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Best of BKK Muay Thai: fights you missed, My End of Year Awards: vol 4 (Jan, 2021)

Our Note: With the passionate support we've gotten from patrons we are always looking to find ways to give everyone better, in-depth content, and also to help support others who are passionate in their work in Muay Thai. As a continued experiment we've starting this "Bangkok Muay Thai" column, written by Phan Kế Sơn who covers Bangkok Stadium Muay Thai on Twitter (follow him for the latest of what's happening in the stadia, and highlights: 2021-01-04 11:06:40 +0000 UTC View Post

A MTBs Podcast Shard - To Wrestle With the Angel (26 min)

This is an unusual addendum to our usual podcasting, as it's only one topic. Kevin made a film short, which he titled To Wrestle With the Angel, which is about my sparring with the Golden Age Legend Yodkhunpon. It's an enormous undertaking, sparring an hour every morning, 6 days per week for what is going on 6 months or more now. We talk about the film short, but also about what the film is attempting to capture, what it means for me, as a fighter, to "wrestle with the angel". We added the au...

Yodwicha Por Boonsit 3 - Spearing the Middle, Fighting With Rhythm (66 min)

I was very excited to get more of Yodwicha for the Muay Thai Library, not only because he's an excellent teacher and I love his Muay Khao style, but also because he's developed a great deal over the time since we last filmed with him a few years ago. He is, perhaps, of the last generation of true Muay Khao of contemporary stadium Muay Thai (although I hope maybe we're just experiencing an air-bubble and it will come back in full force). But since departing from the Bangkok stadium scene (havi...

Sylvie's Technique Vlog - How to Use Bagwork in Thailand

My change in understanding the purpose, or aim, of bagwork in so far as how it's used in Thailand is a very recent one. I've been wailing on the bag for years and years, not without benefit, not without purpose, but I've recently come to understand that many Thai pedagogies don't use bagwork for the purposes that I've been using it for. Instead, it's meant as a kind of more nuanced tool for practicing timing, rhythm, certainty and composure... in a word: jang-wa, which I've ...

Muay Thai Bones Podcast #20 - 90 Min Edition: 15 Rules for Muay Thai, Building My Own Training

We're trying something a bit new with this episode, a shorter version, more frequent shot on the couch rather than driving across Thailand on the way home from a fight.  We still speak in depth, covering all kinds of topics as they connect to Muay Thai; but we're looking to making the Muay Thai Bones Podcast more frequent and, perhaps in the shorter versions, more accessible. We'll still have our epic, long, car-ride version when we drive to fights; we just have this in-between as well. ...

Khunpinit Giattawan Freestyle: Southern Power Femeu Style (71 min)

Khunpinit trained at and fought out of the Kaewsamrit Gym, alongside Anuwat; Khunpinit fought Saenchai (4x) during the time that Saenchai was a formidable stadium fighter, and he gave up weight against Attachai (2x), which is just crazy to me. He was 112 lb and 122 lb Lumpinee Stadium Champion and, to me, he fits neatly in the school of Karuhat, Attachai, and Namsaknoi in terms of style. But he seems to embody a kind of Southern version of Muay Femeu, one typified by Namsaknoi, a style which ...

Best of BKK Muay Thai: fights you missed, fights coming up: vol 3 (Dec, 2020)

Our Note: With the passionate support we've gotten from patrons we are always looking to find ways to give everyone better, in-depth content, and also to help support others who are passionate in their work in Muay Thai. As a continued experiment we've starting this "Bangkok Muay Thai" column, written by Phan Kế Sơn who covers Bangkok Stadium Muay Thai on Twitter (follow him for the latest of what's happening in the stadia, and highlights: 2020-12-03 10:29:27 +0000 UTC View Post

Sylvie's Technique Vlog #22 - Guard: Palms Facing Outward (17 min)

This technique is something I've only been working with for less than a month, so it's truly something that I'm still learning a lot about just by experimenting with it in my training as I go. This vlog is really about things I've discovered, or am currently discovering, within that short period of time and onward. That's what these Patreon technique vlogs are all about. Not demoing things, but sharing with you things I'm working on, that I've learned from filming with legends, and which I pe...

Muay Thai Bones Podcast #19 (Apple & Android) - Scoring Like Poker, Kemical X, Menstrual Cycles & Training

Another insanely amazing podcast clocking in at 4 hours. Come with us as we drive from Phatthailong in the South of Thailand, talking all things deep and of concern to us, and hopefully our listeners and supporters too! The audio is above, or you can watch it all on YouTube.

This is a podcast episode many have been waiting for, as we talk about some of what I'm doing to track possible differences in pain & fear responses (the amygdala) during my menstrual cycle. This is a, as far as...

Pairojnoi Sor. Siamchai - Balance, Footwork & Intensity (61 min)

Pairojnoi has a very unassuming energy. He's lightly awkward but notably very sweet even in short exchanges. If given a hundred guesses, I'd likely not have connected him to his Golden Age self, where he was half of the 'Fight of the Century" against "Rambo," which is an all-you-can-eat buffet of two punchers, loading each other's plates until they spill over. It's incredible. He's not a brawler though - even though he's totally capable of relentless forward pressure - and demonstrates a grea...

