Martin Luther King Junior was a mad philanderer. Richard Cohen, in an article published in yesterday’s Washington Post, ponders the implications were it more widely known at the time.
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Moral Complexity
Posted in Journalism, Observation, Real Men with tags Martin Luther King Junior, Richard Cohen, Washington Post on November 19, 2014 by Jarrod Boyle
Erik Miskle: Muay Thai Fever
Posted in Journalism, Kickboxing with tags Burma, Cambodian Olympic Stadium Gym, chickens, Eh Phuthong, Elite Training Centre, International Kickboxer Magazine, K1 Fitness and Fight Factory, Kampaan Santaweesook, King of Thailand, Lethwei, Manoel Dias Moeira Jn, Muay Thai, Myanmar Ministry of Sport, Ot Phuthong, Patong Boxing Gym, Thailand on October 22, 2014 by Jarrod Boyle
International Kickboxer Magazine, Sept/Oct 2014
Erik Miskle was in danger of entering a safe, conservative lifestyle when he was saved from it by a brush with Muay Thai fever. Continue reading
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Skills to Pay the Bills: Wes Capper
Posted in Journalism, Kickboxing with tags Andy Souwer, Boxing, Habby Heske, Las Vegas, Manny Pacquiao, Mejiro Gym, Miguel Diaz, Mike Jones, MMA, Muay Thai, Olympic boxing, Pochiro Promotions, RaShawn McCain, Ryota Muratha, Shannon 'Shaggy' King, Top Rank Boxing Gym, Wes Capper on October 9, 2014 by Jarrod BoyleInternational Kickboxer Magazine, Sept/Oct 2014
Wes Capper has a lot to say about a lot of different things, but on one subject, he is unequivocal:
“I want to win a world boxing title.” Continue reading
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Reality-Based Self Defence: Scenario Training – 5
Posted in Journalism, Real Men with tags arm bar, Navy SEALs, self-defence, somatic arc reflex, Target Focus Training, Tim Larkin, UFC on October 8, 2014 by Jarrod Boyle
Blitz Magazine, September 2014 Vol. 28. No.9
“Competition sport has protected us from the ugly reality,” says Tim Larkin, founder of Target Focus Training. “Last I checked, the UFC has 31 rules, and 27 of them are pertaining to injury to the human body. Continue reading
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Reality-Based Self Defence: Scenario Training – 4
Posted in Journalism with tags Ballistic Micro Fights, How to be a Good Bad Guy, James Shang, law enforcement, military, post-traumatic stress disorder, S.P.E.A.R, scenario training, Tony Blauer on October 7, 2014 by Jarrod Boyle
Blitz Magazine, September 2014 Vol. 28. No.9
“It doesn’t matter if you’re a 20th-degree black belt – if I attack you just as you’re getting out of the shower; you won’t do a jump front kick. You will yell, ‘Holy shit!’ and jump back. That is the withdrawal reflex; the recoil from danger.” Continue reading
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Reality-Based Self Defence: Scenario Training – 3
Posted in Journalism with tags bouncer, Dog Brothers, doorman, Geoff Thompson, Jim Armstrong, Musashi, pressure training, stress inoculation on October 6, 2014 by Jarrod Boyle
Blitz Magazine, September 2014 Vol. 28. No.9
Geoff Thompson, father of modern self-defence training, comes from a similar background to Jim Armstrong, having grown up and learned to make a living as a doorman and bouncer on the mean streets of the UK. Continue reading
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Reality-Based Self Defence: Scenario Training – 2
Posted in Journalism with tags Blitz Magazine, fear pyramid, Geoff Thompson, Jim Armstrong, Lee Morrison, martial arts, reality-based self-defence, S.P.E.A.R, scenario training, Senshido, Target Focus Training, Tim Larkin, Tony Blauer, Urban Combatives on October 5, 2014 by Jarrod Boyle
Blitz Magazine, September 2014 Vol. 28. No.9
“Senshido is not a style or system as such,” begins Jimmy Armstrong, the Glen Waverly-based instructor who also teaches Lee Morrison’s Urban Combatives. “It’s more a collective group of people that really want to help others and we use the vehicle of self-protection to do that. A lot of people seem to think it’s a style [or] system and all we do is shred people and do scenario training to the ‘nth’ degree, but what we do is far bigger than just those two things.” Continue reading
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Reality-Based Self Defense: Scenario Training – 1
Posted in Journalism with tags martial arts, Melissa Harries, Mindset Abilities, psychology, reality-based self-defence, self-defence, stress, stress inoculation, trauma, Victoria Police on October 5, 2014 by Jarrod Boyle
Blitz Magazine, September 2014 Vol. 28. No.9
Nearly all of the world’s top self-defence instructors advocate some sort of stress-inoculation training. The logic is that in order to know your technique will work under pressure, you must test yourself beforehand. That said, how does scenario training affect trainees mentally, and is it really necessary? After all, many have successfully defended themselves without having done a minute’s scenario training, and some report traumatic responses afterwards. JARROD BOYLE investigates. Continue reading
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Tyson the Raconteur
Posted in Journalism, Observation with tags Mike Tyson, Rob Ford, The Undisputed Truth, Toronto on September 11, 2014 by Jarrod Boyle
Mike Tyson was in Toronto, delivering his spoken word show ‘The Undisputed Truth’. While there, he was interviewed on television to both promote his show and the mayoral candidate he was there to support. Continue reading
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James Sheedy: A Martial Arts Odyssey
Posted in Journalism with tags Anthony Rogers, Aristotle, Arnis, Benny 'The Jet' Urquidez, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Bruce Lee, Caspian Smith, Enter the Dragon, Glen Coxon, Graham Johnson, James Sheedy, John Callegari, K1, Kickboxing, Lee Harnos, MMA, Muay Thai, Peter matlow, Rhee Tae Kwon Do, Satori, Tae Kwon Do, Taren Point, UFC, Woolongong on September 6, 2014 by Jarrod Boyle
Blitz Magazine, Vol. 28 No. 8, August 2014
James Sheedy has been involved in martial arts for the long haul. Beginning his journey back in 1975, Jim has been training for a total of thirty-eight years and teaching for the lion’s share of them. Continue reading
Theme Park at its Darkest 