«Никаких верёвок и никакого CGI!"- the principle of the Thai film actor, stuntman, choreographer and director specializing in films with martial arts, Tony Jha (Pan Yirum). This interesting person has been developing his superhuman jumping ability since childhood. To do this, he jumped on the backs of elephants, who were bred by his parents. Slonyata gradually grew, at the same time Tony's jumping ability increased, his skill increased.
Tony Jah. Biography
Tony was born in northern Thailand on February 51976 Since childhood, he loved to watch action movies with Jackie Chan, Bruce Lee, Jet Li. He was so fascinated by martial arts that he began to engage in Thai boxing. The young man practiced the blows that he saw in the films many times, until they became what they should be.
From the age of twelve, the young man dreamed of becoming a star.martial arts. He was engaged in various martial arts, fencing, gymnastics. His father did not take his son’s hobbies seriously and even forbade him to engage in this business, but Jah threatened him with suicide, so the Pope could only accept it. He even began to teach his son, as he had coaching experience in martial arts. Training took place every day and lasted for six to seven hours.
Sign Meeting
When the boy was ten years old, he learned aboutThai stuntman and director P. Rittikray. At thirteen years of age I was asked to train by a master. Since then, he began to help on the set: brought water, cooked, held an umbrella over the camera, and so on.
Already at the age of fifteen, Tony becomes real.student P. Rittikraya. At the same time, according to his recommendations, he begins to be engaged in the school of physical education, studying various martial arts. And every weekend the young man studied acting and stunt skills.
Ещё в юности Тони Джа много раз побеждал в разных sports competitions, winning only gold medals. He was chairman of the sword fighting club and was repeatedly invited to China to demonstrate Thai martial arts.
Starting an acting career
After some time, Tony Jah becomesstuntman in the team Rittikraya. Together they are interested in the ancient style of muay-boran, intensive training begins. At this time, Jha develops her own style, combining gymnastics and muay thai together.
After a few years goesa short film where Tony showed all his abilities. The picture was seen by director P. Pinkay, and the stuntman was invited to play the main role in his new film. Prior to that, Tony Jha, whose biography is quite fascinating, had experience in film, since he had previously duplicated actors in advertising and in several films. It must be said that the first steps as a stuntman Jha did in ten films, which brought him some profit.
In 2003, the picture “Ong Bak: Thai Warrior” was published.In this film, the viewer saw the most difficult tricks with high-speed battles and quite extreme acrobatics. Tony performed all these tricks himself, therefore no computer graphics or other mechanical means were involved in the film. The picture was a success, and the stuntman himself became a star of Asian fighters. The viewer was looking forward to movies with Tony Jah.
The next successful film, shot by Jah, Pinkay andRittikrai, released in 2005 under the title "Honor the Dragon" (also known as the "Thai Dragon"). This picture was a huge success, so in 2006 it was released in the United States under the name "Defender".
"Defender" has become the most successful Thai film, released in the West. Because of this, Tony began to organize demonstrations outside of Thailand.
In 2006, Jha tries himself as a director in the film "Ong Bak 2." The picture was published in 2008, and in 2010 the film "Ong Bak 3" was shot.
Personal life
Tony Jah, all the films of which are shot withoutuse of computer graphics, very fond of their parents. He bought them a huge mansion in two floors, where they now live. But the old small house was not demolished, it stands nearby in the garden as a reminder to the famous actor about his childhood.
Today, Jah has a huge number of plans that are associated with future films and directing.
Filmography
Tony starred in many films, and they all had great success with the viewer. Possessing incredible abilities, the actor and stuntman constantly amazes idols with his skill.
With the participation of Jah came out the following pictures:“Mortal Kombat. Extermination ”(1997),“ He Buck ”(2003),“ Bodyguard ”(2004),“ Honor of the Dragon ”(2005),“ Bodyguard 2 ”(2007),“ He Buk 2 ”(2008),“ He Buk 3 ”(2010),“ Honor of the Dragon 2 ”(2013),“ Man Will Grow ”(2014),“ The Slave Trade ”(2014). These are the best movies from Tony Jah.
In 2015, the release of the painting "Fast and Furious 7", which will become the Hollywood debut of the Thai star, is expected.
Muay Thai
As Tony Jah himself says, he wanted to show everythingthe world is a different side of Muay Thai, completely opposite to the one that everyone sees, watching the fights in the ring. Jah wanted to convey to people the Thai culture that had developed thousands of years ago.
So, the main task of Muay Thai initiallywas to help the warrior survive the war after he became unarmed. The main emphasis in the technique is placed on the development of the skills of a fighter without any weapon to fight with an armed opponent. The emphasis here is on disabling the enemy with quick destructive strikes. The technique has Buddhist roots, so a lot of time is spent on meditation in preparation to achieve the highest form of concentration of the mind.
Tony Jah in his films not only successfullydemonstrates the ability to conduct battles using martial arts, but also brings to the viewer the ancient culture of Thailand. Maybe that's why all the films with his participation I want to review again and again.