Best of BKK Muay Thai: fights you missed, fights coming up: vol 2 (early Nov, 2020)

Our Note: With the passionate support we've gotten from patrons we are always looking to find ways to give everyone better, in-depth content, and also to help support others who are passionate in their work in Muay Thai. As an experiment we're starting a "Bangkok Muay Thai" column, written by Phan Kế Sơn who covers Bangkok Stadium Muay Thai on Twitter (follow him for the latest of what's happening in the stadia, and highlights: 2020-11-11 04:32:03 +0000 UTC View Post

Hippy Singmanee 3 - Basics of Balance, Rhythm & Footwork (75 min)

I love learning from Hippy. Not only is actually just being around him enjoyable - he's a wonderful story teller, he's charming, his "game face" is awesome, and he's always got an entourage around - but what he teaches is really inspiring for my own process. In this session I learned something I'd never known about him before, which is that he stole tec...

Sylvie's Technique Vlog #21 - Your Ambient Footwork (15 min)

This is a concept that I've only recently been working on, even though I've worked on elements that are kind of "adjacent" to it. I call this "Ambient Footwork" because it's how you move between everything else. It isn't the same as "Jang-wa", which I've also talked about in a Technique Vlog, but it is a required element to make your "Jang-wa" work. Ambient Footwork is one of the harder things to think about and train. The things you are doing between strikes. I hope you enjoy my thought...

Best of BKK Muay Thai: fights you missed, fights coming up: vol 1 (Oct 2020)

With the passionate support we've gotten from patrons we are always looking to find ways to give everyone better, in-depth content, and also to help support others who are passionate in their work in Muay Thai. As an experiment we're starting a "Bangkok Muay Thai" column, written by Phan Kế Sơn who covers Bangkok Stadium Muay Thai on Twitter (follow him for the latest of what's happening in the stadia, and highlights: ...

Wangchannoi Sor. Palangchai #2 - The Secret Powers of a Cool Heart (77 min)

We, and so many of you, loved 1st Wangchannoi's session (watch that one here) so much that we went back and got another one for the Muay Thai Library, one week later, to elaborate on what he was teaching in the first one.  We don't usually do this, filming and publishing sessions back to back, but he's such a legend and the 1st session was so long awaited, we just went for it.  

To me, Wangchannoi i...

A Day With Sangtiennoi: What An Authentic Muay Thai Gym is Like (70 min)

Always looking to create new kinds of content, made possible through the support of patrons. This is a detailed look at the experience of training at one of the more "authentic" gyms of Thailand, the home of Sangtiennoi Sor. Rungroj. 

I went to go and train and film with Wangchannoi a 2nd time for the Muay Thai Library, that session is coming up soon, and wanted to get extra work in myself because it's such a long trip to Wangchannoi's. So, we got up super early and drove to Sangti...

My Interview With Legend Padejseuk Pitsanurachan (English subs)

Above is a (public) interview with Silver/Golden Age Legend, Padejseuk, be sure to turn on English subtitles (the cc icon on YouTube). He's 64 years old and an incredible energy that mixes his sweetness, thoughtfulness, joy, and comes through his gleeful manner of speaking - but his body is made out of blades and anvils. Just touching his shins, his elbows, his forearms... the man is a weapon.

He was the 1979 Fighter of the Year, was one of only a few fighters to be awarded the Royal Cu...

Wangchannoi Sor Palangchai #1 - Deadly Step Counter Fighting (72 min)

Wangchannoi was known as "Little Chivas," a nickname he got for his tendency to party after his fights. The year he became Fighter of the Year in 1993, his nickname changed to "Mr. 33 Second Punch," for his 33 second KO of Namkabuan Nongkheepahuyut in the opening round of their fight. Wangchannoi was Lumpinee Stadium Champion at 2 weights, but a 5x Champion, at 118 lb and 4x at 122 lb. That 122 lb category was...

Muay Thai Bones Podcast - #18 (Apple & Android) The End of Muay Khao, Really a Fighter?, Werewolf Within, Millimeters (2 hrs, 10 min)

The newest Muay Thai Bones is up! We're on the road again, this time coming back from filming Muay Thai Library session in Bangkok (Wangchannoi and Hippy) heading home to Pattaya. Come along with us as we dive the depths of Muay Thai. This is a good one!

Apple & Android: Read my quick article to see how to add Muay Thai Bones podcast to Apple Podcasts or other subscription services. It's ...

Sylvie's Technique Vlog #20 - Jang-wa, Rhythm and Timing

This technique vlog is a bit different in that it's more a concept than a direct technique, but it's an elementary concept that affects every technique you will ever use. Jang-wa is rhythm and timing. There's the technique of throwing a cross, but then there's jang-wa, which is what allows you to land it. There's the technique for a powerful elbow, but you need jang-wa to throw it when the opponent is open or at a time that it doesn't let you get knocked ou...

WBC Champ "Eagle" Den Junlaphan - The Roots of His Boxing Movement (63 min)

Kru Den has a small gym, Eagle Gym in Pattaya. He's a 2x WBC World Champion at "Straw Weight" or "Minimum Weight", according to his Wikipedia entry, making him the 3rd WBC World Champion to be added to the Muay Thai Library.  (Chatchai Sasakul and Samart Payakaroon are the other 2, so far.)

If you're new to Patreon, a bit of clarification is that I'm a Muay Thai fighter and the Library is largely Muay Thai, but the goal is to archive the Muay of Thailand and all it has to offer. Th...

Padejseuk Pitsanurachan - Old School Greatness (67 min)

Arjan Padejseuk is a wonderful entry into the Library, really special for me personally. He's a Silver/Golden Age fighter, won Fighter of the Year in 1979, and is one of only a few of fighters ever to defeat Dieselnoi in his prime (Wichannoi, Kaopong & Padejseuk). He was an adroit elbow fighter from that time, although as a well-rounded fighter rather than a specialist. His name means to "finish off an enemy in battle," and one of the greater things that the Preserve the Legacy Project ai...