Which of Tony Jaa’s two Ong Bak series characters would triumph in a head-to-head duel – Ting or Tien? Thailand's famed martial arts star Tony Jaa landed his big break with the release of Ong Bak: Muay Thai Warrior, released in Thailand in 2003 and internationally in 2005. He later followed the martial arts hit up with the two prequel films, Ong Bak 2: The Beginning and Ong Bak 3 in 2009 and 2010, with Jaa playing Ting in the first film and Tien in the prequels, respectively.
Both Ting and Tien are martial arts masters of tremendous skill, and each brings his own advantages to the table. In Ong Bak, Ting showed himself to not just be a Muay Thai master but also one with great agility and adaptability. His nimble nature was seen in the movie’s foot chase showcasing Ting's skills in parkour (later made famous by District 13), while the fight club sequence showed him taking on opponents of different strengths and backgrounds and defeating them all.
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As a young man in the 15th century, Tien rose from childhood abandonment to become a true warrior in his training. A member of the Pha Beek Khrut circle of warriors, Tien becomes a master of numerous martial arts. As seen in the two film's fight scenes, this makes him an extremely deadly opponent to all who battle with him. Here's who would win in a fight between Ong Bak's Ting and Tien.
Ting and Tien are roughly as hard to defeat in a fight as one another, and they are also more or less equals in their tolerance for pain. Ting went through a lot more than just taking hits from his opponents, continuing into the final fight with deep cuts in his forearms from one opponent who cornered him with a table ax in one of Tony
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