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A new class run by the local YMCA in Northfield, MN, trains high school students in the basics of boxing. While the sport can be physically demanding and useful for self-defense, the head coach, who has boxed and coached for decades, thinks boxing has a direct connection to philosophical inquiry. Dr. Gordon Marino both coaches the teens and is a philosophy professor at St. Olaf College, and a scholar of the existentialist writings of Soren Kierkegaard. This radio piece takes us to a gym training session and an intimate interview with Dr. Marino explaining his take on the connection of boxing and philosophy.
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A new class run by the local YMCA in Northfield, MN, trains high school students in the basics of boxing. While the sport can be physically demanding and useful for self-defense, the head coach, who has boxed and coached for decades, thinks boxing has a direct connection to philosophical inquiry. Dr. Gordon Marino both coaches the teens and is a philosophy professor at St. Olaf College, and a scholar of the existentialist writings of Soren Kierkegaard. This radio piece takes us to a gym training session and an intimate interview with Dr. Marino explaining his take on the connection of boxing and philosophy.
Transcript
Sweet Science
produced by Tom Niemisto
Narrator: (ambi street) On a cold wintery night in Northfield, I walk up the concrete steps at the Armory building, a community facility with a gymnasium used heavily throughout the year. I was invited to an unusual event here, a new program for the building and, I think, the town: an introductory class for high school students in boxing. (ambi enter) Inside, high school students are shooting basketball until their trainer arrives. Across the gym I see a college-aged guy who looked like he was in charge - he was wearing a bright W-M-C-A t-shirt and a whistle around his neck.
Nathan: My name is Nathan Steffle. This is with the YMCA - it’s a three week program, and right now since this is a beginner course, we’re just working on the fundamentals, working on stance and throwing punches, and like I said today we’re going to be working on defense....
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