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I have a problem with "martial arts".

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A competitor bikes during Adventure Race XII in Del Rio, Texas, April 23, 2016. The biking portion of the race was a 23-mile stretch from Laughlin AFB to the Laughlin Southwinds Marina off of Lake Amistad. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jimmie D. Pike)

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Sgt. Matthew Nees, 4th Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, runs up Netzaberg Hill, just outside the gate of U.S. Army Garrison Bavaria, Nov. 17. Nees recently logged 2,500 running miles in the Run for Your Life program; he did so in only nine months. (Photo Credit: Chelsea Bissell, U.S. Army Garrison Bavaria Public Affairs)

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