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 This
book, Samjae and Kang-Yu
of Taekwondo, was written in 2003 in Korean and
published in 2003 in Korea(ISBN 89-7889-060-1). This book
is under translation. Of course, you can see the whole test
on this site as translated by me, but it is not perfect:
It needs much polishment.
Samjae
means the three essential materials(Haneul(Heaven), Tang(Earth)
and Saram(Man))
and Kang-Yu
the hardness and the softness. The Samjae and Kang-Yu
are the main concepts of Taekwondo and its philosophy but
they are neither only familiar to western people nor explicit
to Koreans. Especially although those concepts have been
regarded as very important ones in oriental philosophy general
they have never been investigated logically and in the relations
with Taekwondo.
This article aims to explain
them explicitly in logical aspects of them and why they
should be main concepts of Taekwondo philosophy. Following
those investigation you will see they are the very essential
framework not only of every Taekwondo skill but also of
all kinds of martial skills, and they are also the structure
building your spirit. This task will lead you to understand
the whole relations among training, skill, spirit and life
explicitly. Thus, I wish, you will find the ultimate framework
of all kinds of martial arts though in abstract level in
this discussion.
The entire discussion relies
on "The
Philosophical Principles of Taekwondo" at first,
so I recommand you try all the texts of PPT.
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How
to Buy:
This book is not made in English nor
in another language yet.
Taekwondo Bibles will be sold only
to those who are good masters of Taekwondo, or someone
who learned Taekwondo in World
Cultural Alliance of TAEKWONDO or from Master
Blue(Dojang:
Haksa). For its true meaning cannot be known to
people easily so that it would not be worthy buying
and reading on one hand, and if it were known to somebody
who does not deserve it it can be dangerous on the
other hand.
If you want to buy these books you
have to visit World
Cultural Alliance of TAEKWONDO or visit Korea
and meet Master
Blue for some training or some test, or some interchange
of Taekwondo.
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