By
Jim DeSantis
When I was in my teens I was sent to a local boxing gym run by a
police sergeant and a former boxing champ. The program was for juvenile
kids who got into a lot of trouble with the law. It was designed to
teach us discipline, goal setting, and the difference between right and
wrong. The best thing of all was it taught us how to defend ourselves
and to realize what a negative impact physical force can have when used
wrongly. In the training process we also gained strength, speed, and
