Martinez Taekwondo
The Five Tenants:
COURTESY
To be thoughtful and considerate of others.
Promote the spirit of mutual concessions
Be polite to one and other
Encourage the sense of justice
INTEGRITY
To be honest and good.
Taekwondo practitioners should live by a code of moral values and principles. Being able to define right from wrong, and have the conscience, if wrong to feel guilt.
PERSEVERANCE
Never give up in the pursuit of one's goals. Students should welcome challenges, because challenges cause us to grow and improve.
There is an old saying, “patience leads to virtue or merit”. A serious student must learn not to be impatient: to continue steadfastly, to persevere. You don’t give up, even when the odds are against you.
SELF-CONTROL
To have control of your body and mind.
A Taekwondo student should practice controlling his actions and reactions.
This tenet is extremely important inside and outside the dojang whether conducting one’s self in free sparring or in one’s personal affairs. A loss of one’s self-control can prove disastrous to both student and opponent. An inability to work within one’s capabilities is also a lack of self-control.
INDOMITABLE SPIRIT
To have courage in the face of adversity.
A Taekwondo student should never be dominated by, or have his spirit broken by another.
A serious student will at all times be modest and honest. If confronted with an injustice, he/she will deal with the belligerent without any fear or hesitation at all, with indomitable spirit, regardless of whosoever and however many the numbers may be.
