Exposing the Dangers of Martial Arts: Mortal Enemies: Martial Arts and Christianity

By Vito Rallo and STEVEN LAMBERT

Follow former five-time USA National Karate Champion, Dr. Vito Rallo, as he takes you behind the veil of the martial arts rituals and reveals the closely guarded secret known only to the masters about the real power-source of the arts!

Trained by the best Japanese instructors dispatched to America in the mid-60s, Vito Ra

• Language: English
• Publisher: Real Truth Publications
• Release date: Mar 14, 2016
• ISBN: 9781887915236

Vito Rallo

Vito Rallo was born again and baptized in the Holy Spirit in 1971. In 1983 he completed his first formal Bible training. In April of that year, he founded Free Indeed Ministries and began evangelistic outreaches. A graduate of Bethel Bible Institute, he also received a Doctorate of Divinity from Ames Christian University. Vito has authored several books that are being distributed around the world, and being used by church leaders and ministers as a guide for teaching believers the truths they contain. The print version of his first book, Breaking Generational Curses & Pulling Down Strongholds, has been a perennial best-seller since soon after it was first published. Prior to birthing of that first book, however, Vito himself experienced a several years-long fiery trial, during which the Lord showed him the reality of the strongholds existing with him that were hindering his Christian walk and communion with the Lord. Through the personal struggles, the Lord also showed him the fact that many other genuinely Born Again Christians have demonic strongholds present within them that produce similar spiritual hindrances affecting their Christian walk and relationship with the Lord. In the process of his own experiences in the furnace of purification, the Lord opened Vito's eyes to the truth that His plan of salvation includes setting the captives free and healing the brokenhearted through supernatural liberation from the demonic strongholds that bind them! Having gone through this healing and deliverance process himself, and desiring to help others come to a place of greater victory and freedom, Vito began conducting seminars, showing others how to identify and break the bondage that had hindered them in their walk with Christ. His first book that was birthed from these seminars simply put into every day language Biblical knowledge, principles, and instructions that when properly implemented have the capacity to help people of all ages find genuine and practical freedom in Christ. The evidence of the fruit of this book is manifest in the many testimonies the ministry has received over the years from people whose lives have been forever impacted by the book's message. As a former five-time US national karate champion, who was himself powerfully delivered from the captivating evil spirits behind martial arts, Vito also authored an explosive book, Exposing the Dangers Behind Martial Arts & Yoga, which the Lord is mightily using to help many martial arts practitioners reached by the book's message to find real freedom from the devastating spiritual effects and consequences of participation in martial arts and related practices. The testimonies of deliverance produced by this Spirit-charged volume continue to come in as well. In addition to his ongoing writing ministry, Vito conducts "Walking in Freedom" Seminars in churches and other venues, in which he teaches on subjects addressed in his books. Wherever he ministers, Vito rekindles in his listeners a passion for Jesus while preparing the Body of Christ for His imminent return. His down-to-earth approach enables him to stir hearts, refresh souls, and effectively impart encouragement and hope to the weary and struggling.

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Endorsements

Vito Rallo warns us in this book that one can’t divorce yoga and martial arts from their evil origins in eastern occult practices. This book is timely and desperately needed. America is being infiltrated and subtly defiled by well-meaning people who are introducing yoga and martial arts as though they could be Christianized and useful for meditation and self-defense. Vito clearly warns that can’t be. Satan has blinded the eyes of many (2 Corinthians 4:4), not only unbelievers, but also Christians everywhere, so that he can slip in unawares to defile and lead them astray. Christians, I urge you to allow Vito Rallo’s book to open your eyes, and then do everything you can to spread his wake-up message wherever you can. We must pull the wool off of our eyes and our friends’, and learn to steer clear of the traps of yoga and martial arts, and the idolatry and defilement into which they lead. May God hear the cries of repentance and set the people free so that they may serve the one true God.

John Loren Sandford

Founder, Elijah House Ministries, Inc

Post Falls, Idaho

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In the Old Testament we read that people are perishing for lack of knowledge (Hosea 4:6) and in the New Testament (2 Cor. 2:11) we read that Paul was not ignorant of Satan’s devices. It is a fact that most believers have little knowledge of the spiritual powers operating behind martial arts and yoga and, as a result, they are ignorant of how Satan is using these principles today to infiltrate western society with the deceptive spiritual principles of eastern religions. This remarkable book exposes the deceptions, which lie behind the façade. It should be required reading for every pastor and especially for all those whom God has called into the ministry of healing and discipleship. I cannot recommend this book highly enough. It will open your eyes and provide vital keys to helping those who have been trapped by the powers of darkness into spiritual bondage.

