02-07-2007, 10:14 AM
i've heard many people say that the protector was a serious letdown when compared to ong bak. so i didn't bother watching it.
that said ong bak is THE $**T. i own the american and thai version of the film. not really much of a difference IIRC. i'll have to watch them agian. i just wish they wouldn't have had the taxi chase scene last so long.
as for him being a master of muay thai...i think that's pretty much false. there's no record, that i can find of him (jaa) ever stepping into a ring and fighting. as a former muay thai student myself, i think it's pretty wrong to market tony jaa in such a way. as far as i know he was later in his life trained in muay boran. a classical style of muay thai that teaches elbows to the top of the head and many of the moves you see in ong bak, are authentic techniques of muay boran. but he's basicly a screen fighter.
but yeah tony jaa is entertaining to watch.
that said ong bak is THE $**T. i own the american and thai version of the film. not really much of a difference IIRC. i'll have to watch them agian. i just wish they wouldn't have had the taxi chase scene last so long.
as for him being a master of muay thai...i think that's pretty much false. there's no record, that i can find of him (jaa) ever stepping into a ring and fighting. as a former muay thai student myself, i think it's pretty wrong to market tony jaa in such a way. as far as i know he was later in his life trained in muay boran. a classical style of muay thai that teaches elbows to the top of the head and many of the moves you see in ong bak, are authentic techniques of muay boran. but he's basicly a screen fighter.
but yeah tony jaa is entertaining to watch.