{"id":3040,"date":"2013-09-29T10:59:03","date_gmt":"2013-09-29T17:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/?p=3040"},"modified":"2017-10-18T21:09:20","modified_gmt":"2017-10-19T04:09:20","slug":"krabi-krabong-in-the-movies-ong-bak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/?p=3040","title":{"rendered":"Krabi Krabong in the Movies: Ong Bak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Featured arts:<\/strong>\u00a0This films does for traditional\u00a0Muay Thai (such as Muay Boran and Muay Chaiya) and Krabi Krabong\u00a0what Bloodsport did for karate\/kick-bocking. Using highly stylized but dramatic fight scenes, the film portrays the unique energetics and techniques of the Thai arts, distinct from today&#8217;s sport Muay Thai. Using a mixture of different older systems, Tony Jaa displays tremendous acrobatic ability and strength.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/mael-pic10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3041\" alt=\"mael pic\" src=\"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/sandbox\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/mael-pic10.jpg\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Overview:\u00a0<\/b>This movie offers a classic martial arts plot, but filmed entirely in Thailand, with Thai stars and production. When the head of Ong-Bak, the sacred Buddha of a poor village in Thailand is stolen, the population is plunged into misery. The Buddha was the focal point of an anniversary vigil believed to bring rain to the drought-stricken area. Young Ting is selected by the villagers to travel to Bangkok and rescue the relic in time for their ceremony.<\/p>\n<p><b>Rating:\u00a0<span style=\"color: #660000;\">8.6<\/span>\u00a0<\/b>(out of 10) &#8211; as martials arts films go, this has all the right stuff in it and it is not painful to watch in between the numerous fights and stunt scenes. And it offers a unique view of Thai culture.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ie-C7o30PkU\" height=\"315\" width=\"420\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nKrabi Krabong weapons start at 5:00<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hM1xUiE-3Zo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;(Re-produced under fair-use and with credit)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Featured arts:\u00a0This films does for traditional\u00a0Muay Thai (such as Muay Boran and Muay Chaiya) and Krabi Krabong\u00a0what Bloodsport did for karate\/kick-bocking. Using highly stylized but dramatic fight scenes, the film portrays the unique energetics and techniques of the Thai arts, distinct from today&#8217;s sport Muay Thai. Using a mixture of different older systems, Tony Jaa displays tremendous acrobatic ability and strength. Overview:\u00a0This movie offers a classic martial arts plot, but filmed entirely in Thailand, with Thai stars and production. When the head of Ong-Bak, the sacred Buddha of a poor&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/?p=3040\" class=\"read-more\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3042,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[41,38],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3040"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3040"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3040\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6743,"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3040\/revisions\/6743"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}