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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.

56 topics in this forum

  1. Trans-Freedoms Through Authentic Muay Thai Training in Thailand Understood Through Bourdieu's Habitus, Doxa and Hexis

    By Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu,
    • 9 replies
    • 2.2k views

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

    By Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu,
    • 5 replies
    • 2.9k views

  3. What REALLY Made Samart Special...He Fought in Cowboy Time in the Age of Hard Men

    By Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu,
    • 4 replies
    • 2.7k views

  4. Ruup - Why Should a Fighter's Posture Matter? The Art in the Art of Muay Thai

    By Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu,
    • 6 replies
    • 1.5k views

  5. Understanding the Origins of Muay Thai and the Kingdom of Ayutthaya: A Cosmopolitan History of Influence

    By Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu,
    • 6 replies
    • 831 views

  6. Perhaps Sagat Wasn't the Real the Inspiration for the Sagat Street Fighter Character - Dieselnoi Was?

    By Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu,
    • 9 replies
    • 4.5k views

  7. Thailand's Muay Thai Gym, Authenticity and the Escape from Capitalism | Agamben on The Highest Poverty

    By Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu,
    • 8 replies
    • 734 views

  8. Do not "pull" your strikes in sparring - and other proper techniques and Forms of Life in Thailand

    By Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.5k views

  9. The Free Energy Principle and Styles of Muay Thai Fighting: How Muay Khao Shrinks Surprisal and Controls the Fight Space

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

  10. Rule Following, (n-1) Dimensions and the Panes of Immanence - How We Artistically Create In Our Lives

    By Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu,
    • 5 replies
    • 311 views

  11. Transduction and the Art of Muay Thai - How The Body Re-Expresses and Transforms Potentialities | Simondon, Deleuze, Spinoza

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

  12. Short Essay: Dieselnoi vs Samart - Who is the GOAT?

    By Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu,   
    • 12 replies
    • 2.9k views

  13. What Muay Thai Patriarchy Looks Like - A Sliver of a View

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

  14. The Cowardice of the Knockout - Hellenic Greek Concepts of The Beauty of Boxing

    By Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu,
    • 14 replies
    • 3.7k views

  15. Sylvie's Origin Story - Becoming Visible

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

  16. Westerners Have Been Frustrated With Thai Backwards Fighting For Over 230 Years

    By Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu,
    • 9 replies
    • 1.9k views

  17. Spinoza's Argument Against Freewill and the Freedoms of Thailand's Muay Thai

    By Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu,
    • 7 replies
    • 1.6k views

  18. Female Fighters & The Rationalization of a Fighting Art: From 19th Century Jiu-jitsu to Women Fighting in Lumpinee

    By Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.3k views

  19. Muay Thai Learning from Mexican Capoeira: The Glocalization of A Culturally Rich Fighting Art

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

  20. The Role of the Rich in Martial Arts - Taekwando, Karate, Muay Thai 1 2

    By Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu,
    • 36 replies
    • 7.4k views

  21. For Those That Don't See Samart's Greatness

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

  22. The Poetry of Combat: On Thailand's Muay Thai As One of the Great Art Forms of Our Time

    By Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu,
    • 7 replies
    • 2.3k views

  23. Embrace The Wobble - developing skills toward metastable states, the use of play over rigid practice

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

  24. Detecting The Fight Space, Reading Fighter Patterns, Rhythms and Energies | High-Speed Review of Tape

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

  25. Brain Criticality in Skill and Qualities Development in Muay Thai 1 2

    By Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu,   
    • 37 replies
    • 6.2k views
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