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Thom Harinck: Godfather of Muay Thai Kickboxing in The West
About me - the author of this site Music Albums you like? Rock: Afrobeat: Flute music: First album you bought? I Love Rock’n’Roll - Joan Jett and The Blackhearts Last album you bought? Boudica - Jon Richards Favorite record store? iTunes Three best concerts you ever saw?
First concert you ever saw? Tony Allen (former drummer of Fela Kuti) in the Melkweg (Milky Way), Amsterdam on 11 March 1988 Last concert you saw? Seun Kuti and The Egypt 80 at Paradiso, Amsterdam, 13 December 2024 Books Books you like? Fiction: Nacht über der Prärie (Night over The Prairie) by Liselotte Welskopf-Henrich (my favorite all time novel. I read it about 20 times) Non-fiction: 1491 by Charles C. Mann Bookstore you like? www.amazon.co.uk Magazines you like? De Kiva, Fighting Network Magazine Film Movies you like? The Woman in White Movie director you like? Peter Weir Actor you like? Jean-Claude van Damme Actress you like? Tara Fitzgerald TV Current TV show you like Lost Classic TV show you like? The Tomorrow People, Blake’s 7 Talk show or host you like? None Comedy you like? The Young Ones DVD DVD’s you like? God, Guns and Government World Tour by Marilyn Manson Lifestyle Artists you like? Jeroen Vogtschmidt, Thomas E. Mails, Frank McCarthy, Salvador Dali Comic artists you like? Gene Day, Derib, Paul Teng, Servais, Mitton, Kalenbach and Vink Poets you like? Linton Kwesi Johnson, John Trudell Favorite museum? The British Museum Your favorite city? Amsterdam A vacation spot you like? The America’s Car you like? None People A person you were excited to meet? Peter Matthiessen, Taky Kimura, Seun Kuti, Tony Allen, Femi Kuti A person you would like to meet? Ian Astbury, Eckhart Tolle, Danny Inosanto Comedian that you like? Rik Mayal Fighting Best Martial Arts event you went to? It’s Showtime in The Arena, Amsterdam, 23 June 2008 Fighters you like? Kickboxing: Ryan “Trubula” Simson Various Place of birth: Wivenhoe, United Kingdom Date of birth: 5 January 1971 Current residence: The Netherlands Occupation: Translator, teaching assistant, webdesigner Education: Philosophy and Cultural Anthropology at the Free University Favorite food: Italian, Pakistani Sports: Fitness, Running, Power Yoga, Hatha Yoga Favorite animal: Wolf Ambition: Translating books and maybe doing a bit of Indian Studies in the US Other sites you made (besides this one)? www.dekiva.nl and www.afrobeatmusic.net Below: this is me at the stand of the Kiva at the Western Experience in Den Bosch, 2003. Right: with nephew Jimmy. |
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