Muay Thai Article in the New Yorker Magazine

aseepish · 01-15-2006, 05:29 AM

There's a nine-page article about Muay Thai in this week's New Yorker (January 16, 2006). Unfortunately it's not one of the ones that they put on their website http://newyorker.com .

The article is about the author's experience training with Bunkerd Faphimai in San Francisco, and in typical New Yorker fashion goes into detail about the history and science of Muay Thai.

"Although his English was limited, he spoke with an air of sincerity and persuasiveness, and didn't seem bothered by the thought that people might not understand him. His teachings were devoid of any tormented, get-inside-the-other-guy's-head rhetoric. A move either worked ('Easy knock-out') or it didn't ('No fun'). 'No fun,' he said flatly, demonstrating an incorrect stance. 'Lose balance.'"

THT · 01-15-2006, 02:44 PM

Ha! That sounds like a fun read. Too bad my dad doesn't still subscribe. I may have to pick it up at the store and give it a look.

zoti · 01-16-2006, 02:07 AM

Any chance of putting a scan up? I used to train under Bunkerd.

aseepish · 01-16-2006, 06:11 PM

zoti, PM me your email address and I'll send you a scan.

zoti · 01-17-2006, 03:12 PM

I sent you a PM a couple of days ago.

zoti · 01-17-2006, 03:13 PM

I sent you a PM a couple of days ago. Did you get it ?

aseepish · 01-17-2006, 03:32 PM

I got it. I just need to tweak the images slightly.

zoti · 01-17-2006, 03:33 PM

Send it as is. I'll tweak it in photoshop.

TIA, zoti

LAO HILLTRIBE · 01-17-2006, 08:55 PM

Zoti Put It Up So We Can All Enjoy It,if You Can That Is.thankyou.

zoti · 01-17-2006, 10:19 PM

I will the minute I get it. I'm going to post it on my website.

aseepish · 01-17-2006, 11:17 PM

Hee! Awesome. I was afraid of the New Yorker sending goons to break my shins.

zoti · 01-17-2006, 11:45 PM

If you'll send it to me already :-P

zoti · 01-19-2006, 12:01 PM

Article is available at: http://s59.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1...O1MMWV9L7JJYVS

zoti · 01-22-2006, 02:08 AM

I also emailed the author and she said she would be more than happy to allow me to post a copy on my website but she is bind by a contract to not post it anywhere until 60 days after it was printed.

seany85 · 01-24-2006, 05:09 PM

Good read.

01-15-2006, 05:29 AM	#1 (permalink)
aseepish Registered User Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: British Columbia Posts: 1,628	Muay Thai Article in the New Yorker Magazine There's a nine-page article about Muay Thai in this week's New Yorker (January 16, 2006). Unfortunately it's not one of the ones that they put on their website http://newyorker.com . The article is about the author's experience training with Bunkerd Faphimai in San Francisco, and in typical New Yorker fashion goes into detail about the history and science of Muay Thai. "Although his English was limited, he spoke with an air of sincerity and persuasiveness, and didn't seem bothered by the thought that people might not understand him. His teachings were devoid of any tormented, get-inside-the-other-guy's-head rhetoric. A move either worked ('Easy knock-out') or it didn't ('No fun'). 'No fun,' he said flatly, demonstrating an incorrect stance. 'Lose balance.'" __________________ "It was about that time I realized that searching was my symbol, the emblem of those who go out at night with nothing in mind, the motives of a destroyer of compasses." -Cortázar

01-16-2006, 06:11 PM	#4 (permalink)
aseepish Registered User Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: British Columbia Posts: 1,628	zoti, PM me your email address and I'll send you a scan. __________________ "It was about that time I realized that searching was my symbol, the emblem of those who go out at night with nothing in mind, the motives of a destroyer of compasses." -Cortázar

01-17-2006, 03:32 PM	#7 (permalink)
aseepish Registered User Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: British Columbia Posts: 1,628	I got it. I just need to tweak the images slightly. __________________ "It was about that time I realized that searching was my symbol, the emblem of those who go out at night with nothing in mind, the motives of a destroyer of compasses." -Cortázar

01-17-2006, 11:17 PM	#11 (permalink)
aseepish Registered User Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: British Columbia Posts: 1,628	Hee! Awesome. I was afraid of the New Yorker sending goons to break my shins. __________________ "It was about that time I realized that searching was my symbol, the emblem of those who go out at night with nothing in mind, the motives of a destroyer of compasses." -Cortázar

01-24-2006, 05:09 PM	#15 (permalink)
seany85 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 267	Good read. __________________ "That's how I feel, I'ma do whatever I like ... I was raised in this society so you can't expect me to be a perfect person cause, I'ma do what I'ma do."

01-15-2006, 02:44 PM	#2 (permalink)
THT Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: it aint where I been, but where I'm about to go Posts: 279	Ha! That sounds like a fun read. Too bad my dad doesn't still subscribe. I may have to pick it up at the store and give it a look.

01-16-2006, 02:07 AM	#3 (permalink)
zoti Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 49	Any chance of putting a scan up? I used to train under Bunkerd.

01-17-2006, 03:12 PM	#5 (permalink)
zoti Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 49	I sent you a PM a couple of days ago.

01-17-2006, 03:13 PM	#6 (permalink)
zoti Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 49	I sent you a PM a couple of days ago. Did you get it ?

01-17-2006, 03:33 PM	#8 (permalink)
zoti Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 49	Send it as is. I'll tweak it in photoshop. TIA, zoti

01-17-2006, 08:55 PM	#9 (permalink)
LAO HILLTRIBE Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 8	Zoti Put It Up So We Can All Enjoy It,if You Can That Is.thankyou.

01-17-2006, 10:19 PM	#10 (permalink)
zoti Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 49	I will the minute I get it. I'm going to post it on my website.

01-17-2006, 11:45 PM	#12 (permalink)
zoti Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 49	If you'll send it to me already :-P

01-19-2006, 12:01 PM	#13 (permalink)
zoti Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 49	Article is available at: http://s59.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1...O1MMWV9L7JJYVS

01-22-2006, 02:08 AM	#14 (permalink)
zoti Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 49	I also emailed the author and she said she would be more than happy to allow me to post a copy on my website but she is bind by a contract to not post it anywhere until 60 days after it was printed.

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