Author Archives: Aaron Brophy

Elvis And Ed Parker

Elvis

Elvis

The late Elvis Presley had a not-so-secret obsession with martial arts.

A lot of that had to do with The King’s relationship to kenpo master Ed Parker.

Sarah explored a bit of this in a post for Asian World of Martial Arts.

To read about it click here.

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Emma Teo: Emerging Fighter

Emma Teo

Emma Teo

Not all elite fighting happens in the UFC.

Sarah’s feature series on emerging martial artists for Asian World Of Martial Arts continued with fighter Emma Teo.

To read the full story click here.

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About The Good Book Drive

Lana Gay, of the Good Book Drive

Lana Gay, of the Good Book Drive

Throughout the month of February an initiative to hand out free books to underprivileged youth called A Good Book Drive has been mobilizing the likes of Erica Ehm and George Stroumboulopoulos to donate their favourite kids books to the cause.

I spoke to Lana Gay, the organizer of the Toronto portion of the book drive, for Samaritan Mag.

To read the full story go here.

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7 Canadian Acts’ Most Pathetic Shows

D-Sisive plays a cafeteria

D-Sisive plays a cafeteria

Awhile back I tracked down musical road warriors Ian Blurton, The Pack A.D., D-Sisive, BA Johnston, The Dirty Nil, Greys and Geoff Berner and asked them about the most pathetic shows they had ever done.

There answers were tragic spectacular.

To read about their full adventures head over to AUX TV by clicking here.

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Dirty Grandpa And The Infinite Sadness Of Baby Boomer Party Flicks

Dirty Grandpa

Dirty Grandpa

There’s a thing happening in film right now where baby boomers-and-older are getting thrust into these fish-out-of-water party flicks.

The most recent example is the Robert De Niro film, Dirty Grandpa.

Sarah used the film to explain to the boomer set why they’re totally thirsty.

To read her full story head to Consequence of Sound by clicking here.

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