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The “Natural” Inferiority of Women and The Art of Muay Thai
November 12, 2015Guest Post – A Husband’s Point of View Below is what turns out to be a nearly 10,000 word essay on feminism and female fighting. These are just my evolving views, sometimes strongly stated. They are... -
Broken Tusk – Breaking the Body to Write and the Art of Fighting
July 11, 2015guest post, Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu – a husband’s point of view It has been my hope in this series to give something of my perspective, my experience as a husband, in watching Sylvie do what no... -
The Slow Cook versus the Hack – Thailand Muay Thai Development
April 11, 2015Guest Post: A Husband’s Point of View One of the things that will perhaps stun you, if you are sitting around Petchrungruang Gym with not much to do like I do, and patiently watch the Thai... -
The Descent in Despair and Magic – Finding Your Image
April 1, 2015Guest Post by Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu Do you believe in magic? Magic is ritual which upon repetition produces change. The rain that was coming looked unearthly. You could see huge curtains of it draped in grey... -
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The Real Men of Muay Thai – Worn Like Stones by Water
January 9, 2015Guest Post by Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu There is a very touching piece written by Lindsey Newhall for Fightland: Life of a Pad-Man: A Muay Thai Trainer’s Remorse. The pinnacle of the story is where Dam, a... -
Loving Muay Thai and My Fighter Wife Sylvie
October 25, 2014by Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu This is the first post in an experiment for 8limbs.us; the idea is to occasionally bring another perspective on the Muay Thai of Sylvie’s journey, to look at this path from another... -
What the Second Year of Fighting Means – A Husband’s Point of View
April 6, 2014Guest Post Last night we reached our 2nd year anniversary in Thailand, and Sylvie fought her 34th fight of the year, giving her 62 since we moved here so she could devote herself to being the... -
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What the First Year of Fighting Means – a Husband’s Point of View
April 9, 2013this space is Sylvie’s space, where she writes her record. But with the first year of fighting completed I felt I wanted to add my thoughts, as a husband. In part because Sylvie is fighting for...