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Can anybody tell me


Tony Jaa is credited as to knowing Muy Thai and Tae Kwon Do. I read somewhere that he also trained in Aikido. Has he ever used any Aikido moves in any of his films? Please tell me where. Thank you.

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I think he just studied some Aikido, i don't know if he actually went to Japan to formally train there like Steven Seagal. I can't remember any specific scene where he uses it a lot, but there are probably some moments where someone rushes him and he executes a throw gracefully, without needing to hit him. That would be Aikido I guess.

There are some times where he throws the guy and still holds his arm, but instead of doing an arm or wrist lock he just breaks the guy's arm..

I see you eying my lemon drink.

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he uses artforms not seen on film before. so while they may look like grappling skills we see in aikido and judo, they actually stem from ancient Thai fighting arts.

he was trained in kung fu growing up.

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