Peter Horrobin

Founder and International Director, Ellel Ministries

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Dr. Vito Rallo has done the body of Christ an enormous favor by writing this book. A little hemlock, a little arsenic is all it takes to introduce destruction. The influence of martial arts and yoga upon the church has become noticeable and dangerous―opening doors to the realms of darkness that will quickly sap the life out of God’s people. I have known Vito for many years now and found him to be a true gentleman and a man of great integrity. He has a fidelity to the word of God and a passion to bring life and wholeness to people everywhere. His book is timely and is backed up by someone who knows what he is talking about. Far more than a lofty dissertation, it is a practical book that we can wrap our minds around―bringing God’s truth into the everyday world in which we live. This book would make a great gift to give your pastor and youth worker. Leaders need to know the real truth about these matters, and this book delivers.

Chris Hayward

President, Cleansing Stream Ministries

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There is much confusion in the body of Christ concerning the topic of martial arts. I often ran into a nasty spirit of violence as I was doing deliverance on those who had been involved. After reading this very in-depth explanation of martial arts and yoga, the reason became very clear. This book is extremely well written, easy to understand, and indeed is the most thorough treatment of the topic that I have come across to date. Vito has thirty plus years in the martial arts as a student, instructor, and five-time national champion, so he knows what he is talking about. He very clearly explains the reasons why he gave up the practice, even after using it as an evangelistic tool. I always felt this to be the way to go, but now this book gives an excellent background and experience in the topic. I highly recommend this book to deliverance workers and youth workers, as well as anyone interested or currently participating in martial arts. It is not merely an innocent sport, a physical fitness tool, or a self-defense mechanism, but it is much more!

Dr. Doris Wagner

Executive Director, Global Harvest Ministries

Colorado Springs, Colorado

Exposing the Dangers of Martial Arts

A Former Five-time USA National Karate Champion Exposes Closely Guarded Secrets About Martial Arts Known Only By the Masters

Vito Rallo

Real Truth Publications

Jupiter, Florida

Exposing the Dangers of Martial Arts

© Copyright 2016 by Vito Rallo

Contributor/Editor: Steven Lambert

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Dedication

This book is dedicated first and foremost to the Lord Jesus Christ, the Only Savior of all Mankind; secondly to the entire Body of Christ, aka, the Church Jesus is building, and all the Blood Bought comparing its membership; and lastly to all who are searching for truth concerning the martial arts and its spiritual effects.

May the truths revealed in this book both enlighten your mind and be used as a tool in the hands of the Holy Spirit to effect change in your heart and life.

Contents

Endorsements

Dedication

Acknowledgements

Foreword by Eric Wilson

Foreword by Steven Lambert

Introduction

1. Origins and History of Martial Arts

2. The Yoga and Evolution Connection

3. Hollywood Opens the Floodgates

4. The Weird, Wacky, and Dangerous!

5. Kids In Martial Arts

6. Secrets of Martial Arts and Yoga Revealed

7. Out of Darkness into the Light: My New Identity

8. Are Martial Arts and Christianity Compatible?

9. A Call To Action

Appendix A

Appendix B

A Testimony

Author's Note

About The Author

Contact the Author

Other Resources by Vito and Pat Rallo

Acknowledgements

First of all, I want to thank my wife, Pat, for her strong encouragement and extremely valuable contribution to this book in the form of countless hours of editing and rewriting.

Also a special thank you to Doris Wagner, Eddie Smith, John Sandford, and Eric Wilson for their invaluable input toward the finished product of this book.

I also want to thank all who read the manuscript, critiqued it, and encouraged me along the way to continue in this controversial project.

Gratitude and thanks also goes to Real Truth Publications and founding publisher/editor Steven Lambert for recommendations incorporated in this version, and for publishing the various electronic versions in which it is now available.

Foreword by Eric Wilson

We are now witnessing the greatest explosion of supernatural and occult phenomenon ever in this earth’s history! Growing interest in the pagan spiritual practices of all cultures increasingly is being blended with the so-called sciences.

This blend or synergy is creating an open doorway to the New Age, and eastern spirituality. And through this door, the mystical is being introduced to western society through doctors, dentists, lawyers, businessmen, and leaders in education.

Man is seeking to become supra human, and godlike in his abilities. It seems that almost nothing is beyond his grasp. Mankind is joining himself to the powers of the ancient world, through the eastern spiritual traditions of Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, and Zen.

How few realize the dark and hidden source of these powers, and who these spirits really are! These are the days foretold by the prophets of the Holy Scriptures.

