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Doomsday Preparation and Reality-Based Self-Defence
Posted in Jokes, Journalism, Real Men, Ridiculous curiosity with tags Fight! Magazine, International Kickboxer Magazine, Jarrah Loh, Liam Neeson, martial arts, reality-based self-defence, Taken film on July 15, 2014 by Jarrod Boyle
Jarrah Loh being throttled by Royce Gracie
“Doomsday preppers and people like that… they want someone to kidnap their kids so they can go kick some ass.”
-Jarrah Loh, editor of International Kickboxer and Fight! Magazine speaking on the subject of ‘extreme’ members of the martial arts community.
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RIP Tommy Ramone
Posted in Music, Obituary, Real Men with tags Bitzkreig Bop, Tha Ramones, Tommy Ramone on July 13, 2014 by Jarrod Boyle
The last original member of The Ramones has left this mortal coil.
See ya later, Tommy.
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Kafka’s Mouse and Bukowski’s Bluebird
Posted in Fiction, Observation, Reading, Real Men with tags A Little Fable, bull, bullfight, Charles Bukowski, eagle, Goodlife Gyms, Ham on Rye, Henry Chinaski, K, matador, Post Office, Proverbs of Hell, Snoop Dogg, Street's ice cream, The Trial, There's a Bluebird in my Heart, William Blake on July 7, 2014 by Jarrod Boyle
I read Kafka’s The Trial earlier in the year, and it was a boring read that paid off in a big way by the end. Continue reading
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Autobiography of a Loser
Posted in Observation, Reading, Real Men with tags acne, alcoholism, Angela's Ashes, Charles Bukowski, Elephant Man, Frank McCourt, Ham on Rye, Henry Chinaski, Hermann Hesse, Los Angeles, Post Office, Steppenwolf, Women on June 26, 2014 by Jarrod Boyle
Tear Jerker: Mardi Gras Closing Night, 2014
Posted in Real Men, Statement of intention with tags Elvis Di Fazio, Mardi Gras 2014, Marry Me on June 15, 2014 by Jarrod BoyleFighting Words
Posted in Kickboxing, Observation, Real Men, Statement of intention with tags A Clocowork Orange, angel, Anthony Burgess, Genesis, Henry Handel-Richardson, Jacob, James Joyce, Kick boxing, Leo Tolstoy, Mark Kerr, Thai boxing, The Smashing Machine, Ulysses, War and Peace, Wilbur Smith on June 8, 2014 by Jarrod Boyle
First published in Island Magazine, Issue 136.
There are two things I am driven to do: write and fight. Continue reading
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Hagiography
Posted in Ben Edwards, Journalism, Kickboxing, Observation, Peter Graham, Real Men, Statement of intention with tags art, Badr hari, Ben Edwards, BJJ, Boxing, facebook, Glory 16, IMC Prospect, International Kickboxer Magazine, Karate, Kempo, Kickboxing, Kyokushin, Peter Graham, Ralph Waldo Emerson, sport on May 31, 2014 by Jarrod Boyle
“What a night. What can I say? Badr Hari is an animal. I was just too banged up to keep going. To my loving wife Silvia, my now-two little girls; you keep me strong.
“To my friends who have always been there for me, thank-you as you are all awesome. To my students at IMC Prospect: train hard and always do your best.
“Last, but not least, my fans; from the Kyokushin and Kempo karate people and the BJJ, MMA, Boxing And kickboxing fans who follow me and even the ones who do not or cannot, thank-you from the bottom of my heart.
“You are all part of who I am.”
Post-fight dedication from Peter Graham, taken from facebook, 30/05/14
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I logged a post about Ben Edwards previously to this one. I was assigned to interview him for the most recent International Kickboxer Magazine and, towards the end of our conversation, he came out with something profound. Continue reading
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Down These Mean Streets a Man Must Go
Posted in Kickboxing, Observation, Real Men with tags Ben Edwards, fight or flight, Fighting, Glory 16, Kickboxing, Philip Marlowe, Raymond Chandler, self esteem on May 30, 2014 by Jarrod Boyle
Ben Edwards with his trainer jamie McCuaig, behind the scenes at Glory 16.
“Why do I fight? I had a great childhood; I’m not an angry person, but I love fighting. Maybe it’s genetic. As a kid, I had big self-esteem problems, connected to my weight. Sure, that’s part of it. But there’s more to it than that. Continue reading
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A Bad Case of the Holden Caulfields
Posted in Reading, Real Men with tags Allie, Bastille, Catcher in the Rye, David Copperfield, Dawn of the Dead, I Am Legend, OCD, Pompeii, Robert Neville, Robinson Crusoe on May 15, 2014 by Jarrod Boyle
Anyone who likes to read must have read Catcher in the Rye – and loved it. Continue reading
Theme Park at its Darkest 