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Five Tenets of Tae Kwon Do
All Tae Kwon Do students should follow the Five Tenets of Tae Kwon Do. They are as follows:

COURTESY
• To promote the spirit of mutual concessions
• To be polite to one another
• To encourage a sense of justice
• To distinguish instructor from student and senior from junior

INTEGRITY
The following show examples of a lack of integrity:

• The instructor who misrepresents him/herself and his/her art by presenting improper techniques to his students because of lack of knowledge
• The student who misrepresents himself by “fixing” breaking material
• The student who request rank from an instructor or attempts to purchase rank
• The student who gains rank for ego purposes or for the feeling of power
• The instructor who promotes the art for materialistic purposes

PERSEVERANCE
There is an old oriental saying — “Patience leads to virtue and merit.” A serious student must learn not to be impatient, to continue steadfastly and to persevere.

SELF-CONTROL
This tenet is extremely important inside the dojang, whether conducting one's self during free sparring or in one's personal affairs. A loss of self-control can prove disastrous to both student and opponent. An inability to work within one's capability also shows a lack to self-control.

INDOMITABLE SPIRIT
A serious student will at all times be modest and honest. If confronted with injustice, he will deal with the belligerent without fear or hesitation whomever or how many the numbers may be.