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...
2018-07-18 12:27:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Above is a select 7 minutes out of a new feature we're bringing to Patreon, the full hour of analysis and discussion 2018-07-13 05:33:49 +0000 UTC View Post
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 fr...
2018-07-12 15:42:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Kru Ten is one of my favorite sessions, both times I’ve gone to see him - watch our first session together #23 here....
2018-07-01 01:41:38 +0000 UTC View Post
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The Muay Thai Library project is developing into a powerful resource and ...
2018-06-27 10:06:45 +0000 UTC View Post
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...
2018-06-17 00:01:16 +0000 UTC View Post
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 thi...
2018-06-14 02:55:21 +0000 UTC View Post
February 25, 2017 - Nongbuacoke, Isaan, Thailand
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2018-06-05 10:19:47 +0000 UTC View Post
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 th...
2018-05-29 01:31:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Watch the full fight with my commentary exclusively for patrons.
And you can read all about this fight with the 51 kg WPMF World ...
2018-05-28 04:35:37 +0000 UTC View Post
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 ...
2018-05-24 10:32:23 +0000 UTC View Post
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 we...
2018-05-14 09:10:54 +0000 UTC View Post
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 a...
2018-05-11 11:56:01 +0000 UTC View Post
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 ...
2018-05-08 10:43:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Sagat Petchyindee part II – the first part of this session is here.
3x Lumpinee...
2018-04-26 07:45:07 +0000 UTC View Post
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2018-04-10 06:51:10 +0000 UTC View Post
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 create...
2018-03-29 09:17:15 +0000 UTC View PostIf 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 pa...
2018-03-29 09:13:17 +0000 UTC View Post
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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 t...
2018-03-18 10:25:25 +0000 UTC View Post
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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...
2018-03-10 04:30:45 +0000 UTC View Post
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 sh...
2018-03-04 02:59:59 +0000 UTC View Post
4x Lumpinee Champion, 3x Fighter of the Year, WBC jr. featherweight World Boxing Champion
You can also listen to this session as a podcast 2018-02-24 00:51:40 +0000 UTC View Post
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 ...
2018-02-20 12:42:49 +0000 UTC View PostIf you are getting email notifications because of my new Lens app posts you can quickly personalize how you would like to be notified, and 2018-02-19 15:11:34 +0000 UTC View Post
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 alw...
2018-02-16 05:47:37 +0000 UTC View Post
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 price...
2018-02-11 12:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
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 a...
2018-02-10 05:27:00 +0000 UTC View Post
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 ...
2018-01-27 02:06:54 +0000 UTC View Post