Sylvie von Duuglas-Ittu

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

[Kevin writing] We put all of Sylvie's fights up now with commentary on YouTube, you can see video of (practically) every single fight in her progressively historic career in this YouTube Playlist and you can view her detailed Complete Fight Record here. This is her 283rd fight (from July) as she pr

A Trinity of Training Experiences Often when we film for the Muay Thai Library viewers and students don't really have a sense of the relationship of gyms to each other on the map, so here is a quick suggestion of 3 different style gyms you can visit that are close together in Northern Bangkok, each

In my effort to understand and celebrate the great Muay Thai of Thailand's past, I've begun reading and studying old Muay Thai magazines, from the 1990s and back to the 1970s. You can see my growing pile here. All the colored tabs you see are marking photos, articles, results, rankings that feature

my vlog about the trip is above. This is part of my Sylvie Run Cast series where I talk about all things Muay Thai on my runs. You can watch the series on YouTube, here is the Playlist. We just got back from a big trip to Ubon Ratchathani in Isaan to film for the Muay Thai Library project, so this i

above, Thongchai's choices. We have continued our interview poll of great fighters and legends of Muay Thai, asking them who are the best 5 fighters in history. The purpose of this list isn't to come up with a definitive GOAT, but rather to create a broadbrush picture of Thailand's Muay Thai greatne

Sharing with everyone this collaborative work with the The Modern Martial Artist YouTube channel. He uses a study of the Muay Thai Library combined with fight footage and his own knowledge to present the keys to Golden Age Fighters, and this one on Langsuan, one of the greatest Knee Fighters in hist

TLTR: With local traditional Muay Thai ailing, and my difficulty in finding opponents, we've created a mini 5 round traditional rules Muay Thai show in Hun Hin, this Patreon is donating to the fight pay of all fighters, including raised pay for my opponent and a substantial victory bonus. This is 10

This post is about updating my fight goals: 300 documented, professional fights in Thailand. I love this country, I love Muay Thai, and nowhere else in the world is this kind of goal possible. This goal feels like it honors my love for this art and this country. It's also a bit about what fight numb

Get Caught Up On The Best Card In Bangkok This Year Aside from supporting me in my career as a fighter, and helping produce the Muay Thai Library Preserve The Legacy project, this patron also supports the Muay Thai photography of my husband Kevin who is working to bring his very unique fine art and

One of the things we face is that the Muay Thai Library is just so huge - it has over 140 long form video documentations and over 164 hours, that its just hard to penetrate into what is becoming the Bible of Thailand's traditional Muay Thai, or at least a very important archive of its past rich know

A New Facebook Group If you are someone who has enjoyed Kevin's photography and/or his philosophical writings on Muay Thai this is for you. He's sharing his best photos there, covering our daily Muay Thai journey together in a photo journalism style, and discussing his writings on Muay Thai philosop

Dear Patrons, First of all thank you for all the support for me as a fighter and the entire Muay Thai Library documentary project. It means everything and it keeps everything going. The linked video is an explanation of how I became injured: in short I was thrown from a spooked horse, landed into a

We've just launched The Muay Thai Library on Instagram and it's pretty exciting. Everything we do in the Muay Thai Library project is long form and in-depth, and for a long time we stayed away from pretty much everything short on social media, but the Library has grown so huge, and so full of inform

This is a public post, so everyone can get access to this history. Kevin and I like to watch movies. Lots of movies, old and new... everything. Kevin is older than I am, so often he has references to movies that I don't. A movie could have been groundbreaking at a time that now we take for granted,

Dieselnoi vs Samart was the "Fight of the Century," the fight that famed promoter OneSongchai said he never would have permitted himself (it was promoted by Klaew Sor. Tanikul). Two giants, two Legends, GOAT vs GOAT for who would be named Fighter of the Year in 1982. And there was no way to see it,

The Patreon Muay Thai Library is a very special thing. Not only have we documented nearly 100 hours of the Muay Thai that is unique to Thailand, but the long-form instruction format allows viewers to really see these Legends, these incredible Krus, who they are and how they are. It has changed lives

