I had a friend introduce me to this movie. He was a martial artist that knew all these fighters. And pointed out to me who they were, what they specialized in. Surprisingly they all got along and laughed while making this movie. I didn't understand the importance of the movie until he pointed out to me. In a country that is better known for their romance and sappy movies, Tony Jaa was their action hero movie star.
The last guy Tony was fighting in this scene is David Ismalone (Mad Dog in the movie), he's also a Muay Thai fighter IRL. He had mentioned in an interview that he also played a role in choreographing in Ong Bak. He's a personal friend of Tony Jaa's and a talented stuntman. One of my favorite movie fight scenes of all time as well, thanks for reacting to it.
I'm Thai. Tony Jaa's martial art is called Muay Thai Boran, which is a throw-on, shake-and-break fight. It is more dangerous than Muay Thai nowadays. Muay Thai Boran is used in times of war. Can kill opponents, even fight with bare hands. Ancient Muay Thai has 4 sectors, but each region has Mae Mai Muay Thai. Different styles, while Tony Jaa uses Korat boxing in the Northeast of Thailand. will focus mainly on kicking in the northeastern region of Thailand, most people are very strong The shins and legs are big and powerful when kicking an opponent.
i actually learned a bit of this from a friend of mine years ago i cant move as well as i used to but i know how to hurt or kill someone if im being attacked and threatened i cant do all the crazy jumping stuff but the arm breaking and leg and neck stuff i can do just fine lol
That first knee strike was my favorite. Just frilled the guy, flattened him, reset and looked down at him with no expression as the crown goes silent. Hilarious and impressive
Muay Koshasan is the specific style being portrayed in the Ong Bak films. It's the classical style used by Jaturungkabart, Royal Guards in ancient Siam. It's emphasized by the stomping of the feet before utilizing an offensive manauver. Muay thai greatly differs with the practice of having a more limp stance and lighter toes in some styles, for that improved muscle reaction and relfexes. Tony Jaa's version slightly differs with the inclusion of more dynamic moves, more leaping, flexibility, and kicks. An inclusion of his Taekwondo training and gymnstics training.
@Samuel Mani Dunno about the animation, but there are documentaries and research on the Jaturungkabart and what Muay Koshashan represented and why it was fought in such a way. It's very interesting and not enough civilizations had Guards for the elephants which were very vulnerable.
Right! Tony infuse many elements of both wushu and taekwondo, along with muay boran and tricking techniques to create muay koshasan for the ancient Jartrungkabart warrior’s animation in Tom yum goong aka The Protector film. When the ancient Siamese scroll was discovered Tony and his crew had to thoroughly research the techniques on how the ancient jartrungkabart would fight. Then analyze certain fighting styles to both come close and exaggerate the thai warriors battlefield technique for that particular movie.
@@BurridgeMartialArts604 All I know is that film is responsible for the celery shortage in america that year. The sound effect guys went through all of it covering each limb break.
The Korean lookin guy with the huge hair was definitely a taekwondo person, I've had a similar experience with that fancy footwork since Taekwondo is heavily focused on the kicks and the leg movement so a thing they do is they practice switching from left foot forward to right foot forward. There's no telling whether the next kick comes from the legs or right because the really good fighters can switch very quickly. But I'm sure you know this already
@@marlom7882 usually you're just as tricky as they are. My experience is limited because I've only seen this in my dojo and I've done it a few times. The general idea would probably be to mirror them or cut their footwork off with leg checks and all that. They can't have fancy feet if you're kicking them in the shins
@@yourpalbryan1442 Used to practice tae-kwon-do and we learned this movement. It is flashy, it may trick some people who don't know this, but it also has some drawbacks... When you shift or switch legs, you have to jump up just a little. You also need a narrow foot stance. If you know this footwork, you can catch your opponent while he is "dancing" and kick/punch him, because he is pretty stationary at this point. It can be useful in a sport combat, but i wouldn't use it in any other situation.
@@ogi22 true another thing people dont mention and its my main check to TKD as they will never beat me in fist strikes even if they cross-train. Is checking a kick with the shin or bottom of the foot but the thing people dont do is check it point blank as they usually hurt themselves more since there throwing bombs. While your just putting your leg slightly forward and stopping it midway before it can build up into a KO kick. I sparred a 3rd dan or whichever system they use to rank blackbelts in TKD and the only way i could keep up in the kick game. Was simply quite frankly to be really fucking aggresive since it was a mixed match and they allowed me to use most of my tools as i know a little bit of everything.
I remember watching this movie with my friend in some nondescript video hall while I was in the hostel. We were about to move out coz...well the actors were not "handsome" or "pretty", the language was "funny" and the movie itself was slow. But then the chase started and we were glued to our seats. One of the best action movie out there. Period.
Well said about the knife moment. Im a Judo and JuJitsue instructor... and I always tell my students "Unless someone is trying to take your friend or family, nothing is worth it. Give them what you have." Even if you have a blade too... the loser of a knife fight dies in the street, the winner dies in the hospital. A knife is the scariest weapon IMHO, especially that close, and his knife disarm was the only part of this scene I call BS on.
