About Us
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The Christian Martial Artist is a free online publication for all martial artists who serve the ultimate Master, God. Each week you’ll find new articles that provide profiles from high ranking Christian martial artists, training tips, spiritual guidance and the opportunity to learn from other Christians who study martial arts. We hope this magazine will be a source of edification to Christians, as well as a tool for evangelism toward martial artists who do not yet have a relationship with Christ.
Our Mission: We seek to empower all martial artists through knowledge, encouragement, and, most importantly, a growing relationship with Jesus Christ.
Tenets
What our magazine is:
A tool for Christian martial artists to educate themselves in their:
a. Faith
i. General principles focused on Jesus, the Son of God, and the principle of His death
and resurrection to purchase our salvation.
ii. How Christ’s standards can be applied in our everyday lives as martial artists.
iii. Exposure to believing martial artists’ approaches to ministering while they teach.
b. Physical skills of the martial arts
i. General tips to improve martial arts techniques.
ii. Expert advice to improve individual training.
iii. Medical advice for preventing and/or treating common martial arts injuries.
c. Knowledge of “world of martial arts”
i. An honest approach to many martial arts styles and their countries of origin.
ii. Open and frank discussions about different styles: why some are more popular
than others, their founding principles, key elements of focus or specialization,
and what might be perceived as strengths and weaknesses.
iii. Exposure to different teaching/presentation styles and how they impact the
martial artist in training.
d. Ability to train others and practice their beliefs at the same time
i. Integrating principles through lifestyle & intentional evangelism.
ii. Integrating principles through specific behavioral based approaches.
iii. Integrating principles through technical/nontechnical learning systems.
What our magazine is not:
A platform to promote specific agendas or doctrines when it comes to issues of:
a. Faith
i. Divisive issues that distract from the centrality of Christ Jesus.
ii. Issues that distract from or do not have relevance to building up or encouraging
believing martial artists.
iii. What is wrong with certain Christian martial artists’ approach to their teaching
style or evangelistic approach.
b. Physical skills of martial arts
i. Promoting one specific martial arts style more than others.
ii. Promoting one specific martial arts style’s skill sets as greater than others.
iii. Promoting a specific Christian or secular martial arts membership group.
c. Knowledge of the “World of Martial Arts”
i. Derogatory statements or complaints about a martial arts style that uses principles
that may not align with your specific training.
ii. Focusing on others’ martial arts style weaknesses rather than promoting what
knowledge may be obtained and prove useful about the style.
iii. Belittling specific teaching methods or styles through conjecture or personal
impressions of their failures.
d. Ability to train others and practice their beliefs at the same time
i. Negatively comparing or contrasting evangelistic approaches.
ii. Negatively comparing or contrasting training/developmental approaches.
iii. Negatively comparing or contrasting individual teaching/learning styles.