I guess I've never given consideration to this verse in context with the martial arts, but as a Christian martial artist I do not think it is wrong to defend your self against an attack.Even though our dojo is not Christian based we are still taught that if an attacker comes at us we should try talking or yelling at them first then only if the person continues the attack do you use martial arts and even then only to the point when you can escape from the attacker.I see nothing wrong with that.T he biggest issue in the martial arts for me is ki but that's a whole different subject. The article realy make you think. Thanx for posting it. BTW drithen your style sounds realy cool, wish we had a Christian dojo in my town.