So, I am intrigued by the idea of Quakerism; I've been to a few meetings, found them very soothing and connecting for myself to God. I'm also a martial artist; former boxer, train in a few different martial arts now, and I am trying to reconcile these things.

I couldn't see myself ever wanting to give up my martial arts journey; it's such a core part of my life(and my faith journey, funnily enough, as meeting a Catholic priest on the mats and becoming friends with him helped nudge me back towards my faith), but obviously, I mean, striking someone in a gym seems violent. I laugh sometimes though, because of how much friendship and love stems from it; I described a friendship from the school to my wife once as "we folded each other a few times, now we're friends."

My favorite out of these is Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, which has no striking. But I'm also trying not to dip into the legalistic "well actually" loopholing that I learned from my time growing up Catholic. So I'm just gonna ask, is it possible to reconcile being an enthusiastic martial artist and a practicing Quaker?