I am mixed on this issue. UFC I think is sin, it is violence and the goal is to hurt. It is hard to love your neighbor and still try to hurt them.

NOt as far along the continuum is boxing. Teaching precision and skills has nothing to do with the ethicity of a recreation. Being a seriel killer also would require some discipline, skills, etc. Boxing, just like the UFC, requires that you hurt someone to win (knock out). It is hard to separate victory from the desire to hurt someone and it is impossible not to aim for the pain of the other.


Other martial arts are in a different class. In Judo, a perfect throw (onto a mat) wins the match, or a pin. In wrestling, the same thing. One need not scramble a fella's brains to win. Technique is king.


By the way, I did all these in the past. I think mixed martial arts is wrong (one HAS to try to hurt someone), boxing is also out (one HAS to try to hurt someone), but judo and Ju Jitsu and some other martial arts are in because your goal of winning need not come at severe physical pain to your opponent that is often lasting.


FInally, the medical factor is involved. WE all know that these boxers are mostly mushy headed from being hit. Boxers have higher rates of senility, etc and enjoying a sport that glorifies brawn and not brains to the long term detriment of these boxers being often damaged is not excusable.



I do think that every young man should be engaged in tests of toughness, and this is especially true if a nation lives in threat. For the armed services whose aim is to learn to kill, all varieties of violence should be practiced.

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