Tony Jaa was born in Surin province, Isan, Thailand, and was raised in a rural area in Surin. He graduate bachelor’s degree from Maha Sarakarm Institute of Physical Education. His hometown is 400 km from Bangkok. As he grew up he watched films by Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Vince Lam and Jet Li at temple fairs, which was his inspiration to learn martial arts. He was so inspired by them that while he was doing chores or playing with friends, he would imitate the martial arts moves that he had seen, practicing in his father’s rice paddy. Tony Jaa is widely known for his fights vs brock lesnar, michael jai white, marrese crump, capoeira, jet li, donnie yen, paul walker, bruce lee, lateef crowder, wu jing, army, scott adkins, boyka, buakaw, crow demon, dolph lundgren, dan chupong, eddy gordo, fight club, giants, ip man, jackie chan, kom kom, max zhang, nathan jones, ong bak, pirates, rza, saming, the rock, wrestler, yuri boyka.

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