Category Archives: Fight Stuff

A Night in the Ring – by Jo Burton

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Father Dave

In the ring as in my life, there are choices – choices about how to be, how to respond, how to stay in relationship with an other, particularly when the going gets tough, how to reconnect with faith, how to … Continue reading →

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Why I Love Amateur Boxing – by Father Dave

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Father Dave

I’m a thousand miles from home at the moment at the Australian Amateur Boxing League’sNational Titles, and I’m enjoying every minute of it. Right now I’m watching two 13-year-old schoolboys belting it out, and the standard is surprisingly good.  The boys … Continue reading →

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The Ancient Welsh Art of Lap Goch and the American Presidency

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Father Dave

A chilling sight – a squad of Lap Gochi, called in to quell a riot in the remote village of Abergavenny, form battle lines before beginning their subjugation of the town. A mysteriously familiar-looking squad leader (front-left) is signalling his … Continue reading →

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Green v Mundine: More than just a Boxing Match.

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Father Dave

I had the privilege to be a part of boxing history last night. I was there at the Green-Mundine fight – surely the most anticipated boxing match in Australian sporting history. It was a truly great fight – great to … Continue reading →

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Why more priests need to train as fighters (and why we don’t see many boxers in church)

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Father Dave

“Therefore I do not run like a man running aimlessly; I do not fight like a man beating the air. No, I beat my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself … Continue reading →

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There’s nothing quite so Glorious as a Good Fight with your Fists!

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Father Dave

“Blessed be the LORD my strength, –which teacheth my hands to war, –and my fingers to fight. –My goodness, and my fortress; –my high tower, and my deliverer; –my shield, and he in whom I trust; –who subdueth my people … Continue reading →

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The forgotten secret of the Ancient Greeks that shows us how to keep our teenagers out of trouble by teaching them to fight!

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Father Dave

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; … Continue reading →

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‘Boys will be Boys’ (or ‘why men love to Fight’)

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Father Dave

I had twenty-five boys at the fight club tonight – twenty-five boys and one girl, and she certainly did stand out. It’s amazing how starkly obvious the gender differences are in a ring environment. In the general flow of life … Continue reading →

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