Seminole Heights Baptist Church may seem an unlikely place to teach children to punch, kick and jab, but for the last two years, the church’s reception hall has become an ad hoc dojo for Grace Martial Arts, a weekly Christian self-defense class. Instructor Mark McGee has taught dozens of men, women and children how to protect themselves from bullies, robbers and rapists with a blend of martial arts called Yon Ch’uan (“soft fist”) that allows smaller, weaker individuals to defend themselves effectively. Amen to that.
This article appears in Best of The Bay 2007.
