Originally posted by adam warlockIt's Muay Thai, Taekwondo and Kung Fu - all wrapped into one. Most of the Thais who learn Muay Thai and Thai kick boxing,which are completely different things, also learn Taekwondo. Jaa also learnt Kung Fu, purely when he got into acting so to add finess to his movements; he also became an expert at that too!
It's an ancient form of muay thai. Muay *something*...
I saw him 6 months ago, and asked him to study at a Shaolin temple for 3 months.
When he said 'No', I kicked his ass through his face! 😛
Originally posted by mikelomInteresting. I wish to know more about this Muay Thai. I have only heard of it, but I know almost nothing about it.
It's Muay Thai, Taekwondo and Kung Fu - all wrapped into one. Most of the Thais who learn Muay Thai and Thai kick boxing,which are completely different things, also learn Taekwondo. Jaa also learnt Kung Fu, purely when he got into acting so to add finess to his movements; he also became an expert at that too!
I saw him 6 months ago, and asked him to study at a Shaolin temple for 3 months.
When he said 'No', I kicked his ass through his face! 😛
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Originally posted by Suziannehey dont knock, it worked for Bart Simpson when he played against Todd Flanders in Dead putting Society. 🙂
You sound like those goofy zen dudes who try to teach golf. Be the ball!
on a more sinister note i got whacked by a golf club once, right on the side of my face, was standing too close too my friend when he was doing his practice shots, a driver it was, ouch! luckily i was water and the golf club became like a rock in the river, i simply made my way around it and flowed on 🙂
Ja is awesome. My wife and I watched the "making of" feature for that scene on the DVD. They had to hire a local cameraman to finish the shoot because the first guy was not physically fit enough to follow the action all the way up the staircase. Not hard to imagine as the steady-cam gear is heavy and that sequence was not done on the first take. Still, it highlights just how demanding that scene was on Tony Ja.