Category: meditation
Mediation of the Week: In Fighting, Choose with Sense and Honor
A Battle is a confrontation you did not agree to; it’s non-consensual, or something you would prefer not to engage. A “fight” is a consensual conflict like sparring or debate. The challenge is to maintain your self-control, humility, and respect during the “fight” –… Continue Reading “Mediation of the Week: In Fighting, Choose with Sense and Honor”
Meditation of the Week: No Retreat in Battle
While the immediate meaning is likely clear, the word “battle” is weighty with meaning. Primarily, “battle” refers to self-defense or non-consensual conflict. This may be a verbal or a physical altercation. Either way, we are to train in such a way that we do not… Continue Reading “Meditation of the Week: No Retreat in Battle”
Meditation of the Week: Honor Friendship
Honor Friendship is the third code of Tang Soo Do. Like many things, the notion of friendship differs from culture to culture. In many Middle Eastern countries, people consider themselves “friends” the minute they meet. In some European countries, continuous contact is required to… Continue Reading “Meditation of the Week: Honor Friendship”
Mediation of the Week: Obedience to Parents
Martial Arts begins and ends with courtesy and respect. Tang Soo Do’s second code uses the term “parents.” I want you to expand the definition of “parent” to imply father, mother, teachers, elders, and instructors, and supervisors. It is respect for others–esteem, honor, and… Continue Reading “Mediation of the Week: Obedience to Parents”
Meditation of the Week: Loyalty to Country
The first of the Five Codes of Tang Soo Do is Loyalty to Country. Irrespective of whether one is a born citizen, or whether citizenship is gained later in life – having “loyalty to country” allows one to truly appreciate and love one’s homeland. Rebellion… Continue Reading “Meditation of the Week: Loyalty to Country”
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