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The first time I hit a woman – and the second time, in fact – was a calculated decision. Continue reading
Archive for the Real Men Category
Morbid Love
Posted in Morbid Love, Real Men, violence against women on August 27, 2017 by Jarrod Boyle
Morbid Love
Posted in Morbid Love, Real Men, violence against women with tags Boxing, domestic violence, Fighting, Kickboxing, violence against women on August 15, 2017 by Jarrod Boyle
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I probably first walked into a fight gym shortly after that so I could learn to stand up to him physically because reason and honesty weren’t working, but it was more than that. Continue reading
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Morbid Love
Posted in Morbid Love, Real Men, violence against women with tags domestic violence, male violence, violence against women on August 6, 2017 by Jarrod Boyle
‘Ever seen a human heart? It looks like a fist wrapped in blood.’
– Patrick Marber, Closer.
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I hit a few women in the time I worked as a bouncer. Continue reading
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The Return of ‘Bangin’ Ben’ Edwards
Posted in Ben Edwards, fighting, Glory, K1, Kickboxing, MMA, Peter Graham, Real Men with tags Andrew Machin, Australian Elite Fight Team, Ben Edwards, Boxing, cage, CTE, Dan Kelly, Duke Didier, Glory, jiu jitsu, Kickboxing, MMA, Resilience Training Centre Australian Elite Fight Team, Simon Foscorini, Steve Rudic, UFC, UFC Fight Pass on April 4, 2017 by Jarrod Boyle
You’ve been quiet. What have you been up to since you lost the Oz Heavyweight boxing title to Peter Graham? 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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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
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‘John’ Wayne Parr versus Pavlos Kaponis
Posted in 'John' Wayne Parr, Muay Thai, Real Men with tags 'John' Wayne Parr, Brad Riddell, CMT, Dr Phil Bailey, England, Greece, Kevin Dick, Mike Zambidis, Muay Thai, O2 Arena, Pavlos Kaponis, Sken Kaewpadung, WMC on July 22, 2016 by Jarrod Boyle
FightLive Magazine, June/July 2016
Pavlos Kaponis is ready, hungry and looking for blood.
“John Wayne Parr is famous not only in Australia, but also all around the world and this is respectful,” says Pavlos, starting out with a congenial foot forward. “In Greece, we know him very good from the fight that has given with Mike Zambidis. Especially from the last one that Zambidis lost by KO. However, these fights were K1 [rules].” Continue reading
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Omari Kimweri: Fighting Fugitive
Posted in Boxing, fighting, Journalism, Real Men with tags Brian Amatruda, Broadmeadows, Commonwealth Games, Daniel Hucalak, Daniel Ianazziao, Dave Hegarty, Fighter's Factory, Heath Ellis, IBF, Jacana, Mark Quon, Melbourne Exhibition Center, Michael Camelion, Murray Thompson, Myrtleford, Randy Petalcorin, Roman Gonzalez, Simon Daley, Tanzania, Tarneit Boxing Gym, Wangaratta, WBA, WBC, WBO on July 12, 2016 by Jarrod Boyle
FightLive Magazine, June/July 2016
“Life is easier when I’m boxing,” says Omari Kimweri, once Tanzanian, now Australian flyweight boxer currently in-line for the WBC silver title. This is a remarkable statement, especially when you consider it in the light of what he’s had to do to stay in the game. Continue reading
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A Eulogy for the Scariest Spectacle in Rock
Posted in Music, Observation, Real Men, Slayer with tags American Psycho, Angel of Death, Auschwitz, Bret Easton Ellis, Dave Lombardo, DVD, ESP Guitars, Europe, Gulf War, Jeff Hanneman, Joseph Mengele, Kerry King, lightning bolts, Lunar Park, Marriage of Heaven and Hell, Nazi, Raining Blood, Reign in Blood, Satan, Seasons in the Abyss, SS, Still Reigning, Tom Araya, Vietnam, War Ensemble, William Blake, World War Two on July 4, 2016 by Jarrod Boyle
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“I had moved past the casual carnage that was so prevalent in the books I’d conceived in my twenties, past the severed heads and the soup made of blood and the woman vaginally penetrated with her own rib.
“Exploring that kind of violence had been “interesting” and “exciting” and it was all “metaphorical” anyway – at least to me at that moment in my life, when I was young and pissed off and had not yet grasped my own mortality, a time when physical pain and real suffering held no meaning for me.”
– Bret Easton Ellis,
Lunar Park. Continue reading
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A Eulogy For the Scariest Spectacle in Rock
Posted in Music, Observation, Real Men, Slayer with tags Angel of Death, Beastie Boys, Def Jam, Hell Awaits, Jeff Hanneman, License to Ill, Los Angeles Times, Metallica, Raising Hell, Reign in Blood, Rolling Stones, Run DMC, Satan, Show No Mercy, Slayer on July 3, 2016 by Jarrod Boyle
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“…The scariest spectacle in rock is Slayer, the Rolling Stones of the new American metal.”
– Los Angeles Times, 1991
Every real band has done a classic album tour. While limited to North America, Slayer did a series of dates playing their seminal thrash album, Reign in Blood, in its entirety. The performance reached its climax when the stage and musicians were immersed in a torrential downpour of blood. Continue reading
Theme Park at its Darkest 