How teaching young people to box can reduce global violence

I gave my TED Talk in September 2019. It was the first TED Talk given in Surry Hills, Sydney. I'll paste below the write up given by the organisers:

Drugs, violence, intolerance and suicide are scourges that ravage our youth. Father Dave Smith's youth centre has saved many kids from the streets and themselves. In his talk Dave Smith shares the idea that the art of violence may be the improbable cure to our violent society. David Smith (born 17 February 1962), also known as Fighting Father Dave, is an Anglican priest in Australia.

Smith is best known for his work with at-risk youths, especially in his use of boxing for those suffering from substance abuse problems and anger management issues. He is also a 6th degree black belt and a professional boxer. His progression into martial arts and boxing happened while he was attempting to raise funds for the community in Dulwich Hill, where he is the parish priest.

Smith is also a published author and has taken a very public stance on various human-rights issues, most especially the Palestinian occupation and the current war in Syria where he opposes all forms of Western military intervention.

Smith has been twice awarded Marrickville Citizen of the Year award and was nominated for Australian of the Year in 2004 and 2009. In 2012, he broke the world record for the most continuous rounds of boxing.[1] This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

Dave
http://www.fatherdave.org
http://www.fighting-fathers.com