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title itself presupposes war and violence. So

the spirit of martial arts is taken from the

god of war.

We've read 1 Peter 2:21 many times;

we’ve preached on it and we've written on

it, and it says, “For even hereunto were ye

called” — that is, to suffer, the context is

suffering — and Peter said, “because Christ

also suffered for us, leaving us an example,

that ye should follow his steps.” The context

is dealing with suffering. Martial arts are

based upon war and violence, and that is

not New Testament teaching. Even in

ancient times there was a Greek martial arts

to mark the end of the Olympics with

wrestling and boxing. Wrestling and boxing

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