Official IWS Traditional Martial Arts Thread

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More specifically:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmXID...2A15DCBD965547

Okay, cool. I'll give it a look tonight.

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Interesting article on Machida before the Evans fight:

http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2009/5/18...ot-necessarily

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Interesting Q&A with Lyoto's dad:

http://www.sherdog.com/news/articles...atriarch-20388

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[Ludo]

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Watched the Bokator vid. Pretty interesting. It actually looks like a lot like the depiction of MT in Ong Bak.

I also noticed that about halfway through part 2 the guy does what looks like a kata, which is interesting because I don't think most people associate pre-arranged movement sets with Southeast asian martial arts.

Ludo, you should go do that one month certificate program.

[Ludo]

Watched the Bokator vid. Pretty interesting. It actually looks like a lot like the depiction of MT in Ong Bak.

I also noticed that about halfway through part 2 the guy does what looks like a kata, which is interesting because I don't think most people associate pre-arranged movement sets with Southeast asian martial arts.

Ludo, you should go do that one month certificate program.

I don't have the money to go to Cambodia for a month. Plus I think I'm too tall for most of those techniques. Even Antonio was having trouble with the low attacks and he doesn't look much taller than the guy he's fighting. I'm 6'2".

[Ludo]

Just got done watching Ong Bak 2. Not as good as the first one, but still pretty good. Tony Jaa is crazy.

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I don't think I've seen any of the Ong Bak sequels. I need to check them out.

Did you see The Protector? That's a crazy fucking movie.

[Ludo]

I was going to but I saw alot of bad reviews on it so I wasn't sure if I should bother.

[Mr. IWS]

Im 12 years old and what is this?

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I was going to but I saw alot of bad reviews on it so I wasn't sure if I should bother.

I definitely wouldn't call it a "good" movie, but it does have some good action (the Game of Death inspired scene where Tony Jaa is going from floor to floor in this building kicking the shit out of everyone) as well as some very unintentional lulz (rollerblade warriors, Tony Jaa giving too much of a fuck about elephants).

I'd say it's at least worth watching once.

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Im 12 years old and what is this?

What?

[Ludo]

Yeah what is Jaa's obsession with elephants? There are two scenes in Ong Bak 2 where elephants are needlessly injected into the movie.

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Dude, I don't know but he's clearly all about them. When I realized that The Protector was all about him and elephants, I was like WTF?!

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WHERE ARE MY ELEPHANTS?!?!

The Protector is hilarious.

[zY|]

Oh yeah, and that one scene where's he going floor-to-floor asskicking is like 4 minutes long and all done in ONE SHOT.

Also,

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According to IMDB, he is currently filming The Protector 2.

I actually wonder if he can make a movie without elephants. I mean, seriously. Dude. Just make a normal movie without any fucking elephants. Just ONCE.

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Oh yeah, and that one scene where's he going floor-to-floor asskicking is like 4 minutes long and all done in ONE SHOT.

Hell yeah! That shit was bad ass.

I'm actually interested in watching the movie again just for that scene.

Also,

Fuckin' BOL!!!!!!

[zY|]

Yeah I enjoyed it. I saw it around when it came out and completely forgot about it.