The Adam Goodes saga has touched me deeply. Continue reading
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Adam Goodes: A Great Australian
Posted in Journalism, Pretensions toward cultural theory, Real Men with tags aboriginal, Adam Goodes, AFL, All-Blacks, Ancient Greece, assassination, Auckland, Australian of the Year, Cassius Clay, Chris Chrisopoulides, facebook, Football, haka, Indigenous, John F. Kennedy, K1, Malcolm X, Maori, martin Luther King, Muhammad Ali, New Zealand, Stan Grant, trolling on August 1, 2015 by Jarrod Boyle
Heavy Sparring: Yes or No?
Posted in Kickboxing with tags Alistair Overeem, Ben Edwards, Benjey Zimmerman, Chalid Arrab, Chris Chrisopoulides, Errol Zimmerman, George Saint Pierre, Glory, Gokhan Saki, Joe Rogan, Johny Hendricks, K1 Oceania, Kickboxing, Muay Thai, Phil Fagan, Ramon Dekkers, Robbie Lawler, Sam Greco, UFC, UFC 167, UFC 171, UFC Welterweight Championship on May 24, 2014 by Jarrod Boyle
“Well, if you look at my training, if you see my helmet, it is like two inches thick… I got a big nose bar. And… I don’t take head shots. The reason why is that you don’t get paid in the gym – you get training in the gym. I want to save them for in the Octagon, and I think that’s what helps me a lot. Continue reading
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Vanity
Posted in Journalism, Kickboxing with tags Alistair Overeem, Chris Chrisopoulides, Errol Zimmerman, Gokhan Saki, Jason Tramsek, Jonathan Livingstone Seagull, Karate Kid, Kyokushin karate, Nathan Corbett, Peter Graham, Richard Walsh, Sam Greco, Steve McKinnon on February 15, 2011 by Jarrod Boyle
Photo courtesy of Terry Vorg
https://lifestyletrainers.com.au/blog/2010/12/in-the-spotlight-jarrod-boyle.html
This is a link to an interview for the Lifestyle Trainers website. I got the opportunity to dilate on my philosophy about life and fighting.
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Jason Tramsek: The Next Big Thing?
Posted in Journalism, Kickboxing with tags Anthony Vella, Chad Walker, Charles August, Chris Chrisopoulides, Jason Tramsek, Jenk Behic, John Scida on September 12, 2010 by Jarrod Boyle 
International Kickboxer, Vol.18, No.1
‘He just fought New Zealand’s Chris Johnston and completely dominated him. Got an early TKO. He’s tall, awkward and strong. Wins in that devastating fashion you expect from a champion. It really was an impressive performance… you don’t often see such domination of a proven fighter, and of course he’s only young…’
If you google Jason Tramsek, quotations like this abound. He is the much-hyped protégé of John Scida, the trainer responsible for champions such as Chris Chrisopoulides, Anthony Vella and Jenk Behic. Jason grew up around these guys, starting to train casually at ten years old. “I started off playing soccer,” Jason says, “but I was a bit ‘rough’. So my Dad thought he better take me to do something a little more suitable.” Continue reading
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Sparring Smart
Posted in Journalism, Kickboxing, Writing with tags Chalid 'Die Faust' Arrab, Chris Chrisopoulides, Cor Hemmers, Errol Zimmerman, Gokhan Saki, Golden Glory, Paul Slowinski, Ramon Dekkers on September 6, 2010 by Jarrod Boyle
Sparring with Peter Graham probably wasn't very smart.
International Kickboxer Magazine, Vol 16, Number 6
January 2009
Sparring is the business end of training. All forms of conditioning (weights, bagwork, padwork, running, drills, etc) should be integrated into a training regimen to serve this most crucial of activities. The quality and intensity of your sparring will be the most important determining factor in pre-fight preparation. Continue reading
Theme Park at its Darkest 