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There aren't a lot of books or films directly about Muay Thai, the mental game for Muay Thai, the fighter's journey or all that. There are more options for other sports that have either been around for longer (Golf, Tennis, Running), or that have an English-speaking target audience (ultra-running, rock climbing). 

However, I find some sports very, very inspiring for Muay Thai and what the mental side of it feels like - to me anyway. Here's my running list of books and films: 

Rock Climbing: 

Free Solo:

Marathon Monks of Mt Hiei:

 

Momentum Generation

The Rise of Superman: Decoding the Science of Ultimate Human Performance

 

A Wrestling Life: the Inspiring Stories of Dan Gable

 

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 Legend of cus D’Amato 

Legendary nights- Mikey ward vs Arturo gatti story 

Rickson Gracie documentary 

“Notorious” - Conor mcgregor documentary on netflix (im sure u have seen it) 


Also I love this documentary called “breaking 2” about marathon running, I believe it is a Nat geo movie but I couldn’t find link

 

thank you for your share sylvie, appreciate you for all that is YOU!

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8 hours ago, B Mac said:

 Legend of cus D’Amato 

Legendary nights- Mikey ward vs Arturo gatti story 

Rickson Gracie documentary 

“Notorious” - Conor mcgregor documentary on netflix (im sure u have seen it) 


Also I love this documentary called “breaking 2” about marathon running, I believe it is a Nat geo movie but I couldn’t find link

 

thank you for your share sylvie, appreciate you for all that is YOU!

I really enjoyed Conors Doco, even though he's such a showman his story surprised and inspired me. 

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People have to watch ‘man on wire’ one of my favourite docs. Such a great example of how far having a deep passion for something can take you. Don’t bother with the film and the doc has loads of real footage and tells the story amazingly 

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