub along with the recently passed Kurt Thomas.
whAT? Gymkata was filmed in Istria? WTF now i have to go scout out all of the locations. I knew these streets looked a bit too familiar.
Just want to say thanks for you guys indelible mark on pop culture right here. This movie was referenced in Family Guy
He didn’t even touch the guy he hit with the crate, that’s the power of gymkata
He was blown away by his explosion of kinetic energy.
Indeed. As a kid I admired Gymkata's moves. He just needed rolling in the air to hit one guy. Nevertheless, Kurt Thomas's gymnastics made this movie quite attractive in the mid 1980s.
He didn't touch a person, they just threw themselves over the rails.
@@MathiasEggimann The power of Gymkata my friend....Gymkata.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
The sheer UN-NECESSARINESS of it all is just...it's so...wow.
When I was a kid I took Gymnastics thinking I was gonna learn how to fight because of this movie 😂😂😂
So how many guys did you kill because of your skills?
@@mikerosoft1009 None😂😂😂
I thought I was the only guy they suckered with this mess. 🤣😂
Bro, it seemed like solid logic to me too bach then🤷🏽♂️🤣
Yoy took gymnastics. But you never learned Gymkata!
Gymkata is one of a ton of 80's movies when every production company that popped up wanted to do an action/martial arts movie. The majority were crap but there was something charming about the movies from the era with each one trying to be more outlandish and far fetched than the previous one.
My God. This movie is incredible! Talk about REAL action
Just take a moment to admire the athleticism this dude had irl.
What's the big deal? I'm a figure skater but when I'm not on the rink practicing my art, I'm in the darkness of the city taking out bad guys with the finesse of a figure skater. No big deal. We all do that.
Because everyone knows that figure skaters are well-known for being world-class athletes, right? lol.
@@echelon2k8 Wow lol get shit on
But do you look that good in a red sweater while doing it?
Big deal! I'm a sychronized swimmer. When I put my showet cap on just assume you're dead.
@@maxstrengthholistics - I guess you could say your enemies are swimmers, too. They're swimming with the fishes.
R.I.P. Kurt, Thanks for this movie and your Olympic achievements!
Unfortunately, he never won an Olympic medal.
@@mrxman581 *WRONG ! You should really conduct proper research !* 😪😪😪😪😪😪
@@darktrooper2099 What Olympic medal did he win then?
@@echelon2k8 *If you do your research you'll find out.* 😎👍
@@darktrooper2099 I'm asking you.
This might legitimately be one of the greatest things I've ever seen. "You okay? You okay? You okay?" I was dying.
He destroyed him with his ultimate, he had to make sure the man was still alive
the guy @ 0:07 simply falls down... must've been the breeze created by the tumbling
@@2345allthebest Disorientation created by not knowing how to react to what he was doing.
@@echelon2k8 I'll buy it
Imagine the guy on the bike explaining how his jaw got broken. Turned down the alley and there was this American on the high bar...
Kurt even found some gym powder just waiting for him to handle the bad guys.🤣🤣🤣
Kurt Thomas was great at gymnastics! I was captain of the gymnastics team when he came to Miami for his show... Kurt Thomas Gymnastics Spectacular! That was a great show. One our best best gymnasts from the 80s.
The Brothers Sun brought me here
Rest in peace Kurt Thomas
This paved the way for the greatest piece of American cinema of all time: Only the Strong
I remember watching this as a little kid and thinking even then that it was goofy. I specifically remember thinking “what’s next a pommel horse?” ….. and then…..
The Brothers Sun introduced me to that here..😂
At least he’s doing his own stunts
And it looks amazing i must say
The noise made whenever someone gets hit or kicked is hilarious. Imagine if you heard THAT when you really get hit?😂😂
All jokes aside, do you realize how difficult it is to walk with your hands up a flight of stairs?
And the Oscar for Best Picture goes to... Gymkata!
The "aerobics craze" of the 80's was fertile ground for silliness like this to popup.
Brothers Sun brought me here…
Rest in peace you were nice actor we miss you ❤
Cheesy ,but cool movie and great gymnastics. We would emulate this . Rip Kurt Thomas 😢
Family Guy brought me here🤣🤣🤣
Me too hhhh
hahaha me too...so gringe
me too
me too
same. and I'm actually surprised that this is actually worse than I thought
Classic. The greatest and most realistic movies from my childhood 😂
can't lie, the arrow FX was pretty damn good
When I saw this as a kid I thought this was so bad ass. Growing up bites hard! But I still enjoy this. Ha ha
The cartwheel that touches no one still knocks the guy down
The only time in my life that I cry over a Hero like him also the year I got married to my Lydia we love this movie
Kurt deserved an Oscar for this... no doubt
😂🤣
As a matter of fact he was nominated for a razzie award for Worst New Star in 1985.
Strangest movie and catnip for me as a karate obsessed 10 year old
Who else hears Life is a Highway playing at all times?
It's nice to see Macgyver took gymnastic classes😂😂
I feel like this is something Steven segal would practice and take seriously
Steven Seagal would never be good at gymnastics if his life depended on it. Kurt was a gymnast, not a martial artist.
@@clamshell6863 who's martial arts.. the only cartwheel Segal knows is an ice cream sandwich
The sound effects are the best parts.
This movie creeped me out as a kid. “Village of the Crazies.”
The brothers sun brought me here
So a few takeaways here: 1) We can generally expect conveniently placed gymnastic equipment analogs to be placed for our defensive/offensive use 2) Olympians make excellent secret agents 3) dangerous mobs will not try to overwhelm you with sheer numbers
I look forward to the sequel where volleyball is the basis for some type of martial art. The plot will revolve around an island nation where volleyballs are plentiful.
