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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.

104 topics in this forum

  1. Uesugi Shinkichi, Spinoza and Fascism - how Spinoza's metaphysics underwrites Uesugi's Ultranationalist Vision for Japan in the Early 20th century

    By Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.7k views

  2. 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
    • 4.6k views

  3. 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
    • 901 views

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

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

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

    By Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu,
    • 0 replies
    • 2.6k views

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

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

  7. 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
    • 2.8k views

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

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

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

    By Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu,
    • 2 replies
    • 3.2k views

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

    By Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu,
    • 0 replies
    • 2.5k views

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

    By Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu,
    • 5 replies
    • 2.4k views

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

    By Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu,
    • 10 replies
    • 10.1k views

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

    By Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu,
    • 0 replies
    • 2.1k views

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

    By Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu,
    • 1 reply
    • 5.4k views

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

    By Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.8k views

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

    By Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu,
    • 19 replies
    • 9.7k views

  17. The Incredible Case of the Historic Female Fighter Sylvie von Duuglas-Ittu

    By Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.7k views

  18. A Complete Study of Karuhat Sor. Supawan

    By Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu,
    • 3 replies
    • 5.9k views

  19. The (In)dignity of The Chase: Important Differences in How Westerners and Traditional Thais View Fighting

    By Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu,
    • 2 replies
    • 3.2k views

  20. "Armed Rural Folk: Elements of Pre-colonial Warfare in the Artistic Representations and Written Accounts of the Pacification Campaign (1886–1889) in Burma" Michael W. Charney

    By Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu,
    • 0 replies
    • 2.5k views

  21. In Praise of ONE Championship - Muay Thai In the Age of Screens

    By Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.9k views

  22. A faith renewed in the hope and future of Muay Thai, beyond its Farangification

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

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

    By Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu,
    • 16 replies
    • 11.3k views

  24. O. W. Wolters' "Miscellaneous Notes On 'Soul Stuff' and 'Prowess'"

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

  25. Saving What Fighters Have Built With Their Bodies & Ethics of Preserving Traditional Muay Thai

    By Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.7k views

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