Prachya Pinkaew's "The Kick"

[Drunken Monk]

http://twitchfilm.com/news/2010/11/a...e-the-kick.php

Gearing up for an imminent start to production with principal photography just weeks away is Ong Bak director Prachya Pinkaew's The Kick.

Revolving around a Korean family of taekwondo masters living in Bangkok The Kick will see Pinkaew bring some new moves to his repertoire. The switch in fight disciplines has led to a switch in fight choreographers with muay thai stylist Panna Rittikrai replaced by taekwondo expert Master An of the Korean Tigers but despite the new stunt leader and new fight style Pinkaew's latest won't be entirely without familiar faces.

Popular Thai comedian Mum Jokmok - Dirty Balls in Ong Bak - is coming along for the ride on this one as is Chocolate leading lady Jija Yanin. Making Yanin's involvement particularly interesting is that taekwondo is actually her first discipline, with muay thai being something she picked up specifically for Chocolate. She'll have a supporting role in this one but expect to see some good things with the added comfort that should come from working with a more familiar style.

[ShaOW!linDude]

I was unaware Yanin had any training prior to "Chocolate". That's interesting. I'll be looking forward to this.

Maybe finally a return to some amazing bootmaster action!?!?!? Gawd, I think I just came...

[blue_skies]

I'm interested in this but to be honest I'm concerned that jeeja is making another picture without Panna as the main action/martial-arts choreographer. I know drunken monk has stated that Panna took that role in Raging Phoenix but I'm sure the DVD told another story. I wish I hadn't sold the DVD just to be sure his role was nothing more than executive producer/producer.

I sincerely hope Jeeja's third leading role turns out to be at worst as good as Chocolate .

[Space]

Nice, this sounds interesting. I hope these guys can stay active and keep cranking them out.

Originally Posted by ShaOW!linDude

I was unaware Yanin had any training prior to "Chocolate". That's interesting. I'll be looking forward to this.

I guess it makes sense...Thais with money generally don't study Muay Thai, but instead take Taekwondo.

[ShaOW!linDude]

Originally Posted by Space

I guess it makes sense...Thais with money generally don't study Muay Thai, but instead take Taekwondo.

Seriously? I did not know that. What is that, like, the local style isn't good enough? Do they view it as slumming in some sense to study Muay Thai when they can 'afford' to study something else?

[Charuto]

The first time I saw a picture of Jija, I thought she was Korean. The rich Thai - Taekwando connection is interesting too.

[DeathFuMaster]

Originally Posted by ShaOW!linDude

Seriously? I did not know that. What is that, like, the local style isn't good enough? Do they view it as slumming in some sense to study Muay Thai when they can 'afford' to study something else?

To me it would probably come down to just being different. I mean its like us watching foreign movies instead of just American. People like to do things that are not so familar to them. Im sure she grew up with Muay Thai everywhere around her and just wanted to do something that wasn't as common.

[ShaOW!linDude]

That makes sense, I guess. I can buy that.

[Space]

Originally Posted by ShaOW!linDude

Seriously? I did not know that. What is that, like, the local style isn't good enough? Do they view it as slumming in some sense to study Muay Thai when they can 'afford' to study something else?

Yeah kind of. Muay Thai is for poor kids and people sign up (or their parents force them) because they want to make a living with it.

Taking TKD is a leisure activity and the training isn't as brutal or time-consuming.