{"id":42,"date":"2019-03-15T18:12:33","date_gmt":"2019-03-15T18:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learntaekwondo.co.uk\/?page_id=42"},"modified":"2019-03-15T18:12:33","modified_gmt":"2019-03-15T18:12:33","slug":"student-oath","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/learntaekwondo.co.uk\/index.php\/student-oath\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Oath"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t
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  1. I shall observe the tenets of Tae kwon-Do<\/b><\/li>\n
  2. I shall respect the instructor and seniors<\/b><\/li>\n
  3. I shall never misuse Tae kwon-Do<\/b><\/li>\n
  4. I shall be a champion of freedom and justice<\/b><\/li>\n
  5. I shall build a more peaceful world<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Needless to say, the success or failure of Tae kwon-Do training depends largely on how one observes and implements the tenets of Tae kwon-Do, which should serve as a guide for all serious students of the art.<\/p>\n\t

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      COURTESY (Ye Ui)<\/strong><\/p>\nIt can be said that courtesy is an unwritten regulation prescribed by ancient teachers of philosophy as a means to enlighten human beings while maintaining a harmonious society. It can be further be as an ultimate criterion required of a mortal.
      \nTae kwon-Do students should attempt to practice the following elements of courtesy to build up their noble character and to conduct the training in an orderly manner as well.\n1) To promote the spirit of mutual concessions
      \n2) To be ashamed of one\u2019s vices, contemplating those of others
      \n3) To be polite to one another
      \n4) To encourage the sense of justice and humanity
      \n5) To distinguish instructor from student, senior from junior, and elder from younger
      \n6) To behave oneself according to etiquette
      \n7) To respect others\u2019 possessions
      \n8) To handle matters with fairness and sincerity
      \n9) To refrain from giving or accepting a gift when in doubt\n

      INTEGRITY (Yom Chi)<\/strong><\/p>\nIn Tae kwon-Do, the word integrity assumes a looser definition than the one usually presented in Webster\u2019s dictionary. One must be able to define right and wrong and have a conscience, if wrong, to feel guilt. Listed are some examples where integrity is lacking:
      \n1) The instructor who misrepresents himself and his art by presenting improper techniques to his students because of a lack of knowledge or apathy.
      \n2) The student who misrepresents himself by \u201cfixing\u201d breaking materials before demonstrations.
      \n3) The instructor who camouflages bad technique with luxurious training halls and false flattery to his students.
      \n4) The student who requests ranks from an instructor, or attempts to purchase it.
      \n5) The student who gains rank for ego purposes or the feeling of power.
      \n6) The instructor who teaches and promotes his art for materialistic gains.
      \n7) The students whose actions do not live up to his words.
      \n8) The student who feels ashamed to seek opinions from his juniors.\n

      PERSEVERANCE (In\u00a0Nae)<\/strong><\/p>\n

      There is an old Oriental saying, \u201cPatience leads to virtue or merit,\u00a0One\u00a0can make a peaceful home by being patient for 100 times.\u201d Certainly happiness and prosperity are most likely brought to the patient person. To achieve something, whether it is a higher degree or the perfection or a technique, one must set his goal,\u00a0then\u00a0constantly 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 Scotland in the fourteenth century. One of the most important secrets in becoming a leader of Tae kwon-Do is to overcome every difficulty by perseverance. Confucius said, \u201cone who is impatient in trivial matters can seldom achieve success in matters of great importance.\u201d<\/p>\n

      SELF CONTROL (Guk\u00a0Gi)<\/strong><\/p>\n

      This tenet is extremely important inside and outside the\u00a0Dojang, whether conducting oneself in free sparring or in one\u2019s 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\u2019s capability or sphere is also a lack of self-control.<\/p>\n

      According to Lao-Tzu \u201cthe term of stronger is the person who wins over oneself rather than someone else.\u201d<\/p>\n

      INDOMITABLE SPIRIT (Baekjool\u00a0Boolgool)<\/strong><\/p>\n\u201cHere lie 300, who did their duty,\u201d 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 Thermopylae showed the world the meaning of indomitable spirit.
      \nIt is shown when a courageous person and his principles are pitted against overwhelming odds. A serious student of Tae kwon-Do will at all times be modest and honest. If confronted with injustice, he will deal with the belligerent without any fear or hesitation at all, with indomitable spirit, regardless of whosoever and however\u00a0many the numbermay be.\n

      Confucius declared,\u201d It is an act of cowardice to fail to speak out against injustice.\u201d As history has proven, those who have pursued their dreams earnestly and strenuously with indomitable spirit have never failed to achieve their goals.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-42","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/learntaekwondo.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/learntaekwondo.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/learntaekwondo.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/learntaekwondo.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/learntaekwondo.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/learntaekwondo.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45,"href":"http:\/\/learntaekwondo.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42\/revisions\/45"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/learntaekwondo.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}