Modesty

Taekwondo students should be modest about their abilities at all times. Bragging, boasting, vanity and egotism are very undesirable traits in any person, especially a student of Taekwondo, and often is a sign of weakness or fear. No matter how well someone is able to perform a kick or a punch, it is never truly perfect. There is always room for improvement in any endeavour. Students of Taekwondo should do their best to be humble at all times.

Self Control

When people think of martial artists whom they admire, what they often admire most is that person’s ability to control him or herself. In crisis, pain or anger; students of Taekwondo should always do their best to control themselves and act with thought rather than by instinct or through emotion. There is an old saying that when you are in control of yourself, you are in control of any situation. When you lose control of yourself, the world controls you.

Indomitable Spirit

Indomitable spirit is related to both perseverance and self-control and to many practitioners of Taekwondo it is the most important of the tenets. To have indomitable spirit is to "never say die," to never quit in the face of an enemy or an overwhelming obstacle or situation once a just path has been chosen. The indomitable spirit of a human being is the part of a person that can never be subdued or overcome. Students of Taekwondo should work to develop their indomitable spirit as a tool to help them overcome difficult tasks and obstacles in every aspect of their lives.

Perserverance

In Taekwondo, perseverance is like water. No matter how far away its destination seems, through trials and obstacles, earth and stone, water always finds its way. Water is patient like the slow-moving stream that carves its way through mountains over a million years. . Water can go around an obstacle, or through it, or even rise above it like a mist because it realizes that any goal can be attained with patience and flexibility in thought and action. Students of Taekwondo should be like water in their pursuit of martial arts excellence.