The Coming Storm: Frank Giorgi

Posted in Journalism, Kickboxing with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on April 12, 2012 by Jarrod Boyle

International Kickboxer Magazine, March/April 2012

2011 was an enormous year for Frank Giorgi. He’s come storming into the forefront of Australian Muay Thai and made a significant impact on the world stage. Continue reading

Returning to Earth with a Crash and a Bang and a Column of Smoke

Posted in Observation, Ridiculous curiosity on April 11, 2012 by Jarrod Boyle

Indicates Mr Boyle with a pointed teaspoon, “Jesus, listen to me; I need a smack over the head. That sounds as stupid as something you’d say.”

Steve Moxon – 'The Showdown' on April 28

Posted in Kickboxing with tags , , , , , , , , , , on April 6, 2012 by Jarrod Boyle

Steve Moxon, K1 specialist, will be going head-to-head against Frank Giorgi, one of Australia’s premier Thai stylists on Joe Nader’s Powerplay show, ‘The Showdown’, at the Moonee Valley Racecourse on April 28. Steve lets me know what it is we – and Frank – should expect.  Continue reading

WOW!!!

Posted in Journalism, Kickboxing on April 6, 2012 by Jarrod Boyle

Yesterday was the Golden Glory organisation’s birthday. I expect this news would have made both Cor Hemmers and Bas Boon smile.

http://www.mixedmartialarts.com/news/395325/Dana-White-I-am-so-f——-mad/

http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-ufc-overeem-20120404,0,980820.story

http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2012/4/5/2928250/ufc-146-alistair-overeems-testosterone-ratio-an-unbelievable-14-1

The Elephant Named Brain Damage

Posted in Fitness, Journalism, Kickboxing, Observation, Real Men with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on April 1, 2012 by Jarrod Boyle

The Herald-Sun newspaper dated March 2, 2012 featured an article about head trauma in sports, written by Andrew Rule. You can read it at:

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/opinion/how-brain-trauma-can-destroy-athletes/story-fnbkrbz6-1226286661029

Let’s face it; head injury is the big fucking elephant in the room at my house. Continue reading

A Testimonial

Posted in Music, Real Men, Statement of intention with tags , on March 29, 2012 by Jarrod Boyle

“Brothers and sisters, I wanna see a sea of hands out there; let me see a sea of hands. I want everybody to kick up some noise; I want to hear some revolution out there brothers, I wanna hear a little revolution. Brothers and sisters, the time has come for each and every one of you to decide whether you are gonna be the problem or whether you are gonna be the solution. You must choose brothers, you must choose. It takes five seconds; five seconds of decision, five seconds to realize your purpose here on the planet. It takes five seconds to realize that it’s time to move, it’s time to get down with it. Brothers, it’s time to testify and I want to know, are you ready to testify? Are you ready? I give you a testimonial …”

J. C. Crawford’s barn-burning intro to the MC5’s “Ramblin’ Rose”. 

The Best News I Have Had All Year

Posted in Fitness with tags , on March 20, 2012 by Jarrod Boyle

http://health.ninemsn.com.au/healthnews/8438124/the-science-of-how-women-achieve-orgasm-at-the-gym

Aboke Abductions

Posted in Journalism, Observation with tags , , on March 18, 2012 by Jarrod Boyle

Something interesting I found while surfing the ‘net. To give you a taste:

The Aboke abductions were the kidnapping of 139 secondary school student females from St. Mary’s College boarding school by rebels of the Lord’s Resistance Army on October 10, 1996, in Aboke, northern Apac District, Uganda. The deputy head mistress of the college, Sister Rachele Fassera, of Italy, pursued the rebels and negotiated the release of 109 of the girls. The Aboke abductions and Fassera’s dramatic actions drew international attention, unprecedented at that time, to the insurgency in northern Uganda. Continue reading

A Open Letter to the Western Detractors of Kony 2012

Posted in Journalism, Observation with tags , , , on March 18, 2012 by Jarrod Boyle

The late 20th-early 21st century sees a world in which 60% of its inhabitants live below the poverty line. The ‘Kony 2012’ campaign, regardless of who runs it or for what reason, ostensibly seeks to make famous a man who presses children into sex slavery or warfare. Continue reading

A Few Questions For Bangin' Ben

Posted in Journalism, Kickboxing with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on March 11, 2012 by Jarrod Boyle

How was Romania and ‘SuperKombat’, as a promotion? Continue reading