INTERVIEW: John Wayne Parr
Dec 08, 2024•44 min•Season 4Ep. 96
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Episode description
A pioneer of Australian kickboxing and Muay Thai joins Betoota Talks this week. John Wayne Parr talks about the early days of a career that would ultimately see him become the first household name in this sport. The son of traveling horse trainers from Queensland, ‘The Gunslinger’ had a very similar childhood to the Karate Kid. Finding friends and family in the martial arts gyms of suburban Australia, before taking off to Thailand at 19 to learn the nuts and bolts of MMA. What a career he’s had.
His new book is called The Fighter: The Legendary Life of an Australian Champion and it's out now
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