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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. 
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