Ong Bak’s Real Muay Thai Explained

Ong Bak's Real Muay Thai Explained

Before You Watch The Video Below, First A little Background About The Ong Bak:

Ong Bak is one of the most iconic martial arts movies of all time. Countless Muay Thai practitioners were inspired by this movie, and it gave Muay Thai an international stage in ways that no athlete ever could. Tony Jaa is a legend for what he contributed to Muay Thai, and make no mistake, he’s very skilled in performing Muay Thai moves and very athletic. It only makes sense that he was trained by Yodtong Senanan, the greatest Muay Thai coach of all time.

About Ong-Bak Movie

Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior is a 2003 Thai martial arts film directed by Prachya Pinkaew and featured action choreography by Panna Rittikrai. It stars Tony Jaa in the lead role, alongside Petchtai Wongkamlao and Pumwaree Yodkamol. Ong-Bak proved to be Jaa’s breakout film, with the actor hailed internationally as the next major martial arts star. Jaa went on to star in Tom-Yum-Goong (called The Protector in the US and Warrior King in UK) and directed and starred in two prequels of Ong-Bak titled Ong-Bak 2 and Ong-Bak 3.

Box office:

Ong-Bak premiered as the closing film of the 2003 Bangkok International Film Festival, and then opened in a wide release in Thailand cinemas in February 2003. On February 11, 2005, the film was released in North America in 387 theatres under the title Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior. In its opening weekend, it grossed US$1,334,869 ($3,449 per screen), on its way to a US total of $4,563,167. Ong Bak with budget $1,100,000 earned in worldwide $20,112,926.

Alternate versions

After Ong-Bak became a hit in Thailand, sales rights for outside Asia were purchased by Luc Besson’s EuropaCorp, which in turn re-edited the film. Most of the subplot involving Muay Lek’s sister, Ngek, was removed, and the final showdown between Ting and Saming was shortened. EuropaCorp also re-scored the soundtrack with some hip-hop sounds, replacing the Thai rock score; this is this version that has been made available in the United States and most of the Western world.