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That intimacy doesn’t just develop an aesthetic sense. It also develops an empathy for the athletes involved.
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William Luu: Calling it a Day
Posted in fighting, Kickboxing, Martial Arts, MMA, Muay Thai, Women's fighting with tags healing, life, love, mental-health, Rebellion Muay Thai, Roots 31, W.L. Fight Photography, William Luu, writing on August 20, 2026 by Jarrod Boyle
William Luu: Calling it a Day
Posted in fighting, Martial Arts, MMA, Muay Thai, Women's fighting with tags Blitz Martial Arts Magazine, facebook, Instagram, International Kickboxer Magazine, Perry Cale, social media on August 14, 2026 by Jarrod Boyle
William Luu: Calling it a Day
Posted in fighting, Martial Arts, MMA, Muay Thai, Women's fighting with tags ADHD, Dana White, Fight photography, Holly Holm, Nugget McNaught, One Championship, photography, Powerplay Gym, Rebellion Muay Thai, Rhonda Rousey, RWS, The Iliad, UFC, William Luu on July 13, 2026 by Jarrod Boyle
As far as this blog is concerned, William Luu is the best fight photographer in Australia. His photos transcend the win-and-loss dynamic that plays out across rounds: his images speak of the drama and lyricism that constitutes the perpetual pulse at the centre of fighting. His images transcend the simple record of what happened to become a literal window on the why.
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Miyamoto Musashi Versus Cameron Quinn: A Book of Five Rings
Posted in kyokushin karate, Martial Arts, Real Men with tags A Book of Five Rings, bodhisattva, Cameron Quinn, Kyokushin karate, martial arts, Mas Oyama, Miyamoto Musashi on April 21, 2022 by Jarrod Boyle
Miyamoto Musashi Versus Cameron Quinn: A Book of Five Rings
Posted in kyokushin karate, Martial Arts, Real Men with tags A Book of Five Rings, Autobiography of a Yogi, Boxing, Cameron Quinn, full contact karate, Gavin Scott, jiu-jitsu, kendo, Kyokushin karate, Mas Oyama, Paramahansa Yogananda, Rumi, Shihan, shootboxing, Swami Sri Yukteswar, The Holy Science, This is Karate, Tokyo, University of Queensland, Victor Harris, wrestling, Zen Do Kai on April 12, 2022 by Jarrod Boyle
Shihan Cameron Quinn is, by the standards of ‘Theme Park…’, a luminary. He began training in Kyokushin Karate in 1971 and lived in Japan in 1976, studying Japanese and training at the Kyokushin Honbu dojo in Tokyo under Kyokushin founder, Mas Oyama.
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Okinawa Calling: Sensei Damien Martin on Rediscovering the Roots of Karate
Posted in Journalism, Martial Arts with tags autism, BJC, Bob Jones, Damien Martin, Goju Ryu, Jim Armstrong, kata, Okinawa, reality-based self-defence, Taira sensei, Zen Do Kai on February 25, 2018 by Jarrod Boyle
Blitz Magazine, Volume 31, Number 6 December 2017/January 2018
Okinawa is the birthplace of karate. Japan’s fifth-largest prefecture was a cauldron of conflict during the second world war and is now a bucolic territory, known to boast one of the largest populations of centenarians in the world. Continue reading
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The Greatest Kung Fu Story Never Told – Part Two
Posted in Journalism, Martial Arts, Real Men, True Crime with tags Brisbane, Casino, Chinese New Year, Fitzgerald Inquiry, Fortitude Valley, fortune teller, Gawain Sue, Ging Mo, Hong Kong, Humility, King's Park, Kung fu, Malcolm Sue, Malcolm Sue Kung Fu Academy, martial arts, Shaolin Temple, Southern Praying Mantis Kung Fu, Tong Long, VK Commodore, Wheel of Life on January 15, 2017 by Jarrod Boyle
Blitz Magazine, Vol. 30, No. 6, Aug-Sept 2016
Preparation for the story on the Sue family made for a lot of reading. I googled old newspaper articles on the subject of the Fitzgerald Inquiry, as well as the place of the Sue family within it. Continue reading
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Tai Tuivasa
Posted in Martial Arts, MMA with tags AFC, Elite Fight Gym, Lions High Performance Center, Mark Hunt, MMA, Sean Sullivan, Tai Tuivasa, UFC on December 20, 2016 by Jarrod Boyle
FightLive Magazine, October/November 2016
Tai Tuivasa has begun to assert himself as one of the rising stars of Australian Fight Sports, defining himself with knockout power across a range of disciplines. Continue reading
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Chris Bradford
Posted in Kickboxing, Martial Arts, Muay Thai with tags AK Physiques, Anthony Vella, Chris Bradford, Hitman Muay Thai, Prestige Fight Series, Rob Ferguson, Top Tier Muay Thai on October 5, 2016 by Jarrod Boyle
Chris Bradford is headlining the fourth instalment of the Prestige Fight Series on October 15. He takes a turn around the Theme Park to talk injury, retirement and the ongoing thrill of the chase. Continue reading
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The Greatest Kung Fu Story Never Told: The Gold Lamborgini, The Purple Suit and a World-Class Moustache
Posted in Martial Arts, Real Men, Ridiculous curiosity, True Crime with tags Bill Gunn, Blitz, brothel, Casino, Chow Gar Praying Mantis Kung Fu, Courier Mail Newspaper, Fitzgerald Inquiry, Fortitiude Valley, Four Corners, Gawain Sue, Hong Kong, Ip Shui, Joh Bejelke-Petersen, Kowloon, Lamborgini, Malcolm Philips, Malcolm Sue, National Party of Australia, Paul Brennan, Paul O'Malley, Phil Dickie, Queensland, Shaolin Monks, Terry Lewis, Texas Rangers, Tony Fitzgerald QC, Unification Church of Tonga on August 27, 2016 by Jarrod Boyle
Blitz Martial Arts Magazine, Vol.30, No. 5, June/July 2016
“I just don’t see the interest in wading through someone else’s dirt,” says Gawain Sue, principal of the Ging Mo Kung Fu School in Perth and heir to Malcolm Sue, one of the most infamous figures in Australian martial arts. Continue reading
Theme Park at its Darkest 