Provocation
I had to challenge J- in such a way that didn’t amount to a threat. It’s entirely possible that he might even take a threat to the police in order to tie me up. I got his phone number from V- and texted him.
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The Duel
Posted in The Duel with tags Boxing, Teddy Atlas, The Duellists on April 26, 2024 by Jarrod Boyle
The Duel
Posted in The Duel with tags Boxing, bullying, emasculation, Fighting, Robert McKee, school, Story on March 22, 2024 by Jarrod Boyle
The Driving Force of a Crucially Diminished Intellect
Psychological injury is different to physical injury. It’s something that settles over a period of time, as whatever has occurred continues to resonate inside you. Caroming off your thoughts and feelings; creating persistent resonances that shape the thoughts and feelings that follow.
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Miyamoto Musashi Versus Cameron Quinn: A Book of Five Rings
Posted in kyokushin karate, Martial Arts, Real Men with tags A Book of Five Rings, Autobiography of a Yogi, Boxing, Cameron Quinn, full contact karate, Gavin Scott, jiu-jitsu, kendo, Kyokushin karate, Mas Oyama, Paramahansa Yogananda, Rumi, Shihan, shootboxing, Swami Sri Yukteswar, The Holy Science, This is Karate, Tokyo, University of Queensland, Victor Harris, wrestling, Zen Do Kai on April 12, 2022 by Jarrod Boyle
Shihan Cameron Quinn is, by the standards of ‘Theme Park…’, a luminary. He began training in Kyokushin Karate in 1971 and lived in Japan in 1976, studying Japanese and training at the Kyokushin Honbu dojo in Tokyo under Kyokushin founder, Mas Oyama.
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‘Simplicity is the Last Step in Art…’
Posted in Boxing, fighting with tags Boxing, Bruce Lee, kids, Training on August 30, 2021 by Jarrod Boyle
Training other people’s children is one of the most significant responsibilities I’ve undertaken.
It’s a huge moment of trust when a parent leaves you with their child, and I feel as if me and the kid are enveloped in a white-hot spotlight of attention. Everyone can see everything I do, and they’re watching in relation to the child.
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The Heavy Bag is a Koan
Posted in Boxing, Fitness, Muay Thai with tags 'Fortitude Fitness', Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Boxing, Fighting, Heavy bag, punching, The Little Prince, Training on April 28, 2021 by Jarrod Boyle
‘There must be rites,’ [the Fox said].
‘What’s a rite?’ asked the Little Prince.
‘It is a thing too often neglected…’
The Little Prince,
Antoine De Saint-Exupery
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I have a young man coming to see me for boxing training. His older brother bought him a ten-session package for an eighteenth birthday present, because learning to ‘handle yourself’ is considered one of the quintessential rites of passage.
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Posted in Ben Edwards, Boxing, Kickboxing, Real Men with tags Ben Edwards, Boxing, Canberra, Duke Didier, Jeremy Joiner, jiu jitsu, Kickboxing, MMA, Monaro Fight Circuit on November 16, 2017 by Jarrod Boyle
Ben Edwards is a beast. After making a significant impression on international heavyweight boxing and kickboxing, he is poised to make an elephantine splash at the deep end of the swimming pool of MMA. He fights Westside MMA stalwart Jeremy Joiner this Friday night in Canberra on Monaro Fight Circuit 26. Continue reading
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Box Office Appeal: Mayweather Versus McGregor
Posted in Boxing, MMA with tags Ben Edwards, Boxing, Conor McGregor, Farkhad Sharipov, Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao, MMA, Peter Graham, Roy Jones Junior, Saul Almeida, UFC, Yevgeni Makhteienko on September 8, 2017 by Jarrod Boyle
Published in ‘Mayweather Vs McGregor: Money Fight.’
“The public has been hoodwinked. It’s the biggest farce in boxing history,” says Peter Graham, former world champion heavyweight boxer, kickboxer and mixed martial artist. Continue reading
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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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Boxing: ‘Simplicity is the Last Step in Art and the Beginning of Nature’.
Posted in Boxing, Radio National with tags Boxing, Bruce Lee, cross, hook, jab, punching, rotation, torso, uppercut, weight class on May 27, 2017 by Jarrod Boyle
Without wanting to get too technical, boxing is one of few sports which delivers a truly comprehensive workout. 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
Theme Park at its Darkest 