The Vipassana of Feeling Your Kick, Part 1 an Introduction
June 12, 2020This video is “Part I” of a Sylvie’s Technique Vlog that I’m filming, examining the simple but very detailed way in which we can all learn to “feel” our techniques. Feeling is so important. It’s more...
When Hippy Fought Chatchai as a Boy in His Own Words
June 6, 2020Below is a story told by the incredible yodmuay Hippy Singmanee. He posted this on his Facebook Page (and the story is apparently in his biography, but I don’t know where you can buy this). You...
English Trans. Chamuakpet vs Paidaeng Raja Belt Fight 1994
May 27, 2020Kevin and I are starting a new effort in our Preserver The Legacy project. With the support of our patrons we are hiring translators to create subtitles for classic Muay Thai fights. We’ve all enjoyed watching...
On Photography: Before The Mirror and the Titian Palette
May 22, 2020look at a hi-res version of the photo: Before the Mirror by Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu In this series both Kevin and I write independently about a photograph, first my thoughts, then his… Sylvie writes: This photo...
Wichannoi and Dieselnoi: My Personal Reflection
May 19, 2020Dieselnoi is my hero, it’s no secret. Over the years of knowing him, I’ve been influenced by him as a fighter, a teacher, a mentor, a friend, in ways that I couldn’t even articulate fully. He’s...
A Short Biography of Dieselnoi Chor Thanasukarn
April 28, 2020I’m working on improving Dieselnoi’s wikipedia page which for a long time was quite bare, and held some mis-information. There just isn’t much authoritative on Dieselnoi in English. I text with him pretty regularly, maybe 3...
Elbows – The ebbs and flows of poetry
April 24, 2020Have you ever watched a “battle,” between singers or dancers, or even intellectuals on a panel? In dance battles, often the “retort” begins with an imitation of the initial performer’s moves and then expands out to...
Watch With Me | Yodkhunpon vs Klaisuit & Jaroensak
April 22, 2020There’s something about the actual “event” of going to a movie, the excitement of not knowing much about it other than that you like the main actor, or that it’s in a genre you like. You...
Sylvie’s Technique Vlog – The Diamond Guard
April 15, 2020Kevin and I are calling this the “Diamond Guard,” but because it’s influenced by some familiar boxing guards from legends like Archie Moore, Joe Fazier, a little by George Foreman. I personally first ever saw it...
What Muay Thai Means To Me? What People Say
April 8, 2020It started as the thought to draw attention to the huge Sylvie Intensive collection that documents the Muay Thai of Karuhat Sor. Supawan. No great fighter ever has been so documented, I believe. But, in this...
