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One of the best things about being in the hospital after crashing his brain was that it reset all his fundamental habits in relation to sleeping and eating. Continue reading
Archive for March, 2015
Theme Parks and Obstacle Courses – a Novel
Posted in Theme Parks and Obstacle Courses with tags Atlantis, Collins Street, Da Vinci Code, Flinder's Street, reading, St Kilda Road, Swanston Street, xanax on March 29, 2015 by Jarrod Boyle
Rousey and Zingano – Feminist Warriors?
Posted in fighting, Pretensions toward cultural theory, Real Men with tags body image, Cat Zingano, Naomi Wolf, Ronda Rousey, The Beauty Myth, UFC 184 on March 24, 2015 by Jarrod BoyleThe weigh-in for the recent Ronda Rousey / Cat Zingano fight on UFC 184 was not only exciting, but also instructive on the subject of sexual politics. Continue reading
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Theme Parks and Obstacle Courses – a Novel
Posted in Theme Parks and Obstacle Courses on March 21, 2015 by Jarrod Boyle
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Alan drew closer, grinning, jutting his chin forward. The whiteness of his teeth and the blackness of his pupils held all the light in his face. Pat looked down at the man. Alan had become an earth for all of the dark things that swirled inside him. Continue reading
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Theme Parks and Obstacle Courses – a Novel
Posted in Theme Parks and Obstacle Courses on March 15, 2015 by Jarrod Boyle
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Johnny turned back to Pat and gave him a disapproving look.
“What?” asked Pat. “Don’t you wish you were twenty-three again?” Johnny muttered and looked away. Pat moved his face, but the smile was still-born. He didn’t remember much of twenty-three the first time, and most of what he could recall, he could do without. Continue reading
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Why Everybody Loves Mark Hunt
Posted in Kickboxing, Martial Arts, Real Men with tags Mark Hunt, Stipe Miocic, UFC on March 13, 2015 by Jarrod Boyle
“Shucks, if I throw Stipe Miocic into any harbour, he probably drowns,” Aussie headliner Mark Hunt laughs. “And how do we fight each other if he’s dead?
“Other fighters might like to talk trash but I’m fairly civil. Especially at this level.
“Plus Stipe seems a nice guy. So no, I won’t be throwing him into any water. But when the bell goes, man, I’m still going to put a hole in his face.”
– Hunt giving an intro to his performance against Stipe Miocic at UFC Fight Night in Adelaide on May 10, 2015
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Brad Riddell: House on Fire
Posted in Kickboxing with tags 'John' Wayne Parr, athletics, Brad Riddell, Buakaw, City Leegar, Daniel ‘The Hitman’ Hatch, Glory, Joe Hopkins, Joe Nader, K1 Max, Kickboxing, Muay Thai, Nelson, New Zealand, Philip Lam, Powerplay, Richie Hardcore, Rugby, Steve ‘Grievous Bodily’ Hahm, Steve Moxon, Tiget Muay Thai, Tony Angelov on March 12, 2015 by Jarrod Boyle
International Kickboxer Magazine, Jan/Feb 2015
Brad Riddell’s first fight took place under unusual circumstances.
“I was supposed to fight a guy from Nelson [New Zealand’s southern island] but got a call from the guys from the gym the day of the weigh-in, saying he had been arrested and sent to gaol for trying to light his ex-girlfriend’s house on fire.” Continue reading
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Theme Parks and Obstacle Courses – a Novel
Posted in Theme Parks and Obstacle Courses on March 8, 2015 by Jarrod Boyle
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Any venue where the punters go specifically for the music, whether it’s dance, rock, or whatever, are always the best places. People in mainstream clubs tend to behave like herd animals; most of the behaviour tends towards rutting and fighting, generally intensified by alcohol. Continue reading
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Ghot Seurnoi: Rare Breed
Posted in Kickboxing with tags Ali Yaakub, Appetite for Destruction, basketball, Dane Beauchamp, Elite Boxing, Evolution, Ghot Seurnoi, jiu jitsu, Joe Concha, Michael Tomahawk Thompson, NTG, Nugget McNaught, Oceania, Playstation, Queensland, Sone Vannathy, Soren Mongkontong, superman, Thai boxing, Thailand, WKN, WMC on March 4, 2015 by Jarrod Boyle
International Kickboxer Magazine, Jan/Feb 2015
The first point of contact for the elusive Ghot Seurnoi is his trainer, Soren Mongkontong. When we spoke, I explained that I had made an appointment to interview Ghot at ten thirty the following morning.
“Don’t be silly, mate. There’s no way he’ll be awake. He’ll have been up all night on his PlayStation.” Continue reading
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Caliban
Posted in Real Men with tags Caliban, Henry Rollins, Hunter S Thompson, Shakespeare, The Tempest on March 1, 2015 by Jarrod Boyle
“He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.”
– Hunter S. Thompson.
Theme Park at its Darkest 