Muay Thai Bones Podcast #22 - Sparring Lighter, The Habit of Quitting, Western Mechanization, Fighting Up (2hrs, 44 min)

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You guys had a discussion about cutting out some of the running. Have you considered making deals with yourself? Meaning, I will not run today, but instead of that I will do double of (insert other workout here). Then there isn’t that feeling of cutting corners as you are choosing to work doubly hard in another area. Running can sometimes be needlessly hard on the body, when there are other forms of effective cardio. I think it is amazing that you have broken the Westerner mens and womens records for number of fights. I just want for you to stay super-healthy and break that world record! Go get ‘em! Sawadeekrap from Texas!

Pop Praditbatuga

You and Kevin nailed it right on the head in your description of the entire Muay Thai experience vs. the highlighted extracted components. As a horror movie fan, I often use The Exorcist to exemplify a successful scary movie. It slowly developed to familiarize the audience with a religious context and the familial relationship before jumping into the head-spinning, "I'm your mother" scene. This allows the movie to jump into your home space via familiar religious connections etc. It made it more than just a monster movie. From a spectator's perspective , today's Entertainment Muay Thai jumps right into the head-spinning scene and that leaves out a huge understanding of the sport. I used to watch fights at Lumpinee from ringside and have been blessed with watching Diesel Noi live when he fought in the U.S. In those fights, I've been blessed with seeing the warriors walk towards the ring, watching their teammates cheer from their "KaiMuay Pit" near the fighter's corner and even having other professional fighters and gamblers explain to me Ruup Muay and what they were looking for in the fighters. Many times, I've been blessed with having connections to know the fighters before they entered the ring. In those days, proper movements matter, even to the audience. So I completely understand Kevin in his preference to watch proper Muay Tae vs sloppy Muay Khao even though he loves Muay Khao. Today, even in events like Thai Fight you have well-known Thai fighters jump in madly swinging for the KO, tantamount to jumping right to the head-spinning scene in The Exorcist. Although, it's still enjoyable, it becomes more like the monster Godzilla film than the soul-stirring spiritual film that crossed over from the screen into your home. Golden Era Muay Thai was more than what was on TV. At the same time, I understand that to popularize the sport to regular audiences, highlighted-action are necessary. It's just coming at the cost of full understanding of the ruup, culture, etc. This is a deep topic from both the spectator's perspective and the practitioner's perspective. I really love the fact that you and Kevin go deep into it. Bring more of that, even if we may only grasp a percentage of it. I know that to people who are not grasping this, it may just sound like rambling. I can't even describe it correctly with this brief comment. But I'm getting it. Love it!

Thanks, Sylvie! 😊

Sylvie von Duuglas-Ittu

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