Mark Castagnini is one of the key players in Australian Thai boxing. Beginning his career as a fighter, he went through traditional martial arts before taking up Thai boxing almost by accident and discovering that it bought him to the ultimate test of his training. From there, he has been involved with developing and disseminating the sport at every level, editing International Kickboxer Magazine, working as a commentator alongside Michael Schiavello on Foxsports, promoting events and running his own martial arts academy, Hammer’s Gym. Mark spends a little time telling us about his passion for the sport, what its Australian roots are and the directions the branches are moving in. Continue reading
Mark ‘The Hammer’ Castagnini
Posted in Journalism, Kickboxing, Real Men with tags 'John' Wayne Parr, Amsterdam, Belgium, Blitz Magazine, Bob Jones Corporation, Daniel Dawson, Dave Hedgecock, Eddie Emin, Elite Boxing Thailand, Evolution, Foxsports, Glory Live, Hammer's Gym, Ian Jacobs, International Kickboxer Magazine, John Scida, Kyokushin karate, Mark Castagnini, Mark Pease, Mas Oyama, Michael Schiavello, MMA, Muay Thai, Nick Kara, Nugget, Pattaya, Paul Briggs, Paul Danaludi, Paul Demicoli, Ring Talk, Romolo 'The Wild Samoan' Pio, Sean Steinford, Silvio Morelli, Sityodtong, Stan 'The Man' Longinides, Steve Nedelkos, The Plus Factor, Tosca Petrides, Uchi Deshi, UFC, Vital Karate on January 17, 2013 by Jarrod Boyle2012 in Review – Part 2
Posted in Statement of intention on January 16, 2013 by Jarrod BoyleThis review is for the period the blog was renamed ‘Theme Park at its Darkest’.
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog.
Here’s an excerpt:
The new Boeing 787 Dreamliner can carry about 250 passengers. This blog was viewed about 1,300 times in 2012. If it were a Dreamliner, it would take about 5 trips to carry that many people.
2012 in Review – Part 1
Posted in Statement of intention on January 16, 2013 by Jarrod BoyleThis report covers ‘Jarrod Boyle’s Blog’, which was changed to this address late in 2012.
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog.
Here’s an excerpt:
600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 11,000 views in 2012. If every person who reached the top of Mt. Everest viewed this blog, it would have taken 18 years to get that many views.
Existential Terror
Posted in Love letters, Observation, Statement of intention with tags Dead Poet's Society, Easter Bunny, Feminist Film Theory, God, Imogen Hall, Sartre, troubadours, University on January 12, 2013 by Jarrod BoyleOne of the salient experiences of university life was exposure to academics. There was a kind of sadistic glee in some of those first-year lecturers and tutors, somewhat akin to people who enjoy corrupting children; they were going to apply ‘reason’ and ‘education’ to our conditioning and laugh their evil laughs as our bourgeois values fell away from us. As far as they were concerned, God and the Easter Bunny were much the same thing. Continue reading
Manifesto
Posted in Reading, Real Men, Statement of intention with tags Raymond Chandler on January 9, 2013 by Jarrod BoyleIn everything that can be called art there is a quality of redemption. Continue reading
Mel Walsh
Posted in Kickboxing with tags 'John' Wayne Parr, Boonchu, Gold Coast, IFMA, Melissa Anderson, Muay Thai, Naturopahy, New Zealand, Richard Walsh, Russia, Scott Moss, triathlon, Urban Fight Gym on December 28, 2012 by Jarrod BoyleMel Walsh recently competed at the IFMA (International Federation of Muay Thai) games in Russia, bringing home a silver medal. She talks about family and fitness as the ‘headmistress’ of one of Australia’s premier Muay Thai gyms, Urban Fight Gym. Continue reading
Why the Left is Being Left Behind
Posted in Film, Observation with tags A Tale of Two Cities, Argo, Ben Affleck, Canada, Charles Dickens, French Revolution, George Clooney, Good Night and Good Luck, Iran, Michael Collins, Mohammed Mossadegh, Shah Reza Pahlavi, Syriana, Trojan Horse on December 7, 2012 by Jarrod BoyleYou can’t take other people’s opinions too seriously. Continue reading
Amazing Porn
Posted in Film, Jokes, Pornography on December 6, 2012 by Jarrod Boylehttp://video.xnxx.com/video2980836/amber_deluca
This is the most stone-cold bizarre – and remarkable – porn I have seen. I’m not sure what it is that I like best about it; perhaps it is the scenario, the performances, the amazing stunts or the soundtrack.
It has, however, alerted me to the fact that I must be a very boring, mundane person in the boudoir.
WARNING: This is pornography. Do not watch if you are under eighteen, offended by graphic representations of sex, yadda yadda.








