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Kongsamut Sor. Thanikul - Muay Mat Style (76 min)

This was a surprisingly enjoyable, and instructional session for me. When I first got to the gym, Dieselnoi and Kongsamut were hanging out in their “grandpa chairs,” watching Lumpinee fights on TV. Dieselnoi is allergic to shirts, so he wasn’t wearing one, but Kong was expecting me and ready to start. When I asked him t...

[abridged] Slo-Mo Geek Out - Rambaa Clinch (7 min)

Above is a select 7 minutes out of a new feature we're bringing to Patreon, the full hour of analysis and discussion can be seen here for $15 patrons - if you'd like to see the entire Geek Out study it's simple to edit your pledge up....

Slow-Mo Geek Out - Rambaa Clinch Discussion (1 hr)

This is something new and different for Patreon, that’s so “experimental” we have a working title that’s pending: “Slo-Mo Geek Out.” I dubbed it this because we take an excerpt from a long-form private with a legend and slow it down (“slow-mo”), then talk about it as we watch it together. When Kevin and ...

#42 Boraphet Pinsinchai 2 - Muay Khao Fighting Techniques (50 min)

Kru Ten is one of my favorite sessions, both times I’ve gone to see him - watch our first session together #23 here. There’s something about his disposition that really suits me: a man of few words, almost indistinguishable approval or disappro...

Win Gloves - Vote for Your Favorite Muay Thai Library Session

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Vote and Tell Me What's Been Amazing

The Muay Thai Library project is developing into a powerful resource and archive, but to make it even better we need to hear feedback from you! I'm giving away a pair of brand new Thaismai 6 oz laceup gl...

#41 Samson Isaan 1 - The Art of Dern Fighting (64 min)

I sat on the floor, facing Karuhat, who was seated in a chair, as he called another Legend of the Golden Age of Muay Thai on his cell phone. He got the daughter, as the legend was taking a nap, and so Karuhat told the girl to tell his father that “Pi Sian” had called. After he hung up he shook his head, laughing. He’s t...

Kaimuay Diary - Episode 1 | Maintenance Mode (29 min)

I’m trying something new and very different, which is slowly starting a video diary of life at Petchrungruang Gym in Pattaya. I just passed the 4 year anniversary of training and fighting out of this gym, and in that time I’ve watched these young boys grow into young men, and spent long enough there to see the slow patterns ...

My Fight 177 w/ Commentary vs Nantida Sitweerachat

 February 25, 2017 - Nongbuacoke, Isaan, Thailand 

Watch the full fight with my commentary exclusively for patrons. You can also read all about this fight with this strong Isaan fighter who had about 13 lbs on me, watch the fight witho...

#40 Gen Hongthonglek - Muay Femeu Tactics & Mindset (70 min)

Gen and Joe are twin brothers, both fighters from just after the Golden Age. They grew up watching the Legends of the Golden Age, live on TV every weekend. Then, like so many of their generation they’d imitate and mimic those fighters in the ring with each other at their father’s gym, deep in Isaan, to learn and grow into...

Fight 176 w/ Commentary vs World Champion Thanonchanok Kaewsamrit

Watch the full fight with my commentary exclusively for patrons.

And you can read all about this fight with the 51 kg WPMF World Champion, watch the fight without commentary, and see my post fight video as well, 2018-05-28 04:35:37 +0000 UTC View Post

Alley Tears - The First Time I Cried After a Fight in a Long While (Patreon Magazine)

The tape around my wraps is wet and the glue has melted in the heat of being inside the gloves, and my fingers shake as I try to pick at the ends enough to pull the strips away from my wrists, thumbs and hands. My back is to the warm-up area of the stadium and I’m facing a back gate, where cooler air from outside blows in from...

The 4 Legends Seminar - Bangkok | April 2018 (public,1 hr, 20 min)

Video above. Originally published for patrons only, with the sad passing of Namkabuan the video of this seminar is made public for everyone. Enjoy the amazing Namkabuan, and the legends that were brought together

As written when published:

In early April 2018 we held the inaugural “4 Legends Se...

#39 Khorat Saknarin - Precise Tensions (97 min)

Kru Khorat’s out-of-the-way gym Suk Niwet Muay Thai (map link) is shaped like a shoebox and very small. There are yellow and black checkered mats on the ground, some mitts and pads hanging on the wall, and two free-standing bags. In the back is a singl...

The Storm That Overtakes The Boy - Giving In (Patreon Magazine)

I hook my index finger around the string, which sounds a bell at the front of the bus to indicate to the driver that he should stop. There’s a long pause before the doors open and I have to kind of squeeze between three men to get down the stairs and onto the street, but then I’m there, standing on the pavement in Prinzlauer...

