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#137 Kem Sitsongpeenong 3 - Balance, Fakes, and Cool Heart (105 min)

This is our 3rd entry of Kem in the Muay Thai Library. The trilogy of them play in a beautiful development, so I do recommend reviewing the first two in order to get the most out of this one, but if you haven't seen it or don't have access to it, you can start here, too. Kem is a real gem of a teacher, not only because he has such keenness of sight in being able to assess what a fighter's stren...

300 Pro Fights In Thailand - Where I am Headed With Your Support

This post is about updating my fight goals: 300 documented, professional fights in Thailand. I love this country, I love Muay Thai, and nowhere  else in the world is this kind of goal possible. This goal feels like it  honors my love for this art and this country. It's also a bit about what fight number goal setting is for me. Why pick numbers?

For those who have  been su...

A Photo Essay on the Huge Rajadamnern Traditional Super Show

Get Caught Up On The Best Card In Bangkok This Year

Aside from supporting me in my career as a fighter, and helping produce the Muay Thai Library Preserve The Legacy project, this patron also supports the Muay Thai photography of my husband Kevin who is working to bring his very unique fine art and cinematic eye to Thailand's beautiful heritage. Thank you everyone who has...

MTL Podcast (audio only) #136 Lamnammoon Sor. Sumalee | Relentless, Spearing, Ripping Muay Khao (92 mins)

We've been hearing great feedback on the podcast versions of the Library, thank you to everyone who has shared with us how you are finding them.

The podcast is just an audio version of the latest Muay Thai Library session, with some audio edits to make is more easy listening. This one is with the amazing Vampire Knees Lamnammoon, one of the great Muay Khao legends of the Golden Age who we...

#136 Lamnammoon Sor. Sumalee | Relentless, Spearing, Ripping Muay Khao (92 mins)

Lamnammoon is a pure Muay Khao expression, starting at 14 years old and fighting until he was 30. That's a long career by any standards, but with his chaiya being "Mr. Vampire Knee," it feels even more fitting. After about 20 fights he entered into the Bangkok circuit, and by 20 years old he won his first Lumpinee title at 115 lbs. Ever 2 years or so he gained another title, moving up ...

The 36 Don't MISS Muay Thai Library Sessions

One of the things we face is that the Muay Thai Library is just so huge - it has over 140 long form video documentations and over 164 hours, that its just hard to penetrate into what is becoming the Bible of Thailand's traditional Muay Thai, or at least a very important archive of its past rich knowledge. Where do you start? What don't you want to miss?

So Kevin and I sat down and made so...

MTL Podcast (audio only) #135 Petchdam Lukborai "Mr. Cannibal Knees" - Golden Age Muay Khao Padwork (70 min)

We are still early in this podcast version experiment so if you enjoy this and find it valuable or interesting please let us know so we can maybe put more of these out. We are getting positive thoughts from patrons! Do tell us how these podcast versions are fitting into your Muay Thai lives.

So this is just an audio version of the latest Muay Thai Library session with the legend Petchdam ...

#135 Petchdam Lukborai "Mr. Cannibal Knees" - Golden Age Muay Khao Padwork (70 min)

"Mr. Cannibal Knee" has to be one of the greatest chaiya of all time. By most accounts, this name was given to Petchdam for his ability to win fights with enormous side bets (in Thai, when you win a side bet it's called "eating", so making it "people eater" is a kind of double entendre). Petchdam fought from the early 80s and became Lumpinee Champion at multiple weight classes: 112 lb,...

How Was Golden Age Training Different? Interview With the Legend Karuhat (public, 6 min)

Above is an interview with did with Karuhat this week, talking about how his training in the Golden Age was, and how it differed from what he sees in Thai gyms he travels around to today. He was the star of a small gym, Sor. Supawan, with he says about 20 fighters (and only 3 bags). The biggest differences, he points out, are that there was a lot of light sparring, and a great deal of shadow bo...

The Sylvie Interview Podcast #1 - On the Thai Principle of Muay Mu-a: Fighting Clearly (28 min)

We're continuing with the idea of presenting more audio only content for our patrons, and this is the first in a hopeful series we're calling The Sylvie Interview Podcast. We're taking on important topics and principles of Thailand's Muay Thai and discussing them through an Interview format. We hope you enjoy!