Back in the 60s & 70s the CIA recruited former NFL players.
Have you seen "Spiker" (1983)?
He looked so much like MacGyver in alot of scenes.
Was about say that haha
The best movie ever made.
Saw this in the theater. I must of been 7 or 8. It was definitely better then.😅😅
I remember watching this super
Young. Confused as hell. I need to re watch it now that I’m 35
I was often bullied and beaten up in grade school, so one summer I spent every day training on the city's public pommel horse and showed those bullies what for come the first gym class of the next school year.
Only thing that's missing is somebody mentioning "Katana means Japanese sword." Would have pulled 6, 7 Oscars easy.
RIP Kurt.
1:06 LMAO! He takes out some poor random guy on a bike.
This was my favorite ninja movie growing up and also No Retreat No Surrender! Dude didn’t get nowhere near the respect he deserved for this role.
Maybe not as an actor but for a professional gymnast he did.
The best part was I never have seen this movie.
At 1:07 did he use the Force? The guy just falls over from voodoo magic or something LMAO
This was one film I never seen as a kid, although I wanted to. I saw a short trailer on some other Martial Arts VHS I was watching with him doing to spin kicks on the block thingy and was hooked. I'd never seen anything like that using gymnastics for fighting and thought it looked so awesome! There was no such thing as video streaming or anything back then, and the only way to see a film was to rent it on VHS or catch it at the local theater. I never found this in any of the video stores I ever went to. It made me want to see it even more becuase it felt rare and underground.
Even today, the film cover of him double jump kicking two ninjas looks way cool. Lol
Man the cocaine in the 80's was wonderful. The ideas fueled by it were the best.
Seriously Hollywood, its 2024 and no Gymkata remake???
Are you ok are you ok you'll be fine had me rolling😂😂
Those handstands up the steps were kind of impressive.
Les coups de pompes à l'aide du cheval d'arcon , du grand art !
I had this film on vhs in the 90s, as a 12-13 year old I watched several times, the sheer fighting in this city of horror, did not set positively, wailing howling, like a zombie city, the film itself remembered well
I love the sound effects.
Where's the song "Life is a highway" as background music for the fight scene?
*"Where the life is a highway?"*
😂😂
It also needs to be Tom Cochrane version. If you use Rascal Flatts one its no use
Awesome RIP Champ 🏆 🙏
My favourite movie from VHS
This is a actually movie,humanity is awesome
R.I.P. KURT THOMAS
The most realist arrow kill shot in all of cinema
I watched this as a kid, its both cheesy with bad acting, but also amazing moves at the same time. I was into martial arts and liked combining other sports to help it
Oh no it's gymkata, worlds most dangerous martial arts
Loved this movie and its quirks - would make for an amazing remake, directors take notice!
The ad in the upper right corner says it was released in 1949...
Pommel horse scene for the win
This movie was so amazing as a 7 year old boy.
R.I.P. Kurt Thomas
*WORDS CAN'T DESCRIBE JUST HOW TORN UP I AM ABOUT ALL OF THIS !*
Best needs to be in quotes.
So much fun to see in the 80s.... it's crap but it's Classic Crap and I loved it
If only Resident Evil 4 remaster offered a "Gymkata" mode where you get to use the poles and the pommel horse.
Exactly when i played the game reminded me of town of crazies
3:50 looks like Aaron Rodgers at every post game conference last year.
This film went from a bad movie to a so bad it s good , to a cool cult film, I Loved this movie, and would have loved to see Kurt Thomas in a Ninja Film
1:17 "you'll be fine..." Then leaves him.
From Robert Clouse, director of the greatest martial arts film ever, Enter The Dragon 👀
I saw this in theatres as a kid
Who would win... gymkata guy or samurai cop?
I saw this movie many times when i was a child
Them townsfolk suffering from an extreme case of "one at a time syndrome" 😂
Where did he get the chalk for his hands 🤨
it was applied between takes by the production crew...next?
@@2345allthebest but how do they explain it in the lore?
@@superfuriousroy1295 Old paint from the bar that he used is likely to be chalky.
Dude he Gymkata. He always keeps some on his person just in case.
" Classic " ☝🏾👑
Awesome movie...👍 GYM + KARATE= GYMKATA👊
or GYM KAKA?
I thought it was Nincada (nin-kata).
I always had Kurt Thomas confused with Richard Dean Anderson AKA MacGyver they looked kinda alike.
I think Anderson was like a foot taller
Absolute GOLD
I was born and raised in the village of the crazies.
How did this guy die ? Yes, we know it was an aneurysm. I mean he was 13 time All-American and Olympic gymnast for petes sake. I guess there are no guarantees.
Stroke was due to a tear of the basilar artery in his brain stem. Wonder how that happened...
*teddy mills: : : : : : : My father always used to say when it came to death,just how much it had no respect for age.Meaning everything else as well I'm sure.* 😪
A beautiful Filipina actress Miss Tetchie Agbayani
Imagine if they remade this today!!
I remember when I was a kid, I couldn’t sleep one night and I got up and went and turned the tv on and this movie was like almost half way through. For some reason I loved it, I never knew the name of it until just a little while ago and I’ve watched all the videos of it and I can’t believe I liked this movie so much. I’d like to watch it again just to see how awful it is. And for some reason I like awful 80’s movies
I'm here from Honest Trailers
Back in 1986 when I was six, I thought this movie was real good.....
thanks for the laugh😆
It’s amazing how alleys in third world countries have access to chalk and a bar.
Man I would like to meet the guy who came up with this movie gotta a be the goofiest most out of touch guy in world history!!!