For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty. (Revelation 16:14; KJV)

Now more than ever before, we need greater light to shine in the darkness. This book is such a light!

I spent 25 years as a student and instructor in the Chinese martial arts. I was recognized as a master instructor and held seven black belts in various styles of the martial arts. After that, the Lord Jesus Christ began to open my eyes. I asked Him for the Truth and for someone to help guide me to freedom—someone who also had escaped the path which I was on.

Vito Rallo of Free Indeed Ministries was just such a man. He was instrumental in the Lord’s hand in breaking the chains of darkness, which had held me captive for so many years—not only in my deliverance from the martial arts, but also in the restoration of my marriage and family.

This book is the long awaited guide to understanding both the dangers and occult roots of martial arts, as well as revealing the only True Source and Power to be set free!

If the Son [of God] therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed. (John 8:36; KJV)

Rev. Eric W. Wilson

Isaiah Ministries

Johnson City, Tennessee

Foreword by Steven Lambert

The Spirit-inspired tool you hold in your hands I believe is God’s supply to a longstanding gaping void and desperate need in the ecclesiastical realm. As a deliverance minister for four decades, I have ministered deliverance to literally hundreds of individuals who had in varying degrees participated in martial arts and its sister practice of yoga. Invariably, the very moment I mentioned either one of those words a marked and oftentimes violent reaction would manifest in some obvious way from, in, or upon the deliveree to whom I was ministering, including in the case of some of the most docile and normally placid people you would ever meet. Without any doubt, the most violent, dramatic, and eerie manifestations I’ve ever encountered in deliverance sessions have occurred when the groupings of spirits behind the various forms of martial arts and yoga-type practices were confronted, uncovered, and driven out of their human host.

Despite the overt fierce reactions these demonic spirits produced in the counselee, nevertheless, many needed further convincing intellectually that diabolical demon spirits were the forces behind these pagan practices, and many even returned to those practices like a dog returning to its vomit after being dramatically and powerfully delivered from them. That is not uncommon with many such demonically-inspired involvements.

What is needed to overcome the mind-idolatry is information and teaching that refutes and repudiates whatever the involvement is, because the mind is the battleground, and the power behind the deceptions is the lies with which the father of lies indoctrinates his captives. Liberation from any and all demonic strongholds requires falling out of agreement with the invading demons’ lies and coming into agreement with the Truth of God! As Jesus said, it is the Truth that sets free.

I learned all that early on in my deliverance ministry, which I was thrust into entirely involuntarily. I learned that the easy part was commanding the demons to come out; they have no choice but to obey the command of the Lord, for He is Lord, including over demons! The harder part, I learned, was disabusing people of the devils’ lies they had accepted as being true. Once that was accomplished, I learned over and over, the devils had no grounds or authority on which to stand or stay.

Over the years, I had developed quite a library of teaching and information on many topics involved with the most common strongholds from which people needed deliverance. Accumulating a collection of convincing counter-intelligence concerning the matters of the martial arts and pagan practices like yoga and transcendental meditation, and the like, proved more difficult. Moreover, their ancient histories, religious roots, mystical ritualism, and extensive pervasiveness, made these categories of demonic practices difficult to refute and repudiate, particularly regarding their incompatibility with Biblical Christianity.

For all those reasons, this book by Vito Rallo is genuinely and literally a God-send! When I first became aware of the existence of the first version of this book, it was as if it literally fell down out of the heavenlies into my hands! What a relief it was just knowing of this book’s existence! Learning that its author was a genuinely Born Again, Spirit-filled, tongue-talking, demon-chasing Pentecostal/Charismatic believer who was a former five-time USA karate champion and instructor to thousands was the proverbial icing on the cake! I was thrilled! Finally! A no-holds-barred book that tells it like it is about this dastardly and insidious deception with which the devil has been successfully duping millions for literally centuries.

Though the original version was a tremendous book as it was, it has been my absolute joy and privilege to lend my own editorial and publishing skills to work with the adroit writing/editing team of Vito and his wife, Patricia, in the composition of this new version, which the publishing house I founded, Real Truth Publications, has published in all its formats.

Thank you, Lord, for inspiring the Rallos to author this powerful book! Thank you, Vito and Patricia, on behalf of the Body of Christ, for your obedience to the calling of the Lord to pen this book and your countless hours of sacrificial labor in its production!

My great hope is that the Spirit of the Lord will use the message of this volume to open the blinded eyes of millions around the world concerning this dastardly and diabolical deception of the enemy of our souls, who Jesus revealed came but for to steal, kill, and destroy (John 10:10)!

