So…where you have you been, Raul? You disappeared for a while. Who was the last fight before you took a break? Continue reading
Archive for Badr hari
Raul Catinas: Heavy-Hitter’s MMA Debut
Posted in K1, Kickboxing, MMA with tags Alexander Gustafsson, All Stars Training Center, Andreas Michael, Badr hari, Brice Guidon, Glory, Ismael Londt, Mike Passenier, Raul Catins, Respect Gym, Sweden, Viktor 'King Kong' Bogutzki on December 2, 2015 by Jarrod Boyle
Peter Graham – Professional Fighter
Posted in fighting, Journalism, Peter Graham with tags ACDC, Badr hari, Barry Raff, bone scan, Daniel Trifu, Jedrzej Macklowak, K1, Karol Bedorf, Kickboxing, KSW, Kyokushin karate, Larry Papadopoulos, Maciej Jewtuszko, Marcin Rozalski, MMA, Peter Graham, Peter Graham’s IMC, Poland, Semmy Schilt, Stalin, Thunderstruck, Tomasz Drwal, Warsaw Palace of Science and Culture on September 17, 2015 by Jarrod Boyle
Fight! Magazine, July 2015
Peter Graham has had more than one hundred fights – full-contact karate, kickboxing, boxing and mixed martial arts – and never broken a bone. Continue reading
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The Ups and Downs: ‘Bangin’ Ben Edwards and the Vicissitudes of Fate
Posted in Ben Edwards, Journalism, Kickboxing with tags Badr hari, Ben Edwards, Bulldog Gym, Ernesto Hoost, Errol Zimmerman, Evolution, Glory International, Jamal Ben Saddik, Jamie McCuaig, Mark Hunt, Nick Boutzos, Paul Slowinski, Peter Aerts, Ray Sefo, Ruslan Karaev, Steve McKinnon, Stuart McKinnon on August 22, 2014 by Jarrod Boyle
International Kickboxer Magazine, July/August 2014
The greatest careers are marked by severe vicissitudes of fate. Fight fans talk about the great clashes; Aerts and Hoost, Hunt and Sefo, Hari and Karaev. What they don’t talk about are the ups and downs a professional fighter goes through from fight to fight, like a ship that sails on a stormy sea. 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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Ben Edwards
Posted in Journalism, Kickboxing with tags Badr hari, Ben Edwards, Canberra, Capital Punishment, Catalin Morosanu, Combat 8, Elephant Man, Freddie Mercury, Hunter Sam, K1, Kings of Kombat, MMA, Paul Slowinski, Raul Catinas, Rico Verhoeven, UFC, Zabit Samedov on July 10, 2013 by Jarrod Boyle
Ben Edwards and Hunter Sam are soon to go toe-to-toe on Friday, August 16. Continue reading
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Thug Sport
Posted in Journalism, Kickboxing, Observation with tags Alexei Ignashov, Badr hari, Blitz Martial Arts Magazine, Budo, Cor Hemmers, Elvis Presley, Full Contact World Tournament, Genesis, George Saint Pierre, Hosea, Israel, Jacob, John McCain, K1, Kyokushin karate, Lance Armstrong, Mas Oyama, MMA, Nick Diaz, Pride, Ramon Dekkers, Semmy Schilt, Sensei Kawabata, Tony Bowden, UFC, Ultimate Fighting, Wayne Carey on May 3, 2013 by Jarrod Boyle
Peter Graham
Posted in Journalism, Kickboxing, Peter Graham, Real Men with tags Adam Watt, Alexei Ignashov, Apidech Moekunthod, Badr hari, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Daniel Dawson, Draka, Fedor, Francisco Filho, Glaube Feitosa, Honbu, Hunter Sam, Ikebukuro, ISS Gym Pattaya, Jan Nortje, Jason Suttie, K1, kakutogi, Karate, Kazuyuki Fujita, Kempo karate, Kickboxing, Kyokushin karate, Mark Hunt, Mark Kerr, Mas Oyama, Mirko Crocop, MMA, Moise Rimbon, Nicholas Pettas, Nick Kara, Paul Slowinski, Peter Graham’s IMC, Remy Bonjasky, Rolles Gracie, Sam Greco, Semmy Schilt, Sengoku, Stan Longinidis, Stefan Leko, Tae Kwon Do, Uchi Deshi on February 13, 2013 by Jarrod Boyle
Blitz Magazine, December 2012
The day I talked to Peter, he was managing multiple tasks and unsure I’d be able to get any sense out of him.
“I’ve just come from ten rounds of sparring!” Continue reading
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Maseh Nuristani
Posted in Journalism, Kickboxing with tags Afghanistan, Andre Meunier, Andy Souwer, Arthur Kyshenko, Badr hari, Daniel Smyrk, GNC Melbourne Central, hockey, India, James Roesler, K1, Knees of Fury, Maseh Nuristani, Olympic Committee, Ultimate Muay Thai, Western Developments, Wing Chun, Yodsanklai on August 12, 2012 by Jarrod Boyle
International Kickboxer Magazine, July/August 2012
Maseh Nuristani is the most recent fighter to emerge from James Roesler’s ‘Ultimate’ Gym in Hopper’s Crossing, Victoria. He speaks to Jarrod Boyle about first fights, first wins, losses and all the things that make an up-and-comer aim for the sky. Continue reading
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Demolition: Training with Alistair Overeem
Posted in Journalism, Kickboxing with tags Badr hari, Cor Hemmers, Errol Parris, Glaube Feitosa, Golden Glory, Remy Bonjasky on April 11, 2011 by Jarrod Boyle
International Kickboxer Magazine, Vol.19, No.1
If there was one incident that made me wonder about people who make fighting their profession, it was the day I found myself in the shower with Alistair Overeem. Continue reading
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Rolling Thunder: Peter Graham
Posted in Journalism, Kickboxing, Peter Graham with tags Alexei Ignashov, Badr hari, Jason Suttie, K1, Kyokushin karate, Mas Oyama, Nicolas Pettas, Peter Graham, Remy Bonjasky, Semmy Schilt, Sengoku, Stan Longinidis, Stefan Leko on September 14, 2010 by Jarrod Boyle
The 11th hour knockout delivered when Peter Graham fought Badr Hari at the K1 WGP in New Zealand, 2006.
International Kickboxer Magazine, Vol.18, No.2
“Each of us has his cowardice. Each of us is afraid to lose, afraid to die. But hanging back is the way to remain a coward for life. The Way to find courage is to seek it on the field of conflict.”
~Mas Oyama~
Peter Graham was big as a teenager, but not the biggest. He was also tall, but not the tallest. In fact, other than some experience playing Rugby League as a kid growing up on the North Shore of Sydney, he’d done very little in the way of athletics by the age of eighteen.
There was no history of outstanding sporting performance to let anyone, much less the young Peter Graham, know exactly what was in store when he finally walked into the Kyokushin Karate dojo near his home. Continue reading
Theme Park at its Darkest 