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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 Mitt and the Joke: Illusions and Pitfalls of Equality in a Muay Thai Gym

Sylvie von Duuglas-Ittu January 28, 2015

Being treated equally isn’t always what it seems. I’ll just come right out and say that I balk when I hear women claim they are treated completely the same as men are at their gyms in...
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Robert Cohen Photographic Portrait of Me – At Ease

Sylvie von Duuglas-Ittu January 24, 2015

Robert Cohen is a photographer from New York. He’s working on a project of portraits of child Muay Thai fighters and he came by Phetchrungruang and O. Meekhun in Pattaya to get some images of the...
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Phetjee Jaa at a Loss – My Experience of Seeing her Lose in Surin

Sylvie von Duuglas-Ittu January 22, 2015

full fight video: Phetjee Jaa vs Nong Praew in Surin (above) Twenty minutes before Phetjee Jaa turned 13 years old, we were sitting together on a mat against the aluminum fence separating the schoolyard field from...
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Judging Youth – Young, Great Male (and Female) Thai Fighters

Sylvie von Duuglas-Ittu January 16, 2015

There has been some vague criticism toward me regarding the age of the Thai opponents I’ve been fighting. I have attempted to elevate the criticisms to a point of discussion by addressing the various facts about...
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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...