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By Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu · Posted
from a summation of Richard Sennett's The Craftsman 1. Errors are crucial to the making process. Without error correcting the craftsman never receives any feedback as to his technique. 2. It is important to release tension and pressure. Skilled craftsman are relaxed craftsman. Don’t strain. 3. When using a tool, seek to use the minimum force in order to get the job done. Be delicate. 4. Many skills are transferable across domains but we tend to tunnel vision on the specific application. What looks like great leaps in one domain can often be recast as the application of a technique from a second domain to the first. 5. When seeking to improve our technique we will often need to unlearn bad habits. What works well at one skill level may not necessarily work well at another. 6. All practice isn’t created equally, there is good practice and bad practice. Repetition tends to reinforce what is being repeated. 7. It is better to work with a material than against it. Don’t fight battles you don’t need to and don’t try to force something to be what it isn’t. 8. Advances come from difficulties and frustrations. The worst thing for the craftsman is to have no constraints placed upon them. You must be willing to work through the frustration to solve a problem, this will spur creativity. 9. But, too much resistance and frustration will cause you to shut down. There exists an “optimal” level of frustration. I see this as analogous to flow states. 10. It is important to focus on quality for it’s own sake. In many domains no-one will know except the master that they have cut corners. As such, it’s important for the master to have their own standards of the work they’re prepared to put out into the world. 11. Repair is just as important as making. Being able to repair something implies a much fuller understanding than just making itself. There are two types of repair, static and dynamic. Static repair returns an item to its original state. Dynamic repair takes and item and turns it into something new.  all perfectly in line with Muay Thai development, especially as seen from the West, under the concept of craft. I've read the book and it became a point of inspiration, but then it was around my study of Spinoza and his philosophy. Considering reading it again. -
By Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu · Posted
Worked on this brainstorm concept sketch today, typing out a readable graphic, explaining why Muay Thai isn't best seen as Capitalist and defined by waged labor. -
By Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu · Posted
The first post of this stands as maybe a short essay, the subsequent posts more like footnotes or commentary. I post here a graphic I sketched out a little while ago posing two different "economies", the wage or labor economy and the prestige economy. You can see some of the outline of my distinguishing thoughts. The contention though is that Muay Thai work/making is largely of the Prestige Economy. Â
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By Kevin von Duuglas-Ittu · Posted
I'm sorry I don't really know. Sylvie is in touch with a collector and this person is where she buys hers, but there are not multiple copies available. Maybe someone else would know of a larger source. -
Where can I find some physical old Muay Thai magazines? I am located in Bangkok. Thanks -
By Snack Payback · Posted
I can only comment on Perth. There's a very active Muay Thai scene here - regular shows. Plenty of gyms across the city with Thai trainers. All gyms offer trial classes so you can try a few out before committing . Direct flights to Bangkok and Phuket as well. Would you be coming over on a working holiday visa? Loads of work around Western Australia at the moment. -
By kkadzielna · Posted
Hi, I'm considering moving to Australia from the UK and I'm curious what is the scene like? Is it easy to fight frequently (proam/pro level), especially as a female? How does it compare to the UK? Any gym recommendations? I'll be grateful for any insights. -
By kkadzielna · Posted
You won't find thai style camps in Europe, because very few people can actually fight full time, especially in muay thai. As a pro you just train at a regular gym, mornings and evenings, sometimes daytime if you don't have a job or one that allows it. Best you can hope for is a gym with pro fighters in it and maybe some structured invite-only fighters classes. Even that is a big ask, most of Europe is gonna be k1 rather than muay thai. A lot of gyms claim to offer muay thai, but in reality only teach kickboxing. I think Sweden has some muay thai gyms and shows, but it seems to be an exception. I'm interested in finding a high-level muay thai gym in Europe myself, I want to go back, but it seems to me that for as long as I want to fight I'm stuck in the UK, unless I switch to k1 or MMA which I don't want to do.
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