It’s a movie…
…so it’s all fake…:rolleyes:
Good fight tho. Tony Jaa turns in some great stuff. Check out thread on this film on the media forum.
Looks fairly real to me.
that was dope:)
Isn’t that Capoerista the dude from the Zero Gravity “****” series?
Lateef Crowder - anybody recognize him?
ox
Capeoira vs. Muay Thai vid (choreographed)
edit - that doesn’t look like muay Thai, but they say it is.
It’s stuff from traditional Muay Thai arts that doesn’t translate well to the ring sport and is taught only sparingly. Flare was obviously added for the movies too.
decent vid .. i was entertained by the capoera dude, but the mui thai has had better representation in van **** movies.
The star of that movie is Tony Jaa. He also did Ong Bak. Once you see either of those movies you will change your opinion. Jaa does his own stunts with no wires, trampolines, or CGI. He is amazing.
Phil
meh … i’ve seen ong and i though it was the same dude … its not a judgement on him, but on that fight scene. that scene wasn’t all that hot, but i know hes capable of much more. just like jet li half the time.
Isn’t this like the 3rd thread started on this video?
YES ITS LIKE THE 3rd THREAD WE HAD ON THIS ALREADY
Capeoira vs. Muay Thai vid (choreographed)
From the movie Tom Yum Goong.
edit - that doesn’t look like muay Thai, but they say it is.
YES OF COURSE THIS IS CHOROGRAPHED
TELL ME OF ONE MOVIE THAT DOES NOT CHOREOGRAPH THERE FIGHT SCENES,
AN YES THAT IS ( traditional muay thai ) HE DOES HIS OWN STUNTS AN EVERY THING
CHECK THIS OUT IF YOU DONT LIKE HIM
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1322056332484362769&q=TONY+JAA
pretty cool stuff
Haven’t seen Ong Bak yet..maybe i’ll check it out
Other than that…the stuff i’ve seen on him thus
far is preety good
What martial art is he really suppose to be an
expert in because the stuff he was doing in that
tribute link did not look like muay thai
Puma,
The style Tony Jaa learned as he was growing up was indeed Muay Thai. He came from a family of rice farmers in North East Thailand. He was also a huge fan of Bruce Lee and especially Jackie Chan. Of course, his movements are exaggerated in the movies as is usually the case, but he does make good use of elbows, knees, and Muay Thai footwork. His movies so far have had some really absurd plots, but the action is incredible and it’s a bit of a breath of fresh air amidst the wuxia craze of late (which I love as well, don’t get me wrong) and the mandatory wire-fu that has invaded so many Hollywood action movies as of late.
Here is a link to a neat American fansite: http://www.tonyjaa.org/index.shtml
Most people have never seen real Muay Thai or even know that MT has empty hand and weapons forms. Only the sport version of it is well known.
PR
Tom Yum Goong aka The Protector
Sorry about the mispelling, I am guessing it is wrong.
I saw a release date of Aug. 15 which means I may be able to watch it soon! I will let you all know if it is the sh!t when I see it:D
Ya know I was thinkign about this
is this even comign to my city. On Kung fu cinema they didn’t say anything about it being a nation wide release. 
LOL. Tom yum Goong is a clear/sour Thai Soup with shrimp. I love that stuff, cures colds and bacteria in your tum tum:D
Peace,TWS
Actually, that’s not shrimp in that soup…
…but the film is about soup, sort of, TWS. I merged this into an earlier thread that explains somewhat, but warning spoilers above.
I just met Tony Jaa a few minutes ago. Nice guy. He did a little demo and signed autographs. I was impressed by his down-to-earth character, and of course, his speed and accuracy. He was on a lemongrassroots tour promoting The Protector and appeared at Sam Kru’s school in SF.
Sorry to disappoint you again, jethro, but the release of The Protector is being delayed until Sept. 8th. The good news is that it’s going to have a much larger release than was originally slated for the Aug. 15th date.
LOL:eek: 
all this time i am not eating shrimp in that soup? my god.
Yeah i like the thai way of doing things. worked in a thai kitchen for a while and i know some really good people in the Thai community here in Austin. Used to help out at the Thai Buddhist temple here and in return got to be part of a blessing ceremony and some thai massage therapy(hurt like hell, the thai massage) its kinda like shaitsu and rolfing rolled in to one. the blessing ceremony was very beautitul. i was draped in a white sheet and flowers spread over me. 5 monks did their chants for about 45 minutes and sprinkled their version of holy water on me. They also set free 8 birds(little finches) as part of the ceremony(to carry the prayers i imagine).
One of the monks had been having some stomach problems and intestinal ones as well. i made him a tea whose ingredients was passed down to me by my father who got it from a cherokee medicine man in north kakalaka. anyway it cured his symptoms for a good while and he did the MT on me.
i miss the ajan because he found out that his ills were related to cancer and as a result of the tea i gave him he had enough strength and stamina and was able to go back to thailand and die peacefully there.
anywhoo, rambling. cheers,TWS