Ong Bak & Muay Boran

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This film is great, I found the fighting styles
much closer to Kung Fu, than traditional Muay Thai.

I understand the term for this style is Muay Boran?
The lead actor does a form which is very impressive:
is that a traditional Muay Boran form, and are there more??

I highly recommended the film to any student of martial arts.

thanks in advance

 

[tshadowchaser]

Where did you see this film? or is it a video?
I have never heard of it befor ( that dose not mean much) and am interested in perhaps viewing it sometime.

 

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Where did you see this film? or is it a video?
I have never heard of it befor ( that dose not mean much) and am interested in perhaps viewing it sometime.

The film never got a release in the West, though it is available on DVD
import on Ebay (try ebay.co.uk if you can't find it in the States)

The fighting is very very good. Good luck with your search..

 

[tshadowchaser]

Thanks :asian:

 

[Damian Mavis]

Apparently it will be released with english dubbing or subs sometime by a Hongkong company, right now I can only find Thai versions here in Thailand.. since it's a Thai movie. I am so jealous of my friends that all got roles in this movie, I'da killed for that! heh One of my favorite martial arts movies of all time.

Damian Mavis
Honour TKD

 

[J_man]

Don't get too confused. Muay Thai and Muay Boran are the same--style wise. Muay boran refers to how the matches are set up. In muay boran, fighters don't wear gloves, pads or any of that. Instead, fighters wrap their fists with rope (like you see in in the movie ong-bak). The actual boxing style is relatively the same.

About the movie, it was a huge success. I thought it was even interesting how "Air" (the supporting actress) even developed her own fan club after the release.

<== That's her w/ longer hair.

Thai people were also in shock when the movie came out because Petthai, the main actor, is not considered handsome at all by Thai standards. It is really strange for a person like that to ever be a main character in Thailand.

The man himself =>

 

[Gin-Gin]

I just saw the movie last Saturday (Excellent!) & I think he's a cutie! :ultracool

 

[Randy Strausbaugh]

Great action movie, but someone should've put a muzzle on the female lead. IMHO, of course.

 

[bignick]

Great action movie, but someone should've put a muzzle on the female lead. IMHO, of course.

My buddy thought the same thing when we watched it. As far as the movie goes...some of the sweetest stunts and fight scenes I'ver seen on film. Totally worth owning.

 

[Bammx2]

I have the movie here in the UK...no subtitles.ack.

But the fight scenes were awsome and due to the actions alone...I laughed my a$$ off!

I would kill for a subtitle or dub though!!

 

[Gin-Gin]

Great action movie, but someone should've put a muzzle on the female lead. IMHO, of course.

Definitely! Her voice was so shrill & annoying that I thought the same thing. Too bad they wouldn't let her character do anything else but complain or scream when being chased by the bad guys...

 

[OnlyAnEgg]

I just watched this movie last night. It's now become ichiban in my collection. Good Golly! The fights were incredible. I rewound almost all of them to watch them twice. Even my wife liked it! Gonna go find Tom Yum Gong, now. I wanna see how he gets an elephant back from Australia.


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[7starmantis]

I enjoyed the movie, the plot was horrible, but the action was ok. It deffinitely wasn't anything I haven't seen. He did a good job, its I guess a new generation, because I didn't see anythink Jakie hadn't done (more extremely) in his early years. The fighting was ok, not as much of it as I had hoped.

Overall it wasn't bad. I did hear it was sort of a slap in the face for MMA Thai Boxers who abandon traditional MT. Dont know if thats true, but his trad MT looking pretty damn good.

7sm

 

[OnlyAnEgg]

I do agree that the quality of the movie, as compared to the MA performance, was low. A typical and tired plot and some continuity issues. I've seen Muay Thai used in some MMA fights (I've not seen many fights, I admit); so, to see MT represented singularly was both sophisticated and primal.

I didn't mean to say it was the bestest ever, just a good one for me.

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[bignick]

because I didn't see anythink Jakie hadn't done (more extremely) in his early years.

That's what makes it so great. It really brought it back to the early Chan films with no wires or special effects, just what the human body can do.

 

[Jelik]

That is a great film! Man Tony Jaa defies gravity ;-)

 

[Odin]

Tony jaa is amazing,the move where he misses the low kick and then carries on spining and kicks to the face defies physics...wow even Mr jackson would be jealous of that spin!

 

[OnlyAnEgg]

I just watched it again This time through, I really noticed the low kick blocks. It's just such a nicely performed fight...all of them.

 

[Shaolin Bushido]

I heard it was hokie ... I need to make a trip to blockbuster now.

 

[OnlyAnEgg]

I heard it was hokie ... I need to make a trip to blockbuster now.

It's hokey in all the ways MA films are typically hokey. The difference is that Jaa uses no wires, performs his own stunts and whoever choreographed the fight scenes was a genius...