True thats why i never practiced disarms even though im a self defense guy. If i had no choice i would rather parry and stay just out of reach and wait for them to get aggresive so i could trap the arm and instead of disarming simply beat their face in. Since i know if its one hand vs one hand i wont lose cause ive drilled that skillset in more then some other of even the basic fundamentals. And quite frankly it blows people away how many strikes,blocks,parrys and so on that you can throw in a single second even all at the same time. As for firearms this is why i say clothing body armor should be more available luckily brand like wonder hoodie exist.
Only part? Really? Not that anybody literally gets 0 damage? He doesnt even slow down, let alone bleed from bitttle to the head and dishes breaking on elbows etc. Other guys dont get damage from ridiculous stuff too.
Well, i guess in Judo and JJ you might not know what its like to get hit hardly. However you have to know that fighting for minutes in a row slows you down almost whoever you are
I always think about my high school friend's dad Dave when Mad Dog comes out. We watched this movie together, and he was a big guy, about 6'5 and really strong. When he was younger, he was a brawler, and when Mad Dog started hitting Jaa with everything he could reach, Dave said "That's how I fought. There's no difference between winning a bar fight fairly and just winning a bar fight." He also said the worst beating he took in a fight was from a guy my (high school) size. Little dude was a boxer, and just circled Dave peppering him up and down the body until Dave got ahold of him and tossed him across the floor. They called it a draw, drank together, and became friends.
I've never used my elbow more than once or twice in sparring. Would it be sore when used like it was in these fights? Any fear of breaking it or long-term damage? Also, your comment about never throwing the same thing 3 times in a row is spot in. Human perception of repetition catches on subconsciously after the second same movement, from what I've read and experienced.
Tony Jaa is the real deal watch his training videos and how crazy he actually is. If you think any of his skills are exaggerated or anything you will be surprised
@@garrethking99 he’s been training since the age of 10 and actually did have a few real fights his record was 5-0 after he stopped to go and make martial arts movies.
Fun fact, they are hitting for real. They were only allowed minimal protection as Tony Jaa wanted the fight scenes to look real. In the night club fight scene the last guy he fights was almost knocked unconscious by that hit to the head while standing on the table...
Hey, thanks for the reminder of this fantastic movie. And, good commentary as well. I know very well seasoned fighters and everything you've mentioned here is full-on correct, including regarding a guy grabbing a knife.
Thank you mate!! Yeah I used to love this movie when it first came out and would watch it all the time, I definitely need to get a copy of this movie and watch the whole thing again
Fun fact! 1 he knocks the guy for real whit the fridge when i goes trough the wall. 2 almost every fight scene in these movies are done whit light to full contact.
Turning away from the low kicks like this guy does makes them hurt A LOT more than if you stayed square and leaned into them to jam them up, for example. Taking low kicks can be done, but the way that this guy did it in the scene, and it looks like he also wasn't used to getting hit by low kicks, is a recipe to get dropped by them.
@@BurridgeMartialArts604 Yeah just giving you shit mate. I know you cannot cover all the fine print when making a video. :) Taking low kicks right is huge. Even if you don't manage to check them. Just look at Costa vs Adesanya for what happens even to a jakced up mega hulk in the top 5 in the world... when he fails to take the kick properly. :D Thanks for the reply, and for not getting riled by my jibbing ;)
@@Geburah82 Mate the second Izzy hit him with that first low kick right at the start of the first round I thought it was over. The look on Costa's face said it all and Izzy knew it!!! Sometimes people who haven't been hit by a low kick underestimate just how much they hurt, especially when you aren't used to them! After one good kick though they normally change their minds pretty quickly haha! Gotta be able to take a little shit here and there if I'm going to be on RUclips, it's good practice :P
Burridge Kickboxing hey I just subscribed to your channel as your reviewing these movie fights we both have a big smile on our faces just nice to see a legit martial artist talk fighting
hey thanks mate! It is really fun to watch the scenes, I never make time to watch the whole movie so this is a way for me to enjoy the best parts, share them with you guys as well and I also and get to learn a lot from you guys in the comment section as well about the actors and even some of the styles I am not super familiar with
See I am from India and I am from Haryana well known for free style and greeko roman wretling and my family and I practice wretling from childhood but from my father generation we suddenly move totally on jobs and father was in arm forces and I am software engineer so now I have morning time to practice so I daily first do pranayam ashtang yoga and than dand baithak and then mui thai practice on daily basis and I also fight many 🙄time so this are very effective when I fight itfeel me that I am a machine for this I daily practice mui thai 11 moves and lower kick and knee and elbow practice daily 💪💪. Mui thai is superb and yes it is like our traditiona martial art Vajramushti which is practice by jetti brahman of South India and I am also a Hindu brahman and master in martail art 👍👍 And from my experien mui thai is superb and along with my busy job of software engineer I daily do two hour mui thai practice with hindu dund and pehalwan dund and pushups so it make my body of steel. And yes after practice it also make me calm and focused 👍👍. I love this thanks for this great martial art 🙏🙏
Thanks for talking about Muay Boran, been doing it for 15 years now. And most people haven’t heard of it until tony Jaa. And then most people just think it’s Muay Thai. 🇬🇧🙏🏻
Muay Boran is beautiful! I don't know a lot about it but would love to learn more. There is a channel I follow called FIght Vision that often shows Muay Boran techniques and I am always mesmerized by it
@@BurridgeMartialArts604 as I understand it Muay Boran was the battle field unarmed fighting style once you last or was disarmed. When it was made into a sport people would die in the ring. So it had the most deadly techniques taken out. And Muay Thai was created. Krabi Krabong would be fighting with weapons mostly two swords or a sword an shield. 🙏🏻🇬🇧🙏🏻
Great movie, saw it way back in the day. Glad he's done a few American movies or at least English-language. Seeing him in the third XXX movie as a more funny and light-hearted character compared to his more usual stoic roles was pretty impressive. Kicking ass alongside Donny Yen, even better.
