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Born to Gymkata

Rick McCharles linked to a movie called, "Born to Fight" with fight choreography that surely had to have been inspired by Gymkata. 

This YouTube clip contains some of the scenes:





Wikipedia description:

Born to Fight (Thai: เกิดมาลุย, Gerd Ma Lui) is a 2004 Thai action film directed by Panna Rittikrai. It followed Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior, on which Panna served as martial arts choreographer, and featured more of his "no strings attached" stuntwork. Many of the actors in Born to Fight were Thai national athletes. The film was a remake in name only of one of Panna's first films, a B-movie action movie that he made in 1986. While the remake contains a couple of similar stunts to the original, the two films are otherwise unrelated.

Full movie.

Check out some of the choreography in this:

The gym as playground

Sunday Funnies

Wall Trampoline

Ok, is it my eyes, or in some of the outdoor footage, is there no safety mats on the side of the trampoline frame?

Ultimately, Gymnastics is About Play

"If people never did silly things nothing intelligent would ever get done.” 

–Wittgenstein

 One of the most important aspects of serious gymnastics training is having the chance to play; to remove the stifling constraints of competitive gymnastics and allow exploration, experimentation, and unbridled creativity to flourish (so long as all appropriate waivers have been signed...*ahem*):





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