I called the editor of Inside Sport Magazine, Graem Sims, to pitch him a story about a famous Australian kickboxer a month or so ago. I felt that being published in Inside Sport would be a real coup; the magazine features some of the highest-quality writing you can buy on a newsstand. It also sets a benchmark for what Australians view as quality sport. I rang his Sydney office and left a message, and to my considerable surprise, he promptly rang me back. Continue reading
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World Champion of the Western Suburbs
Posted in Kickboxing with tags Gokhan Saki, International Kickboxer Magazine, Jason Tramsek, John Scida, Nathan Corbett, Steve McKinnon, Tyrone Spong on August 22, 2010 by Jarrod Boyle
Posted in Kickboxing on August 17, 2010 by Jarrod Boyle
Fighting
Posted in Kickboxing with tags Gul Pohatu on August 15, 2010 by Jarrod BoyleMy next fight is slated for October 17, three days before I turn 35. I think my opponent is TBC, but I will be fighting on the undercard for John Wayne Parr vs. Yodsanklai, very possibly the best fighter in the world at his weight.
I am about nine weeks’ out, so I am currently focused on general conditioning and brute strength. I sparred yesterday with my mate, Gul Pohatu; we did 3X2 minute rounds and I came out of it feeling okay about my performance.
My general strength and fitness benchmarks require:
1. 170kg deadlift
2. 170kg squat
3. 100kgX10 bench press over three sets, and
4. Running one kilometer in 4 minutes. I’d like to get this down to 5km in twenty minutes, but I’m currently shambling around at 110kilograms. Which, for me, is very heavy!
I’m also working on conditioning my shins; at present, I know that I’m kicking properly because I feel as if my shin is going to snap when I make solid contact with Gul’s leg.
I’ll keep you posted as to the progress of my training and the change in activities as I taper down to the fateful date.
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Discipline
Posted in Kickboxing, Reading, Writing with tags 'Jazz', 'Zen and the Art of Archery', Alexander Solshenitzyn, Anna Karenina, Budda, Edgar Allan Poe, Eugen Herrigel, Irving Berlin, Jerome Le Banner, Jonathan Livingstone Seagull, Ken Burns, One day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, Richard Bach, Sonny Rollins, Tolstoy on August 15, 2010 by Jarrod Boyledis·ci·pline // (d s -pl n)
n.
1. Training expected to produce a specific character or pattern of behavior, especially training that produces moral or mental improvement.
2. Controlled behavior resulting from disciplinary training; self-control.
3.
a. Control obtained by enforcing compliance or order.
b. A systematic method to obtain obedience: a military discipline.
c. A state of order based on submission to rules and authority: a teacher who demanded discipline in the classroom.
4. Punishment intended to correct or train.
5. A set of rules or methods, as those regulating the practice of a church or monastic order.
6. A branch of knowledge or teaching.
tr.v. dis·ci·plined, dis·ci·plin·ing, dis·ci·plines
1. To train by instruction and practice, especially to teach self-control to.
2. To teach to obey rules or accept authority. See Synonyms at teach.
3. To punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience. See Synonyms at punish.
4. To impose order on: needed to discipline their study habits.
Definition taken from the free online dictionary
(Please ignore the aspects relating to compliance or submitting to authority, because I certainly don’t advocate or believe in that).
I am endlessly fascinated with the development of skill as the means for undertaking the profound existential journey. Regardless of what it is, almost; whether it’s building a wall as in Solzhenitsyn’s ‘One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich’, reaping a harvest as in Tolstoy’s ‘Anna Karenina’ or even a seagull obsessed with flying, as in Richard Bach’s ‘Jonathan Livingstone Seagull.’ Continue reading
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