Sagat Petchyindee (part 2) - Maximum Damage (61 min)

Sagat Petchyindee part II – the first part of this session is here.

3x Lumpinee Champion, 3x Rajadamnern Champion – inspiration for the Street Fighter character “Sagat”

Sagat is absolutely inc...

Kongtoranee Payakaroon - Power in the Hands (89 min)

You can listen to a podcast version of this session here. 2018-04-10 06:51:10 +0000 UTC View Post

Sylvie Study Website Launched - promocodes for patrons

It's almost too much to talk about, but if you take a look at the new site sylviestudy.com you'll see what is going on. We've created an entirely new website just to host projects of very intensive learning, content far beyond what even the Muay Thai Library is ...

15% off Vimeo promocode for $5 patrons - Intensive Karuhat

If you can't get enough this material is in addition to and not replacing the already robust Muay Thai Library project. I will still be publishing at least two new Library sessions a month, and the patron only articles.

Read this Patreon post for detail...

General Tunwakom - Lertrit Military Muay (46 min)

You can also download this session as a podcast for free on Soundcloud. Subscribe on iTunes or listen 2018-03-26 13:16:09 +0000 UTC View Post

Insisting on Left | The Space Between Pi and Kru (Patreon Magazine)

 Unorthodox Insistence 

“Sylvie,” Kru Nu calls to me from the gate that separates the weight room from the main area of the gym. The gate is aluminum and slides open to the side, where it tucks behind a makeshift “DJ Booth,” where you can hook up an MP3 player or mobile phone to play music th...

#35 Yodsanan Sityodtong - Southpaw Tactics & Power (86 min)

You can also listen to this session as a podcast on iTunes

Yodsanan Sor Nanthachai (Sityodtong) is from Sisaket province in Isaan and started fighting Muay Thai before he ever really had...

Arjan Surat: The Unbreakable Breaker of Bangkok (Patreon Article)

Among Thai nakmuay, Arjan Surat is one of the most feared men in Thailand. And right now he’s drinking from a straw that sticks out from a pink My Little Pony thermal cup. He has a back brace the color of Band-Aids wrapped around his waist underneath his bellypad, which looks like it’s been chewed on by a R...

When I First Met Dieselnoi - A Giant In My Soul (Patreon Article)

There’s a looming feeling that comes from standing in front of huge, empty buildings. How many millions of people flock to the Colosseum in Rome, to stand in that architectural giant and feel the sheer awe of what it was. The spectre of spectators filling the stands. For me, it would be a nightmare. Kevin and I are outside of ...

#34 Samart Payakaroon - Balance, Balance, Balance! (81 min)

4x Lumpinee Champion, 3x Fighter of the Year, WBC jr. featherweight World Boxing Champion

You can also listen to this session as a podcast on iTunes

Samart is one of the b...

The Perfection of Festival Fights in Thailand (Patreon article)

Kevin and I have been driving around for about an hour at night, looking for the venue of my fight. This promoter notoriously gives me vague directions to wherever I’m fighting, but that has become part of the adventure. We’ve wound through these completely pitch-black roads, guided only by the 10 feet of headlight in front ...

How To Manage Your Email Notification Settings

If you are getting email notifications because of my new Lens app posts you can quickly personalize how you would like to be notified, and by which kinds of posts here, including or excluding Len...

Fight 175 vs Yodying Sor. Sumalee

This is my 175th fight, facing off with Yodying who I hadn't fought in a very long time, but who I faced a great deal in my first years at Lanna. She broke my nose in one of our early fights, so I always felt I kind of owed her, but not in a mean way really. I was excited to fight her, when I discovered she was a late replacemen...

Cheet Yaa - "if there were no cuts, it wouldn't be Sylvie" (Patreon article)

I get out of the car and follow my trainer, Kru Nu, to the front  steps of a small clinic on the side of a small road in Pattaya. To the  left of the clinic is a tiny massage shop, the prices and names of the  different massage options painted on the glass front windows. Kru Nu is  kicking off his shoes and s...

#33 Kru San Sitmonchai - Control of Pace & Distance when Advancing (56 min)

I could never say enough about how much I loved training with Kru San. I wasn’t very familiar with him prior to this lesson, even though I’d met him at Sitmonchai before and probably seen him at a few fights. He has a larger-than-life kind of presence, not only because he’s actually so physically imposing but because hi...

Bonus Session 7: Karuhat Sor. Supawan - Forward Check | 39 min

Karuhat Sor. Supawan

3x Lumpinee champion

Note: 1've written a companion piece on my public blog which goes into depth on the Forward Check and make a very good study guide to get the most out of what Karuhat is teaching in this session. 2018-01-27 02:06:54 +0000 UTC View Post