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
Brad Riddell: House on Fire
Posted in Kickboxing with tags 'John' Wayne Parr, athletics, Brad Riddell, Buakaw, City Leegar, Daniel ‘The Hitman’ Hatch, Glory, Joe Hopkins, Joe Nader, K1 Max, Kickboxing, Muay Thai, Nelson, New Zealand, Philip Lam, Powerplay, Richie Hardcore, Rugby, Steve ‘Grievous Bodily’ Hahm, Steve Moxon, Tiget Muay Thai, Tony Angelov on March 12, 2015 by Jarrod Boyle
International Kickboxer Magazine, Jan/Feb 2015
Brad Riddell’s first fight took place under unusual circumstances.
“I was supposed to fight a guy from Nelson [New Zealand’s southern island] but got a call from the guys from the gym the day of the weigh-in, saying he had been arrested and sent to gaol for trying to light his ex-girlfriend’s house on fire.” Continue reading
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Mel Walsh
Posted in Kickboxing with tags 'John' Wayne Parr, Boonchu, Gold Coast, IFMA, Melissa Anderson, Muay Thai, Naturopahy, New Zealand, Richard Walsh, Russia, Scott Moss, triathlon, Urban Fight Gym on December 28, 2012 by Jarrod Boyle
Mel at work – doing what she does
Mel Walsh recently competed at the IFMA (International Federation of Muay Thai) games in Russia, bringing home a silver medal. She talks about family and fitness as the ‘headmistress’ of one of Australia’s premier Muay Thai gyms, Urban Fight Gym. Continue reading
Theme Park at its Darkest 