Steven Lambert, ThD, DMin

Founder, Real Truth Publications

Jupiter, Florida

Introduction

There are many influences in our western society. Some are good – some are not so good. Some appear on the surface to be beneficial, but in fact, are the proverbial wolf in sheep’s clothing. In other words, the acclaimed benefits of a thing or practice of something may, in fact, turn out to be harmful, if not downright dangerous. The irony is, it may not be obvious at the onset.

What matters most is what lies behind the secret mask of all martial arts and yoga—what is at the root! The two are undoubtedly intertwined and are often advertised together. The practice of these ancient practices, driven by a huge popularity factor, has made major inroads, especially of late, into western society. This infiltration has had an enormous impact on both the world we live as well as in an ever-expanding segment of the church realm, and consequently has become a force to be reckoned with due to its widespread acceptance as a supposedly innocuous sport or physical activity.

In this book, I draw from my own experience and professional expertise of 30 plus years in the martial arts—as a former student, instructor, and later as a five-time national champion. I will reveal what I have learned. In order to expose the myths, I will also draw on the expertise of others. I will uncover the mysteries and hidden secrets that are almost never revealed to those who are involved, or those who are thinking about becoming involved.

It never ceases to amaze me how many ignore the uneasiness they feel about getting involved in the martial arts prior to their first forays into it. I think that may be because most people are uninformed or misinformed concerning the spiritual roots from which these practices originate, and therefore ignore the early warning signs. The deadly tentacles of deception go back thousands of years and are deeply rooted in various pagan religions. Today, that fact is well disguised. Various forms of these two activities have now reached into all social, economic, and spiritual levels of our society. Unfortunately, warnings from a veritable few frequently fall on deaf ears and are ignored.

It is my hope that many will heed warnings trumpeted forth in and through this volume. I am well aware that there are many, especially those who are entrenched practitioners, who will disagree with my assessments concerning the martial arts, and assert that there is no proof that what I am saying is true, and counter with arguments to the contrary. But, that itself is deception. The founders and masters of the martial arts well understand what is behind these activities and will often allude to the fact that what is at the spiritual root is what fuels the power that one sees demonstrated. They are not themselves in any wise deceived, but they are nonetheless experts at deceiving others! What I share with you in this regard is not theory, but from decades of personal involvement and firsthand conversations with many who have achieved the highest levels of recognition in the world of martial arts.

I want to share what I believe is most important from my own life experiences―hard-hitting, eye-opening, unvarnished, facts—to reveal the indisputable truth concerning the origins of the martial arts, how they have evolved over centuries and millennia, and the status quo with respect to them today. Over the past six decades in particular, a diabolical and insidious plan has developed and been gradually implemented into the mainstream of western society and culture, in particular, to the extent that it is now impacting millions of lives, to one degree or another.

What I am about to share with you in this book is not to judge or condemn any individual, or their choice to become involved in the martial arts, yoga, or any other eastern-related practice. My purpose is simply to inform all those who read this book of the truth so they may ascertain for themselves the risks of getting involved. The content of this book may shock and anger some, yet hopefully, will set others free from deception and bondage from forces most cannot fathom or understand without true revelation.

The martial arts and yoga are often cleverly disguised as self-defense, physical fitness, a sport, exercise, stress reduction, or some other health benefit. Many are drawn to what they consider to be sheer fun, excitement, relaxation, or entertainment. Yet most who are involved in these activities and practices, even many who have been involved for years as teachers or instructors, do not have a clue what is hidden under the surface. Even if they did, most would not know what to do about it. Some would shrug it off as no big deal or say, That is not possible! Whether these eastern arts are for supposed health benefits, competition, non-competition, or self-defense, all incorporate various harmful spiritual concepts—without exception!

In recent years, these activities have exploded in popularity, running through millions of households—to schools, universities, to top government officials, and even to the White House. The eastern arts (especially yoga and transcendental meditation) have also been brought in through some medical professionals, who tout all the supposed proactive benefits that can supposedly be derived from yoga and other eastern activities.

For those involved in the martial arts and related arts, or for those who are considering becoming involved to any degree, have you ever wondered about the source of power that is behind them, or where it originates? Have you investigated, asked questions, or considered that all of these practices overlap and are integrated with each other? Have you asked who founded or created them, or what were their original purposes? Do you want to know the truth? Obviously, martial arts and yoga did not develop on their own out of thin air. They both have a complex root system, the knowledge of which may come as a surprise to many. I invite you to join me in taking a closer look.

CHAPTER 1

Origins and History of Martial Arts

On the surface, the various eastern arts may look entirely different, have different