My gramps was force recon Marine in Vietnam and he taught me that if someone pulls a knife just accept it. You are going to get cut, it is going to suck, and you are going to bleed. It is your job then to make it suck more for the other guy and hope he also hasn't accepted those facts.
0:40 Martial arts instructor you need remember what left and right is again, The reason before this fight started when the fight announcer was talking to him what shoulder was facing forwards: Left or right?. Now next question what leg facing forwards when kicked his opponent to the ground: Left or right?. Thank you for your appreciation
one of my buddies in HS was into martial arts and used to constantly smash his forearms into hard things, edges of desks trees rocks everything... his forearm bones were 1 cm wide compared to the knife edge of most people... some big lunk challenged him and smashed his arms with a ~2" pvc pipe several times and he was able to beat off each hit even being much much smaller.. he said of course it hurts training, and being hit by a enemy, buy you train to withstand until you win
I ensnared a half dozen people at least into watching this movie. The key is to get them to watch the chase scene. That will draw in people who normally don't watch kung-fu movies.
That afro kung fu guy in the third fight has a nickname as "Afro ninja" i think and he appears some other martial arts films, he was in Danny the dog in the elevator scene where they going for a underground fight but only that little scene.
Just to left you know, the front kick against the face is a big disrespect in muay thai. If someone is disrespectfull to you in a fight, they deserve the kick.
i used to be a bare knuckle boxer, had a win lose ratio of 681-43, one time while travelling with my boxer buddies, we got invited to fight thai kickboxers, i won, but barely, and i was blinded in my right eye as a result of one of there knees to the head (which wasnt easy i can tell you, im 7'2"), he was going at it with everything and i only got about 5 punches in the whole 10 minute fight, but thankfully, im a good aim, first punch caught him in the liver, then 2 clean hits to the head, followed by my famous glasgow two step, gut punch to double them up, then a solid elbow between the shoulder blades to put them on the ground, while he was on the ground i knocked him out with a gentle kick to the face, next day about 3 quarters of my body was all badly bruised up, my right eye was swollen shut from bruising, and later ended up in a thai prison for illegal fighting, only did a year though, there vicious fighters them thai kickboxers edit: that fight retired me from bare knuckle boxing, i still cant walk without a cane 10 years on, and i cant lie on my back to save my life, nerve damage all over my body, 20 year illegal fighting career up in smoke in one fight
I think I got this movie at a dollar store when I was like 13 or 14, has remained one of my favorite martial arts movies since. Tony Jaa is incredible. Not sure if you've seen/reviewed Jet Li's Unleashed yet, but another great movie. Another incredible video to check out even on your own time is "Best of Yuri Boyka" played by Scott Adkins.
Almost 20 year pass and now we know Muaythai technique is real and super efficient not just a show-of like kung-fu. Wait untill all Muaythai Boran technique get showcase in MMA and prove it to the world agian that the movie made decade ago is actually accurate about how efficient Muaythai boran is.
Seisei Tsuoraka, a high level karate master in Canada, once was asked: What would you do if a fight starts in a bar? --- I would leave. When I was taking karate lessons, there was a good brown belt with some bully attitude. He has been defeated in a bar fight. I knew a neighbour who was a very good amateur boxer. One day, he's caught in a gang street fight. He played dead. Movie and street (or combat field) are totally different.
I have only been in one fight outside of training, and it was one of the scariest things I've been a part of. Luckily, it got broken up very quickly but one of my friends (not a fighter) got hit in the head and stomped on and sent a week in the hospital. Always best to avoid fights whenever possible. In the ring you have a referee and rules to stop things getting to out of hand
The thing with Tony Jaa is that he doesn't pull his punches/kicks/elbows/etc nearly as much as others do. His stunt team also loosen up a LOT before a scene, because having to take a Muay Thai technique and sell it, they are *actually* getting hit. So when he does a jump elbow, for example, at 1:57, he's actually making contact with force, but you can see he hits it a bit long so that the actual elbow bone is beyond the crest of the head, and he hits with the tricep area (softer... but not by much on someone as ripped at Tony Jaa)
Yes, but director’s cuts of Ong Bak had some training scenes as bonus content and showed the stunt doubles wearing body armor. The guy with the hair was wearing a helmet to take all of those headshots. The most memorable scene for me was when the helmet came off after one training round. You are still correct, though. They’re wearing pads, but he is HITTING those pads.
My almost second black belt is in Judo, It's close, but Uechi-Ryu is more distant, Front kick, spear thrust. Judo lets you get close, that's when we shin, preasure points, suffication. I did say wrestling.
Actually had a fight that was very movable. Hard to focus what to do, All I did was wait, limit was gonna ring because no action, he finally charged with a punch, I dodged, elbow to face and over. Longest 3 minutes ever.
I always wanted to know how did they film the head strikes. I mean there's no protection against an elbow to the top of the head, even with a crash helmet, the actor would take serious injuries.
