For the fun of controversy, I'll add my slant.
My CHA3-branch Kenpo organization recites the Kajukenbo prayer at the beginning and end of each class. However, a majority of the students entering our club are initially uncomfortable reciting the prayer.
Most that stay for longer than six months recite the
prayer mostly to be part of the group. Here's
my point. If Kajukenbo includes a prayer with Christian
sentiment, then there is a religious element to the
organization. On another note, if Chinese martial arts
did originate as a form of exercise during meditation,
then the physical discipline was secondary to the
primary: meditation. If that original meditation was
practied to reach a state of mind (emptiness) that didn't include God, then its goal excluded God. So, while
I agree with the websites humorous points about
martial arts as a vehicle to a state without God,
I think that Kajukenbo includes God in that state.
I doubt that that Kajukenbo would have been targeted
had it not included the Chinese yin-yang symbol in
the organizational logo.
BTW, I doubt that many in martial arts is really
training for a fight. So, I think that we are kinda
involved in a cult of some sort. I'm definitely having
a good time.
