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This thread and article are pretty old but it sounds like they. used to do a 5-10 km hilly run in the AM and a flatter 2-3 km run in the afternoon.
QuoteI recommend running at least 30-45 minutes daily on top of training before going. 10 KM run in the mountains at 6h00 AM. Afternoon 2-3 KM run of about 10-15 minutes on a much more flat ground.
QuoteKhorat 591.76 m / 1941.48 feet in altitude. Bangkok is 4.48 m / 14.69 feet.
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Check out Sylvie's article on The Myth of Overtraining – Endurance, Physical and Mental for Muay Thai
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On 2/7/2025 at 3:28 AM, Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu said:
I love the way Syvie looks like a towering giant.
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So cool to see Sylvie's fight record put in context and visualized like this.
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Sylvie on Fear
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Sylvie's Technique Vlog - Cutting Fear Out https://youtu.be/W7vhwH0uNKg?si=k56P8pNNVx8JuLBN
Vlog #373 - On Nerves, Fear, and Compassion in Muay Thai https://youtu.be/dIrCQ8ZPPKg?si=7u_2rF0gXzgqXMWK
Affirmations and Believing, Fear - What "Natural" Means | Sylvie Run Cast #60 https://youtu.be/oDEZ4ifpaNo?si=zjnIIOOLbb3YLUV6
Blog
If/Then – Mental Training Technique for Fighting and Muay Thai https://8limbsus.com/blog/ifthen-mental-training-technique-for-fighting-and-muay-tha
Fighter Mail: Fight Nerves, Tunnel Vision and Does it Go Away? https://8limbsus.com/muay-thai-fighting/fighter-mail-fight-nerves-tunnel-vision-does-it-go-away
No Such Thing as Tough – Psycho-Physio Plateaus in Fight Stress https://8limbsus.com/muay-thai-fighting/mental-toughness-psycho-physio-plateaus-fight-stress-psychology
A Fighter’s Fear, Like Feathers Stroking Your Face | How to Accept It https://8limbsus.com/muay-thai-thailand/fighters-fear-like-feathers-stroking-face-how-to-accept-it
Fear of Escalation in Sparring and Training Aggression as a Skill https://8limbsus.com/muay-thai-thailand/fear-escalation-sparring-training-aggression-skill
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Some of Sylvie's Clinch Content
Patreon
Clinch Sessions https://www.patreon.com/collection/64835?view=expanded
Technique Vlogs (Building a Frame, Clinch in Shadow) https://www.patreon.com/collection/624652?view=expanded
Blog
Weighted Neck Exercise https://8limbsus.com/muay-thai-thailand/experience-weighted-neck-exercises-thai-clinch
Shoulders https://8limbsus.com/blog/muay-thai-strength-training-clinch-vid-yodwicha-uses
Pull Ups https://8limbsus.com/muay-thai-thailand/new-pull-ups-clinch-vid-muay-thai-workout
Neck Exercises on the Ring https://8limbsus.com/muay-thai-thailand/female-fighter-alliance-young-girl-new-clinch
QuoteWe laid on our backs, heads dipped off the back of the ring and our bellies grazing the bottom rope. I showed her how to dip the head back down over the side of the ring and then bring it back up to touch your chin to your chest, counting out 10 repetitions. She kept up with me. Then we did side-to-side. And then we flipped over on our bellies and did the same, 10 reps of each. I told her that’s enough for today but that she must do this every day, and next week it will be 15 repetitions.
Youtube Playlists
Clinch https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFIbj6VvBW03BJlR2Tf-LIKNuCwnv8-SE&si=5k5t1oLGuU5gUoQ_
Home Workouts (Day 5 Clinch in Shadow Boxing) https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFIbj6VvBW03iz1nXvyhi1AP9GUhsIdi2&si=j-U8-RV-yKUl6C43
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On 7/17/2024 at 3:28 PM, dazak said:
Yea, I think it just takes time to master this. You want to beat the guy your fighting and sparring but at the same time stay relaxed but it's that thought of 'i've gotta go harder than this guy' and you just go into feral mode and tire yourself out.
Sylvie wrote a really cool article about why sparring escalates, even when people are trying to go light. A gem from 10 years ago. https://8limbsus.com/blog/brain-science-sparring-gets-control-neurology-muay-thai
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That's awesome. Another amazing way to preserve the legacy.
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Phetjeeja fought Anissa Meksen for a ONE FC interim atomweight kickboxing title 12/22/2023.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cu92S6-V5y0&ab_channel=ONEChampionship Fight starts at 45:08
Phetjeeja won on points. Not being able to clinch really handicapped her. I was afraid the ref was going to start deducting points for clinch fouls.
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Sounds like a wonderful trip. Thanks for sharing your experience.
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Results via facebook
Vietnam’s Ha Huu Hieu Huynh captured the WBC MuayThai International minimum-weight title by way of 3rd round TKO over Thailand’s Pornthip Khamthongpanow
Highlight Reel of the fight
Livestream, the fight intro starts at 3:39:48
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16 hours ago, Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu said:
Good catch Kristen.
Looks like this is the Vietnamese fighter:
Does Sylvie know the Thai woman? I looked through Sylvie's fight record but didn't see a name that matched. I know Thai fighters often change their fight names or their names are transliterated different ways in English.
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This post from the WBC on Facebook caught my eye. A fight for the vacant Women's WBC Minimum Weight International Title is taking place on 7/26/2023 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Huynh Ha Huu Hieu (Vietnam) vs Pornthip Khamthongpanow (Thailand).