You can also watch the interview on YouTube. 2023-06-27 11:40:31 +0000 UTC View Post

MTL Podcast (audio only) - #134 Wangchannoi Sor. Palangchai 3 - His Powerful, Advancing Counter Fighting (72 min)

This is a podcast experiment so if you enjoy this and find it valuable or interesting please let us know so we can maybe put more of these out. We've heard some really nice responses from the last one. Please tell us how these podcast versions are fitting into your Muay Thai lives. 

So this is just an audio version of the latest Muay Thai Library session with the legend Wangchannoi w...

#134 Wangchannoi Sor. Palangchai 3 - His Powerful, Advancing Counter Fighting (74 min)

I'm very excited to be adding more of Wangchannoi to the MTL. He has 2 entries already (go back and watch those, as they will help a great deal in getting the most out of this one) and they are 2 of our most loved/popular entries. His style is beautiful, powerful Femeu with good hands, and he's scary. Wangchannoi was Fighter of the Year in 1993 and at that point had beat every Fighter of the Ye...

MTL Podcast Experiment (audio only) - #133 Bangsaen Tor. Kotsan - Central Core, Boxing & Muay Thai (85 min)

This is a suppliment experiment so if you enjoy this and find it valuable or interesting please let us know so we can maybe put more of these out. Feedback is golden. Is listening to the Muay Thai Library like this a good thing?!

This is just the audio version of the latest Muay Thai Library session with Bangsaen. We think its a chance to enter the Library in a more casual way, on the run...

#44 Keys to Self-Correction, Blocking Quickly After A Kick - Sylvie's Technique Vlog (21 min)

This morning I was watching a woman on pads, getting very frustrated because she was being told to kick, which she did, but then she was being kicked back and didn't have time to get her shin up to block. She slumped and looked at the padman like he was being uncool. Part of it was she was tired, but I could tell she thought he was kicking her before her foot was down... he was, in reality, kic...

#133 Bangsaen Tor. Kotsan - Central Core, Boxing & Muay Thai (85 min)

[new edit: with intro restored]

Bangsaen was a Muay Thai fighter with more than 100 fights in the provinces, moved down to Bangkok and faced high level competition at his age/weight, but after winning 11 fights by KO in a row, promoter OneSongchai decided to put him in to Western Boxing. Bangsaen boxed for the Thai National Team and then professionally for about 4 years, finishing with 19...

Bonus: Matee Jedeepitak Session with Natural Audio

Here we publish this second version of the new Matee Jedeepitak session without commentary, only with natural audio just to make sure everything said can be heard clearly. This could be helpful on rewatch. As Matee speaks English in the session it was best to have two different versions, one with commentary, one just natural audio, so we could raise the sound of the natural track. 

W...

#132 Matee Jedeepitak - The Keys To Femeu Timing & Distance (1 hr, 6 min)

Matee was Lumpinee Champion at 126 lb, a very competitive weight class, and fought against some of the biggest names of the Golden Age. His alias was "Dragon Leg," and his style was as a standout Southpaw Femeu kicker. For two decades Matee has been teaching in the US, passing his style along to students with the essential triad of: timing, distance, and basics. These three form the tr...

#43 How to Watch Video Of Yourself in Fights & Training - Sylvie's Technique Vlog (21 min)

This technique vlog is all about a skill that most of us probably don't think about: how to make use of video, to get the most out of your training and, for those who fight, how to review and interact with your fights. I've watched a lot of video of myself over the years. Not only do I voice over all my Muay Thai Library sessions with legends and Krus, which involves at least two watches (one t...

#131 Panomtuanlek Hapalang - The Secrets of Tidal Knees (1 hr, 40 min)

I keep saying that this session is special, the Muay Thai Library is on a run of very rare documentations, and this one is probably in the Top 10 of all the sessions in the Library, completing the Trinity. Panomtuanlek was Fighter of the Year in 1986, Rajadamnern Champion at 115 lb and 118 lb, and Lumpinee champion at 122 lb. He hailed from the famed Hapalang Gym, home to Dieselnoi and Chamuakp...