You have a big giant white space over your right shoulder, you should consider putting the video there instead of next to you, and it'll give your final product better frame composition. (And you can make the video you're watching much bigger.) As it stands, you're leaving almost 50% of your frame unused. Anyway, good work. Keep improving, dude.
Stuntmen React to Bad and Great Hollywood Stunts 30 dropped yesterday 3/13/21 from Corridor Crew discusses this fight scene from a (guest) stunt person and film maker's insight. It's just the thing to check out after this video.
Tony Jaa is always great :) And I always watch movies in the original language if possible (only a select few anime have a dub so good that I end up liking them a lot, never live action), and for some reason I love hearing what's-her-name, Lek? Yeah, I know, but I find her adorable, so sue me :) I also like watching Iko Uwais, so Triple Threat with both him and Tony was a treat, a triple treat if you will ;)
Haha yeah I am the same! Anytime I watch anime I try to watch it subbed, the voice acting is often so much better! The only exception is DBZ, because I grew up watching it dubbed
they have names for the movements on the dvd, the flying knee fist combo is called "Bolting Horse" some really cool stuff on the original disk of ong bak.....tony jaa rules :) thanks !
@@iyaramonk though to me it looks like he simply stepped up with his right out of that stance to deliver that big knee.. just missed a step of his movement. Not too big a deal to me
I forget if it was this or the Protector where his very first action was FLYING in from off screen with his knees crushing some poor stunt guy. That's when I knew these were gonna be great action films.
Last opponent was a master in "Ikea do."
Haha!
@@BurridgeMartialArts604 LMAO, oh that was good! I'm going to steal that one! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Does that make Jackie Chan a Grandmaster then?
Really? I thought it was Kung Furniture style.
ong bak still one of the best martial art movies out there
And The Protector
And then you realize there are no ropes, no graphics, just the pure skill of Tony and his stunt team. Jaw dropping.
The Raid 1&2 are incredibble too🙏🏻🔥
Ong bak is the real mvp
The protector was 10x better
I had a friend introduce me to this movie. He was a martial artist that knew all these fighters. And pointed out to me who they were, what they specialized in. Surprisingly they all got along and laughed while making this movie.
I didn't understand the importance of the movie until he pointed out to me. In a country that is better known for their romance and sappy movies, Tony Jaa was their action hero movie star.
@ he is DAVID ISMALONE a retired professional Thai Boxer at the time of the movie.
Tony Jaa might not be the ultimate Muay Thai fighter (the title would go to Buakaw in my book), but holy hell is he a freakin' real life ninja.
When i saw ong bak for the first time ... my brain was blown away ... tony jaa is so f...ing awesome
It came out right around the time I first started training and it made me want to learn Muay Thai so badly!
The last guy Tony was fighting in this scene is David Ismalone (Mad Dog in the movie), he's also a Muay Thai fighter IRL. He had mentioned in an interview that he also played a role in choreographing in Ong Bak. He's a personal friend of Tony Jaa's and a talented stuntman. One of my favorite movie fight scenes of all time as well, thanks for reacting to it.
I'm Thai. Tony Jaa's martial art is called Muay Thai Boran, which is a throw-on, shake-and-break fight. It is more dangerous than Muay Thai nowadays. Muay Thai Boran is used in times of war. Can kill opponents, even fight with bare hands. Ancient Muay Thai has 4 sectors, but each region has Mae Mai Muay Thai. Different styles, while Tony Jaa uses Korat boxing in the Northeast of Thailand. will focus mainly on kicking in the northeastern region of Thailand, most people are very strong The shins and legs are big and powerful when kicking an opponent.
i actually learned a bit of this from a friend of mine years ago i cant move as well as i used to but i know how to hurt or kill someone if im being attacked and threatened i cant do all the crazy jumping stuff but the arm breaking and leg and neck stuff i can do just fine lol
As a person in a wheelchair who's missing 1 leg and has partial use of the other, it's damn scary to know that there are people this fast out there!
I hope you are doing ok
I love it when Tony lets out an elbow or a knee, he ends up flying towards like he has a jetpack or something
Insane athelete.
That first knee strike was my favorite. Just frilled the guy, flattened him, reset and looked down at him with no expression as the crown goes silent. Hilarious and impressive
Yan Erawan is a hard move to pull off but if it works it's pretty much an instant win.
This is why Tony Jaa is a wasted actor in Hollywood. His martial arts is incredible and needs to be showcased.
Monster hunter lmao
@@the_selchies Exactly my point. He’s such an amazing martial artist and then to see him stifled in these cash grab films hurts my soul
films like Furious 7 & Monster Hunter uses too many CGI... Tony Jaa can't even showcased his practical fighting skill to the Hollywood
His skill is amazing his acting is fucking terrible.
He should stay in asia for movies. America has 0 knowledge on how to shoot martial arts actors. No camera angle skills. They know nothing
The "F...k Muai Thai" Scene always gets me laughing, I just love this Scene
so good! I love that he's Australian too
He's Nick Kara. A legit Muay Thai fighter too
Had no idea he was an actual fighter, just watched a highlight of him! What a savage!
