Martial Artist Tony Jaa birth name was Tatchakorn Yeerum. He was also known as internationally Tony Jaa. In Thailand he was known as Jaa Phanom. He was a martial artist, action choreographer, actor, stuntman, traceur and also a director.
Tony Jaa date of birth was 5th February 1976.He was born in the rural area in the Surin Province to the Rin Saipetch and Thongdee Yeerum. He was of Kuy descent; it was a Mon-Khmer ethic group that was inhabits Thailand, Cambodia and the Laos.
The Kuy practice was the tradition to more similar to the traditions of the Cambodia than that of the traditions observed by the Lao or the Thai. The Kuy was also known for being as the skilled trainers of the elephants.
Tony Jaa would speak Kuy, Thai and Northern Khmer languages. Tony Jaa had watched many films by Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan and Jet Li at the temple fairs in his youth. That was inspired him to learn the martial arts.
Tony Jaa had practiced the techniques in his father’s rice paddy. He had begun his training in the Muay Thai at his local temple at the age of 10.
Thai choreographer Panna Rittikrai has instructed the Tony Jaa to attend the Maha Sarakham College of the Physical Education in the Maha Sarakham Province from that he had graduated with the bachelor’s degree.
Martial artist Tony Jaa had married his longtime girlfriend Piyarat Chotiwattananont in the year 2012 on May 3. They both had two daughters.
Tony Jaa had initially started worked as the stuntman for the Muay Thai Stunt for 14 years.
Tony Jaa has appeared in many of Rittikrai’s films. He was also the done in the Thai television series name Insee Daeng in English Red Eagle. Tony Jaa and Panna had together developed an interest in the Muay Boran marial arts.
The predecessor of the muay thai trained for 4 years at the art with the intention of the developing a film about muay thai sport. They were able to do together a short film that was showing about what Tony Jaa could do with the help of the instructor Grandmaster Mark Harris.
Tony Jaa first movie is Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior in the year of 2003. In this movie Tony Jaa had acting as a leading role.
Tony Jaa second major movie was Tom-Yum-Goong as the Protector in the USA. It was named after the Tom yum soup that which was included as the style of the Muay Thai that had imitates the elephants.
Sahamongkol Film International production company had advertised that the Tony Jaa’s 3rd film that would be also called as the Sword or the Dead Atmas. It was about the art of Thai the two swords fighting with the script by the Prapas Chonsalanont.
It was said that there would be sequel to the Ong-Bak, Ong-Bak 2 with the Jaa both directed and had starring in the year 2006 in March. It was started the pre-production in the fall of 2006 and was released in the year 2008 December.
Tony Jaa had captured the attention of his hero Jackie Chan.
He had asked the director Brett Ratner to the cast Jaa in the Rush Hour 3. He said that he would be unable to participate because of his schedule had conflicts with the shooting of Ong Bak 2.
Tony Jaa had accepted a deal with the Sahamongkol film international company. He had filmed Tom Yum Goong 2 for them with the Chocolate star Jija Yanin in the major role too.
Tony Jaa had co-starred in the blockbuster action film Furious 7 that was produced and starred by the Vin Diesel and James Wan. He had also teamed up with the fellow actors Louis Koo and Wu Jing in the Hong Kong Chinese action film SPL II. Tony Jaa was again co-starred with the Louis Koo in the movie Paradox in the year 2016 October that was the third part of the SPL series.
