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Topic: Ong Bak

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Re: Ong Bak

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Re: Ong Bak

Here's video of the guy I referenced this episode, Buakaw Por Pramuk.

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Re: Ong Bak

I've tried downloading this a few times with my iPad, but the file is giving me "playback failed" errors. Anyone else getting this, or is it just me? Looking at the 150+ mb file on my iPad with a third party program, I see it has a run time of 0.00 minutes...

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Re: Ong Bak

Same here.

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I've seen The Protector but that's my only Tony Jaa exposure.  I'll have to pick this one up.

Side note: Tony Jaa looks a like Asian ripped Jimmy Smits to me.

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iTunes is fixed. You will need to redownload the file, I think.

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Re: Ong Bak

Here's the pro wrestler Low Ki that Eddie mentioned.  Looking at it over and over it appears he's amazing at timing his landing and pulls his legs up while rolling to one side and lessening the impact quite a bit.  The guy on the bottom leans foward to try to catch the weight and sort of roll with the impact that's left.  If you focus on the guy taking the bump it doesn't look as bad as you initially think.  All that said, I'd hate to be on the receiving end of one if he ever fucks up. 

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Sanjay Dutt's moonsault stomp is even crazier.

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Yeah, that one... there is no dissecting.  He's just a little guy who flat out lands on people.  Thank god he's tiny and those rings have a LOT of give to them.  From the ones I've seen most of the guys taking the bump do put their arms in the way also so it's usually not straight on their rib cages.

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Double stomps are one of those wrestling moves that basically are what they are.  Raven's description isn't far off- you CAN reduce some of the danger and pain by letting your legs go a bit limp upon delivery, but that's almost less safe as you lose some control that way.  Low Ki specifically is a complete lunatic and is generally kicking/stomping just as hard as he can.  Twice as hard if he hates or loves you.

The real secret is how you TAKE the double stomp.  If you watch the video below, take a look at what all the guys getting stomped are doing.  They're clasping their hands and squeezing their ribcage together with their biceps so that hopefully it doesn't, y'know, explode inward or shatter or whatever.

Double stomps to the chest hurt, but they're usually the fun kind of wrestling hurt where they get a huge reaction from a crowd and make you feel like a tough guy for taking the move like a man.  I have been double stomped while laying on my stomach, and got two boots to my kidneys.  Urine shot out of me involuntarily, and that was less fun.


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I saw the 2nd and 3rd Ong Bak movies first, mostly as the setting was more interesting. The first one does seem more like a demo reel than a movie, with Jaa never really seeming in danger of losing. My only other real experience with Thai films is the 2004 monster movie Garuda. It's fascinating, not for the monster (a bird creature in a cave), but the cultural dynamic. There's a half Thai, half French female scientist, and both the Thai characters, and the movie, see her being a half breed as a horrible thing that makes her less of a human (and she seems to see their point). It's also one of the few movies where the military stepping in is the best thing that could have happened, a natural plot point in a country where they actually have official music to be played on the radio every time the Generals step in to take over the government.

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