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How accurate is Tony Jaa's depiction of Muay Thai?
There' been some interesting question about Muay Thai lately and then just this morning I found this video by accident:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzQs4c_40ds
It got me thinking about Muay Thai the sport to Muay Thai the bone crushing, shattering and splinting application depicted by Tony Jaa in his movies like Ong-Bak 1, 2 and 3 (which I've yet to see the 3rd one, but it is part of his discography), and also Tom-Yum-Goong.
I love all his movies so far, but exactly how accurate are his applications of Muay Thai? And what about the more acrobatic looking kicks, like a standing back flip to strike the top of the head with the foot? Tony Jaa's been in the stunt business for some time so do you think any of that might have rubbed off on him just to make his movies look more interesting?
5 Answers
- Jake LoLv 61 decade agoFavorite Answer
Tony's depiction of Old style Muay or Muay Boran is quite accurate, Only one kick, a somersault kick (Saenchai Sor Kingstar does this kick alot), is legitimate and part of Muay Boran. The rest of the aerial kicks he does is from his special blend of movie fu that includes TKD and gymnastics. The "Smashing Elephant Boxing" he does, or Muay Kochasan, in Tom Yum Goong is unknown. There is no historical record of such a thing as far as I know, and was probably created for the movie.
- Frank the tankLv 71 decade ago
The moves performed by Tony Jaa are also from Muay Boran (the predecessor of muay thai), that is why they differ from the sport of muay thai.
Source(s): my brain ;) - Anonymous1 decade ago
He uses moves from ancient thai arts.
Muay thai is a ring art with about thirty moves.
There are other forms of Thai art such as krabi krabong and
Muay Boran on display in his films.
Source(s): See the Fight Quest episodes from Thailand. - callsignfuzzyLv 71 decade ago
About as accurate as Pat Morita's depiction of karate.
Real stuff doesn't look good on film. It's too basic and simple.
- 1 decade ago
He show some of ancient MuayThai,but as we know things in movie are not 100% real.
Source(s): MuayThai Thailand
