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Mark Hunt to Fight for Heavyweight UFC Title
Posted in Kickboxing with tags Junior Dos Santos, Mark Hunt, UFC Heavyweight Title on April 29, 2012 by Jarrod Boyle
Lucy Tui: First Lady of Australian Kickboxing
Posted in Journalism, Kickboxing with tags Chakuriki, Kyokushin karate, Lucy Tui, Mark Hunt, Thom Harinck on February 18, 2011 by Jarrod Boyle
Lucy Tui and I commentating for 'Eruption' in 2010
International Kickboxer Magazine Vol.18, No.6
For Lucy Sassen Tui, fighting was in her blood; her father had been the New Zealand heavyweight amateur boxing champion in 1954. She was one of nine children, closest in age to her brother, so she found herself joining in with the boys at playtime. “I was very sporty,” she remembers. “I did a lot of athletics while I was at school, and I held the record for the 100-yard dash as a teenager.” This was an excellent base for her martial arts training, which began like so many other kickboxers – in Kyokushin karate.
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What Makes a Good Counter-Fighter?
Posted in Journalism, Kickboxing with tags Alistair Overeem, Andy Hug, Bob Sapp, Cor Hemmers, Cyril Abidi, Ernesto Hoost, Fransisco Filho, Giorgio Petrosyan, Jermone Le Banner, Mark Hunt, Peter Graham, Ramon Dekkers, Remy Bonjasky, Semmy Schilt, Soren Mongkongton on September 7, 2010 by Jarrod Boyle
International Kickboxer Magazine Vol. 17 No.3
Competitive fighting can be viewed as being similar to a conversation; one person talks, one person replies. Each person says what they believe will give them an advantage and hopefully, the upper hand. After all, fighting is all about convincing the three judges, whether it comes by knockout or their considered decision, given the arguments that are presented to them. As a counter fighter, you specialise in replying to your opponent. This means you tend to let the other fighter put his case first, which is difficult for a beginner to achieve; in addition to the pain, being hit is pretty alarming! Counter fighting really depends on a cool head and a sound defence. Continue reading
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