The Roughhouse - Snap Classic
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What led Jed Coffin to wash up in Sitka and discover the underground boxing scene?
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Okay, so I grew up Not much of a binder guy. More of a flee the hostilities, go read a comic book type of guy, but If they make you do something often enough, you get better. And growing up as the only black kid in rural Michigan, I get plenty of practice. And the first rule that you learn about street fighting. Not talking about boxing, you know, Medicaid fights or any of that stuff. The first rule Is never, never fight a twin. Never. Under any circumstances. Why? Because they grow up with their own personal aspiring partner from the womb. That's why. Forget 10,000 hours of practice. They have a whole lifetime. And if you do manage to somehow, some way to beat up a twin brother 90% of the time, do you know who's standing right there?
The other twin brother. So now you gotta pull two miracles. No. No, avoid. The second thing you learn is that ninety percent of the time Whoever throws the first punch is Wins, right? So when you know the fight is coming. when there is absolutely no way to avoid it. When the evil bully is telling you to meet him down by the cascade farm at such and such a time. No. For what? So he can gather up his buddies? So he can find something hard to hit you with? No. The time is now. Right now. Buck up. Lean in, smile. And then swing as hard as you can. And you swing again and again Pow pow pow pow pow Now you're dancing, you're dancing, and if you're lucky, you catch that surprise. If you're quick, you might even get three strikes in before his confused behind starts swinging back.
Now he's flailing. Wild. Not you. You're surgical. Pow as surgical as you can be in the middle of the madness and make no mistake, every single fight is madness. It's primal. It's raw. And knowing all of this, anything can still occur. There are no guarantees. But if it is going to happen. as a public service today on staff judgment. We probably present. The rough house. My name is Ken Washington. One last tip, always remember and never forget triplets. А even worse than twins. When you're listening. To snap judgment.
Our story today on the Rough House episode has some violence and maybe even a little bit of language to go with it. Of course it does. And we begin in the summer of two thousand two with Jed Coffin, a recent college graduate from Maine. After saving up his money working on lobster boat, Jed takes off on a solo road trip across the country.
How did growing up as the only Black kid in rural Michigan shape Jed’s early “street‑fighting” rules?
Before winding up in the Pacific Northwest, Wondering what to do next? Snap judgment.
I'd been driving around for about six months. I still really didn't know where I was headed. I just knew that I had this nervous energy to keep Searching for a place to be. And I wasn't gonna go home. By then it realised I couldn't go home again. And Really in a matter of a day or two, bought a sea kayak. For about a thousand bucks. And I just decided that I would follow the map north. And so off I went. For the next several weeks, I just paddled along the coast and sometimes camped out in city parks. Or next to roads. I know I was losing some weight. But I was also getting really strong and really comfortable in my boat. and very happy spending every evening by my little fires cooking fish and just watching the sunset.
And paddling all day. But at the same time I was definitely going a little crazy in my head. I was clearly at odds with something. Some days I would be paddling in really rough water, maybe against a current or some tides. And I just found myself like digging my paddle blades into the water with an almost violent level of aggression. Like the waves were trying to hold me back from something that I was meant to understand. Toward the end of the summer, I finally paddled across the US Canada border into Alaska. The rains of the fall had started and it wasn't really paddling weather anymore. And so I think by necessity I just felt like it was time to stop. And sometime toward the end of August, washed up.
In the town of Sitka. After I'd been living in Sitka for about a month I'd heard that there was a college, Sheldon Jackson College, on campus. There was a weight room and a gymnasium.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What led Jed Coffin to wash up in Sitka and discover the underground boxing scene?
0:02–3:40
2
How did growing up as the only Black kid in rural Michigan shape Jed’s early “street‑fighting” rules?
3:40–8:23
3
Why does Jed say you should never fight a twin, and what does that reveal about his fighting philosophy?
8:23–14:03
4
What motivated Jed to trade his lobster‑boat earnings for a sea‑kayak trip to Alaska?
14:03–19:46
5
How did Jed first get invited into the secret boxing gym at Sheldon Jackson College?
19:46–24:30
6
What happened in Jed’s first underground bout against the “toughest man in Southeast Alaska”?
24:30–30:31
7
Why did the rivalry with the Huna Hooligan become a turning point for Jed’s identity as a fighter?
30:31–36:24
8
How did the Southeast Showdown championship fight help Jed confront his past and his relationship with his father?
36:24–41:37