I really don’t want to do this, but you gotta put your money where your mouth is…
Malheureusement, je suis aussi Charlie Hebdo
Posted in Jokes, Journalism, Observation, Pretensions toward cultural theory, Real Men, Statement of intention with tags cartoon, Charlie Hebdo, freedom of speech, mohammed, Paris massacre on January 14, 2015 by Jarrod Boyle
Cheryl Lynch-Gardner and the Red Brigade
Posted in Journalism, Kickboxing, Real Men with tags Bangalore, Budo-Ryo Kempo, Catholic, Cheryl Lynch-Gardner, City Montessori School, Commonwealth Games, Delhi, Father Johnston, Foreign Correspondent, Gary Palmer, Goju Ryu, Guinness Book of Records, India, Judo, Karate, kata, Loren Lynch-Gardner, Lucknow, National All Styles Tournament, priest, Red Brigade, shalwar kameez, Shotokan, Usha Vishkawarma on January 13, 2015 by Jarrod Boyle
Blitz Martial Arts Magazine, Vol.28, No.11, November 2014
“The problem in India is not that there are rapists,” says Cheryl Lynch-Gardner, co-founder of Budo-Ryu Kempo. “[Here in Australia there are] Rape Crisis Centers, counseling; there is a system. There’s no damn system over there.”
Cheryl’s involvement in the martial arts has led to her from Sydney’s western suburbs, halfway around the world to teach self-defense to Indian women. It seems like a practical fix for a universal problem, but in the macro, Cheryl’s work is part of a widespread effort to turn the tides of history and culture, one person at a time. Continue reading
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Vale: Anita Ekberg, 1931-2015
Posted in Obituary with tags Anita Ekberg, Federico Fellini on January 12, 2015 by Jarrod Boyle
Theme Parks and Obstacle Courses – A Novel
Posted in Theme Parks and Obstacle Courses with tags airport security, bikies, Commodore, drugs, gladstone bag, medication, tattoo, Valiant Charger, Valiant Regal, xanax on January 9, 2015 by Jarrod Boyle
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Pat watched the other travellers file past, pushing trolleys of luggage, giving him the once-over. In every passing face he read, ‘Thank God that’s not me.’ Continue reading
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Andre Meunier
Posted in Journalism, Kickboxing, Martial Arts, Real Men with tags AFL, Barrty Hall, Chalid Arrab, Chris Noble, Herald-Sun Newspaper, Hopper's Crossing, James Roesler, JetPort Parking, K1, Keith Ellis, Lester Ellis, Lumpini Stadium, Malik, Manson Gibson, MMA, Nick Kara, One Punch Campaign, Pattaya, Paul Slowinski, Peter Aerts, Peter Graham, Platinum Gym, Powerplay, Rob Fogarty, Rockwell Watches, Sakmongkol, SEN radio, Sifu McInnes, Tarik Solak, Thailand, Turkey, Tyrese, Ultimate Muay Thai, Virus Performance Sportswear, WMC title on January 2, 2015 by Jarrod Boyle
International Kickboxer Magazine, Nov/Dec 2014
Andre Meunier is a ‘can do’ sort of fighter. Continue reading
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Theme Parks and Obstacle Courses – A Novel
Posted in Theme Parks and Obstacle Courses with tags bouncer, gladstone bag, novel, Phi Phi Island, Thailand, Theme Parks and Obstacle Courses, UK, visa, working holiday on January 1, 2015 by Jarrod Boyle
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Melbourne, as a city, is a lot like London.
Pat believed this like a superstition as he sauntered down the corridor that connected the aeroplane to the terminal. Continue reading
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2014 in review
Posted in Statement of intention with tags 2014, annual report, blog, Jarrod Boyle, Theme Park At Its Darkest, wordpress on December 30, 2014 by Jarrod BoyleThe WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog.
Here’s an excerpt:
The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 17,000 times in 2014. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 6 sold-out performances for that many people to see it.
Click here to see the complete report.
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Martin Day
Posted in Journalism, Martial Arts, Real Men, stick fighting with tags Coldstream Guards, Combat Karate, Filipino boxing, Filipino Kyusho Organization, Grandmaster Angelo Baldissone, Gurkhas, Judo, Korean war, kyusho, Martin Day, military, Monty Python, Panan Tukan, Patricia Day, self-defence, Special Forces, Sussex, UN peacekeeping, veteran on December 23, 2014 by Jarrod Boyle
Blitz Martial Arts Magazine, Vol.28, No.11, November 2014
Combat Karate is a truly modern martial art that integrates skills and techniques from a variety of styles, based on founder Martin Day’s considerable experience in the fighting arts. Few instructors can claim a pedigree equal to Martin’s. Day served in the British Army for twenty years before founding his own style.
“I can’t say everything for security reasons,” says Martin at the outset of our discussion, “Because I signed the ‘Official Secrets Act’ when I left the British Army.” Continue reading
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‘Are You a Satanist?’
Posted in Journalism, Observation, Pretensions toward cultural theory, Reading, Real Men, Statement of intention with tags Albert Einstein, blasphemy, Christianity, Ernest Hemingway, Hunter S Thompson, John Milton, Letters to a Satanist, Lucien Greaves, mysterious, mythology, Nikos Kazantzakis, Oklahoma Satanic Temple, Paradise Lost, religion, Salman Rushdie, Satan, Satanic Verses, sigil of Baphomet, Spanish Civil War, The Last Temptation, William Blake on December 15, 2014 by Jarrod Boyle
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I feel responsible. I feel that I must do something like Flanagan, or Tolstoy. Anything less is a waste of everyone’s time – both yours, and mine. If I think about it too much, there’s not even time enough to go to work. Continue reading
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‘Are You A Satanist?’
Posted in Observation, Reading, Real Men, Statement of intention with tags Alfred Kazin, Catcher in the Rye, church, Desperate Romantic, Ernest Hemingway, genius, Gustave Dore, hell, Hell's Angels, Hunter S Thompson, John Milton, Leo Tolstoy, Letters to a Satanist, Lucien Greaves, mystic, Newton, Paradise Lost, priest, Richard Flanagan, Satanic Verses, sigil of Baphomet, Spanish Civil War, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, The Narrow Road to the Deep North, The Viking Portable Blake, War and Peace, William Blake on December 14, 2014 by Jarrod Boyle
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The last twelve to eighteen months have taught me that if you put something on the internet, everybody will see it. People rarely comment on-line, but I seem to get all kinds of bizarre responses when I see them in public, ranging from facial expressions that look like they’ve swallowed a bullfrog (and are struggling to keep it down) to, ‘What’s with all the leather gear?’ Or even, ‘Are you a Satanist?’ Continue reading
Theme Park at its Darkest 