Is there a formal statement or opinion in the Catholic Church regarding martial arts?
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I have two kids. We don't do contact sports, but some of our friends are involved in American football or hockey, and there's plenty of contact, but it seems like a __game__. Indeed over the course of my life, such sports have tended towards more game less violence through tweaking their rules. Wrestling seems definitively like a contest not based on violence. Boxing I have no defense for, but it's not part of my question.
I just witnessed my son's friend's dojo, and the weaponry and actions of the participants sickened me. Now it's possible I'm being a pansy, and the *CCC* allows for self defense, but it sure seemed the participants were leaving communion in their actions.
So, is there a formal statement regarding martial arts within Catholicism? Is there a line in which crossed one has sinned?
Asked by Stu W
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Aug 27, 2016, 07:27 PM
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