You’re going to encounter sparingly few situations where martial arts are the difference maker, especially compared to apologizing when it’s not your fault or removing yourself from the situation. Your problems don’t go away. But it’s an insurance policy - if shit hits the fan I cling to my BJJ[1]. If you encounter someone who has a personal problem with you and you’re fortunate enough sweep them from bop to toddom because they have no balance (nobody ever does) you can run away. You go from hopeless where you cannot conceive of getting them to fuck off to a little hope in knowing what it would look like to assert your will. The next day and every day for the next month you’d never skip a class. In my opinion in minecraft in a not legal advice sort of way - but it is financial advice.

[1] I have a fun story where punches weren’t working in a dream so I went for a wrestling take down and started grappling which worked