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Who's The Fighter - blog post sylvie von duuglas-ittu
2 weeks ago

Who’s The Fighter?

When you walk into a gym, how do you spot the fighter? Some would have it that he’s wearing a certain color shirt or shorts or prajaet on the arm; some would tell you just look at how she hits the bag; some places would have that caliber of customer quartered off into a special ring or area of the gym so everyone else could feel that separateness, something to aspire to. Look for the guy who is dripping sweat and grunting and that’s him. But it’s not the chiseled Adonis struggling to pull his eyes off his own reflection in 

Impossible Goals - 450-Lumpinee-Gold
1 month ago

The Impossible: 450 Fights, Lumpinee Belt, Olympic Gold

At some point around 130 fights, when I became the westerner with the most fights ever in Thailand, my new goal of 200 fights was met by some of my followers with a kind of, “awesome, and after that?” Like, the 200 was inevitable, rather than insane, which is what that number had felt like prior to breaking the 100 mark. It was insane, if you think about it. Only one western fighter I knew of had even fought a 100 times in Thailand. Then, having cruised past 100 the idea of doubling it to 200 didn’t even feel impossible 

Preserve The Legacy Podcast - feature
1 month ago

My Preserve the Legacy Podcast – Listening In On Training Sessions

Kevin came up with the idea to publish the commentaries I do on my privates with legends and top krus for the Muay Thai Library – Preserve the Legacy project as a podcast. I watch the sessions and record the voice-over to point out details, explain further the techniques or strategies being taught, as well as putting into context some of the experience of these lessons for those who don’t have the rare privilege of being there. Kevin then listens to these recordings many times over, getting the volume right and syncing it up to the video and editing, which is when 

4 Legends Seminar
1 month ago

4 Legends Coming Together For an Epic Seminar in Bangkok – April 4

In the first week of April, we will be hosting a 4 Legends Seminar in Bangkok with Dieselnoi, Karuhat, Chatchai and Namkabuan. You can find out more about it here. Each one of these men is absolutely amazing, very different styles, different techniques, different strategies, and quite frankly a lesson with any one of them is a wonderful opportunity. I’ve trained with all 4 and they’re some of my favorite fighters. But they’re also some of my favorite men, just in their personalities and how they express themselves through their Muay. To have all 4 of them, all at once, in one 

Meet Gary Boyson - Losing Weight, Gaining Spirit at Petchrungruang Gym
1 month ago

Meet Gary Boyson – Losing Weight, Gaining Spirit At Petchrungruang Gym

above, my extended interview with Gary Boyson, someone who plans on coming to Petchrungruang for years now. Listen to what Petchrungruang has been like, and why he’s fallen in love with it (27 min). He’s lost over 40 lbs. Gary has been training with me at Petchrungruang for the past 5 months. At first it was just in the mornings and he was so quiet and non-intrusive, I didn’t know he spoke English for the first few days, other than him saying “hello” and “goodbye” at either end of training. Gradually, he transitioned to afternoon sessions, which are more intense 

David Goggins, Superheroes and the Purpose of Suffering
1 month ago

David Goggins, Superheroes and the Purpose of Suffering

Kevin and I are sitting in the car, driving up to a fight in Isaan and listening to one of Joe Rogan’s podcasts with David Goggins as the guest. Up until a couple days ago, I’d never heard of David Goggins. A man posted on Instagram that he’d been listening to mental toughness mentors and he quoted me alongside his own trainer and David Goggins. That’s some awesome company to be in the midst of, for me. I looked him up and he is fucking incredible. above, the Joe Rogan interview of Goggins The interview is 2 hours long and 

Dark Roads - Getting Lost Driving in Thailand Sylvie
2 months ago

Dark Roads – Driving Lost in Thailand

Kevin and I are looking for my fight. It’s early still, so we have time, but I have a growing nervousness in my stomach as we wind down ever-darkening roads with fewer and fewer streetlights. I actually love looking for fights like this. We get out in the country roads and they’re just so dark and there’s nothing on either side except a few banana tree groves and enormous rice fields that seem to stretch into forever. But how can you know? You can barely see 10 feet in any direction. The road signs give warning of bends in the road, 

2 months ago

Fight 175 – Sylvie Petchrungruang vs Yodying Sor. Sumalee

February 18, 2017 – Thapae Stadium, Chiang Mai – full fight video here, or full fight video with commentary here In my first couple years in Thailand, I fought Yodying a bunch of times. This one was our 12th time in the ring together, although it had been about 4 years since our last meeting. This is the thing about Thailand: rematches. I like them, for the most part, as they force you to grow and change. Once someone knows your game – like, really knows it by experience, not because they “watched tape” of you fighting someone else – they make 

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