Tae Kwon Do strives to develop the positive aspects of an individual's personality: Respect, Courtesy, Goodness, Trustworthiness, Loyalty, Humility, Courage, Patience, Integrity, Perseverance, Self-control, an Indomitable Spirit and a sense of responsibility to help and respect all forms of life. This takes a great deal of hard training and many do not reach far enough to achieve perfection in all of these aspects. However, it is the physical, mental, and spiritual effort which the individual puts forth that develops the positive attributes and image of both the individual and how he or she perceives others.

By helping mold an individual into a well-rounded and responsible person, the individual can pass onto others, through both his teachings and his personal actions, the principles he has learned through his Tae Kwon Do training. Individuals unite and become a family, families come together and form a community, communities merge and develop into a nation, and nations are what make up our present-day world. In order to help build a more peaceful world, Tae Kwon Do starts with one person at a time. Gradually groups form, dojangs (schools) emerge, organizations develop, until Tae Kwon Do's philosophy has influenced, in a positive way, enough persons, families, communities, and nations, to someday bring about, or at least help bring about, the unification of nations dedicated to helping each other.

Each student is recognized as a unique member of the Taekwondo family and an important contributing member of our community. Students are taught discipline, self-confidence, self-respect and how to respect others. Through perseverance, cooperation and hard work, the students learn how to overcome obstacles, resolve personal difficulties and to achieve hard to obtain goals in life.

As in all Martial Arts, ethics are of great importance. One can look at individual ethics, treat a fellow-man right, or one can look at social ethics, as part of a whole. Taekwondo is not a destructive sport, but a sportive one. Joining a competition is not to hurt your opponent, but to test your strength, in both physical and mental ways.

Tae Kwon Do students can improve themselves physically, and mentally by training. The final goal is to achieve harmony with nature and yourself. Balance is gained by controlling both evil and good forces (Yin vs. Yang): A true Tae Kwon Do student knows how to behave in all situations.

Tae Kwon Do is not only a way to improve skills to defend yourself, it is also a way of life. Practising Tae Kwon Do gives the student more self-confidence, but this should not result in a false sense of superiority.

Tae Kwon Do Tenets

• Courtesy
• Integrity
• Perseverance
• Self-control
• Indomitable spirit

Tae Kwon Do Oath

I shall observe the tenets of Tae Kwon Do.

I shall respect my instructors and seniors.

I shall never misuse Tae Kwon Do.

I will be a champion of freedom and justice.

I will build a more peaceful world.

Tae Kwon Do Code

Be honest and always stand for justice.

Respect and help each other.

Be loyal and courteous.

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