martial arts....?
what's your opinion on martial arts???
martial arts have all sorts of uses and beliefs associated with them, now and through the past. some have their leader that they bow down to, some channel inner energy, funky breathing exercises and many other weired things... parents encourage their children to take part in them for fitness reasons, to encourage discipline aspects of it in their kids and other reasons whatever they may be.
does it depend on the persons attitude toward what they're doing? for example, if a person is using martial arts for fitness or for personal safety does that make it ok for that person to practice that martial art?
some martial arts have a strange history and bad stuff associated with them and does that carry through to today influencing those who practice it?
i do believe that the person teaching the martial art will affect their students and their opinion of what they're doing. the teachers beliefs will influence how they instruct their students, what they expect from them and their practices, which then in turn will have an affect their students.
so are martial arts ok? is it ok for people (or Christians) to practice them, even for fitness reasons?
martial arts have all sorts of uses and beliefs associated with them, now and through the past. some have their leader that they bow down to, some channel inner energy, funky breathing exercises and many other weired things... parents encourage their children to take part in them for fitness reasons, to encourage discipline aspects of it in their kids and other reasons whatever they may be.
does it depend on the persons attitude toward what they're doing? for example, if a person is using martial arts for fitness or for personal safety does that make it ok for that person to practice that martial art?
some martial arts have a strange history and bad stuff associated with them and does that carry through to today influencing those who practice it?
i do believe that the person teaching the martial art will affect their students and their opinion of what they're doing. the teachers beliefs will influence how they instruct their students, what they expect from them and their practices, which then in turn will have an affect their students.
so are martial arts ok? is it ok for people (or Christians) to practice them, even for fitness reasons?
posted by Cara at
3:01 AM
4 Comments:
If you're looking for someone to join a club with you, I'll join! :P
Seriously though, there are some Christians who believe that even so much as attending an introductory session on tai chi is 'opening yourself up to evil spirits'. Others see it as merely stretching exercise like anything else. It's a tough one.
People have actually created 'Christian yoga' which I think is stretches and stuff that is 'free' from the evil influences of yoga (over the top?).
I'd really love to hear some wise, biblical answers on this one too!
In my mind at the moment, martial arts are for if you want to fight people. There are more targetted ways to get fit with none of the controversy.
By
Steff, at 12:59 AM
There are christian forms of everything:
http://helloworldthisissammy.blogspot.com/2007/04/higher.html
By
Achi Myachi, at 3:35 PM
http://www.yeshua-do.com/
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Achi Myachi, at 3:53 PM
I quit doing martial arts for this reason, even though I was taught by a Christian teacher.
I believe that using arts with the movements, phrases, and spirit of things that have allegance to evil spirits and other religions dishonours God. That's why I quit.
To people who aren't strong in their faith, I agree that there is a risk of demonic attack through these things, and I've seen it in people I know.
By
Rachel, at 12:48 AM
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