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Today, friends, we have a conundrum. Many violence enthusiasts contend that the single-shot, side-scrolling hallway brawl in Oldboy is the most epic fight scene on film. However, my attention has recently been called to this, an unlikely new champion.

This is a scene from Gymkata, which features an elusive form of martial arts with “the skill of gymnastics, the kill of karate.” A dazzling, dangerous partnership… assuming there’s always a makeshift pommel horse around when you get in a spot of trouble.

Furthermore, my friend Wikipedia shares some fairly unsurprising trivia:

In the years since its release, Gymkata has become an underground hit in the world of homosexual camp cinema. The film plays annually in a double-feature with Top Gun, at the Wish You Were Queer Film Festival in West Hollywood, California. The film has become so popular in homosexual subsets that the act of Bukkake among gay men has come to be known as “Gymkata”.

Welp, that’s the last time I ask a random stranger wearing a headband in a bar if they can teach me to be proficient in Gymkata.

Thanks for the tip, Ischi.