COURTESY (Ye Ui)

It can be said that courtesy is an unwritten regulation prescribed by ancient teacher of philosopy as a means to enlighten human being while maintaining a harmonious society. It can further be as an ultimate criterion reauired of a mortal.

TaeKwonDo students sould attept to pratice the following elements of courtesy to build up their noble charactger and to conduct the training in an orderly manner as well.

  To promote the spirit of mutual concessions

1. To be ashamed of one’s vices, contempting hose of others
2. To be polite to one another
3. To encourage the sense of justice and humanity
4. To distinguish instructor from student, senior from junior, and elder from younger
5. To behave oneself according to etiquette
6. To respect others’ possessions
7. To handle matters with fairness and sincerity
8. To refrain from giving or accepting and gift when it doubt

 

 

 INTEGRITY (Yom Chi)

1. The instructor who misrepresents himself and his art by presenting improper techniques to his students because of a lack of knowledge or apathy
2. The student who misrepresents himself by “fixing” breaking materials before demonstrations.
3. The instructor who camouflages bad techniques with luxurious training halls and false flattery to his students
4. The student who request rank from an instructor, or attempts to purchase it.
5. The student who gain rank for ego purposes of the feeling of power.
6. The instructor who teaches and promotes his art for materialistic gains.
7. The student whose actions do not live up to his/her words.

8. The Student who feels ashamed to seek opinions from this juniors

PERSEVERANCE (In Nae)

 

There is an old Oriental saying, “Patience leads to virtue of merit”. “One can make a peaceful home by being patient for 100 times”. Certainly, happiness and prosperity are most likely brought to the patient person. To achieve something, whether it is a higher degree or the perfection of a technique, one must set his goal, and then constantly persevere. Robert Bruce learned his lesson of perseverance from the persistent efforts of a lowly spider. It was this perseverance and tenacity that finally enabled him to free Scottland in the fourteenth century. One of the most important secrets in becoming a leader of TaeKwonDo is to overcome every difficulty by perseverance. Confucius said; “one who is impatient in trivial matters can seldom achieve success matters of great importance”.

  

 

 

SELF CONTROL (Guk Gi)

 

 This tenet is extremely important inside and outside the dojang, whether conducting oneself in free sparring or in one's personal affairs. A loss of self-control in free sparring can prove disastrous to both student and opponent. An inability to live and work within one's capability or sphere is also a lack of self-control. According to Lao-Tzu "the term of stronger is the person who wins over oneself rather than someone else."

  INDOMITABLE SPIRIT (Baekjool Boolgool)

 Here lie 300, who did their duty," a simple epitaph for one of the greatest acts of courage known to mankind. Although facing the superior forces of Xerxes, Leonidas and his 300 Spartans at Thermoplylae showed the world the meaning of indomitable spirit. It is shown when a courageous person and his principles are pitted against overwhelming odds.

Confucius declared," It is an act of cowardice to fail to speak out against injustice." As history has proven, those who have pursued their dreams earnestly and strenuously with indomitable spirit have never failed to achieve their goals.

 

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