Sylvie fought Elisabetta Solinas (Italy) for the vacant Women's WBC Minimum Weight World Title on 2/4/2023. Fight #275 on the way to #471.
When I first say the FB post I didn't realize there were 3 belts at each weight class: World, International, and European. I was trying to figure out why 2 other women were fighting for "Sylvie's Belt" instead of Sylvie defending it.
Women's WBC Rankings, Huynh Ha Huu Hieu (Vietnam) is ranked 5th and Pornthip Khamthongpanow (Thailand) is ranked 7th.
Fight #275 Kevin's corner video
Fight #275 Sylvie's commentary
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If I remember correctly @Sylvie von Duuglas-Ittu uses only heat, no ice.
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@Kero Tide's fight
Judy Humber vs. Kèro Tide - (2022.09.21) via ReactQ on r/WMMA
https://www.reddit.com/r/WMMA/comments/xnfkcq/muay_thai_judy_humber_vs_kèro_tide_20220921/
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I don't have any experience there but check out Hongthong Gym (Chiang Mai - contact here). Sylvie doesn't have it in her review but Joe's brother Gen is Muay Femur. Sylvie has a session with Gen in the Muaythai Library. #40 Gen Hongthonglek - Muay Femeu Tactics & Mindset (70 min)
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Rereading this thread made me curious so I googled Tim's name and found his thesis. Can't wait to read through it.
Macias, Timothy R., "Lethal floral patterns: an examination of the effects of Orientalism on the sport of Muay Thai" (2020). Cal Poly Humboldt theses and projects. 385. https://digitalcommons.humboldt.edu/etd/385
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5 hours ago, Joseph Arthur De Gonzo said:
Attachai gym in Bangkok seems like the closest thing to a nice setting close to everything since it's in BK.
Sadly Attachai is no longer in BKK. According to @emma's facebook post they are setting up a new gym in Ayutthaya https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=611345137083522&set=a.289400305944675
Their facebook page is still up. Last post was in March so not sure how active it is. https://www.facebook.com/ATTACHAIMUAYTHAIGYM
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I'm sure Sylvie or Kevin can get you a more accurate location, but on Yodwicha's face book page he commented in Thai that the gym is in Prakhonchai District, Buriram. It's the second comment down.
https://www.facebook.com/109758933730799/photos/a.112176056822420/985065366200147/
I plugged that into google maps from the BKK airport and the drive time was approx 5 hours.
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Kem's is on Sylvie's recommended gym list. Here's her description. Hopefully if anyone has been there recently they will chime in.
QuoteGyms I Haven't Been To in While But Probably Still Recommended
Kem Muaythai Gym - clinch heavy, gorgeous mountain location, run by a great fighter in Kem, access to Isaan festival cards.
Kem's Muay Thai gym may be one of the best in Thailand, high up on a mountain near Khorat. I call it the Shaolin Experience. Big beautiful resort like grounds, grueling training sessions, at times lots of active fighters. The connection to Isaan fighting is very special, there is nothing quite like festival fighting. It's one of the best experiences you'll have as a fighter. I wrote about the gym a few years ago here: Kem Muaythai Gym: Hardcore, Beautiful, Clinch Gym - You can see Kem's teaching style in the Muay Thai Library: Session 1: Building a System (52 min), Session 2: Mastering Everything In Between (80 min)
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Sylvie's sponsor, Onyx MMA is in Singapore. https://www.onyxmma.com/
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Check out this video from Sylvie about using a wall to improve your elbow strikes.
If you are a subscriber to Sylvie's patreon there is also a tag in the Muay Thai Library for elbows. MTL: Elbows https://www.patreon.com/sylviemuay/posts?filters[tag]=MTL%3A Elbows
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Great interview by Kevin about Kero's experience training with Sylvie long term. I really like Kevin's question about what women who want to train with Sylvie should expect. I got the impression that training with Sylvie is best for someone who is self motivated and can do their own work. Sylvie is very generous with her time but she's not there to motivate anyone else or hold their hand. Sylvie will be gone from the gym fighting and filming so female fighters need to be willing to be the only woman in a thai family gym. That means being will to ask for things like sparring that male fighter receive automatically, otherwise they will be left out.
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Just finished watching Muay Thai Bones Podcast #10 - Losing Sweetness, No "Easy Fights", Thai Culture.
The haircut story reminds me of Rose Namajunas. Her hair was getting in her way in training so she cut it. There is a lot a lot of cultural baggage in the West about hair being a "woman's crowning glory" and also a cliche that women will cut their hair after a breakup as a symbol that they don't care how they look/other people perceive them.
I was really moved when Kevin was talking about taking a step back and appreciating the things that Sylvie has done. In the documentary leading up to her 50 fights. At 4:41 she talks about maybe a woman in Thailand having 200 fights. Sylvie is that woman and she's even surpassed it now.
I asked on Facebook, "How are fighters fighting down in match up seen, especially if they lose? Do Sylvie's opponents receive criticism for fighting her with such huge weight mismatches?"
Sylvie's reply, "I can't say that it's all one way or another. My own trainer says he would be embarrassed to lose to someone much smaller, which I'm sure happens, and that he'd be embarrassed to win over someone much smaller. But the way my opponents are boosted, in what I see written, when they beat me it doesn't seem to be the case that way. Beating me is still an achievement, despite the size differences, which are rarely outright mentioned in Thai comments that I see."
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Muay Khao for short fighters
in Muay Thai Technique, Training and Fighting Questions
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I'm not sure which video you watched but Sylvie has a whole clinch playlist
Hop In Clinch Entry
Getting in & Staying In
Clinch Basics Seminar