Those knees and elbows of Tony Jaa are made of adamantium
Muay Koshasan is the specific style being portrayed in the Ong Bak films. It's the classical style used by Jaturungkabart, Royal Guards in ancient Siam. It's emphasized by the stomping of the feet before utilizing an offensive manauver.
Muay thai greatly differs with the practice of having a more limp stance and lighter toes in some styles, for that improved muscle reaction and relfexes.
Tony Jaa's version slightly differs with the inclusion of more dynamic moves, more leaping, flexibility, and kicks. An inclusion of his Taekwondo training and gymnstics training.
@@retradd1618 The hell warranted that stupid comment?
@Samuel Mani Dunno about the animation, but there are documentaries and research on the Jaturungkabart and what Muay Koshashan represented and why it was fought in such a way.
It's very interesting and not enough civilizations had Guards for the elephants which were very vulnerable.
Right! Tony infuse many elements of both wushu and taekwondo, along with muay boran and tricking techniques to create muay koshasan for the ancient Jartrungkabart warrior’s animation in Tom yum goong aka The Protector film. When the ancient Siamese scroll was discovered Tony and his crew had to thoroughly research the techniques on how the ancient jartrungkabart would fight. Then analyze certain fighting styles to both come close and exaggerate the thai warriors battlefield technique for that particular movie.
The no cut fight scene from the protector is awesome.
So impressive! The stamina of Tony Jaa (and the cameraman!) to get through that scene is so impressive
@@BurridgeMartialArts604 All I know is that film is responsible for the celery shortage in america that year. The sound effect guys went through all of it covering each limb break.
The Korean lookin guy with the huge hair was definitely a taekwondo person, I've had a similar experience with that fancy footwork since Taekwondo is heavily focused on the kicks and the leg movement so a thing they do is they practice switching from left foot forward to right foot forward. There's no telling whether the next kick comes from the legs or right because the really good fighters can switch very quickly. But I'm sure you know this already
Damn sounds tricky so how do you defend against that?
@@marlom7882 usually you're just as tricky as they are. My experience is limited because I've only seen this in my dojo and I've done it a few times. The general idea would probably be to mirror them or cut their footwork off with leg checks and all that. They can't have fancy feet if you're kicking them in the shins
@@yourpalbryan1442 Used to practice tae-kwon-do and we learned this movement. It is flashy, it may trick some people who don't know this, but it also has some drawbacks...
When you shift or switch legs, you have to jump up just a little. You also need a narrow foot stance. If you know this footwork, you can catch your opponent while he is "dancing" and kick/punch him, because he is pretty stationary at this point. It can be useful in a sport combat, but i wouldn't use it in any other situation.
@@ogi22 true another thing people dont mention and its my main check to TKD as they will never beat me in fist strikes even if they cross-train. Is checking a kick with the shin or bottom of the foot but the thing people dont do is check it point blank as they usually hurt themselves more since there throwing bombs. While your just putting your leg slightly forward and stopping it midway before it can build up into a KO kick.
I sparred a 3rd dan or whichever system they use to rank blackbelts in TKD and the only way i could keep up in the kick game. Was simply quite frankly to be really fucking aggresive since it was a mixed match and they allowed me to use most of my tools as i know a little bit of everything.
The club owner after the last fight scene, well we needed a refurb at one point haha
I remember watching this movie with my friend in some nondescript video hall while I was in the hostel. We were about to move out coz...well the actors were not "handsome" or "pretty", the language was "funny" and the movie itself was slow. But then the chase started and we were glued to our seats.
One of the best action movie out there. Period.
No matter how much movies came out but ONG BAK still today remains most epic fighting movie ever
Did you watch RAID?
Either The Raid or Ip Man for me.
And warrior king aka the protector.
@@abeginnerspov5968 Raid is classic
Well said about the knife moment. Im a Judo and JuJitsue instructor... and I always tell my students "Unless someone is trying to take your friend or family, nothing is worth it. Give them what you have." Even if you have a blade too... the loser of a knife fight dies in the street, the winner dies in the hospital. A knife is the scariest weapon IMHO, especially that close, and his knife disarm was the only part of this scene I call BS on.
True thats why i never practiced disarms even though im a self defense guy. If i had no choice i would rather parry and stay just out of reach and wait for them to get aggresive so i could trap the arm and instead of disarming simply beat their face in. Since i know if its one hand vs one hand i wont lose cause ive drilled that skillset in more then some other of even the basic fundamentals.
And quite frankly it blows people away how many strikes,blocks,parrys and so on that you can throw in a single second even all at the same time. As for firearms this is why i say clothing body armor should be more available luckily brand like wonder hoodie exist.
Only part? Really? Not that anybody literally gets 0 damage? He doesnt even slow down, let alone bleed from bitttle to the head and dishes breaking on elbows etc. Other guys dont get damage from ridiculous stuff too.
Well, i guess in Judo and JJ you might not know what its like to get hit hardly. However you have to know that fighting for minutes in a row slows you down almost whoever you are
I always think about my high school friend's dad Dave when Mad Dog comes out. We watched this movie together, and he was a big guy, about 6'5 and really strong. When he was younger, he was a brawler, and when Mad Dog started hitting Jaa with everything he could reach, Dave said "That's how I fought. There's no difference between winning a bar fight fairly and just winning a bar fight."
He also said the worst beating he took in a fight was from a guy my (high school) size. Little dude was a boxer, and just circled Dave peppering him up and down the body until Dave got ahold of him and tossed him across the floor. They called it a draw, drank together, and became friends.
