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Kevin's Corner - Muay Thai, Philosophy & Ethics

A corner of the Roundtable where Kevin (Sylvie's husband) can assemble his wide-ranging thoughts on Muay Thai, history, ethics and Philosophy and invite discussion.

89 topics in this forum

  1. How Thailand's Muay Thai Has Been Collectively Created Through the Wisdom of Local Markets and Gambling

    By Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu,
    • 3 replies
    • 656 views

  2. Muay Thai Seen as a Rite: Sacrifice, Combat Sports, Loser as Sacred Victim

    By Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu,
    • 8 replies
    • 7.2k views

  3. Toward a Theory of the Spirituality of Thailand's Muay Thai

    By Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu,
    • 10 replies
    • 7.8k views

  4. The Historical Foundations of Thailand's Retreating Style, or How They Became the Best Defensive Fighters In the World 1 2

    By Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu,
    • 27 replies
    • 16.8k views

  5. Transformations Through Authentic Muay Thai Training in Thailand Understood Through Bourdieu's Habitus, Doxa and Hexis

    By Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu,
    • 9 replies
    • 5.5k views

  6. Finding The Most Authentic Muay Thai Gyms in Thailand

    By Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu,
    • 4 replies
    • 213 views

  7. Journaling - Readings, Muay Thai, Concepts and Articulations

    By Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu,
    • 18 replies
    • 748 views

  8. Reading through Kick boxing: Muay-Thai the Art of Siamese Un-armed Combat by Handy Steadmann - 1976 (full PDF)

    By Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu,
    • 16 replies
    • 487 views

  9. The Virtue of Muay Thai Festival Fighting - fighting within the culture of the art, for and by the Thai people

    By Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu,
    • 0 replies
    • 109 views

  10. Muay Thai and Permanence: Authenticity, The Gym, The Ego and Habits - Agamben

    By Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu,
    • 2 replies
    • 153 views

  11. Karuhat's Flower - The Essence of Muay Thai in Pruning Back, Restraint

    By Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu,
    • 0 replies
    • 795 views

  12. Why Sylvie is a Muay Thai Traditionalist and a Feminist - Lived Dignities

    By Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu,
    • 3 replies
    • 926 views

  13. An Answer To: Why Can't I Fight How I Train? - why you can't train exactly like a Thai

    By Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.4k views

  14. The Shape of Warfare: What Chess Allows Us to See About Thailand's Muay Thai

    By Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu,
    • 0 replies
    • 862 views

  15. What Was Early Modern Muay Thai Like? New Film Evidence (1936): Samarn Dilokvilas vs Somphong Vejasidh

    By Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu,
    • 2 replies
    • 2k views

  16. The 3 Circulations of Thailand's Rural Muay Thai - Buddhism, Rice & Masculinity

    By Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu,
    • 0 replies
    • 508 views

  17. Golden Age Muay Thai Rural Economics - How Fighting Supported Families and Social Mobility

    By Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu,
    • 2 replies
    • 727 views

  18. Fighter Freedoms and Social Hierarchy: The Traditional "form" of the Thai Fighter's Obligation and Contract

    By Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views

  19. From Nabokov to Karuhat: The Uses of Style to Overcome Difficulty

    By Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu,
    • 5 replies
    • 1k views

  20. Gambling in Thailand's Muay Thai: detective work, betting on other minds & social status

    By Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu,
    • 10 replies
    • 3.5k views

  21. Classic Muay Khao vs Size, how controlling distance is essential to the art of Muay Thai

    By Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views

  22. Thailand's Ethic of Restraint in the UFC: Khalil Rountree Jr's "Mercy" MMA Finish

    By Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu,
    • 1 reply
    • 3k views

  23. Understanding Losing as the Pruning of the Plant - The Gardening of the Fighter

    By Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu,
    • 0 replies
    • 964 views

  24. Beetle Fighting, Muay Thai and the Health of the Culture of Thailand - The Ecology of Fighting

    By Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu,
    • 19 replies
    • 4.8k views

  25. Southeast Asian Animism, Becoming Other and the Perceptual Powers of Ruup

    By Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu,
    • 5 replies
    • 1.2k views

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