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Sylvie von Duuglas-Ittu

A 100 lb. (46 kg) female Muay Thai fighter. Originally I trained under Kumron Vaitayanon (Master K) and Kaensak sor. Ploenjit in New Jersey. I then moved to Thailand to train and fight full time in April of 2012, devoting myself to fighting 100 Thai fights, as well as blogging full time. Having surpassed 100, and then 200, becoming the westerner with the most fights in Thailand, in history, my new goal is to fight an impossible 471 times, the historical record for the greatest number of documented professional fights (see western boxer Len Wickwar, circa 1940), and along the way to continue documenting the Muay Thai of Thailand in the Muay Thai Library project: see patreon.com/sylviemuay

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The Modernization of Muay Thai – A Timeline

Sylvie von Duuglas-Ittu January 10, 2015

Kevin put together the nice graphic above for me, the below timeline was co-authored by Kevin and myself I’ve been reading through Peter Vail’s November 2014 article: Muay Thai: Inventing Tradition for a National Symbol.PDF and...
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One Hundred and Second Fight – Muangsingjiew O. Wanchert

Sylvie von Duuglas-Ittu January 9, 2015

January 4, 2015 – Max Muay Thai Stadium, Pattaya – full fight video above I kind of don’t know how to write about this fight. I’m having a hard time every time I start to write,...
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Awakening Female Muay Thai Awards – Journalist of the Year 2014

Sylvie von Duuglas-Ittu January 6, 2015

The results are in for the Awakening Female Muay Thai Community Voted Awards and it is pretty awesome to have won the 2014 “Journalist of the Year”. For those who don’t know me or are maybe...
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One Hundred and First Fight – Phetnaree Phetsakchai

Sylvie von Duuglas-Ittu January 4, 2015

December 30, 2014 – Surin, Thailand (full video above) This fight is dedicated to my buddy and long-time supporter in heart and soul, Robyn Klenk. Robyn donated to my Gofundme, which allows me to travel for...
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short film – A Day of My Training – Love the Grind

Sylvie von Duuglas-Ittu January 3, 2015

above – our short film on a typical day of my training here in Pattaya (25 min) – วิดีโอซ้อมมวยกิจวัตรประจำวันค่ะ อยู่ที่พัทยาค่ะ We’ve been wanting to do this for a while, making a full day of training in...
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Vlogging Every Day of January 2015 – My Muay Thai Diary

Sylvie von Duuglas-Ittu January 1, 2015

I asked my Facebook followers what they would like more of from me in 2015 and one of the things they suggested is that I vlog more. So I’m trying an experiment and posting a vlog...
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Little Tiger Miyauchi Ayaka vs Faa Chiang Rai S. Sakonthom – 102 lb WBC Inter. Championship 2014 – Pattaya

Sylvie von Duuglas-Ittu January 1, 2015

This was a fight (above) I really wanted to see. It happened in July of 2014 and was a little under the radar. I had been hoping that Little Tiger would fight in the Queen’s Cup...
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Endurance is a Skill – The Practice of Belief and Fatigue in Overtraining

Sylvie von Duuglas-Ittu December 29, 2014

This post is a continuation of thinking presented in The Myth of Overtraining: Endurance Physical and Mental for Muay Thai and also The Fragility of Western Masculinity before it. For those that have a significant belief...
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Vlog #119 – I Had a Really Good Day!

Sylvie von Duuglas-Ittu December 29, 2014

I stopped to talk about an absolutely excellent day at the gym, one in which I really got a boost of confidence on several levels. There are of course good days and bad days, and each...
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A Letter of Correspondence – How Muay Thai Helps Us Through Struggles

Sylvie von Duuglas-Ittu December 26, 2014

I received this communication some time ago and I was moved by the excitement and passion this woman gets from and puts into her Muay Thai. I asked her to write a bit more about how...