I had the pleasure of watching this only a few seats away from Tony Jaa at a press screening in Bangkok. Amazing little fella!
Oh man! That is so cool!!!
I've never used my elbow more than once or twice in sparring. Would it be sore when used like it was in these fights? Any fear of breaking it or long-term damage?
Also, your comment about never throwing the same thing 3 times in a row is spot in. Human perception of repetition catches on subconsciously after the second same movement, from what I've read and experienced.
My personal experience is that my elbows can take a lot more than my wrists. It's my fav technique.
Like any strike the right training/condition/technique limits all injuries. the elbow can easily handle more than a fist though.
I must have rewound that first knee scene 20 times first time I saw this movie...unreal
Tony Jaa is the real deal watch his training videos and how crazy he actually is. If you think any of his skills are exaggerated or anything you will be surprised
He is a stunt man though. Hes not an actual fighter
@@garrethking99 you know nothing lol tony ja is a legit Mui Thai fighter lol
He trained in muay boran, but has no ring experience
@@garrethking99 he’s been training since the age of 10 and actually did have a few real fights his record was 5-0 after he stopped to go and make martial arts movies.
Thats what his fan page says. Im not doubting he is shit. But someone like Buakaw or Saenchai would smash him
Fun fact, they are hitting for real. They were only allowed minimal protection as Tony Jaa wanted the fight scenes to look real. In the night club fight scene the last guy he fights was almost knocked unconscious by that hit to the head while standing on the table...
Hey, thanks for the reminder of this fantastic movie. And, good commentary as well. I know very well seasoned fighters and everything you've mentioned here is full-on correct, including regarding a guy grabbing a knife.
Thank you mate!! Yeah I used to love this movie when it first came out and would watch it all the time, I definitely need to get a copy of this movie and watch the whole thing again
Fun fact! 1 he knocks the guy for real whit the fridge when i goes trough the wall. 2 almost every fight scene in these movies are done whit light to full contact.
ong bak was on another level movie
One of the greatest action movies ever made
I have to respect a guy whos fighting style is essentially found weapons.
Guy: He's not getting up after five of those low kicks.
Every UFC Fighter: ....
Turning away from the low kicks like this guy does makes them hurt A LOT more than if you stayed square and leaned into them to jam them up, for example. Taking low kicks can be done, but the way that this guy did it in the scene, and it looks like he also wasn't used to getting hit by low kicks, is a recipe to get dropped by them.
@@BurridgeMartialArts604 Yeah just giving you shit mate. I know you cannot cover all the fine print when making a video. :) Taking low kicks right is huge. Even if you don't manage to check them. Just look at Costa vs Adesanya for what happens even to a jakced up mega hulk in the top 5 in the world... when he fails to take the kick properly. :D Thanks for the reply, and for not getting riled by my jibbing ;)
@@Geburah82 Mate the second Izzy hit him with that first low kick right at the start of the first round I thought it was over. The look on Costa's face said it all and Izzy knew it!!!
Sometimes people who haven't been hit by a low kick underestimate just how much they hurt, especially when you aren't used to them! After one good kick though they normally change their minds pretty quickly haha!
Gotta be able to take a little shit here and there if I'm going to be on RUclips, it's good practice :P
Saw this in theaters. It changed my life
"Unless your Tony and you grab the arm and knee him 5 times" lmao
You definitely know your Martial Arts!!
Burridge Kickboxing hey I just subscribed to your channel as your reviewing these movie fights we both have a big smile on our faces just nice to see a legit martial artist talk fighting
hey thanks mate! It is really fun to watch the scenes, I never make time to watch the whole movie so this is a way for me to enjoy the best parts, share them with you guys as well and I also and get to learn a lot from you guys in the comment section as well about the actors and even some of the styles I am not super familiar with
5:41 still the funniest part of the movie. Hes like Bullseye from Marvel with out the ability to throw things 🤣
I remember watching this so long ago, and thinking dam he uses his elbow and knees to good effect ha. This and Warrior King, just insane 😍💪
See I am from India and I am from Haryana well known for free style and greeko roman wretling and my family and I practice wretling from childhood but from my father generation we suddenly move totally on jobs and father was in arm forces and I am software engineer so now I have morning time to practice so I daily first do pranayam ashtang yoga and than dand baithak and then mui thai practice on daily basis and I also fight many 🙄time so this are very effective when I fight itfeel me that I am a machine for this I daily practice mui thai 11 moves and lower kick and knee and elbow practice daily 💪💪.
Mui thai is superb and yes it is like our traditiona martial art Vajramushti which is practice by jetti brahman of South India and I am also a Hindu brahman and master in martail art 👍👍
And from my experien mui thai is superb and along with my busy job of software engineer I daily do two hour mui thai practice with hindu dund and pehalwan dund and pushups so it make my body of steel.
And yes after practice it also make me calm and focused 👍👍.
