Taekwon-Do students should attempt to practice the following elements of etiquette:

• To promote the spirit of mutual concessions.
• To be ashamed of one’s vice, contempting that of others.
• To be polite to one another.
• To encourage a sense of justice.
• To distinguish the Instructor from student and senior from junior.

In Tae Kwon-Do the word integrity means being able to distinguish right from wrong and have the conscience, if wrong, to feel guilt. Listed are some examples where integrity is lacking:

• The instructor who misrepresents themselves and their art by presenting improper techniques to their students because of a lack of knowledge or apathy.
• The student who misrepresents themselves by “fixing” breaking materials before demonstrations.
• The Instructor who hides bad techniques with luxurious training halls and false flattery to his students.
• The student who requests rank from an Instructor, or attempts to purchase it.
• The student who gains rank for ego purposes or the feeling of power.
• The Instructor that teaches and promotes his art for materialistic gains.

There is an old oriental saying; “patience leads to virtue to merit”.

One can make a peaceful home by being patient 100 times. Certainly happiness and prosperity are most likely brought to the patient person.

To achieve something, whether it is a higher degree or the perfection of a technique, one must set his goal and then constantly persevere.

One of the most important secrets in becoming a leader of Taekwon-Do is to overcome every difficulty by perseverance.

This tenet is extremely important inside and outside the Do-Jang, whether conducting oneself in free sparring or in one’s personal affairs.

A loss of self-control in sparring can prove disastrous to both student and opponent. An inability to live and work within one’s capability, or sphere, is also a lack of self-control.