Muay Thai Bones Podcast - #7 (for iTunes) Buddhism, Sparring, Time

Patreon just got better! If you are new to Muay Thai Bones it's a podcast my husband and I Kevin started a few months ago on YouTube, discussing everything under the sun in Muay Thai. The idea started because we have these epic trips crossing Thailand, usually after I have fought, and on these trips we have amazing conversations. We thought, why don't we just share these conversations with everyone? Some come on the road with us and talk about all things Muay Thai. This is our most recent one.  

Lots of people have asked for us to publish it on iTunes so and not just on YouTube, so they can follow along more easily, so this is the first iTunes available episode of the podcast, just for patrons. 

  iTunes: Read this quick article to see how to add Muay Thai Bones podcast to iTunes or other subscription services. Easy to do!  Just grab your exclusive RSS link. 

This is the kind of creative content you are supporting, so the RSS link is private, exclusive for patrons as a thank you.  If everyone is enjoying it we'll be publishing our future Muay Thai Bones podcasts in this way, and possibly adding more audio episodes, like audio versions of Library Sessions, and even more. 

If you like though, you can also hang with us on the public YouTube video:

watch Muay Thai Bones Podcast episode 7 on YouTube 

Instructions on how to get your RSS feed and add it to iTunes are here.  Currently, as of this writing, there is only this single episode added to iTunes by RSS. Back issues of Muay Thai Bones will slowly be added so you can listen to them, along with new episodes as they are created.  In a month or so all the back issues of the podcast should be available, as well as all new material.    

We try to cover a lot in a single episode and this one is a mammoth 4 hours long. Below are some of the topics we cover, and reading notes for things we refer to in the podcast.

Episode 7 - Subjects Covered

1. Why Muay Thai is Buddhistic

2. Western Judeo-Christian vs Thai Buddhistic Woe

3. The Purposes of Sparring In Thailand

4. Pack Therapy

5. Creating New Discussion Spaces

6. Jumping On All Kicks

7. The Problem of 3 Round Fights in Thailand

8. The Nature of Time

9. Embrace By A Gym

10. Mental Training Tools vs Skills

Reading Notes

The New Muay Thai Roundtable Forum is here  - great place to discuss Muay Thai topics in depth, or ask questions and get relevant, detailed answers, including from me!

Alex Petchrungruang Winning a Recent Lumpinee Fight on the basis of "Ning" 

Training with Arjan Surat at Dejrat Gym  (learning to jump on kicks)

The Source Quote of for Why Muay Thai is Buddhistic, original post on Instagram:

The Ram Muay is Cultural, Not Religious, Damien Trainor - an older blog post on the cultural and religious aspects of Muay Thai rites.

My Trainer Kru Nu's Philosophy on Sparring - What It's For - my forum article on the purpose of sparring in her Thai gym Petchrungruang

Thai Masculinity: Postioning Nak Muay Between Monkhood and Nak Leng – Peter Vail  - 

My Mental Training Real Time Mental Training Vlogs - Playlist

What is Ning?

Original Instagram Post - 

" what I wrote about Ning last night: "I liken this to an element of Vipassana Meditation practice. The short version of explaining Vipassana is that, unlike tranquility meditation, where you're trying to get into a kind of mindless trance, Vipassana takes as its object the body (roop) and the mind (nam) and you don't want to change consciousness at all. You want to be focused, concentrated, but not overly focused/concentrated (which would be a trance or tranquility) and not overly distracted (unable to remain in observation of the two objects). So, to use your example of the leg kicks, Roop (the body) is kicked and feels pain, Nam (the mind) observes the pain - neither of those facts are YOU. There is no "I." It is not your leg nor is the sensation your pain. Rather "pain is happening," and because the body has sensors to experience that pain and the mind has sensors to observe the experience of that pain, the reception is also happening. So, rather than that the gods or Fate or the universe has willed the pain, it's not held apart from the one-ness of everything else. "Pain is happening."" Visit the Muay Thai Roundtable forum at 8limbsus.com for more of my thoughts on Ning. 

 Philosophical Underpinnings - Suggested reading and/or listening - original post on Ning 

The mental training of Nihi Sobo: https://imnotyou.com/ 

The mental training of Kara Lowentheil:  https://unfuckyourbrain.com 

Sessions of Fighters Referenced:

Kem Sitsongpeenong in the Muay Thai Library:

#53 Kem Kem Muaythai Gym - Mastering Everything In Between (80 min) watch it here 

#13 Kem Sitsongpeenong - Building a System (52 min) watch it here 

Langusuan and Yodwicha in the Muay Thai Library:

#10 The Clinch Techniques of Yodwicha - Session 2 (34 min) watch it here 

 #4 Yodwicha - Clinch and Muay Khao (Knee) Specialist (35 min) - watch it here 

 #45 Langsuan Panyutapum - Monster Muay Khao Training (66 min) watch it here  

"Mass Appeal" (1984) - movie referenced, talking about the dramaticization of difficulty in Catholicism

Past Muay Thai Bones Podcasts Already on YouTube

Episodes 1-6 are already on YouTube, you can watch them here in the Muay Thai Bones Podcast Playlist ---   Currently, as of this writing, there is only this single episode added to iTunes by RSS. Back issues of Muay Thai Bones will slowly be added, along with new episodes as they are created. In a month or so all the back issues of the podcast should be available, as well as all new material.  

There are also blog posts I've written on Muay Thai Bones podcasts which include all the reading notes for those episodes, tons of interesting books and articles to think about and discuss. Muay Thai bones blog posts are all found here.