Patrons exclusively can subscribe to my podcasts on iTunes or other subscription podcast services, and it's pretty easy to do. This short article is how to do so, if you have any questions let me know! Not just iTunes, but all these subscription apps. The Muay Thai Bones podcast is your chance to dr

We had Dieselnoi come to Petchrungruang for a month between February and March. The idea was to take this absolutely incredible man, a tower from the Golden Age of Muay Thai and a pillar of the Muay Thai community in Thailand, who is more or less a satellite to the core of contemporary Muay Thai gym

The driving force behind training with the best fighters, legends, and krus from all over Thailand is this understanding that something is being lost from the Muay Thai of Thailand. It's a documentary project more than a collection of cool moves. There is a legacy of Muay Thai, of techniques and ped

Kevin writing: Several have been asking, so I'll be posting downloadable hi-res versions of photographs I'll be taking, that can be made into HQ, frameable prints, used as wall-papers or printed into posters. They'll try to capture some of the depth of what Sylvie is doing, as well, all of what we a

[Kevin writing] - We're right in the middle of the Muay Khao Summit - if you don't know what that is you can read about it here, or follow it all through the Muay Khao Summit Facebook Group - so we are a little behind on our Patreon content. Don't worry, we'll catch up! But I wanted to take a second

STUDY Mental Training with Me. Starting October 4th/5th. [edit: I've just opened a Facebook Group sharing around this reading group as well - become a member here] I've been talking about it for a while now, I'm just going to go for it. I'm starting a reading group on the mental training classic, Th

A few months ago I asked everyone to vote and comment on what their favorite session was, and that I'd be giving away a signed pair of my favorite Thaismai gloves by random drawing (I used random.org for the drawing.) I want to thank everyone who participated, and we now have a winner! It is patron

Above is the breakdown of the role each ex-fighter, legend or kru has played in the Muay Thai Library, so far. My husband Kevin is way into graphics, so he's who made this estimate of the minutes watched by session, but functionally what's cool to me about the graphic is that it's an immediate visua

If you are not a patron yet, it's easy to become one. Vote and Tell Me What's Been Amazing The Muay Thai Library project is developing into a powerful resource and archive, but to make it even better we need to hear feedback from you! I'm giving away a pair of brand new Thaismai 6 oz laceup gloves (

It's almost too much to talk about, but if you take a look at the new site sylviestudy.com you'll see what is going on. We've created an entirely new website just to host projects of very intensive learning, content far beyond what even the Muay Thai Library is archiving. The first project is called

If you are getting email notifications because of my new Lens app posts you can quickly personalize how you would like to be notified, and by which kinds of posts here, including or excluding Lens posts as you like, here. Looks like this on mobile: * * * * * * I've started using the new Patreon mobi

It's not easy to find your way around all my Patreon content, here's a guide! [updated regularly] It's my hope to provide my supporters with all sorts of content, making this Patreon the most enjoyable, inspiring and informative Muay Thai site on the internet. Not only are you supporting me as a fig

Sylvie's husband Kevin writing. Sylvie and I have been struggling with ideas of what to offer to the generous supporters who pledge $15 or more. We've always wanted to keep content at a low pledge amount so everyone can afford to benefit from and enjoy it, but we also want to give something special

Thanks to the incredible support of you all, we shot some amazing entries for the Preserve the Legacy Muay Thai Library. Some of these men are quite hard to find and film, but through perseverance and fortune, on my drives up and back from Chiang Mai to fight I was able to archive 4: Jareonthong, Sa

Below is a full Table of Contents of the very important Muay Thai Library project which forms a pillar of what this Patreon is all about. Also see this Table of Contents of material for patrons beyond the Library. Helping serious students connect with the techniques of Thailand. When you become a su

Things have gotten a little big difficult financially. I've always relied on my husband income as a consultant, but last week he lost his biggest client due to corporate restructuing, and now we're faced with having to truly make 8limbs.us self-sustaining. All this time I've also been generously sup