Building Better Humans Project

Episode 23 - 'John' Wayne Parr - CEO of the People Hurting Business. Wayne Parr aka John Wayne Parr started Taekwondo age 11yo before moving onto Muay Thai aged 13, after a year training had his first fight in Sydney aged 14yo and never looked back. Age 17 Wayne won his first title, a WKA Australian title against Mark Pease and aged 19 won a South Pacific title against Scott Lovelock by 5th round KO after a very tough battle. Wayne was then Sponsored by Richard Vell of the Boonchu Restaurant to go and live and train in Thailand, Wayne ended up staying 4 years full time and one year on and off living in a camp and training 2x a day, 7 days a week. Wayne had 40 odd fights in Thailand fighting for Thailand’s number 1 promoter Songchai fighting often on Thai TV, was the first Australian to fight at the famous Lumpinee Stadium, Songchai Stadium, Kings Birthdays and all over rural Thailand. Wayne was also a regular in the Muay Thai newspaper Muay Siam as well as Thailand’s Muay Thai magazines, once even becoming th