Kevin started a Facebook Group following his Muay Thai Photography and Philosophy

A New Facebook Group

If you are someone who has enjoyed Kevin's photography and/or his philosophical writings on Muay Thai this is for you. He's sharing his best photos there, covering our daily Muay Thai journey together in a photo journalism style, and discussing his writings on Muay Thai philosophy and history. Take a look, and follow:

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#130 Sagat Petchyindee 5 - The Coil & The Uppercut (71 min)

Sagat is a very popular study in the Muay Thai Library - patrons watch his sessions over and over - and it's never been a mystery as to why that is. His Muay is beautiful, his punches are powerful and efficient, his lines are clean, and he's scary. And, he's an absolute legend of the sport, the real world inspiration for the Sagat Street Fighter character. The way he's a prowling tiger one mome...

#42 Mental Training: How I Prepared For My Championship Fight - Confidence, Visualization, Affirmations, Pressure | Sylvie's Technique Vlog (made pubic, 45 min)

This patreon mental training post made public.

Having just made the steep climb to win the WBC Minimumweight World title this weekend - thank you everyone for your support!

Having just made the steep climb to win the WBC Minimumweight World title this weekend - thank you everyone for your support! - it se...

#129 Cherry Sor. Wanich - Unbreakable Lock Muay Thai (50 min)

Cherry had the alias "Black Shark" and his Muay Khao style definitely doesn't go backwards. He's tall, rangy, and has the most beautiful lock that was unique in the Golden Age and doesn't really exist anymore. Cherry was 130 lb Lumpinee Champion and his fight against Jaroenthong Kiatbanchong was awarded "fight of the...

Sylvie's Technique Vlog #41 - Designated Tension In Clinch & Other Techniques (14 min)

The term "designated tension" is something I made up on the spot when talking about guard a few years ago, so if you haven't heard it or can't google it, that's why. But it's exactly what it sounds like, it's creating tension in one area in order to allow relaxation somewhere else. I think the perfect example is the Titan in Attack on Titan who can make the back of her neck into diamond when sh...

#128 Samingnoom Sitboontam - Femeu Timing & Dominance (1 hr, 43 min)

At the time of filming, Samingnoom (or Arjan Pat) was 63 years old. He's still very fit, very active, was in the process of building his own house and gym on land that he'd bought in his home province of Buriram. He cut his teeth in Isaan festival fights and the big stadium in Roi Et before moving down to Bangkok at the age of 19. He is considered a pillar in the Femeu style of the early Golden...

#127 Chaiyai Sit Karuat - Deep Pivots & Spacing (64 min)

Chaiyai is a Golden Age champion who at the time was also student of the legend Karuhat when Karuhat was fighting out of the Sor. Supawan. Chaiyai fought under Karuhat's name, "Sit Karuhat" (student of Karuhat). His training with Karuhat you can absolutely see in his femeu style. He has a twin brother named Chailek who also fought under Karuhat, but Chaiyai is the more famous and successful of ...

Sylvie's Technique Vlog #40 - Whole System Learning (22 min)

This Technique Vlog is very relevant to my present experience in that I haven't been able to train in any way, shape, or form to what I'm accustomed to do to a back injury (thrown from a horse). I'm already a pretty cerebral student, but not being able to move has made it even more the case and kind of "planning my return" and rebuilding from the basement up has me focusing on areas of training...

#126 Kaisuwit Sungila Nongki - Shaping Through Padwork (67 min)

One of the best padmen in Thailand shows how he shapes fighters. 

Kaisuwit is a Golden Age fighter who held the Rajadamnern 118 lb title. He and his older brother went on to teach Nong O, and Kaisuwit was a trainer at the famed 96 Panang Gym under an overpass in Bangkok for a couple decades. In the last year (at the point we filmed this) he moved up to Saraburi, where he is the main ...

Please Forgive a Temporary Delay in the MTL Due to Serious Injury

Dear Patrons,
First of all thank you for all the support for me as a fighter and the entire Muay Thai Library documentary project. It means everything and it keeps everything going. The linked video is an explanation of how I became injured: in short I was thrown from a spooked horse, landed into a cement fence, and have been incredibly limited for what is now 9 days (at the time of writing)...

#125 Therdkiat Sittepitak - Aggressive Femeu (61 min)

Getting Therdkiat into the same breathing space as us was hard, but filming with him was so enjoyable and I've really loved being in touch with him since. He sends me photos I've never seen, links to his fights, talks about his daughter who he trained to have a modest but adventurous career in both Muay Thai and a bit of Western Boxing. Therdkiat is one of these Legends who is no longer involve...