I love this thanks for this great martial art 🙏🙏
Thanks for talking about Muay Boran, been doing it for 15 years now. And most people haven’t heard of it until tony Jaa. And then most people just think it’s Muay Thai. 🇬🇧🙏🏻
Muay Boran is beautiful! I don't know a lot about it but would love to learn more. There is a channel I follow called FIght Vision that often shows Muay Boran techniques and I am always mesmerized by it
@@BurridgeMartialArts604 as I understand it Muay Boran was the battle field unarmed fighting style once you last or was disarmed. When it was made into a sport people would die in the ring. So it had the most deadly techniques taken out. And Muay Thai was created. Krabi Krabong would be fighting with weapons mostly two swords or a sword an shield. 🙏🏻🇬🇧🙏🏻
Great movie, saw it way back in the day. Glad he's done a few American movies or at least English-language. Seeing him in the third XXX movie as a more funny and light-hearted character compared to his more usual stoic roles was pretty impressive. Kicking ass alongside Donny Yen, even better.
My gramps was force recon Marine in Vietnam and he taught me that if someone pulls a knife just accept it. You are going to get cut, it is going to suck, and you are going to bleed. It is your job then to make it suck more for the other guy and hope he also hasn't accepted those facts.
"Hard to move out of the way quickly when you are holding a fridge" A1 content :D
0:40
Martial arts instructor you need remember what left and right is again,
The reason before this fight started when the fight announcer was talking to him what shoulder was facing forwards:
Left or right?.
Now next question what leg facing forwards when kicked his opponent to the ground:
Left or right?.
Thank you for your appreciation
First fight: street fight. Second fight: martial arts. Third fight: “OH GOD!!! MAD DOG!!!”
That guy is an amazing fighter friggin awesome
The last fight of never back down is fun to watch
I love his laugh feels agreeable and honest tho
One of my favorite martial arts films. The entire 3 movie series was pretty good, actually.
Last guy technique : ANGRY WIFES TECHNIQUES (throw plates bottles glasses)
Studied and trained in the Martial Arts for years and at the 5:05 mark,when he said,your not gonna get back from that from those low kicks and yep.
It's so cool that you know Muay Boran.
Tony Jaa looks so solid when attacking
one of my buddies in HS was into martial arts and used to constantly smash his forearms into hard things, edges of desks trees rocks everything...
his forearm bones were 1 cm wide compared to the knife edge of most people... some big lunk challenged him and smashed his arms with a ~2" pvc pipe several times and he was able to beat off each hit even being much much smaller.. he said of course it hurts training, and being hit by a enemy, buy you train to withstand until you win
The last guy was actually just the typical drunk american guy outside of the bar at 4 am.
I ensnared a half dozen people at least into watching this movie. The key is to get them to watch the chase scene. That will draw in people who normally don't watch kung-fu movies.
The more that see it the better!
Slipping the plates! lol, never thought you’d ever hear anyone say that one, huh? 😁
That afro kung fu guy in the third fight has a nickname as "Afro ninja" i think and he appears some other martial arts films, he was in Danny the dog in the elevator scene where they going for a underground fight but only that little scene.
Gotta check this out.
I think the bandana guy has studied and mastered Bas Rutten’s ‘self-defence’ bar fighting.
The single greatest self defence series of all time!
Ong bak is the best!!!
So good!!!
I like the staircase scene from The Protector the best, ong bak still the most shocking new movie since rumble in the bronx
Just to left you know, the front kick against the face is a big disrespect in muay thai. If someone is disrespectfull to you in a fight, they deserve the kick.
It's amazing how many elbows and knees to the face these guys can take.
i used to be a bare knuckle boxer, had a win lose ratio of 681-43, one time while travelling with my boxer buddies, we got invited to fight thai kickboxers, i won, but barely, and i was blinded in my right eye as a result of one of there knees to the head (which wasnt easy i can tell you, im 7'2"), he was going at it with everything and i only got about 5 punches in the whole 10 minute fight, but thankfully, im a good aim, first punch caught him in the liver, then 2 clean hits to the head, followed by my famous glasgow two step, gut punch to double them up, then a solid elbow between the shoulder blades to put them on the ground, while he was on the ground i knocked him out with a gentle kick to the face, next day about 3 quarters of my body was all badly bruised up, my right eye was swollen shut from bruising, and later ended up in a thai prison for illegal fighting, only did a year though, there vicious fighters them thai kickboxers
edit: that fight retired me from bare knuckle boxing, i still cant walk without a cane 10 years on, and i cant lie on my back to save my life, nerve damage all over my body, 20 year illegal fighting career up in smoke in one fight
You are a real guru. Nice content !!
Thank you! Glad you are enjoying the videos
That final guy's fighting style is "Throw crap".
I think I got this movie at a dollar store when I was like 13 or 14, has remained one of my favorite martial arts movies since. Tony Jaa is incredible. Not sure if you've seen/reviewed Jet Li's Unleashed yet, but another great movie. Another incredible video to check out even on your own time is "Best of Yuri Boyka" played by Scott Adkins.
I think Ive seen Unleashed but not for YEARS!! I'm definitely need to check it out again.
Ong Bak is an all time classic
You really need to check our the movie" Fighter in the Wind" movie. It's about a Korean guy who takes on all Japanese dojos.
That's why I said, I'm trying Thai for fourth black belt. Have one, second in september, and trying with 3 others.
LOVE! This movie!
That's my most favorite fight scene when he murder the whole club ;) :D 3:)
Almost 20 year pass and now we know Muaythai technique is real and super efficient not just a show-of like kung-fu. Wait untill all Muaythai Boran technique get showcase in MMA and prove it to the world agian that the movie made decade ago is actually accurate about how efficient Muaythai boran is.
