To help get this blog started I'll try to start with an easy way to frame Martial Arts for people that are new or out of touch.  Martial Arts is not just the physical skill that many obtain, but the mental point of view and all around good character that most styles support.  Below are the five tenets of Taekwondo, as you see the reflect the "whole person" concept rather well.

Five Tenets of Taekwondo:

 

I. Courtesy 

            A. Honor, respect, loyalty

                 1.  Loyalty to country

                 2.  Fidelity to parents

                 3.  Marital fidelity

                 4.  Brotherhood

                 5.  Friendship

                 6.  Respect for elders

                 7.  Respect for teachers

                 8.  Avoid killing living things

 

 

II. Integrity:

                      A. Honor, respect, and loyalty within yourself. i.e. Man vs. Himself

                 1.  To know the truth

                 2.  To demonstrate humbleness

                 3.  To show true honesty from the heart

                 4.  To maintain a clear and clean conscience

                 5.  To know what is right from wrong

                 6.  To practice humanity with ultimate morality

                 7.  To live by a code of moral ethics

 

III. Perseverance:

                 A. Patience, determination, persistence

                            1.   To always finish what you have started

2.    Responsibility and freedom makes a man

3.   To understand your limits and learn to conquer those limitations within

 

    IV. Self-Control:

                        A. Patience, dignity, discipline, balance, will

                   1.  To develop the ability to overcome one’s anger

                   2.  To be able to control one’s own conscience and the sub-conscience

                   3.  To be able to understand oneself

                                 a. in order to reach this level of Oneself, it is necessary to understand the separate entity of one’s physical existance and its soul.

 

V. Indomitable Spirit:

                        A. Courtesy, integrity, perseverance, and self-control

1.    To maintain a strong inner strength which is the key to valor that makes

      Man brave

                   2.   To never let your spirit and soul die after defeat, even after death

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