This Nike ad features Dutch-Turkish kickboxer, Gokhan Saki.
He must be the first kickboxer ever to make it to a Nike ad. It’s proof of how good he is and how big a sport kickboxing is in Turkey.
I am proud to say I knew him when.
Archive for Kickboxing
Gokhan Saki’s Nike Ad
Posted in Kickboxing, Real Men with tags Gokhan Saki, Kickboxing, Nike on September 20, 2013 by Jarrod Boyle
Semmy Schilt: Going to the Mountain
Posted in Kickboxing with tags Alexei Ignashov, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Boxing, Dana White, Dave Jonkers, Ernesto Hoost, Errol Zimmerman, FEG, Gai Do Yoku karate, Golden Glory, Judo, K1, Kickboxing, Kyokushin karate, MMA, Pancrase, Peter Aerts, Pride, Ramon Dekkers, Remy Bonjasky, Rolex, Sylvester Stallone, UFC, wrestling, Yamata on July 5, 2013 by Jarrod Boyle
International Kickboxer Magazine, May/June 2013
Semmy Schilt is one of the most dominant champions in the history of fightsports. Standing at two-meters-twelve-centimeters and weighing somewhere in the vicinity of one-hundred-and-thirty kilos, he towers over not only his opponents, but also, the history of the sport itself. JARROD BOYLE goes to the mountain and comes back with the news. Continue reading
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Jamie ‘The Official’ Stamp
Posted in Kickboxing, Real Men with tags Anthony Vella, Bangkok, Beniah Douma, Chiang Mai, Daddy Kool, Elliot Compton, Eruption, Evolution, Joel Bowen, Kickboxing, Louie Isofidis, Lumpini, Moranbah, Muay Thai, Ormeau, Paul Briggs, Paul Demicoli, Saenchai, Team Quest, Thirteen Coins on April 12, 2013 by Jarrod Boyle
Revenge of the beard!
International Kickboxer Magazine, March/April 2013
In Queensland, people grow all kinds of crazy things in their backyards. At Jamie Stamp’s house in Ormeau, it happens to be a kickboxing gym.
“It started off as a small shed down the back of the house,” says Jamie. “Since Anthony [Vella] has come along, the place has grown in leaps and bounds. It’s getting bigger and bigger! We’ve already got six of our regular fighters matched for February, and there’s fifteen or so fighters down there altogether.” Continue reading
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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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Kickboxing Banned in Amsterdam
Posted in Kickboxing with tags Belgium, Eberhard van der Laan, Kickboxing, MMA on October 27, 2012 by Jarrod Boyle
This is old news, but the recently elected mayor of Amsterdam, Eberhard van der Laan, has been charged by his constituency with the task of ‘cleaning up the city’. Many people will have heard of this in relation to preventing non-Dutch people going into the city to smoke weed. Van der Laan has also moved to outlaw kickboxing and MMA ‘galas’. Continue reading
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Lance Armstrong
Posted in Journalism with tags Alistair Overeem, Ben Edwards, Cor Hemmers, Cycling, drug cheating, drug testing, Errol Zimmerman, Golden Glory, Holland, Iggy Pop, Kickboxing, Lance Armstrong, Michael Schiavello, Steppenwolf, steroids, T.S. Eliot, Tour De France on October 23, 2012 by Jarrod Boyle
http://www.theage.com.au/sport/cycling/uci-agrees-to-strip-armstrong-of-titles-20121022-281uc.html
I feel great sympathy for Lance Armstrong today. Continue reading
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Anthony 'The Hitman' Vella
Posted in Kickboxing with tags Adam Strong, Anthony Foy, Anthony Vella, Ben Lane, Bob Jones, Frank Deblaise, Hitman Muay Thai, Jamie Stamp, John Scida, Kickboxing, Louie Isofidis, Muay Thai, Oliver Olsen, Paul 'Hurricane' Briggs, Paul Demicoli, Ramon Dekkers, Richard Walsh, WKA, Zen Do Kai on July 8, 2012 by Jarrod Boyle
Anthony ‘The Hitman’ Vella was one of the outstanding fighters of early Australian Muay Thai. He had twenty fights for nineteen wins; his only loss coming via injury while fighting Paul ‘The Hurricane’ Briggs for a super-middleweight world title. Before I met him, I walked past this picture every day on my way into the gym. Continue reading
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The Elephant Named Brain Damage
Posted in Fitness, Journalism, Kickboxing, Observation, Real Men with tags Alexei Kouznetsov, Alzheimer's disease, Andrew Rule, Boston University's Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy, Boxing, chronic traumatic encephalopathy, Derek Boogaard, Dr Ann McKee, Francois Botha, Golden Glory, Joe Demicoli, Kickboxing, Lou Gehrig's disease, Mike Bernardo, MMA, Parkinson's disease, Rick Rypien, The Fighter's Factory, Wade Belak 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:
Let’s face it; head injury is the big fucking elephant in the room at my house. Continue reading
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Kickboxing Showreel – Updated
Posted in Kickboxing with tags Golden Glory, Kane Watts, Karim Chemlal, Kickboxing, Nase Soai, Powerplay, Tafa Misipati, Trent Hailey, Ultimate Kickboxing, Victorian Super-heavyweight champion on January 17, 2012 by Jarrod BoyleMy updated kickboxing showreel, courtesy of Nick Moore. He’s been joking about making a version where I sustain all the hits. Probably not a bad idea – there’s probably more than a few people who would enjoy it.
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Post-Consumerist Cosmopoles
Posted in Journalism with tags Bogans, Ed Hardy, Kickboxing, Melbourne, Slayer, Sydney, The Age Newspaper, Trainspotting, wankers on November 11, 2010 by Jarrod Boyle
“In a thousand years, there will be no men and women, just wankers.”
-Mark Renton,
Trainspotting.
My internet home page is set to The Age Newspaper Online. I like to skim over it before reading my emails; it helps orient me for the day. Of late, however, reading The Age has begun to get me down. Apparently, I live in the quintessential Australian city, and the best, most polite word I can use to describe it is aspirational.
Theme Park at its Darkest 