Sylvie von Duuglas-Ittu

I like to make compelation videos from the Muay Thai Library, looking back at some of the amazing sessions we have, some of them quite far back. This is the latest one. The Library is so huge its easy to miss great stuff. These are five great sessions with Teep instruction, maybe the quintessential

my present work with Yodkhunpon, sharing with everyone where we're at. Video above. This is part of my continued theme on gearless sparring and how it shaped the Golden Age of Muay Thai. Yodkhunpon and I started sparring pretty much every day around when everything shut down during COVID; so, going

Since about 2020, I've been piecing my training together between various gyms, krus and padmen I admired, driving to different locations in Pattaya (and once a week even all the way to Bangkok), just so I could get the basics of high level padwork, clinching, a social space that embraced traditional

The above photo from my fight last night, my 294th Muay Thai fight. You guys have heard me talk about how the Lobloo groin guard, the first available, functional for female protection, has been so game-changing for me. I've tried to share that to Thai women fighters as well for a long time (this pho

[Kevin writing, Sylvie's excellent commentary video above] As Sylvie approaches 300 Muay Thai fights in total we're sharing her commentary videos of recent fights, along with my thoughts as an informed ring-side observer, so you can see into the fight. This particular commentary and fight gives grea

[Kevin writing, Sylvie commentary and video above] - a little something different, now posting Sylvie’s fight commentaries here on Patreon, with a write up by me as an informed, partial ringside viewer. This Patreon literally allows Sylvie to fight in the original, wide-ranging way that she does, en

Ruup (Thai for form, shape, outline) is one of the most important, but also seldom talked about aspects of Thailand's traditional Muay Thai. It is the upright form or structure of your muay, and in traditional scoring is a big factor, even if some new Entertainment Muay Thai may not regard it as muc

[Kevin writing] If you go to festival fights in Thailand, which are something like fairs where a whole community comes together, with live music and food stands and games and shops, and all the fighters spread out amid the color and noise, on mats which really like islands of families, you'll see th

[Kevin writing] There is something when you are in the presence of training with a legend of the sport, something which can never be duplicated by another person, something pure and true. This photo series attempts to capture some of that in the great Saencherng Pinsinchai. Often in the Library ther

video, above Karuhat had just walked into his bedroom at our house, phone in hand, ready to flop onto his bed and relax until lunch. I peeked my head in and let him know that I was going to spar with Yodkhunpon, but it's at the gym that was too hot for Karuhat the last time we'd worked together ther

A question in Patreon chat lead to me making this compilation of 5 sessions from the Muay Thai Library, capturing differences and similiarities between Thai fighters who relied on the low kick. The sessions are here in full: #103 Metprik Silachai - Lost Techniques of Old School Muay Maat Lowkick Pre

[Kevin writing] One of the things we’ve tried to document through the Muay Thai Library project is just how closely Thailand’s Muay Thai has been historically woven together with a decided Western Boxing influence, which stretches back more than 100 years. One of the likely reasons why Thailand’s Mu

Arjan Gimyu and the Thai Principle of Doh (ต่อ), in his 6 decades of training and teaching an understanding like no other above are clips from the full MTL session which can be seen here The more we’ve studied and filmed with legends of the sport the more we’ve come to realize how much the Thai Prin

Posting this long trailer of the latest Namsaknoi session in the Muay Thai Library #164 Namsaknoi Yudthagarngamtorn #3 - Aggressive Tempos, Angles & Sensing Guard (94 min) for all the freely subscribed followers of our Patreon, and for all those that support that haven't had a chance to watch it yet

Keys to Higher Traditional Muay Thai: Spacing, Continue, Angles, Tempo & Rhythm Kevin writing. The above graphic represents 5 keys I’ve drawn out of our many years of filming the Muay Thai Library project (with probably over 100 Thai krus and legends of the sport), as well as being ringside for Sylv

above, Kevin's informal interview of me on my return to pull-ups and my experiences with adding weight training When we filmed with Chatpon for the Muay Thai Library, the very moment he grabbed my neck with his forearm, I felt this unmistakable quiver of "oh sh*t." I've felt that before - Yodkhunpon

One of the most beautiful things about the Golden Age of Muay Thai is that aside from the incredible skill of the fighters and the depth of talent, the sport was filled with style, sanae (aura, charm) and expressiveness. Some of my favorite moments from their great fights are about the fighters and

[Kevin writing] One of the things that has happened while Sylvie has been fighting like a demon for years, and filming the Muay Thai Library, training up all the things she's been learning every improving as a fighter is that there has been an immense growth of awareness in small things. Here's the

Above is 8 minutes of Yodkhunpon teaching his clinch reversal from the recent session: #156 Yodkhunpon "The Elbow Hunter" Sittraipum - 5 | offensive teeping, clinch reversals, elbow defense (1 hr, 28 min). Below are just a few personal notes on the technique and why I find it so beautiful. watch the

Yesterday was very rough in Karuhat's recovery from his ACL reconstruction and MCL repair. We went to get his sutures removed, which went well by itself, but the surgeon demonstrated again this stretch for the hamstring that had proven a problem for us last week. I told the surgeon that Karuhat had

On May 5th, Karuhat underwent an ACL reconstruction and repair on both sides of his meniscus. He stayed in the hospital for 2 nights, for observation but also just to give him around-the-clock care during the first days, watching for infection or complications. He didn't sleep well those 2 nights (i

Perhaps there is nothing more significant than the care for legends themselves, in the hope of preserving the legacy of the Muay Thai they created, out of the glory of their bodies, their training and fighting. A fighter such as Karuhat Sor Supawan moved like no other fighter in history, and in his

We've been thinking about our values, the things that make all the fighting and training, the writing and the entire Muay Thai Library project so meaningful to us and others, and it felt like a very good time to write something down. Something like a manifesto. A public statement on what we are abou

above, Dieselnoi, one of the greatest fighters in Thai history, hitting his fighter pose in the waiting room of Bangkok Hopsital Pataya Eye Center a couple of days ago - my vlog at top The Full Story - Dieselnoi Needed Help In early November, Kevin and I drove into Bangkok to drop off a heavy duty w