Once upon a time there was much debate about which Martial Art was the best.  Then suddenly....there was a Martial Arts Apocalypse.  A mixed martial arts tournament was held appropriately named, the Ultimate Fighting Championships(UFC).  A Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu expert named Royce Gracie dominated other styles, including boxing, shoot-fighting, karate, judo and tae kwon do. 

     Due to his dominance, today all MMA fighters need SOME training in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in order to survive.  The centuries old question was answered, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu became the dominant martial art.  As a result....boxing is no longer even relevant.  For the first time, the World Heavyweight Boxing Champion was/is no longer regarded as the baddest man in the universe.  (The current world heavyweight boxing champion...probably wouldn't last five minutes with most Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu experts.)

    Why do I share this?  Sometimes all "styles" aren't equal.  Sometimes we all can't be right.  Sometimes the concept of "your truth" or "my truth" gets washed away into the reality of “THE TRUTH”.  Out of political correctness and fairness, we all deep down want to believe that ALL RELIGIONS are equal.  We sometimes want to believe that God just explained things to different groups in different ways and we all are going to heaven because after all...our different styles or religions have to all be equal….right?

    I wonder how it felt.  I wonder how it felt to study a martial art for your entire life and then to have an expert in your “style” totally emasculated in front of the world over and over and over again throughout the nineties.  How would it feel to study a style your whole life, only to discover that the style was indeed inferior to another martial art?
     For many, the martial arts are serious issues.  Where you spend Eternity is much more serious though.  In a post modernistic America, we have been trained that we are all correct, we just have different perspectives.  I point out the Martial Arts Apocalypse for a reason.  Sometimes life has nothing to do with different perspectives.  Sometimes RIGHT IS RIGHT and WRONG IS WRONG.  Sometimes there is no gray area.  Sometimes one person is correct and ten people just THINK they are right.  It will be hard to swallow for some, but one day all of the ideologies, traditions, opinions, religions and opinions will be exposed.  
     In the Spirit, there is but one “art” which stands apart from the rest.  This Earth will one day experience a much broader Apocalypse where many “styles” or “faiths” will be exposed.  As magnificent as he is, Royce Gracie’s dominance will pale in comparison with the 2nd coming of Jesus Christ. 

Which style are you following?

Will your style be exposed?

Are you following the right SENSEI?

Romans 14:11

      “ As I live, says the LORD,
      Every knee shall bow to Me,
      And every tongue shall confess to God.”