Burridge looks totally trustable
Seisei Tsuoraka, a high level karate master in Canada, once was asked: What would you do if a fight starts in a bar?
--- I would leave.
When I was taking karate lessons, there was a good brown belt with some bully attitude. He has been defeated in a bar fight.
I knew a neighbour who was a very good amateur boxer. One day, he's caught in a gang street fight. He played dead.
Movie and street (or combat field) are totally different.
I have only been in one fight outside of training, and it was one of the scariest things I've been a part of. Luckily, it got broken up very quickly but one of my friends (not a fighter) got hit in the head and stomped on and sent a week in the hospital.
Always best to avoid fights whenever possible. In the ring you have a referee and rules to stop things getting to out of hand
As someone with hypertrophic cardio-myopothy. Fighting is something i cant do. But have always wanted to.
Have you done the slave fight scene from Ong Bak 2? Absolutely brutal fight but I love seeing him let loose!
he knows kung fu also,very good fighting actor
The thing with Tony Jaa is that he doesn't pull his punches/kicks/elbows/etc nearly as much as others do. His stunt team also loosen up a LOT before a scene, because having to take a Muay Thai technique and sell it, they are *actually* getting hit. So when he does a jump elbow, for example, at 1:57, he's actually making contact with force, but you can see he hits it a bit long so that the actual elbow bone is beyond the crest of the head, and he hits with the tricep area (softer... but not by much on someone as ripped at Tony Jaa)
Yes, but director’s cuts of Ong Bak had some training scenes as bonus content and showed the stunt doubles wearing body armor. The guy with the hair was wearing a helmet to take all of those headshots.
The most memorable scene for me was when the helmet came off after one training round.
You are still correct, though. They’re wearing pads, but he is HITTING those pads.
My almost second black belt is in Judo, It's close, but Uechi-Ryu is more distant, Front kick, spear thrust. Judo lets you get close, that's when we shin, preasure points, suffication. I did say wrestling.
Actually had a fight that was very movable. Hard to focus what to do, All I did was wait, limit was gonna ring because no action, he finally charged with a punch, I dodged, elbow to face and over. Longest 3 minutes ever.
I wonder anybody notice the padding underneath the shirt of the most or all the fighters that fought Tony in those fights scene.
1st fighter was basically Chuck Lidell
2nd fighter was basically Stephen Wonderboy Thompson
3rd fighter was basically Tank Abbot
I always wanted to know how did they film the head strikes. I mean there's no protection against an elbow to the top of the head, even with a crash helmet, the actor would take serious injuries.
4:36 Ohh just understand this trick 😱👍
You have a big giant white space over your right shoulder, you should consider putting the video there instead of next to you, and it'll give your final product better frame composition. (And you can make the video you're watching much bigger.) As it stands, you're leaving almost 50% of your frame unused. Anyway, good work. Keep improving, dude.
The third one, an avid Chairkwondo master.
Honestly the more legit there is from all of them, I mean... if it works... it works.
When the 2nd guy said, "fuck mui ti" Tony answer with push kick to face, as foot to face was disrespectful
He is the best
So good movie
Stuntmen React to Bad and Great Hollywood Stunts 30 dropped yesterday 3/13/21 from Corridor Crew discusses this fight scene from a (guest) stunt person and film maker's insight. It's just the thing to check out after this video.
Unique channel with live commentary. Cool 😎
These are all real contact and he is really breaking these items in the movie
On the original DVD they had the behind the scenes Tony Jaa is amazing
Tony Jaa is always great :) And I always watch movies in the original language if possible (only a select few anime have a dub so good that I end up liking them a lot, never live action), and for some reason I love hearing what's-her-name, Lek? Yeah, I know, but I find her adorable, so sue me :) I also like watching Iko Uwais, so Triple Threat with both him and Tony was a treat, a triple treat if you will ;)
Haha yeah I am the same! Anytime I watch anime I try to watch it subbed, the voice acting is often so much better! The only exception is DBZ, because I grew up watching it dubbed
@@BurridgeMartialArts604 same man
if you didnt know that kick he did to that big dude in the black was real its in the behind the scenes
they have names for the movements on the dvd, the flying knee fist combo is called "Bolting Horse" some really cool stuff on the original disk of ong bak.....tony jaa rules :) thanks !
sorry , that was ong bak 2 , but the first one has a martial arts demo, excellent !
It was still his left shoulder ?!?
Agree. No cinema magic involved.
No his video isn't quite synced up correctly, what he means is that Tony suddenly is southpaw as he throws the first knee.
@@iyaramonk ah, yes. You’re right.
@@iyaramonk OK. Makes sense.
@@iyaramonk though to me it looks like he simply stepped up with his right out of that stance to deliver that big knee.. just missed a step of his movement. Not too big a deal to me
going into a bar fight against a Muay Boran/Let Wei professional ... what can possibly go wrong :P
Tony Jaa killed it in this, loved the chase scene
I forget if it was this or the Protector where his very first action was FLYING in from off screen with his knees crushing some poor stunt guy. That's when I knew these were gonna be great action films.
I think that was the Protector but I honestly can't remember it's been so long
Tony Jaa style of fighting is my favorite... It's a mixture of aggressive and stylish way of fighting...